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    TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    kle4 said:

    TGOHF said:

    kle4 said:
    Highlights that the Scottish Greens are just lapdogs of the Nationalists.
    And would that reduce the support for them any?
    Ask the LDs after 2015 if its a good look.
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    PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 76,001
    You lot seem to fly and drink alot more than me :p
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,292
    WTF...

    Cleveland Police used anti-terror powers to spy on two Press Association journalists, an internal review by the scandal-hit force has uncovered.

    It brings the total number of journalists known to have been unwittingly snooped on by Cleveland Police to five.

    http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/cleveland-police-used-surveillance-powers-to-spy-on-two-press-association-reporters-investigation-uncovers/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2017-04-10&utm_source=Press+Gazette+Daily+new+layout
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    TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,388

    I see the likelihood of the LibDems making a significant recovery, even with Farron at the helm, winning somewhere between 25-35 seats (i.e. 5 - 7 London Cabs full), principally from the Tories.

    Are you prepared to take odds on that?
    In principle yes, but it's simply too far ahead to be placing bets, ask me again in two years' time!
    It's up to you of course :) Though it won't be money down and it won't be enough to keep you awake at night!
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    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    So she shows off her boobs and her legs like a thirty five year old but actually looks twice that ..... oh dear!
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 92,048
    TGOHF said:

    kle4 said:

    TGOHF said:

    kle4 said:
    Highlights that the Scottish Greens are just lapdogs of the Nationalists.
    And would that reduce the support for them any?
    Ask the LDs after 2015 if its a good look.
    They were working with people who did not share their overall aims.
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    Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Going back 8 years for United and this went viral, it seems some companies don't learn.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 92,048

    WTF...

    Cleveland Police used anti-terror powers to spy on two Press Association journalists, an internal review by the scandal-hit force has uncovered.

    It brings the total number of journalists known to have been unwittingly snooped on by Cleveland Police to five.

    http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/cleveland-police-used-surveillance-powers-to-spy-on-two-press-association-reporters-investigation-uncovers/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2017-04-10&utm_source=Press+Gazette+Daily+new+layout

    Yes, saw that one earlier - like UA, it can only be a toxic and terrible culture behind it, because this:

    Chief constable Iain Spittal said: “Following a ruling by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal earlier this year that in 2012 Cleveland Police had, in a small number of instances, used RIPA authorisations unlawfully the force launched a review of all such authorisations dating back to that time.

    is a pile of bullcrap - it shouldn't have happened, a review should not have been necessary.
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    peter_from_putneypeter_from_putney Posts: 6,875
    edited April 2017
    Danny565 said:

    A new SNP PPB which doesn't mention "independence" once.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0rf3HYjTA

    .... and not a word of thanks for the English taxpayer who fund so many of these benefits.
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    AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    kle4 said:
    Lab, Lib, Con think there is huge play in trying to paint the Greens as breaking a manifesto commitment. I don't understand it myself but the repetition of this point has been relentless.
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    TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    They will rue the day ..

    http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/devolution/2017/04/extreme-scottish-nationalists-hunting-lapdogs-and-traitors

    David, the campaigner who received death threats, believes the independence movement itself has become “the closest thing to a religion”.

    He says the atmosphere of the Scottish referendum is incomparable to the EU referendum, divisive as it was: “In the depth of feeling and level this went to, it was a world apart from the EU referendum.”

    As for his colleague, a veteran Labour campaigner who had “never experienced that sort of hatred” before, she has only one thing to say about a second referendum: “I think it will be worse.”
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    AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    I think it is to try and paint the Referendum as illegitimate but honestly trying to work out what goes through the head of Tomkins is a mugs game.
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    To be fair, TM has lost a lot of weight since her diagnosis of diabetes, a couple of stone or so, this leaves a lot of slack skin. No wonder she looks a bit haggard a lot of the time.

    On average Type 2 diabetics lose up to 10 years off their life*, so the chance of her dying or becoming seriously unwell before the next election is not insignificant. Jezza seems to live a very healthy lifestyle.

    *http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-life-expectancy.html
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    AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    TGOHF said:

    They will rue the day ..

    http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/devolution/2017/04/extreme-scottish-nationalists-hunting-lapdogs-and-traitors

    David, the campaigner who received death threats, believes the independence movement itself has become “the closest thing to a religion”.

    He says the atmosphere of the Scottish referendum is incomparable to the EU referendum, divisive as it was: “In the depth of feeling and level this went to, it was a world apart from the EU referendum.”

    As for his colleague, a veteran Labour campaigner who had “never experienced that sort of hatred” before, she has only one thing to say about a second referendum: “I think it will be worse.”

    Och, you seem to have failed to post the companion piece

    http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/devolution/2017/04/extreme-scottish-unionists-how-hard-right-has-muscled-independence

    “The comments ranged from being called 'filthy Aids wog' to 'fuck off what you doing in Scotland anyway?’” he remembers. “These were usually comments from people who prior to the statements would talk about union and British unity.”
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,627

    TOPPING said:

    TOPPING said:

    We discovered last week that the difference between Silver and Gold status on Etihad is that if you are Gold the flight attendant squats down for you, while with Silver she only bends over.

