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
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Labour 'Sleaze' Scandals
April 2006 Peter Law’s 'peerage'
April 2006 Charles Clarke & the failed deportations
April 2006 John Prescott's Affair(s)
April 2006 Cherie Blair’s hairdressing bill
March 2006 Tessa Jowell & husband
March 2006 Peerages for Cash
March 2006 Prescott pays no Council tax
March 2006 Margaret Beckett’s Royal Flights
October 2005 Blunkett resigns over links to DNA firm
October 2005 Cherie Gets £100,000 for “charity” speaking tour
October 2005 Stephen Byers apologies for lieing over Railtrack
June 2005 Cherie Opens Shopping centre for Malaysian millionaire
June 2005 Labour MSP Ken MacIntosh resigns over non declaration of financial interests
June 2005 Cherie Blair cashes in on Tony’s Washington trip
March 2005 Labour charges £200 for candidate contact details
February 2005 Cherie Blair embarks on lucrative Australian speaking tour
January 2005 Candy Atherton’s researcher digs for gay Tory dirt
December 2004 Oona King offered £10000 to bed Labour Euro MP
May 2004 Lord Drayson’s company wins non competitive tender contract after £50,000 donation to Labour
April 2004 Beverley Hughes resigns over Immigration scandal
February 2004 Labour criticised by Electoral Commission for late tendering of accounts
March 2003 Clive Betts MP employed rent boy in House of Commons office
December 2002 Cherie Blair apologises over links to conman Peter Foster
September 2002 Labour MP Alan Meale in trouble over deportation case linked to donation
July 2002 Carphone Warehouse chairman claims Lord Levy tried to nobble a £1 million donation
May 2002 Stephen Byers resigns from government after various scandals
May 2002 Tessa Jowell criticises Labour for accepting donation from Richard Desmond
March 2002 Lakshmi Mittal
March 2002 Donnygate Doncaster Labour scandal ends in prison for Labour councillors
February 2002 Arthur Andersen & donations to Labour
February 2002 Martin Sixsmith forced to resign by Stephen Byers
February 2002 Jo Moore resigns over ‘burying bad news’ email
January 2002 Enron accused of buying access to Labour after donation
December 2001 Keith Vaz criticised by Standards Commissioner over business links
December 2001 Nigel Griffiths and £40,000 office expenses
November 2001 Henry McLeish resigns as Scottish First Minister after office expense scandal
July 2001 Hindujahs receive passports after Labour donation
January 2001 Buyer of Millennium Dome Robert Bourne accused over donation to Labour
January 2001 Peter Mandelson resigns for the second time
July 2000 David Blunkett fails to declare income from rent on his Wimbledon home
June 2000 Geoffrey Robinson in trouble with Belgian tax authorities
June 2000 Lord Ali in trouble for using House of Lords as business address
April 2000 John Prescott fails to disclose benefit of Union owned flat
January 2000 Geoffrey Robinson faces fraud inquiry over Transtec
January 2000 Gordon Brown faces Inquiry over flat purchased from Maxwell ruins
October 1999 Ron Davies goes badger watching
September 1999 Scottish Labour Party lobbying scandal
December 1998 Geoffrey Robinson resigns over loaning money to Mandelson
December 1998 Peter Mandelson resigns over Geoffrey Robinson loan
October 1998 Ron Davies’s Moment of Madness on Clapham Common
July 1998 Downing Street adviser Roger Liddle investigatedover lobbying links
March 1998 Lord Irvine’s £650,000 of wallpaper
July 1999 Derek Draper & Lobbygate
August 1998 Robin Cook’s affair with Gaynor Regan exposed
November 1997 Bernie Eccleston’s £1 million donation investigated
May 1997 Mohammed Sarwar accused of bribery
Let me know if there are any missing.
