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 think the funniest thing, is that people who 'work for the government', are now beginning to feel somewhat insecure and in fear of their jobs.

Come the next election, that's when lots of them feel that, more than likely, they are going to become unemployed.

Ironic, isn't it?

What's the world coming to? They must be making chocolate digestives smaller, because I can now get a whole one in my mouth!

With all this talk about our MPs getting away with, fraud, false accounting and the like, I can't see why they are not prosecuted for Misconduct in a Public Office.
This offence tends to be used where it is difficult to prove a specific offence (fraud, false accounting and other specific crimes).
Misconduct in a Public Office has been used against those such as police Officers where they have committed what I would consider far less/minor misnomer than those of some MP's, for example putting in for expenses claims of low amounts they were not entitled to or making false representations for expenses. I am not defending these lesser crimes, as Police Officers are in a position where trust is required and expected, IE they should have a higher regard to honesty. But MPs are also in a similar position of trust, so why not use this offence to bring them to justice. The reason must be that the political system, being the law makers are far more likely to 'get away with it'.
The old boys club rules.
For those interested two good links.
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/l_to_o/misconduct_in_public_office/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/nov/28/conservatives-whitehall

greekman - Couldn't agree more, the Welsh MP who appeared on Question Time last night did mention that 3 maybe 4 MP's could be the subject of Police investigation that may lead to charges. Personally would lock them all up and throw away the key, grabbing b........s!

Morning Chris,

Don't know if you are member of The Tax Payers Alliance (it's free to join) but they are waiting to see if and how many MP's are going to be prosecuted. They have a legal team that is ready to take out private prosecutions, if they deem it appropriate.
Many MP's are out and out crooks, guilty of crimes.
It only goes to show, that the old adage of one law for them, one law for us, is still as relevant now as it was hundreds of years ago.

It is a pity though that all are now being tarred (now tarring and feathering, thats a good idea) with the same brush.

Regards from one surf to another.

The following YouTube clip shows what you can to do to win EVERY argument you ever get involved with. Well, at least it shows you what you can do, to see to it you never lose one.

Is that the same thing? Yes. I think it actually is.

Scientology's chief spokesman, Tommy Davis, creates a 'false cause reason' and storms out of a television interview with Martin Bashir

Slightly disturbing trip home tonight. I passed an Audi convertible with the letters and numbers arranged:

S44G ME

I expected to see some young stud driving it, but was shocked to see a blonde lady. Couldn't look too hard as I was doing 70 at the time, but could I have mis-interpreted the number plate? It must be my one-track mind .....

This is all completely true, shockingly. I did wonder whether it was arranged by an estranged husband.

Seymour did you make eye contact ?? might have been worth it !!

SC: no prude me, I assure you, but I do wonder what a young woman is doing driving around with that number plate. Sad or what?

Might not have been a request for sex. I have been heard to shout out S44G ME and similar several times lately when looking at some of my share prices.

I just thought maybe it was Jordan ..Looks like a nice girl...

where did you find the picture of my wife? (she is honest!)

That was her. Just wondering what's wrong with that right eye. That and the peculiar lip drop on the right makes me think she's got Bell's palsy.

I'll keep looking. I'm sure I can help.

Poor thing looks half starved. Her ribs are sticking out.

Come to think of it, so are her thumbs.

Always liked a bit of spare rib, with sauce of course.

THE British Grand Prix has less than 48 hours to secure its place on the Formula One calendar for next season.

Bernie Ecclestone, who owns the rights to F1 events, has warned that his negotiations with Silverstone are over and is waiting to hear if the circuit will pay his price for the race.

They say there is not much between us and them, so they should sign, said Ecclestone. Maybe they have lost their pen but if they dont find it in the next day or two then that is it.

I will pull the race off the calendar and there will be no British Grand Prix to argue about.

Hopes have been high a deal will be secured.

Donington's deal appears to have fallen apart and the Silverstone management are hopeful they can sit round the table and start serious negotiations to secure the long-term future of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

It is believed Silverstone's bosses will push Bernie for a long-term contract rather than a single year deal. Then they can more sensibly commit to invest.

I think Bernie wants to go to Donington and might be stalled in the doing of it but nevertheless, it's there and so he really doesn't want to do a long term deal with Silverstone.

Bernie's main thing is the fee he takes for allowing the race to be run at all and with othervenues around the world wanting to take a slot from him, he really doesn't give a toss one way or the other.

My 5 says.... :-(

But 'watch this space'.

Seymore//Exec what are you doing looking at her eyes and ribs ,for some reason i never noticed them.

Goodness - she's not wearing any clothes!!! How did you spot that so easily?

I think she likes 'cross dressers'.

I suppose it's worth a try......

:-)

A Giraffe sleeps only two hours a day a Bat sleeps around twenty hours a dayI would show the giraffe a Trichet videolevel it up a bitIm nodding off and the dogs snoring