    Fact.

    A few years ago I took an Emirates flight from HK => London first class. It was a morning flight and I'd been to a party the night before. As such, when I got on the plane, I went straight to sleep. I awoke to find an Emirates air hostess squatting beside me, distraught that I had missed breakfast and was there anything she could do for me.

    There was, I said, and thus began the Dom Perignon phase of the flight.
    Many, many years ago my wife and I were on a half-empty Sydney to Auckland flight. ‘Red, whiet or spraklig?’ asked the steward. ‘Sparkling’ we said. Half an hour later he came back to us. ‘No-one else is drinking this' he said. ‘You might as well have the bottle!"
    Airline stories pt. 94

    I was in my seat on Air France HK => Paris and for the only time ever, the most beautiful girl came and sat down next to me.

    I don't know what I thought but they were all good thoughts.

    Just as the plane began to taxi away from the stand, she turned to me and said: I want to get off this flight, I am terrified, I need to get off.

    We called the air stewardesses and they didn't have whatever tranquilisers they usually have for this kind of (quite common, apparently) thing. So I chatted to her intensely, discussing this and that, and, talking through her fears and why and how. And when the flight was in the air we called the stewardess over and said: champagne. And we drank it all night and drank so much they eventually ran out.

    And when we landed she was super-grateful and I gave her my number thinking this is it, this never happens to me meeting such a beautiful girl, lucky me, and I never heard from her again.
    Ah .... that is such a sad story and I was so much looking forward to a happy ever after ending. I wonder if she even recalls the experience?
    Maybe she was a Leaver?
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    Pulpstar said:

    You lot seem to fly and drink alot more than me :p

    I'd fly more often but the random non racial or religious profile based enhanced vetting takes away the fun of flying.
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    JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    The worst flight any member of my family had was over the Med .....

    In fairness they were being chased by the Luftwaffe at the time ..... :smiley:
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    justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    I disagree . Theresa May does not look 70 - nor does Corbyn look 78.
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,005
    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 92,048
    justin124 said:

    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    I disagree . Theresa May does not look 70 - nor does Corbyn look 78.
    I'd say May looks to be mid 60s, Corbyn the same.
    JackW said:

    The worst flight any member of my family had was over the Med .....

    In fairness they were being chased by the Luftwaffe at the time ..... :smiley:

    Old ones are the best.
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    Black_RookBlack_Rook Posts: 8,905
    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/851845583270797312

    Next time you hear of local authorities wailing bitterly that they can only afford to keep the libraries open or make sure that dementia patients get their bottoms wiped, and not both, remember the above.
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,990
    JackW said:

    The worst flight any member of my family had was over the Med .....

    In fairness they were being chased by the Luftwaffe at the time ..... :smiley:

    Now now Jack, don't be modest. It was you, wasn't it? :D
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,429

    Pulpstar said:

    You lot seem to fly and drink alot more than me :p

    I'd fly more often but the random non racial or religious profile based enhanced vetting takes away the fun of flying.
    While I take your serious point, I am not convinced that anyone else is having that much fun, nowadays.

    The best flying is when there are no more than two others in the plane (providing one out of you can actually fly, of course).
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    MTimT said:

    Sandpit said:

    MTimT said:

    In case PBers didn't see Kimmel's United ad, here it is again. Brilliant!

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjRBuWlNLF8

    Is it a Ratner moment? Or will it all be forgotten?
    The CEO's response, essentially saying that the guy deserved it, has made sure it's a Ratner moment.
    Absolutely. Saying that all "procedures were followed" da da da, when the whole world is watching an old man dragged off the plane, is indicative of a rotten corporate culture that can't see past the bottom line - to the point that they treat paying passengers like an inconvenience.

    It will need a complete clearout from the top down and some serious customer service focussed people brought in. It's a big ship to turn around, these things take years to learn to do properly at such a large company. In the meantime they're screwed, comedians are taking aim and boycotts being organised. This one's not going to go away any time soon.
    Snap. See my comment to the same effect below.
    The video's been removed but it sounds like the exact opposite of well-run companies, like John Lewis for instance.

    Now for the odds on UA entering Chapter 11?
    The phrase 'All procedures were followed' was iirc used by Sharon Shoesmith over the Baby P incident
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,583
    edited April 2017

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
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    Dura_AceDura_Ace Posts: 13,029
    edited April 2017

    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    To be fair, TM has lost a lot of weight since her diagnosis of diabetes, a couple of stone or so, this leaves a lot of slack skin. No wonder she looks a bit haggard a lot of the time.

    On average Type 2 diabetics lose up to 10 years off their life*, so the chance of her dying or becoming seriously unwell before the next election is not insignificant. Jezza seems to live a very healthy lifestyle.

    *http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-life-expectancy.html
    She's the same age as Jerry Hall which seems ludicrous. Although one has to fellate Murdoch figuratively and the other literally.
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,005
    Mr. Eagles, apostasy police?

