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.

Are you using a land line or mobile as a modem with French Sims Connection?

If the latter which IP are you using?

Hey Cyners BUY THEM.Ive got 4 now and maintainace costs are nothing. Fantastic return every year. No tax hopping either.

Is just on TV Fat Dave as LOST.

I dont understand why Call Me Dave made such a big thing about the Junker elevation, without the means or backbone to do something about it.

He was simply batting a bum wicket from the off, and heading for defeat by the German high command via Brussels.

It makes no sense to take a position where you cannot win and you have no fallback plan.


Why did he do it?

Because he is pretty thick.

I think he did the right thing. The choice of President is supposed to be decided by the heads of state and the assembly was attempting to bypass that system. There was more support for a different candidate than it appears. Merkel doesn't want Juncker but has supported him as she has coalition partners who want him and would cause problems for her. Cameron knew he couldn't stop Juncker but attempted to on principal.

He hasn't got any principles!

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What was happening here?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28054433


Ex-PM aide charged over abuse images
Patrick Rock. a former senior adviser to the prime minister, has been charged by police over child abuse images.

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How many brandies before breakfast to-morrow?

Or is a bit of the hard stuff?

villa has Wi-Fi so just log into their system

You are spoilt!

I have to float a balloon into the sky with a thin copper wire attached.

Messages just seem to float away into space.

Copper replacement is getting expensive.

It had nothing to do with principles, Call Me Dave hasn't got any anyway, it's more to do with posturing and trying to fob off the tory awkward squad and the general public at large.


If there was any real intent to call a referendum, it could be done in the autumn and clear up the question of Greater €uropa once and for all.

It couldn't be done in the autumn. You obviously don't understand the processes involved. Legislation has to be passed to allow a referendum. That legislation could not get enough votes because the Libs and Labour don't want a referendum. Without a majority the Conservatives cannot win a vote on it. If you want a referendum then there is one and only one way to get it and that is to vote Conservative. Labour won't give you one and nor will the Libs. UKIP can't give you one.

hays is right; max is wrong

Angela Merkel 'didn’t want' Jean-Claude Juncker, says German press

Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine claims Angela Merkel getting a “commission president she actually didn’t want” and lists allegations made against Jean-Claude Juncker

Chancellor Angela Merkel “didn’t want” Jean-Claude Juncker to become the next European Commission President despite the repeated public backing she gave to the controversial former Luxembourg prime minister for the post, Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine has claimed

In a commentary published on the magazine’s online site Der Spiegel listed the allegations levelled against Mr Juncker in the German and British media which have cast doubt on his suitability for the top EU job.

“The man from Luxembourg quite likes drinking, we read, on top of that he is lazy and drained. He gives speeches to lobby groups for lots of money and his father was a crazy Nazi…. Even the worst and wrong rumours about him are socially acceptable in Europe,” the magazine wrote.

Despite the criticism of Mr Juncker, Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly backed him as her preferred candidate for the post. She recently dismissed speculation that she would have preferred another candidate, by publicly reiterating her support for Mr Juncker.

However Der Spiegel said that with Mr Jucker as EU Commission President, Angela Merkel was getting a “ commission president she actually didn’t want.” The magazine said that she, like other EU leaders, “knew exactly” what Mr Juncker’s weaknesses were but that they did not perturb them because they wanted a compromise candidate.

“Europe’s master female strategist has miscalculated,” Der Spiegel said of Mrs Merkel. “ Next time more capable candidates will run for the job,” it added.

OK, fair enough, it cant be done if you follow the rules.

So, bend the rules:

Propose and hold a vote to bring legislation forward, and dare the opposition to vote against it.


It would clarify matters to the general public as to where any given politician/party stands.

Nick Clegg has already signalled that he is up for a referendum.

How Sad!

Apparently, this little doozy is going through....




High heels to be cut down to size under new EU proposals forcing hairdressers to wear non-slip flat shoes


By Tim Shipman

Published: 00:04, 10 April 2012 | Updated: 18:28, 10 April 2012




Hairdressers will be banned from wearing high heels and jewellery under nanny state proposals being drawn up in Brussels.


A health and safety directive orders stylists to wear ‘non-slip soles’ when they are cutting hair and bans wedding rings and watches as unhygienic.


The plans will see hairdressers told not to let staff do too many haircuts in one day to prevent ‘emotional collapses’.


And the bizarre rules will tell salon workers to have a regular ‘social dialogue’ – code for gossipy chats – to encourage ‘mental wellbeing’ in the workplace.


The National Hairdressers’ Federation warns the plans will cost the UK industry £3million a year in wasted time and red tape.


The agreement is due to be signed this month between EU Coiffure, a group of European salon bosses, and UNI Europa Hair & Beauty, a union for European hairdressers.


Both groups are ‘social partners’ of the European Commission and will submit the deal to Brussels to become an EU-wide directive binding on all 27 states.


Employment minister Chris Grayling vowed: ‘We should be creating jobs, not killing them. This kind of stupidity has to stop. It makes no sense and I will do everything I can to stop it.’






More €U lunacy here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2127464/High-heels-cut-size-new-EU-proposals-forcing-hairdressers-wear-non-slip-flat-shoes.html

They would vote against it. They have already done that. In January there was a Bill to enable a referendum in 2017 and Labour and the Libs voted it down in the Lords. I think it was 31 January that they voted to end the committee stage. This was after the Libs/Lab tabled large numbers of amendments to kill the Bill.

Tories all over the place arguing against themselves mirrowed here aswel.

What a plonker Camoron is.

Just one other member voting with him.

Hes useless, just utter rubbish.

Face the facts lads and Hilary, youve got a leader who needs replacing. One who can reunite the party, may i suggest T MAY.

Far better and respected than Camoron.

UK - YouGov/Sun poll:

LAB 37%
CON 32%
UKIP 14%
LDEM 7%