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.

Theresa May just has to go, I think, and the sooner the better.

Unfortunately for me, although I do totally agree with Boris' burka article (ie. we don't need a law in the UK to prevent them being worn - but, when they are worn, the wearer looks like 'a letterbox' or 'a bank robber', etc) I cannot give him my support to be the next Conservative Leader/Prime Minister.

I think JRM just has to be the man for the job, albeit that he probably doesn't want to do the job for the moment and probably feels, "maybe later - in a few more years' time).

Anyone else think, that Boris is now on the political war path?

Who in the UK politics today who has the ability to deal with the mess that the UK is in regarding the Brexit debacle as well as the economic and international political mess which the tory party period of misrule has created.

Boris is frequently equivalent to a loud-mouthed lout and is being deliberately provocative in order to serve his present wishes.

As far as the facial masking is concerned, each to their own, but I think the 2 problems I see is that the "Burka" or "Niqab" is that they may be used for criminal purposes to use avoiding recognition in public places.

Also, I personally think it crazy to use dark restrictive clothing in "hot climates" and I feel sorry for some who are "forced" to do so.

(I seem to notice many me seem to wear white equivalents.)

(PS. When I was doing "mucky" jobs I often used a mask to avoid inhalation,)

a large proportion of women in mediterranean countries also traditionally wear black



international political mess which the tory party period of misrule has created ........ is just the typical fred slur which, like the pavlovian dog, he just cannot prevent spewing forth


the first part of his post is however, very true, but then the whole country as well as parliament is split pretty much down the middle as to what deal should be struck on brexit ...... the country made its bed, and so must lie on it, whatever the outcome


as for next tory leader, tom tugenhat may be worth considering

"There are none so blind as those who don't wish to see."


Why do I often think of this phrase when I read a post by Cynical Manuel.

The present bunch have been in "power" approximately 10 years and administer a disastrous failure in the economy, foreign policies, welfare, and infrastructures of the UK.

The last 10 years has shown the present tory leadership and elite to be self-interested be incompetent and unfit to govern.

The responsibility for the present "Brexit" fiasco is down to Cameron, Osborne and camp followers.

In my opinion, and that of others, the present tory cabal hasn't got the courage or honesty to admit their mistakes, and prefer to ruin the country in an attempt to save their own faces and then turn around and blame the ill-informed general public for the
way they voted in a "falsely" drawn up and advertised referendum.

But, Manuel I can understand why you might choose Boris to represent you and turn the UK with the standards of a Banana Republic.

oh do get back in your box fred

it would be at least as true to say, and arguably more so, that if that limp lettuce corbyn had truly represented the wishes of his party by banging the drum to "remain", then that might well have been the outcome

Manuel.

PS

Why do some Muslim women wear burkas?
The Koran calls for both men and women to 'cover and be modest'.

As with many other religious scriptures, the reference to dress is open to interpretation and has been shaped by centuries of cultures in different nations.

"The Koran does not explicitly say you have to cover yourself in this manner," Dr Ismail said.

"Some scholars argue that it is a religious obligation, particularly the more conservative factions within the Muslim world. There are many variations and interpretations."

Dr Ismail is a Muslim and has been wearing her hijab since she was a child.

"I'm so comfortable wearing it that I can't imagine myself without it. I wear it for cultural reasons, but there are many women who wear it for religious reasons."

PS.

There are quite a few men and women who I wouldn't mind if they wore burkas.

I go as far as saying with gags beneath them.

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hijab is a bit fluid, but by and large it leaves the face uncovered
it is the niqab that does not and a burqa is the full monty

You may find that Corbyn might lead the government and country back to the promised land.

The title of the contract or deal will be "only slightly different" and the consequences of the "dealing" may be similar to what they are now. The outcome will be that we can't change the menu and will be sitting at different tables.

One in the dining room, one in the kitchen.

But the Brexiters will be able to puff their chests out and shout "we done it".

B. daft.

as i wrote previously ...... if that limp lettuce corbyn had truly represented the wishes of his party by banging the drum to "remain", then that might well have been the outcome

He may well do so after the country has watched the tory party finish tearing itself apart.

Mind some of them like Boris like exposing themselves in public.

Riches to rags comes to mind for the bunch of Mogadons, who are now in control of the "tories" who "never were".

-=-==

At what cost?

Negotiations which have been and are a waste of money and could have been put to better use.

P 81099

''He may well do so after the country has watched the tory party finish tearing itself apart.''


Not like the harmony within the Labour party eh! Blinkered or what?

That photo reminds me offff…...daa daa daahhh...sugar baby love...sugarrr baby love...and swinging guitars.....rubettes ....those were the days.....gaaa ja goo goo..and such...bring back Top of the pops !.....

I see Bitcoin are now pretty much at the bottom if anyone is interested in taking a punt.

Not for me, though. But I do look at the BTC live chart to see what's happening from time to time:

https://cryptowat.ch/markets/bitfinex/btc/usd

i still they're illusional and would not go near them

In not supporting Boris`s right to free speech, you are wishing to curtail your own freedoms. Unlike Boris, any article of dress that covers the face in public, should like many other Euopean Countries be banned. Britian should not allow any section of the community to undermine the values of Great Britain, the country should not pander to the left wingers like JC that show support for terrorists either, or the warnings that Enoch Powell gave many years ago, will come to pass.

The supreme function of any decent statesman to to provide against preventable evils, and to cliam special communal rights leads to fragmentation, and is another form of cancer no matter on what basis it is practised. Intergate and resolve the problems.

any article of dress that covers the face in public, should like many other Euopean Countries be banned

is that not just the start of the slippery slope to intolerance of many things and much worse?

Everyone is entitled to feel secure, and if faces are covered it gives rise to fear and intimidation. If every man, women in the country were to wear fabric that covered them head to toe, other than a peephole for their eyes, I am sure you would start to live in fear that fear of who or what is behind the mask.

Would you fancy going into a police station to be confronted with masked officers if you had been raped for example, or would you be more likely not to report serious crimes of that type of nature. Think what fears children must have if every person they saw outside their homes were to be unrecognisable - can you imagine the freedom this would give to child abusers for example.