April 2006 Charles Clarke & the failed deportations
April 2006 John Prescott's Affair(s)
April 2006 Cherie Blair’s hairdressing bill
March 2006 Tessa Jowell & husband
March 2006 Peerages for Cash
March 2006 Prescott pays no Council tax
March 2006 Margaret Beckett’s Royal Flights
October 2005 Blunkett resigns over links to DNA firm
October 2005 Cherie Gets £100,000 for “charity” speaking tour
October 2005 Stephen Byers apologies for lieing over Railtrack
June 2005 Cherie Opens Shopping centre for Malaysian millionaire
June 2005 Labour MSP Ken MacIntosh resigns over non declaration of financial interests
June 2005 Cherie Blair cashes in on Tony’s Washington trip
March 2005 Labour charges £200 for candidate contact details
February 2005 Cherie Blair embarks on lucrative Australian speaking tour
January 2005 Candy Atherton’s researcher digs for gay Tory dirt
December 2004 Oona King offered £10000 to bed Labour Euro MP
May 2004 Lord Drayson’s company wins non competitive tender contract after £50,000 donation to Labour
April 2004 Beverley Hughes resigns over Immigration scandal
February 2004 Labour criticised by Electoral Commission for late tendering of accounts
March 2003 Clive Betts MP employed rent boy in House of Commons office
December 2002 Cherie Blair apologises over links to conman Peter Foster
September 2002 Labour MP Alan Meale in trouble over deportation case linked to donation
July 2002 Carphone Warehouse chairman claims Lord Levy tried to nobble a £1 million donation
May 2002 Stephen Byers resigns from government after various scandals
May 2002 Tessa Jowell criticises Labour for accepting donation from Richard Desmond
March 2002 Lakshmi Mittal
March 2002 Donnygate Doncaster Labour scandal ends in prison for Labour councillors
February 2002 Arthur Andersen & donations to Labour
February 2002 Martin Sixsmith forced to resign by Stephen Byers
February 2002 Jo Moore resigns over ‘burying bad news’ email
January 2002 Enron accused of buying access to Labour after donation
December 2001 Keith Vaz criticised by Standards Commissioner over business links
December 2001 Nigel Griffiths and £40,000 office expenses
November 2001 Henry McLeish resigns as Scottish First Minister after office expense scandal
July 2001 Hindujahs receive passports after Labour donation
January 2001 Buyer of Millennium Dome Robert Bourne accused over donation to Labour
January 2001 Peter Mandelson resigns for the second time
July 2000 David Blunkett fails to declare income from rent on his Wimbledon home
June 2000 Geoffrey Robinson in trouble with Belgian tax authorities
June 2000 Lord Ali in trouble for using House of Lords as business address
April 2000 John Prescott fails to disclose benefit of Union owned flat
January 2000 Geoffrey Robinson faces fraud inquiry over Transtec
January 2000 Gordon Brown faces Inquiry over flat purchased from Maxwell ruins
October 1999 Ron Davies goes badger watching
September 1999 Scottish Labour Party lobbying scandal
December 1998 Geoffrey Robinson resigns over loaning money to Mandelson
December 1998 Peter Mandelson resigns over Geoffrey Robinson loan
October 1998 Ron Davies’s Moment of Madness on Clapham Common
July 1998 Downing Street adviser Roger Liddle investigatedover lobbying links
March 1998 Lord Irvine’s £650,000 of wallpaper
July 1999 Derek Draper & Lobbygate
August 1998 Robin Cook’s affair with Gaynor Regan exposed
November 1997 Bernie Eccleston’s £1 million donation investigated
May 1997 Mohammed Sarwar accused of bribery
Let me know if there are any missing.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Worst week ever Again !!
You may be wondering why I haven't commented on the government's self inflicted misfortune this week. Well.. to be honest there is just too much to write, plus I'm still trying to get Prescott images out of my head!!!
Which shocks you more. The Home Office incompetent handling of criminals..and these are the ones they know about.
Or Prescott.
Oh please Lord when will you rid us of these fools.
Which shocks you more. The Home Office incompetent handling of criminals..and these are the ones they know about.