    On a serious note, that does sound rather wearing.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 92,048

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Attending a mosque infrequently is suspicious?
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,292
    kle4 said:

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Attending a mosque infrequently is suspicious?
    Actually a lot of the nut nuts who have ended up carrying out attacks have been found to not attend / been banned.
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    JackW said:

    The worst flight any member of my family had was over the Med .....

    In fairness they were being chased by the Luftwaffe at the time ..... :smiley:

    A friend got a cheap flight to India in the Eighties, with a touchdown in Kabul. He was admiring the Hindu Kush on the approach to Kabul when two Soviet MIGs came alongside and started dropping flares. His neighbour in the next seat phlegmatically said they often did it when there were known to be Mujahadeen SAMs operating in the area.

    A slightly nervous take off and landing process...
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,292
    edited April 2017

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Did you tell them that your faith in Allah was severely dented by the defection of Mark Reckless and Dave / George losing their jobs, and that has led to you visiting less frequently?
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    JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    kle4 said:

    Old ones are the best.

    Mrs JackW thinks so .... :smile:
    RobD said:

    JackW said:

    The worst flight any member of my family had was over the Med .....

    In fairness they were being chased by the Luftwaffe at the time ..... :smiley:

    Now now Jack, don't be modest. It was you, wasn't it? :D
    To the best of my knowledge no member of Clan W has ever piloted a ME 109 !!
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,941

    MTimT said:

    Sandpit said:

    MTimT said:

    In case PBers didn't see Kimmel's United ad, here it is again. Brilliant!

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjRBuWlNLF8

    Is it a Ratner moment? Or will it all be forgotten?
    The CEO's response, essentially saying that the guy deserved it, has made sure it's a Ratner moment.
    Absolutely. Saying that all "procedures were followed" da da da, when the whole world is watching an old man dragged off the plane, is indicative of a rotten corporate culture that can't see past the bottom line - to the point that they treat paying passengers like an inconvenience.

    It will need a complete clearout from the top down and some serious customer service focussed people brought in. It's a big ship to turn around, these things take years to learn to do properly at such a large company. In the meantime they're screwed, comedians are taking aim and boycotts being organised. This one's not going to go away any time soon.
    Snap. See my comment to the same effect below.
    The video's been removed but it sounds like the exact opposite of well-run companies, like John Lewis for instance.

    Now for the odds on UA entering Chapter 11?
    The phrase 'All procedures were followed' was iirc used by Sharon Shoesmith over the Baby P incident
    And she took the Department for Education for a million quid in compensation when Ed Balls fired her without due process!
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    rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,426
    Dura_Ace said:

    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    To be fair, TM has lost a lot of weight since her diagnosis of diabetes, a couple of stone or so, this leaves a lot of slack skin. No wonder she looks a bit haggard a lot of the time.

    On average Type 2 diabetics lose up to 10 years off their life*, so the chance of her dying or becoming seriously unwell before the next election is not insignificant. Jezza seems to live a very healthy lifestyle.

    *http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-life-expectancy.html
    She's the same age as Jerry Hall which seems ludicrous. Although one has to fellate Murdoch figuratively and the other literally.
    May has Type 1 not Type 2 diabetes.
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,446

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    If you wore your red shoes they would have let you in :)
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    JackWJackW Posts: 14,787

    JackW said:

    The worst flight any member of my family had was over the Med .....

    In fairness they were being chased by the Luftwaffe at the time ..... :smiley:

    A friend got a cheap flight to India in the Eighties, with a touchdown in Kabul. He was admiring the Hindu Kush on the approach to Kabul when two Soviet MIGs came alongside and started dropping flares. His neighbour in the next seat phlegmatically said they often did it when there were known to be Mujahadeen SAMs operating in the area.

    A slightly nervous take off and landing process...
    United Airlines customer service go the extra mile ....
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,583
    edited April 2017
    kle4 said:

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Attending a mosque infrequently is suspicious?
    Apparently.

    One of the things about these Islamist terrorists is that early in their lives they are very bad Muslims (doing such things like fornicating, drinking, gambling, and not being very religious like going to mosque or praying five times a day.)

    They than have an event which makes them ultra hardcore religious.

    Sometimes I wonder given how bad a Muslim I am......
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    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Did you tell them that your faith in Allah was severely dented by the defection of Mark Reckless and Dave / George losing their jobs, and that has led to you visiting less frequently?
    I've never been a frequent attender of mosques.

    Bar funerals, between the ages of 5 and 18 I went to mosque twice a year, and between the ages of 18 and 35 probably once a year, now its back to twice a year since I started living with my parents again.
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    Dura_AceDura_Ace Posts: 13,029
    JackW said:

    kle4 said:

    Old ones are the best.

    Mrs JackW thinks so .... :smile:
    RobD said:

    JackW said:

    The worst flight any member of my family had was over the Med .....

    In fairness they were being chased by the Luftwaffe at the time ..... :smiley:

    Now now Jack, don't be modest. It was you, wasn't it? :D
    To the best of my knowledge no member of Clan W has ever piloted a ME 109 !!
    Bf-109 not ME.

    After that burst of military aviation pedantry I now return you to your regularly scheduled luke warm middle class air travel anecdotes.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 92,048

    kle4 said:

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Attending a mosque infrequently is suspicious?
    Apparently.

