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.

The island (gruinard) was dangerous for all mammals after experiments with the anthrax bacterium in 1942, until it was decontaminated in the late 20th century

enough said?

SYRIA
technically, i believe participation with the americans is a decision that can be taken at cabinet level
however, in this instance - and i don't know what unwanted precedent that might set - i fully concur that it is a decision that should be approved by parliament

in fact, i don't think we should (physically) back the americans at all in this particularly nasty conflict
if trump wants to be gung-ho, then let him flex his puny pects to boost his ego yet further, but why should uk lend a helping hand?
allow the use of cyprus (say) as some sort of launch base? ...... maybe, but certainly not direct involvement

Manuel,

You can't blame the viruses for everything.

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After further "bombing" in Syria will Trump withdraw to the USA leaving a bigger mess in the ME than it has at the moment?

Leaving behind an increasing pool of resentment?

The compost for further "terrorism".

??????

Ps.

I think, American no longer has a president.

It has a Godfather who follows Mafia ideals.

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The NHS is doing well under the tory misrule.

I think it shows a good reason for changing immigration rules.

oh do shut up your boring old fart and try posting something constructive for a change

Don't worry cynic , keeps forgetting to mention the worse state of the NHS in Wales under Labour as highlighted yesterday on BBC Wales news. Waiting times for by pass operations are twice those of England for example.

Dil.

Help them out, become a volunteer.

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Judging by what Fred said about his age and that of his family, my guess is that they have had more than their fair share of those by pass ops, and have been filling up the beds and using the NHS resources just to extend the waiting times, so he can blame the Tories or Trump, rather than his extended life that I expect has been mainly due to the money pumped into it by the Tory Government. :-)

Pity Hunt doesn't spend more time improving the NHS than his "private" interests.

Mind it is good to have a party of part-timers.

Fred - they only need to work part time because of the efficiencies they have made since Blair and followers that were last given a chance to run the madhouse - Remind everyone how long ago that was, as it must have been before you lost your marbles or retired, a very long time ago indeed.

My guess is that it is such a distant memory that you will be unable to recall when without looking it up on google. :-)

HMRC hit me with a £100 payroll fine a while back for failing to send in an ESP ('nil') return for that month.

Of course, it was an honest mistake and I did feel apologetic about it - just like I'm reading did Jeremy Hunt.

And so, seeing as I feel his crime is far worse than mine, I'm avidly watching Internet News to see 'when' and 'how much' the authorities clobber him for breaking the anti-money laundering rules and failing to declare his 50 per cent interest in the property firm to Companies House (a criminal offence punishable by a fine or up to two years in prison) when he used the company to purchase 7 flats.

Mr Hunt also failed to disclose his interest in the property firm on the Parliamentary Register of Members’ interests within the required 28 days.

EL - but do you have an accountant that handles all your affairs and a PA that is on the ball enough to keep your regulatory requirements up to date while you try sorting out problems that past Labour Governments caused in the likes of the NHS?

If not, fine them as well as JH.

It.

I murdered someone last week.

I apologise, it was a mistake.

I meant to kill his twin brother.

But my boss said it is OK., that I should be more careful next time, so nobody else finds out!

thus spake putin similarly over the poisoning of the skripal's and also of the gassing of the civilians in syria

then little boy corbyn couldn't - sorry; wouldn't - answer the straight question about the poisoning put to him by a school boy/girl

and
little boy corbyn is even facing heavy criticism from his own MPs for refusing to directly blame Russia for the poisoning
bet many of them get deselected .... by democratic process of course!

Manuel,

You seem to be getting dafter and dafter.

‘Fill up today’

That’s the advice from industry experts ahead of fears that petrol costs could soar.

Experts have warned that fuel costs are expected to rise this weekend as tensions over the Middle East escalate.

Corby is going to be one helluva pissed off little bunny this morning

And Fred :-)