A passenger tapped the taxi driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.
The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went upon the footpath, and stopped centimeters from a shop window.
For a second everything went quiet in the cab, then the driver said:
"Look mate, don't ever do that again. You scared the living daylights out of me!".
The passenger apologized and said, "I didn't realize that a little tap would scare you so much."
The driver replied, "Sorry, it's not really your fault, it's just today is my first day as a cab driver - I've been driving a van carrying dead bodies for the last 25 years. "
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Current Opinion Polls
If there were a General Election tomorrow, what would happen?
Current Prediction: Labour short of majority by 38 seats.
Prediction based on opinion polls from 21 Apr 06 to 9 May 06, sampling 6,532 people.
{ supplied by electoralcalculus.co.uk }
Current Prediction: Labour short of majority by 38 seats.
Prediction based on opinion polls from 21 Apr 06 to 9 May 06, sampling 6,532 people.
{ supplied by electoralcalculus.co.uk }
Press Release from Mike Penning MP
MPs call for County Council to maintain free transport for faith based schools.
Hertfordshire’s nine Conservative MPs have joined forces to call for the County Council to maintain free transport for Hertfordshire children attending faith based schools.
The County Council is currently undertaking a review of funding for transport for faith based schools and is considering scrapping the transport subsidy.
David Gauke, MP for South West Hertfordshire, criticised the proposal. “Faith based schools play an important role in our education system providing parents with a wider choice of high quality education. If the transport subsidy is lost, that choice will be lost for many people. That will be bad news for pupils, parents and the schools themselves.”
Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead, also spoke out against the plans. “If these proposals go through, families who cannot afford the transport costs will be denied the choice of a faith based schools unless they live close by. That is unfair.”
Hertfordshire’s nine Conservative MPs have joined forces to call for the County Council to maintain free transport for Hertfordshire children attending faith based schools.
The County Council is currently undertaking a review of funding for transport for faith based schools and is considering scrapping the transport subsidy.
David Gauke, MP for South West Hertfordshire, criticised the proposal. “Faith based schools play an important role in our education system providing parents with a wider choice of high quality education. If the transport subsidy is lost, that choice will be lost for many people. That will be bad news for pupils, parents and the schools themselves.”
Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead, also spoke out against the plans. “If these proposals go through, families who cannot afford the transport costs will be denied the choice of a faith based schools unless they live close by. That is unfair.”
Message from our friends up north
Colleagues will be pleased to learn that last night we won the Labour Leaders’ Council seat in a by-election in “Park Ward” in Fleetwood – part of the Wyre Borough Council.
We won with a 30% swing from Labour to Conservative.
The ward is in Fleetwood, North Lancashire and is the strongest Labour Ward.
The by-election was held because of the death of the Labour group leader.
It was one of their safest seats and has not been Conservative for decades.
The Ward is in the new Constituency of Lancaster & Fleetwood which will become our 114th target constituency and the last one we need to form a Government!
Results: 2003: Labour 600 / Conservative 200
By-Election: 2006: Labour 450 / Conservative: 550
We won with a 30% swing from Labour to Conservative.
The ward is in Fleetwood, North Lancashire and is the strongest Labour Ward.
The by-election was held because of the death of the Labour group leader.
It was one of their safest seats and has not been Conservative for decades.
The Ward is in the new Constituency of Lancaster & Fleetwood which will become our 114th target constituency and the last one we need to form a Government!
Results: 2003: Labour 600 / Conservative 200
By-Election: 2006: Labour 450 / Conservative: 550
Friday, May 19, 2006
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