    One of the things about these Islamist terrorists is that early in their lives they are very bad Muslims (doing such things like fornicating, drinking, gambling, and not being very religious like going to mosque or praying five times a day.)

    They than have an event which makes them ultra hardcore religious.

    Sometimes I wonder given how bad a Muslim I am......
    Just avoid any roads to Damascus, figuratively and otherwise.
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,990

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Did you tell them that your faith in Allah was severely dented by the defection of Mark Reckless and Dave / George losing their jobs, and that has led to you visiting less frequently?
    I've never been a frequent attender of mosques.

    Bar funerals, between the ages of 5 and 18 I went to mosque twice a year, and between the ages of 18 and 35 probably once a year, now its back to twice a year since I started living with my parents again.
    Get PB designated as a mosque and Bob's your uncle :D
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    ThreeQuidderThreeQuidder Posts: 6,133

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Did you tell them that your faith in Allah was severely dented by the defection of Mark Reckless and Dave / George losing their jobs, and that has led to you visiting less frequently?
    I've never been a frequent attender of mosques.

    Bar funerals, between the ages of 5 and 18 I went to mosque twice a year, and between the ages of 18 and 35 probably once a year, now its back to twice a year since I started living with my parents again.
    Twice a year: Christmas and Easter, right? ;)
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,446
    Dura_Ace said:

    JackW said:

    kle4 said:

    Old ones are the best.

    Mrs JackW thinks so .... :smile:
    RobD said:

    JackW said:

    The worst flight any member of my family had was over the Med .....

    In fairness they were being chased by the Luftwaffe at the time ..... :smiley:

    Now now Jack, don't be modest. It was you, wasn't it? :D
    To the best of my knowledge no member of Clan W has ever piloted a ME 109 !!
    Bf-109 not ME.

    After that burst of military aviation pedantry I now return you to your regularly scheduled luke warm middle class air travel anecdotes.
    Bf 109, not Bf-109 :p
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,446

    kle4 said:

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Attending a mosque infrequently is suspicious?
    Apparently.

    One of the things about these Islamist terrorists is that early in their lives they are very bad Muslims (doing such things like fornicating, drinking, gambling, and not being very religious like going to mosque or praying five times a day.)

    They than have an event which makes them ultra hardcore religious.

    Sometimes I wonder given how bad a Muslim I am......
    Oh dear, hopefully Brexit won't push you over the edge!
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,005
    Mr. Eagles, according to that list, I'm a better Muslim than most of them :p

    Although I do like ham sandwiches.
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    isamisam Posts: 41,002
    edited April 2017
    If they'd have said "One of our boys is going to have to pull you off" he'd probably have left the plane no questions asked!

    "Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html
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    surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    isam said:

    If they'd have said "One of our boys is going to have to pull you off" he'd probably have left the plane no questions asked!

    "Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

    Still doesn't make it right. They should not bargain with the compensation. They should have offered the $1350 openly and would have found 4 volunteers.
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,990
    isam said:

    If they'd have said "One of our boys is going to have to pull you off" he'd probably have left the plane no questions asked!

    "Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

    Blimey :o
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    Dura_Ace said:

    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    To be fair, TM has lost a lot of weight since her diagnosis of diabetes, a couple of stone or so, this leaves a lot of slack skin. No wonder she looks a bit haggard a lot of the time.

    On average Type 2 diabetics lose up to 10 years off their life*, so the chance of her dying or becoming seriously unwell before the next election is not insignificant. Jezza seems to live a very healthy lifestyle.

    *http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-life-expectancy.html
    She's the same age as Jerry Hall which seems ludicrous. Although one has to fellate Murdoch figuratively and the other literally.
    May has Type 1 not Type 2 diabetes.
    She was on insulin from near the start, and never was particularly obese so quite likely LADA:

    http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2010/may/the-other-diabetes-lada-or-type-1-5.html?referrer=https://www.google.co.uk/
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    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Did you tell them that your faith in Allah was severely dented by the defection of Mark Reckless and Dave / George losing their jobs, and that has led to you visiting less frequently?
    I've never been a frequent attender of mosques.

    Bar funerals, between the ages of 5 and 18 I went to mosque twice a year, and between the ages of 18 and 35 probably once a year, now its back to twice a year since I started living with my parents again.
    Twice a year: Christmas and Easter, right? ;)
    Yeah, they are called Eid Al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr round here.
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,990
    surbiton said:

    isam said:

    If they'd have said "One of our boys is going to have to pull you off" he'd probably have left the plane no questions asked!

    "Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

    Still doesn't make it right. They should not bargain with the compensation. They should have offered the $1350 openly and would have found 4 volunteers.
    No it doesn't, but it may explain why he refused to cooperate even when the police turned up.
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,292
    isam said:

    If they'd have said "One of our boys is going to have to pull you off" he'd probably have left the plane no questions asked!

    "Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

    This story just gets better and better...
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    surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Did you tell them that your faith in Allah was severely dented by the defection of Mark Reckless and Dave / George losing their jobs, and that has led to you visiting less frequently?
    I've never been a frequent attender of mosques.

