Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

As for foreign aid I believe that if the government is intent on looking after others before their own then ALL AID to foreigners should come out of that budget. I agree with cynic (to a point) re foreign aid and economical-political argument.

foreign aid is two-sided which no doubt is why the likes of zimbabwe get none - it has nothing to offer in return

Some over-75s could lose free TV licences under BBC proposal

Corporation may limit free licences to households who only contain over-75s when it loses government subsidy in 2020

The BBC is also considering means-testing older people for the TV licence.

Free TV licences for over-75s could be limited to those who live with someone else also over the age of 75 in a plan being considered by the BBC that could save it about £150m a year.

It comes as the corporation tries to work out how to shoulder the £650m-plus sum of paying for the free licence fees from 2020, which it had to agree to as part of a funding deal with the government.

The BBC is currently compensated by the Department for Work and Pensions for the television benefit. But from next year the subsidy will be phased out and by 2020 the BBC will foot the whole bill, which will cost the corporation about a fifth of its £3.7bn income.

By not giving free licences to over-75s who live with someone who is not eligible for the benefit – such as a spouse or partner under the age of 75 – it is thought the BBC could save about £150m. That is almost the equivalent of the combined annual budget of Radio 4 and BBC4.

By not giving free licences to over-75s who live with someone who is not eligible for the benefit ........ i thought this was already the case

Zimbabwe do receive UK aid..

gov.uk/government/world/organisation/dfid-zimbabwe

It comes under the auspices of an El Nino relief fund, and the UK governments
claimed aims is to bring humanitarian and economic and democratic aid to Zimbabweian's..

But so long as Mugabe and his cronies are still in power a lot of this aid money
will end up in the swiss bank accounts of these thieves..

zimbabwe - i'm amazed and indeed almost appalled ..... mugabe should have been disposed of years ago

TM does clarify in the manifesto, that better checks will be made on how the foreign Aid money is spent - or at least, that is what I infer that she means

Treesa's done another hand brake turn, care home fee's.

Anyone got details?

back for later consultation, which is as it should have been in the first place

Well she now says its going to a consultation and there will be a cap on
how much some will have to pay, but has given little detail..

Sky's Robert Nisbet says a public interrogation on the social care u-turn caused the PM to stumble and lose focus.

More at: http://news.sky.com/story/theresa-may-writhes-in-the-spotlight-of-sharp-questions-over-u-turn-10888901

Only just seen the Manchester attack 22 dead , poor devils .

"Only just seen the Manchester attack"

Yes but its something we have to except as normal in this new european dream
of integration with those from the third world, with 7th century holy book beliefs..

We are now finding out whats its like being helpless to those who hate us and our
culture, this gives an insight and helplessness into how those jews felt when they
were being loaded onto cattle truck train carriages, and not being able to do anything
about their fate..We now have enemies within here in the UK, and europe in general
and we willing put up with these attacks and the same platitudes and soundbites from
those who are elected to protect their citizens...

The western leaders are a disgrace..

Yes , makes the vote on Fox hunting seem pathetic . Which it is in my view .

It's what you expect when you allow hate preachers the right to preach in the streets of Britain .

But they will just condemn it and tell us they won't defeat us and hold hands , while another happens then another .

This attack will be forgotten in a week...But there will be an annual day of
remembrance and peace marches for that internationalist mp Jo Cox..

Words matter and this shouldn't be called an attack. It was mass murder and it was carried out by a murderer. No doubt there will be calls not to overreact but there has to be consequences and the State has to be ruthless in wiping this plague out.
First stop all the so called jihadi brides returning to the UK. Revoke their passports and let them rot wherever they are. Then, if this murderer has family with dual citizenship, deport all his relatives. If Israel, their homes would be razed to the ground. Sad, but not as sad as the sufffering families have incurred as a result of these warped individuals. If the families know the consequences, perhaps they will do more to know what their kin are up to. If not, too bad. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

No doubt there will be rejoicing in some areas in Britain today , and also an army of lawyers waiting in the wings for business to protect the guilty , then of course there's always the EU to look to as well . All with our money too .

Roll on Brexit when we can start to do a lot more about some of the things, that we are prevented from doing by our being members of the EU.