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.

I would be very worried about a politician that always spoke the truth. I would certainly not vote to them as they would be unsuited to the job.

So you start from the position that you like politicians blowing smoke up your ass?

I certainly expect it. Do you know any politicians who you trust to tell the truth? If so, who are they?

Boris Johnson speak's his mind , that's why he his so popular even with working class Labour voters in London.

I said, Nelson Mandela passes away.

Nelson Mandela, wasn't he locked away for 3 decades as he was regarded as a terrorist?

Unfortunately no Haystack, I don't know any.

Perhaps this is the reason people are voting less and less?

What's your point Shorty ?

MK - i suspect that general disillusionment with all politicians is indeed part of the reason ..... however, i'm not convinced it is just people (the youth) of today who feel disconnected from politics; it's just that so many of them are lazy and uneducated in the first place

No point to make Aldwickk, if someone is to be remembered then I think they should be remembered fully. I hope this will be the case with Mandela, his autobiography 'Long Walk To Freedom' profiles his early life well, his thoughts and upbringing.

Cyners your last point re- to uneducated. That joey essex kid (actor) in the jungle (Im a celebrity get me out of here) didnt even know what divide meant last night, and hes earning wads.

On the second day he thought lettuce and cabbage were the same thing.!!!!!!!

I blame ex factor and the like, Simon Cowel who is just cashing in all the time.

Right World Cup draw now on BBC 2.

haven't watched it, but are you sure it's not just faked?
if not, how can he learn his lines?

"Nelson Mandela, wasn't he locked away for 3 decades as he was regarded as a terrorist?"

No, Unless your a white racist.

Joey in the Jungle is putting it on.

Mandela was offered release 10 years earlier than he was released. He had to give up violence and help the peace process. He refused.

His organisation killed 20,000 black people and just a handful of white people.

Even when he was president he took millions from Gaddafi and Sukarno giving him a state welcome and 21 gun salute.

Mandela did lots of good things, but plenty of bad. He didn't bring down apartheid as he was in prison. The rest of the world brought it down.

How many deaths was Maggie responsible for.

Many would have liked to hang her!

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More than 100 asylum seekers have been ordered to live for nine weeks in a luxury hotel favoured by Manchester United stars - at a cost to the taxpayer of up to £400,000.


Officials acting for the Home Office sent the migrants to book in at the suburban 50 bedroom Amblehurst Hotel while their claims to stay in the UK are dealt with.


The Conservative-run Trafford council in Greater Manchester was given just 48 hours notice of the arrival of the 104 asylum seekers, comprising 31 families of various nationalities.


The hotel in Sale where rooms cost up to £125 pounds a night has in the past hosted parties for Manchester United players and various corporate firms. It is thought the hotel will close to regular paying guests whilst the asylum seekers are in residence.


This week the Conservative Group held an emergency meeting about the move organised by private company SERCO, which was appointed by the Government to deal with accommodation for asylum seekers.

The families had previously been staying in Liverpool but had been moved to out due to large numbers of migrants applying to stay in the UK. The total bill with food could run to as much as £393,750.

Councillor Matthew Colledge, leader of Trafford Council, said: "To be given less than 48 hours notice of the imposition of a large contingent of asylum seekers is frankly ludicrous.

"I have asked, along with partners from the NHS, for the decision to be deferred but this is not to be. It is intensely irritating that as council leader I have had no opportunity to influence the decision at all."

Cllr Colledge said he was sympathetic to the plight of asylum seekers but expressed concern over the strain that could be put on Trafford's services.

He said: "I recognise that some asylum seekers are escaping from appalling situations and that may include the children arriving in Trafford. However with schools and GP surgeries full in the Sale area I question the logic of choosing this location."

A spokesman for SERCO said: "'We are currently using the Amblehurst Hotel to temporarily accommodate a number of asylum seekers who were previously being looked after in Liverpool.

"In due course these people will be found further housing throughout the North West of England pending the outcome of the Home office review into their eligibility to claim asylum.

"At all times we work closely with the local authorities, the Home Office and local services including the police, health and education bodies to carefully manage the safe and appropriate accommodation of asylum seekers in our care."

More than 100 asylum seekers have been ordered to live for nine weeks in a luxury hotel favoured by Manchester United stars - at a cost to the taxpayer of up to £400,000.


Officials acting for the Home Office sent the migrants to book in at the suburban 50 bedroom Amblehurst Hotel while their claims to stay in the UK are dealt with.


The Conservative-run Trafford council in Greater Manchester was given just 48 hours notice of the arrival of the 104 asylum seekers, comprising 31 families of various nationalities.


The hotel in Sale where rooms cost up to £125 pounds a night has in the past hosted parties for Manchester United players and various corporate firms. It is thought the hotel will close to regular paying guests whilst the asylum seekers are in residence.


This week the Conservative Group held an emergency meeting about the move organised by private company SERCO, which was appointed by the Government to deal with accommodation for asylum seekers.

When is Have i got news 4u going to be on , this the second program i missed since Mandela died

it's all a jolly good jape...what?