    Bar funerals, between the ages of 5 and 18 I went to mosque twice a year, and between the ages of 18 and 35 probably once a year, now its back to twice a year since I started living with my parents again.
    But those two are basically social events.
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,990

    isam said:

    If they'd have said "One of our boys is going to have to pull you off" he'd probably have left the plane no questions asked!

    "Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

    This story just gets better and better...
    Have you managed to find a new supplier of popcorn? I'm all out! :p
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,292
    edited April 2017
    RobD said:

    isam said:

    If they'd have said "One of our boys is going to have to pull you off" he'd probably have left the plane no questions asked!

    "Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

    This story just gets better and better...
    Have you managed to find a new supplier of popcorn? I'm all out! :p
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    surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549

    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    To be fair, TM has lost a lot of weight since her diagnosis of diabetes, a couple of stone or so, this leaves a lot of slack skin. No wonder she looks a bit haggard a lot of the time.

    On average Type 2 diabetics lose up to 10 years off their life*, so the chance of her dying or becoming seriously unwell before the next election is not insignificant. Jezza seems to live a very healthy lifestyle.

    *http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-life-expectancy.html
    Since it is Type-1, was it a late diagnosis ? You just took 10 years of my life - just reading your post. I am still not on insulin despite having a good batting score in mmols.
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    isam said:

    If they'd have said "One of our boys is going to have to pull you off" he'd probably have left the plane no questions asked!

    "Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

    This story just gets better and better...
    Prescribing Oxycontin ("Hillbilly Heroin") is a very lucrative line of work in Appalachia and the Midwest. No wonder he didn't want to miss his clinic the next day.
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    surbiton said:

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Did you tell them that your faith in Allah was severely dented by the defection of Mark Reckless and Dave / George losing their jobs, and that has led to you visiting less frequently?
    I've never been a frequent attender of mosques.

    Bar funerals, between the ages of 5 and 18 I went to mosque twice a year, and between the ages of 18 and 35 probably once a year, now its back to twice a year since I started living with my parents again.
    But those two are basically social events.
    Yup, it's a bit of a farce, my parents' friends know I'm not much of a Muslim, they don't care, my parents would have preferred me to have been a better Muslim but it ain't a deal breaker for them.

    But the rest of the day all of us, family and friends have a great time at someone's house.
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    RogerRoger Posts: 18,897
    edited April 2017
    "Boris has suffered a humiliation" according to BBC News.

    Something more painful would have been nice. Considering how much he is disliked by the rest of the EU (understandably) it's surprising that Theresa didn't sent someone more amenable.
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    Mr. Eagles, according to that list, I'm a better Muslim than most of them :p

    Although I do like ham sandwiches.

    You're a better Muslim than me!
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,292

    isam said:

    If they'd have said "One of our boys is going to have to pull you off" he'd probably have left the plane no questions asked!

    "Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

    This story just gets better and better...
    Prescribing Oxycontin ("Hillbilly Heroin") is a very lucrative line of work in Appalachia and the Midwest. No wonder he didn't want to miss his clinic the next day.
    That or looking forward to the freebies...
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,990
    edited April 2017
    Roger said:

    "Boris has suffered a humiliation" according to BBC News.

    Something more painful would have been nice. Considering how much he is disliked by the rest of the EU (understandably) it's surprising that Theresa didn't sent someone more amenable.

    He wanted a harder line on Russia/Syria than the other G7 members were willing to take (apart from the US). Not sure that's a bad thing given what has happened over there.
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,446

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Did you tell them that your faith in Allah was severely dented by the defection of Mark Reckless and Dave / George losing their jobs, and that has led to you visiting less frequently?
    I've never been a frequent attender of mosques.

    Bar funerals, between the ages of 5 and 18 I went to mosque twice a year, and between the ages of 18 and 35 probably once a year, now its back to twice a year since I started living with my parents again.
    Twice a year: Christmas and Easter, right? ;)
    Yeah, they are called Eid Al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr round here.
    Not Eid-bah-Gum?

    (I'll get me coat...)
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    surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549

    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/851845583270797312

    Next time you hear of local authorities wailing bitterly that they can only afford to keep the libraries open or make sure that dementia patients get their bottoms wiped, and not both, remember the above.

    How many people work in local authorities ? 2 million ? And 539 earn six figures ?

    Really ? The pay cut the Barclays boss took will probably employ 50 of them.
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,005
    Mr. Eagles, I could have a word with Allah, put in a good word for you.

    /holyatheist.
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    Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,967

    kle4 said:

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Attending a mosque infrequently is suspicious?
    Apparently.

    One of the things about these Islamist terrorists is that early in their lives they are very bad Muslims (doing such things like fornicating, drinking, gambling, and not being very religious like going to mosque or praying five times a day.)

    They than have an event which makes them ultra hardcore religious.

    Sometimes I wonder given how bad a Muslim I am......
    Genuine question. How stringent is the prohibition on alcohol in Islam?

    I only ask because my experience is that Hindus and Sikhs are much more hostile to alcohol than Muslims are.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,164

    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    To be fair, TM has lost a lot of weight since her diagnosis of diabetes, a couple of stone or so, this leaves a lot of slack skin. No wonder she looks a bit haggard a lot of the time.

