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I've never come across a situation where not being a member has been a barrier, depite meeting all the necessary criteria.

a) Will of God b) Wrath of God :cool:

I heard that they are German ( so not REAL people at all ). ( How appropriate for our regional branch of the NSDAP ) These are also Yanks - funny they didn't pick the other pictures in this set, for instance the ones with the 'coloured' gentleman included.

Ahh, sorry, I work for a northerm 'met', so it's BYO.

Item 1 - Apologies for absence ( St David, Sundance, Scooby ) Item 2 - Minutes of the last meeting Item 3 - Debate the motion "Should there be a General Election ?" Item 4 - Post the results on SaintsWerb Item 5 - Any other business Item 6 - Date of next meeting

As Francis Urqhuart says in 'House of Cards' ; "You might say that, I could not possibly comment"

She can't, unless it is on the advice of the Privy Council, ( and look who that includes ). Otherwise it would precipitate a constitutional crisis equivalent to Edward the 8th or Charles the 1st, and probably lead to the abolition of the Monarchy.

Not another hijack...I'm sure that there are just as many examples of Tory financial mis-management. Can't we all just agree that the concentration of power at Westminster, with an overwhelming majority for the ruling party, ( the last 7 elections have yielded this, more or less ), tends to engender in MPs of all persuasions an attitude of indifference to public opinion, and a tendency to feel untouchable and unaccountable for their actions, ( until the damage is done ).

Of the 13 ( ! ) party affiliations stated for my region, at least 8 are immediately discounted due to some fairly obvious core policy disagreements, so it may have to come down to where I can most effectively place a 'protest' vote to block one of them.

There would be less 'wastage' if the politicians could resist interfering just because they need to be seen to be doing something. The number of policy changes, initiatives, and guidelines issued in the Health and Education sectors is mind-boggling, and much of this involves contradictions and corrections being introduced in attempt to put right last year's big plans, which have not been given enough time or attention to bed in and show a benefit.

But surely I should only vote if I support and believe in the party and it's policies. And that assumes that such a party has a candidate in my constituency. Voting simply for the sheer hell of it, or God forbid because it becomes compulsory, is worse than saying 'none of you lot are fit to get my vote'.

To do what exactly ? Form a BNP / UKIP / Greens coalition ? When it comes down to it, of the 35% of the total electorate who will bother to vote :30% will vote for the donkey with the blue ribbon, 30% for the donkey with the red ribbon, 20% for the donkey with the yellow ribbon, 10% for a minority donkey of their choice, and the result will be decided by the remaining 10% of lower middle-class, self interested, swing voters. Me, I'm thinking of the 'none of the above' option.

Either http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque ( Coombe, Cwm, or Corrie ) or a member of a Scottish folk group.

"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn "Candide" by Voltaire or the one that got my teeange son into the habit of reading 'proper' books "Brighton Rock" by Graham Greene

Yep, that's me. ( And stop calling me 'Honey' ! )

There might well be a few current MPs getting close to this already

FWIW, my two rabbits are called 'Hazel' and 'Geoffrey Boycott' - ( true ! ) Oh, and getting back to the point of this thread, my favourite animals are Killer Whales: Beautiful, sleek, intelligent, - and bl00dy deadly.

Well, I for one 'ain't gonna work on her farm no more'.

Monday morning feels so bad, Ev'rybody seems to nag me Coming Tuesday I feel better, Even my old man looks good, Wednesday just don't go, Thursday goes too slow, I've got Friday on my mind

I thought HE couldn't be named....

Or lunch.......

Better that they fit into your stew pot

Young rabbits are called kittens. HTH

WOOT, a win !!! Bring on the ockers.

A Police helicopter circling over the end of the M55.