Johnny Bognor

Not when my sponsorship is contributing towards his fee - the ungrateful saddo c-lister should show some ****ing respect. Those that bite the hand that feeds them should be left to starve. Although I can see why you like May, as your main main Lowe didn't give a **** about his paymasters either....and the rest is history.

May is a jumped up wannabee c-list celeb who can't take a joke. My company recently sponsored an event whereby he was doing the after dinner speech. His whole theme was taking the mick out of himself as the "other one from top gear" - on the basis that Clarkson and Hammond are better known. After the event standing in the Hotel Foyer, I went up to James in a jovial way and said "excuse me, aren't you the other one off Top Gear"? - call it an ice breaker if you will. The look he gave me was as if I had exhumed his grandma and took her round the back of the cemetary. What a tosser, especially as it was his bloody joke in the first place. So, as I said, a jumped up wannabee celeb.

Is it April 1st? This is one way to completely damage your brand.

Who are they? (in my best scouse accent)

OK, fair enough, but that would mean reading the whole thread though? Why would I want to do that?

That sentence did sound strange, I thought he was drunk when writing that. So well done Len, you've exposed GM for the wind up merchant he truly is.

I am more worried about someone going to get their father's gun and then shooting someone from Pompey. At the end of the day, murder is far worse than a bit of GBH IMO.

152.5 left.....tick tock, tick tock

Don't put down to guile, what you can put down to incompetence

Pics worked ok for me. I think I've fixed it now.

Business Update: Just Announced -- IKEA to take over GM IKEA HAS ANNOUNCED IT'S INTENTION TO TAKE OVER GM, AND TO SELL CARS.

Bump Eurofighter doing an air display on the Saturday, Red Arrows on the Sunday.....

P Zero's on the F-car Michelin Synchromes on the mrs 4x4 Goodyears on the BM Try tyreshopper.co.uk or blackcircles.com for good deals on tyres. They deliver to local tyre fitters and can save you quite a bit of cash. Continental used to do an Eco Contact (had them on my old BM) which lasted nearly 20,000 miles, they were really hard wearing, but going round a bend at more than 10mph was hair raising! Ultimately it depends on what you want out of the tyre - performance vs economy (green credentials) vs a good compromise

That is the crux of the problem for me. MF "coming out" did not add substance or weight. Had Bill Gates or Richard Branson "come out", this would have added substance and weight. Don't want to slag the new guy off, but this excecise has not silenced the critics, only made things worse.

I would lay off the guy, as things are rarely Black or White, a bit like this takeover really.

For the record, GM was bang on about Wilde and HMR/Danny Boy. He could be right again, who knows? His rationale for net worth though, is only based on accounts held at companies house, which while it gives a good indication, doesn't tell the whole story. For example, Mr X could have a business with a net worth of £100k and could have inherited £100m from a rich uncle. It would be wrong to assume that his net worth is only £100k on that basis. It could be that Mr X doesn't even have a registered business or it could be family money that he has to play with. FWIW, I think the dithering over the last week is just as telling as the accounts at companies house. My heart still wants to believe, but my head is struggling.

I assume you mean the Daily Mail (), as my post (to which you responded) only contains facts: FACT 1 - You don't have any right to a pay rise (as long as your pay is greater than the minimum wage) FACT 2 - You don't have rights to alternative employment in a given organisation when on a fixed contract FACT 3 - You don't have the right to prevent other EU workers from taking your job The problem with Socialist Worker readers () and unions in general, is that they become self delusional, ignore the facts and think they are still living in the 1970's

You have no rights to a pay rise, you have to earn it, but that doesn't stop the unions bullying employers. You don't have rights to be employed elsewhere in an organisation when your fixed term contract comes to an end, but doesn't stop employees breaking the law to make a point. You don't have rights when it comes to preventing other people working, based on where they come from (when they have a legal right to as members of the EU) as this amounts to racist bullying. So what "rights" exactly are the unions fighting for at the moment?

No your analagy is wrong. You have to go to school and can't leave, therefore you have stand up to the bully. In my analagy, you don't HAVE to be with the mrs and likewise you don't HAVE to work for a specific employer. It is all about attitude at the end of the day. When I was employed, I viewed it as my employer was lucky to employ my services (OK, they paid me for it), but by withdrawing my services, someone else would benefit and my previous employer would lose out. I wouldn't want to force them to employ me, even if I was **** at my job.....I've got too much pride to do that. There are things you need to stand up for and there are things you don't. I grew up with a metally disabled brother (hence my instant dislike of Kardeem ****head) and the bullying and ****taking was relentless - not only did I have to stick up for him, but I had to stick up for me too - it taught me a lot about life. So, stand and fight for the right things, whilst move on for others. As I say, it's all about attitude.......

The Victorians had no choice, it was work or starve. However there are far more working opportunities for everyone nowadays. Yes, the barrow boy can make it to the top in whatever field. By leaving your employment for another job, you are standing up for yourself and giving your previous employer the two fingered salute. Would you stay with your mrs if she was ****ting on you to "stand up for yourself" by complaining? Or, would you tell her to **** off and go find another one?

It is called respect you **** head - something you will never understand. Go back to belittling the mentally disabled.

To be fair, your average union leader wouldn't know what to do with an advancing enemy armed with AK47's and RPGs. They would probably hold up a few placards with "Sack the Taleban", whilst complaining about working conditions and how they get shot at. Never been in the armed forces, but have immense respect for them. As SRS says, you don't like it, you leave.

I have a feeling in my waters that Schumi is going to do a few runs at this year's Festival of Speed and that is why he is here.

It's not road legal. When buying them from Ferrari, you can only use them on track days with Ferrari pit crews. Therefore, the lap time shouldn't count IMO. I would be interested to see schumi go round in the next quickest car on the board to see how much is down to the man and how much is down to the machine.

Hi Tony, Thank you for the time taken out to give us an update. Can you put a number to timely? Are we talking Minutes, Hours, Days, Months, Years? Please answer, as I need to get on with some work. Thanks JB