    On average Type 2 diabetics lose up to 10 years off their life*, so the chance of her dying or becoming seriously unwell before the next election is not insignificant. Jezza seems to live a very healthy lifestyle.

    *http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-life-expectancy.html
    Key word up to and as the article makes clear diabetes if well managed can live an average life expectancy or even longer, as someone whose mother has Type2 diabetes I also rather dislike the tone of your post
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,292
    edited April 2017
    surbiton said:

    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/851845583270797312

    Next time you hear of local authorities wailing bitterly that they can only afford to keep the libraries open or make sure that dementia patients get their bottoms wiped, and not both, remember the above.

    How many people work in local authorities ? 2 million ? And 539 earn six figures ?

    Really ? The pay cut the Barclays boss took will probably employ 50 of them.
    As Tesco's like to say every little helps. Especially when we have had some ridiculous posturing from some councils about not being able to afford keeping public bogs open for a £x00,000 a year.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,164
    surbiton said:

    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/851845583270797312

    Next time you hear of local authorities wailing bitterly that they can only afford to keep the libraries open or make sure that dementia patients get their bottoms wiped, and not both, remember the above.

    How many people work in local authorities ? 2 million ? And 539 earn six figures ?

    Really ? The pay cut the Barclays boss took will probably employ 50 of them.
    Half of them are probably consultants
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,005
    Mr. F, reminds me a bit of my Religious Studies teacher, who was also a Methodist laypreacher. His approach to the ban on alcohol was a bit like the approach of Jack Sparrow to the rules of piracy :p
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    surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Roger said:

    "Boris has suffered a humiliation" according to BBC News.

    Something more painful would have been nice. Considering how much he is disliked by the rest of the EU (understandably) it's surprising that Theresa didn't sent someone more amenable.

    When Boris said yesterday that he would ask for more sanctions against Russia, I had assumed that behind the scenes it had all been worked out before.

    Hell, no ! He got a nasty slap. Either he is full of himself or completely incompetent. Why did the FCO officials advise him not to say something like that ? He was effectively putting pressure on the other Foreign Ministers. They did not like it one bit.
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,292

    Mr. F, reminds me a bit of my Religious Studies teacher, who was also a Methodist laypreacher. His approach to the ban on alcohol was a bit like the approach of Jack Sparrow to the rules of piracy :p

    Who can forget the Crystal Methodist.....
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    DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    edited April 2017
    Deleted: point already made.
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,990
    surbiton said:

    Roger said:

    "Boris has suffered a humiliation" according to BBC News.

    Something more painful would have been nice. Considering how much he is disliked by the rest of the EU (understandably) it's surprising that Theresa didn't sent someone more amenable.

    When Boris said yesterday that he would ask for more sanctions against Russia, I had assumed that behind the scenes it had all been worked out before.

    Hell, no ! He got a nasty slap. Either he is full of himself or completely incompetent. Why did the FCO officials advise him not to say something like that ? He was effectively putting pressure on the other Foreign Ministers. They did not like it one bit.
    If things are all agreed before hand, why have the meeting to discuss things? Who knows what went on before hand, they may have even been open to listening to his idea, but decided against it pending further investigations.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,941
    edited April 2017
    Sean_F said:

    kle4 said:

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Attending a mosque infrequently is suspicious?
    Apparently.

    One of the things about these Islamist terrorists is that early in their lives they are very bad Muslims (doing such things like fornicating, drinking, gambling, and not being very religious like going to mosque or praying five times a day.)

    They than have an event which makes them ultra hardcore religious.

    Sometimes I wonder given how bad a Muslim I am......
    Genuine question. How stringent is the prohibition on alcohol in Islam?

    I only ask because my experience is that Hindus and Sikhs are much more hostile to alcohol than Muslims are.
    They're supposed to abstain completely from alcohol, but like any moral code some observe it to the letter and others not at all.

    Friend of mine is a vegetarian Muslim, although he can be partial to the occasional bacon sandwich - especially if he's got a hangover!
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,990
    edited April 2017
    snip
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,005
    Mr. Surbiton, he could be full of himself *and* incompetent.

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    surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    HYUFD said:

    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    To be fair, TM has lost a lot of weight since her diagnosis of diabetes, a couple of stone or so, this leaves a lot of slack skin. No wonder she looks a bit haggard a lot of the time.

    On average Type 2 diabetics lose up to 10 years off their life*, so the chance of her dying or becoming seriously unwell before the next election is not insignificant. Jezza seems to live a very healthy lifestyle.

    *http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-life-expectancy.html
    Key word up to and as the article makes clear diabetes if well managed can live an average life expectancy or even longer, as someone whose mother has Type2 diabetes I also rather dislike the tone of your post
    I am not sure about the tone of your post. I am a type-2 diabetes patient for over 12 years ! I found nothing offensive in Fox's post. Calm down !
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,164
    Breaking Borussia Dortmund bus hit by explosion on way to Champions League match
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39571776
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    felixfelix Posts: 15,125
    Roger said:

    "Boris has suffered a humiliation" according to BBC News.

