Christmas Tree

A nice shout. Watched Taken again tonight and had forgotten just how good it is. 7/10

found it funny, hence the

We are the 3rd biggest spenders in the January window apparently Tweeted by the Journo at the Journal

Very Nice stuff.

Pasta Alexio with chicken and garlic bread. A few drops of Tobasco sauce added for a little kick. With a nice little Shiraz to accompany the cooking process.

Traditionalist..... Wings of a sparrow.......

still fat

A Council Estate in suunderland was evacuated today after a suspicious object was found. Close examination by security forces revealed that it was a payslip ...

That's the whole point though. The majority of MP's were state educated. Aside from the fact that figure still shows disparity given the ratio of state to private schooling (clearly it's never going to be 1:1 and I'm not suggesting it should be), the focus was on members of cabinet, rather than some backbench. Jesus even Ronnie Campbell is still an MP, he's uneducated enough to make up for all of Eton past and present. It's about the people who are setting policy will will shape our country for years to come. Like Gordon brown ? Being shaping it for the last 13 years. State school boy iirc. It's going to take years to come to undo his work!

Spot on.

Hmmmmmm!

We did, but Parky fucked it up.

Tory Stokoe

Poland? Hollywood

All over twitter tonight.

The Kings Speech------ 15/10 Quite simply one of the best films I've seen in a long long time. If Firth doesn't get an Oscar for this role then we should invade. Geoffrey Rush as the speech therapist should be a good shout for best supporting actor. The only downside was Timothy Spall as Churchill. As soon as you first see him you just call help but hearing that Brummie voice shouting Oz!!! Get it watched.

Spill

That's the whole point though. The majority of MP's were state educated.

The programme argues that the system is such now that comprehensive education is now far less likely to produce someone capable of being better than Cameron, not that there are better people being overlooked due to some upper-crust conspiracy. I dont buy that. As with all life , people buy people, and no amount of education can make a false dullard a leader. You need to have that x factor to get your peers to elect you leader. MP's vote for vote winners to lead them. Now more than ever its personality that makes the difference between a leader like Blair and a dullard like Brown. So you don't think it was the education that Cameron, Clegg, Osborne, Blair etc received that gave them the advantage over their poorer peers? Do you think they are genetically superior and just happened to go to a £30k private school by coinicidence (this is a common theme amongst private school boys I know)? Or do you just have no problem with inequalities like this and parliament not representing it's population? Like I said, I figured you would have no problem with this. Btw, I wasn't making a party political point over this. I reckon there are thousands of tories from less affluent backgrounds who are aspirational and would disagree strongly with you as well. Thatcher for one, which is acknowledged in the programme. Bridget went to a comp btw but went to Oxford (essential nowadays). but it would have been a hundred times more difficult for her than for your tory chums. Well your probably better educated than my good self, yet I can hold a discussion without resorting to jibes, something you have trouble with and I can stay composed and discuss the facts, and get them right. The facts are, you mislead us in your opening post. You said 70% of MP's are privately educated when the truth is the figure is around 47% That means the majority of the house of commons is made up from "normal" people that went to comp then uni. (Like Bridget). And just like Maggie would have done were she going through education today. I am just at ease with an Etonian Prime Minister as I am with say an ex Teacher, Plumber or Grocers daughter. The bottom line for me is whether I think they are up to the job and have a vision to move the country forward. The truth is you have watched a sensationalised documentary, then spewed the same sensational story without checking your facts. Your argument is full of holes, mis-information and theories that are plain stupid. You have large chips on your shoulders about people with money, however I guess like Dianne Abbott or Blair, you are one of these that talks a good socialist game, while choosing a nice shiny private education for your own children. (now or future). Clearly absent-minded to just think corruption is not an issue especially with the ruling class, unbelievable. If your views are trying to suggest your some middle-class conservative throughout your life, then you're deluded, epitomised by your half-hearted attempts to spice up your life. From a taxi driver. And Landlord To be honest, your post makes absolutely no sense what so ever. Rather than trying to be clever you should try and explain your view, if you actually have one, better. Just for the record, Ive even read it a few times and still cant make any sense of it. It sounds very angry though so maybe your a student? If you are, how you can look down your nose at real workers..... Spice up my life?????????

Must have been dead boring. Labour Romping home, Newcastle flying high. What did you all discuss?

The programme argues that the system is such now that comprehensive education is now far less likely to produce someone capable of being better than Cameron, not that there are better people being overlooked due to some upper-crust conspiracy. I dont buy that. As with all life , people buy people, and no amount of education can make a false dullard a leader. You need to have that x factor to get your peers to elect you leader. MP's vote for vote winners to lead them. Now more than ever its personality that makes the difference between a leader like Blair and a dullard like Brown. So you don't think it was the education that Cameron, Clegg, Osborne, Blair etc received that gave them the advantage over their poorer peers? Do you think they are genetically superior and just happened to go to a £30k private school by coinicidence (this is a common theme amongst private school boys I know)? Or do you just have no problem with inequalities like this and parliament not representing it's population? Like I said, I figured you would have no problem with this. Btw, I wasn't making a party political point over this. I reckon there are thousands of tories from less affluent backgrounds who are aspirational and would disagree strongly with you as well. Thatcher for one, which is acknowledged in the programme. Bridget went to a comp btw but went to Oxford (essential nowadays). but it would have been a hundred times more difficult for her than for your tory chums. Well your probably better educated than my good self, yet I can hold a discussion without resorting to jibes, something you have trouble with and I can stay composed and discuss the facts, and get them right. The facts are, you mislead us in your opening post. You said 70% of MP's are privately educated when the truth is the figure is around 47% That means the majority of the house of commons is made up from "normal" people that went to comp then uni. (Like Bridget). And just like Maggie would have done were she going through education today. I am just at ease with an Etonian Prime Minister as I am with say an ex Teacher, Plumber or Grocers daughter. The bottom line for me is whether I think they are up to the job and have a vision to move the country forward. The truth is you have watched a sensationalised documentary, then spewed the same sensational story without checking your facts. Your argument is full of holes, mis-information and theories that are plain stupid. You have large chips on your shoulders about people with money, however I guess like Dianne Abbott or Blair, you are one of these that talks a good socialist game, while choosing a nice shiny private education for your own children. (now or future).

The programme argues that the system is such now that comprehensive education is now far less likely to produce someone capable of being better than Cameron, not that there are better people being overlooked due to some upper-crust conspiracy. I dont buy that. As with all life , people buy people, and no amount of education can make a false dullard a leader. You need to have that x factor to get your peers to elect you leader. MP's vote for vote winners to lead them. Now more than ever its personality that makes the difference between a leader like Blair and a dullard like Brown. Think the ability to lie and mislead the general populus is the defining factor of a good leader. Agreed, but they have to convince equally good liars to elect them leader first.

The programme argues that the system is such now that comprehensive education is now far less likely to produce someone capable of being better than Cameron, not that there are better people being overlooked due to some upper-crust conspiracy. I dont buy that. As with all life , people buy people, and no amount of education can make a false dullard a leader. You need to have that x factor to get your peers to elect you leader. MP's vote for vote winners to lead them. Now more than ever its personality that makes the difference between a leader like Blair and a dullard like Brown.

interesting. i've never made a tomato-based sauce with lemon juice before. isn't it super acidic? One of the ingredients on the side of Dolmio tomato sauce is Lemon juice