    Something more painful would have been nice. Considering how much he is disliked by the rest of the EU (understandably) it's surprising that Theresa didn't sent someone more amenable.

    Somewhat silly comment. It was always to be expected that Italy would support Russia - they have form on this. If they have acted thus through hostility to Boris rather than on the merits of the case it says a lot about their very high level of pettiness. and I am not a Boris fan.
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,990
    surbiton said:

    HYUFD said:

    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    To be fair, TM has lost a lot of weight since her diagnosis of diabetes, a couple of stone or so, this leaves a lot of slack skin. No wonder she looks a bit haggard a lot of the time.

    On average Type 2 diabetics lose up to 10 years off their life*, so the chance of her dying or becoming seriously unwell before the next election is not insignificant. Jezza seems to live a very healthy lifestyle.

    *http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-life-expectancy.html
    Key word up to and as the article makes clear diabetes if well managed can live an average life expectancy or even longer, as someone whose mother has Type2 diabetes I also rather dislike the tone of your post
    I am not sure about the tone of your post. I am a type-2 diabetes patient for over 12 years ! I found nothing offensive in Fox's post. Calm down !
    Probably offensive to May since she doesn't have type 2 diabetes :p
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    DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    HYUFD said:

    surbiton said:

    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/851845583270797312

    Next time you hear of local authorities wailing bitterly that they can only afford to keep the libraries open or make sure that dementia patients get their bottoms wiped, and not both, remember the above.

    How many people work in local authorities ? 2 million ? And 539 earn six figures ?

    Really ? The pay cut the Barclays boss took will probably employ 50 of them.
    Half of them are probably consultants
    Actually might they be consultants in the medical sense? Wasn't public health hived off to the councils?
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,164
    surbiton said:

    HYUFD said:

    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    To be fair, TM has lost a lot of weight since her diagnosis of diabetes, a couple of stone or so, this leaves a lot of slack skin. No wonder she looks a bit haggard a lot of the time.

    On average Type 2 diabetics lose up to 10 years off their life*, so the chance of her dying or becoming seriously unwell before the next election is not insignificant. Jezza seems to live a very healthy lifestyle.

    *http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-life-expectancy.html
    Key word up to and as the article makes clear diabetes if well managed can live an average life expectancy or even longer, as someone whose mother has Type2 diabetes I also rather dislike the tone of your post
    I am not sure about the tone of your post. I am a type-2 diabetes patient for over 12 years ! I found nothing offensive in Fox's post. Calm down !
    It could have been better phrased rather than hanging the spectre of the grip reaper over the Prime Minister
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,005
    Anyway, must be off. Be nice, everyone.
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    malcolmgmalcolmg Posts: 42,067
    Alistair said:
    They are thick enough and nasty enought to have sent it
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,941
    edited April 2017
    HYUFD said:

    surbiton said:

    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/851845583270797312

    Next time you hear of local authorities wailing bitterly that they can only afford to keep the libraries open or make sure that dementia patients get their bottoms wiped, and not both, remember the above.

    How many people work in local authorities ? 2 million ? And 539 earn six figures ?

    Really ? The pay cut the Barclays boss took will probably employ 50 of them.
    Half of them are probably consultants
    The last time a similar list came out, a lot of the biggest earners turned out to be either those who had just retired and taken a pension lump sum, or were on short-term consultancy contracts on a high day rate (e.g. Finance director at £1200 a day). I'm not sure anyone is actually on a "salary" of £300-£500k as is being reported.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,164

    HYUFD said:

    surbiton said:

    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/851845583270797312

    Next time you hear of local authorities wailing bitterly that they can only afford to keep the libraries open or make sure that dementia patients get their bottoms wiped, and not both, remember the above.

    How many people work in local authorities ? 2 million ? And 539 earn six figures ?

    Really ? The pay cut the Barclays boss took will probably employ 50 of them.
    Half of them are probably consultants
    Actually might they be consultants in the medical sense? Wasn't public health hived off to the councils?
    They have a health and wellbeing programme which is not quite the same thing but like most large organisations now consultants' fees take up an ever bigger part of their budget
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    surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549

    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    So she shows off her boobs and her legs like a thirty five year old but actually looks twice that ..... oh dear!
    I think it was Cyclefree here in PB who thought she had the best cleavage in politics ! She clearly needs glasses.
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,583
    edited April 2017
    Sean_F said:

    kle4 said:

    Mr. Eagles, perhaps it's the fashion police who keep stopping you?

    Can't be that. My last visit to America I was wearing a sober brown suit, blue shirt, yellow tie, brown loafers and I still had to spend 40 mins with the chaps from TSA who wanted to know how often I attended a mosque and why it was so infrequently.
    Attending a mosque infrequently is suspicious?
    Apparently.

    One of the things about these Islamist terrorists is that early in their lives they are very bad Muslims (doing such things like fornicating, drinking, gambling, and not being very religious like going to mosque or praying five times a day.)

    They than have an event which makes them ultra hardcore religious.

    Sometimes I wonder given how bad a Muslim I am......
    Genuine question. How stringent is the prohibition on alcohol in Islam?

    I only ask because my experience is that Hindus and Sikhs are much more hostile to alcohol than Muslims are.
    My parents would be very disappointed if I drank alcohol, but the general rule is what you do in private is fine, drinking alcohol in public as a Muslim is a no no.
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    malcolmgmalcolmg Posts: 42,067
    Danny565 said:

    A new SNP PPB which doesn't mention "independence" once.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0rf3HYjTA

    IT is the opposition parties that bang on about independence all the time, that is all they ever come up with , it si quite unbelievable. They are obsessed.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,164
    Sandpit said:

    HYUFD said:

    surbiton said:

    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/851845583270797312

    Next time you hear of local authorities wailing bitterly that they can only afford to keep the libraries open or make sure that dementia patients get their bottoms wiped, and not both, remember the above.

    How many people work in local authorities ? 2 million ? And 539 earn six figures ?

    Really ? The pay cut the Barclays boss took will probably employ 50 of them.
    Half of them are probably consultants
    The last time a similar list came out, a lot of the biggest earners turned out to be either those who had just retired and taken a pension lump sum, or were on short-term consultancy contracts on a high day rate (e.g. Finance director at £1200 a day). I'm not sure anyone is actually on a "salary" of £300-£500k as is being reported.
    Certainly I would expect a lot to be on short-term consultancy contracts, yes
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,990
    malcolmg said:

    Danny565 said:

    A new SNP PPB which doesn't mention "independence" once.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0rf3HYjTA

    IT is the opposition parties that bang on about independence all the time, that is all they ever come up with , it si quite unbelievable. They are obsessed.
    LOL
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    malcolmgmalcolmg Posts: 42,067
    RobD said:

    surbiton said:

    Roger said:

    "Boris has suffered a humiliation" according to BBC News.

    Something more painful would have been nice. Considering how much he is disliked by the rest of the EU (understandably) it's surprising that Theresa didn't sent someone more amenable.

    When Boris said yesterday that he would ask for more sanctions against Russia, I had assumed that behind the scenes it had all been worked out before.

    Hell, no ! He got a nasty slap. Either he is full of himself or completely incompetent. Why did the FCO officials advise him not to say something like that ? He was effectively putting pressure on the other Foreign Ministers. They did not like it one bit.
    If things are all agreed before hand, why have the meeting to discuss things? Who knows what went on before hand, they may have even been open to listening to his idea, but decided against it pending further investigations.
    What do you expect the man is a buffoon and well out of his depth.
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    malcolmgmalcolmg Posts: 42,067
    surbiton said:

    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/851845583270797312

    Next time you hear of local authorities wailing bitterly that they can only afford to keep the libraries open or make sure that dementia patients get their bottoms wiped, and not both, remember the above.

    How many people work in local authorities ? 2 million ? And 539 earn six figures ?

    Really ? The pay cut the Barclays boss took will probably employ 50 of them.
    It said more than two thousand have over £100K
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    trouble at Borrussia Dortmund, explosion near team bus before CL?
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    malcolmgmalcolmg Posts: 42,067
    TGOHF said:

    kle4 said:
    Highlights that the Scottish Greens are just lapdogs of the Nationalists.
    It is sad scared unionist losers wasting money as they have no policies of their own to promote, fixated on others.
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    nunununu Posts: 6,024
    surbiton said:

    isam said:

    If they'd have said "One of our boys is going to have to pull you off" he'd probably have left the plane no questions asked!

    "Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

    Still doesn't make it right. They should not bargain with the compensation. They should have offered the $1350 openly and would have found 4 volunteers.
    correct. this smear campaign is disgusting.
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    AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670

    surbiton said:

    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/851845583270797312

    Next time you hear of local authorities wailing bitterly that they can only afford to keep the libraries open or make sure that dementia patients get their bottoms wiped, and not both, remember the above.

    How many people work in local authorities ? 2 million ? And 539 earn six figures ?

    Really ? The pay cut the Barclays boss took will probably employ 50 of them.
    As Tesco's like to say every little helps. Especially when we have had some ridiculous posturing from some councils about not being able to afford keeping public bogs open for a £x00,000 a year.
    So pay peanuts and drive out all competent mangers into the private sector and have councils run by total incompetents?
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    malcolmgmalcolmg Posts: 42,067

    Danny565 said:

    kle4 said:

    Metatron said:

    I`ll be amazed if May is still PM in 2020.She looks really old for 59 her only idea since becoming PM was more Grammar Schools which does not resonate with many people,she bottled Hinckley Point,the budget was incompetent and devoid of ideas and all the problems of Brexit are likely to have emerged prior to 2020 as it is likely to be a new Labour leader
    The main reason why May might stay PM is for the same reason she got elected the lack of an alternative leader but Tories have 3 years to find somebody with charisma and fresh ideas

    She does look older than 59, but that's not necessarily an indication of how energetic she may or may not be going forward. Brexit is what she will rise and fall on.
    Both TMay and Corbyn could pass for a good 10 years older than they actually are IMO.
    So she shows off her boobs and her legs like a thirty five year old but actually looks twice that ..... oh dear!
    Not a good look for sure
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