Or Prescott.
Oh please Lord when will you rid us of these fools.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Friday, April 14, 2006
Good Friday 2006
"Today, Good Friday, Christians remember the death of Jesus on the cross. It is to this bitter end that his declaration of the truth brought him. On Sunday, Christians will celebrate the Resurrection. That event is the guarantee not only of the claims that Jesus made, but also of his ability to accomplish his promises. It means that the truth is something to stick to even when it leads to the grave. Perhaps Easter can only be reached by way of the Cross, yet there is no other route than the way of truth." - Telegraph leader
"The truth of Christ’s death is the truth of all life on earth: that in the very depths of despair can come relief born of inner spiritual resilience. However adrift the Disciples must have felt, abandoned, ridiculed and disillusioned, they carried in them a message and a conviction that was stronger than anything else on earth — stronger even than death." - Times leader
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006
Further Advice from Defra
Defra have just confirmed a recent strain of Bird flu, discovered just after Christmas.
If you find 4 Calling birds, 3 French hens, 2 Turtle doves or a Partridge dead near a Peartree. Please call Defra on 0207 224.......
Ha Ha Ha
If you find 4 Calling birds, 3 French hens, 2 Turtle doves or a Partridge dead near a Peartree. Please call Defra on 0207 224.......
Ha Ha Ha
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Advice from Dacorum Borough Council
Bird flu.
Advice from the Department of the Environment Farming & RuralAffairs (DEFRA) remains unchanged for the moment after tests on a swanfound dead in Fife, Scotland have found the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
If residents find any dead swans, more than three dead birds of the samespecies or more than five dead birds of different species in the samelocation, please ask them to contact the (DEFRA) help line on 08459 335577.
At the moment, a one off dead garden bird is not a problem. Residents donot need to notify DEFRA and can dispose of these themselves, without anyrisk, providing they follow some basic hygiene precautions. See theCouncil’s web site for further details or go to www.defra.gov.uk.
Advice from the Department of the Environment Farming & RuralAffairs (DEFRA) remains unchanged for the moment after tests on a swanfound dead in Fife, Scotland have found the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
If residents find any dead swans, more than three dead birds of the samespecies or more than five dead birds of different species in the samelocation, please ask them to contact the (DEFRA) help line on 08459 335577.
At the moment, a one off dead garden bird is not a problem. Residents donot need to notify DEFRA and can dispose of these themselves, without anyrisk, providing they follow some basic hygiene precautions. See theCouncil’s web site for further details or go to www.defra.gov.uk.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
The latest Laws passed
We thought that you would like to know that the following Bills have received Royal Assent today.
1. Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Act
2. Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act
3. Criminal Defence Service Act
4. National Insurance Contributions Act
5. Terrorism Act
6. London Olympics Games and Paralympic Games Act
7. Immigration, Asylum, and Nationality Act
8. Identity Cards Act
9. Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act
10 Consumer Credit Act
For further information please click on the link below for the legislation section of our website. http://www.commonsleader.gov.uk/output/page631.asp
1. Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Act
2. Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act
3. Criminal Defence Service Act
4. National Insurance Contributions Act
5. Terrorism Act
6. London Olympics Games and Paralympic Games Act
7. Immigration, Asylum, and Nationality Act
8. Identity Cards Act
9. Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act
10 Consumer Credit Act
For further information please click on the link below for the legislation section of our website. http://www.commonsleader.gov.uk/output/page631.asp
Friday, March 31, 2006
Church sign spotted in Dunstable
1Cross
3Nails
4Given
If you spot any clever Church adverts like this, then let me know.
3Nails
4Given
If you spot any clever Church adverts like this, then let me know.
Monday, March 27, 2006
U -turn Tony's at it again
Loanmaster General Tony Blair is at it again."Well" says tony followed by open hand gestures " I know I said I wasn't going to fight the next election, but that was then and this is now. Seeing as Gordon can't count and I've raised £14 Mill without anyone knowing(insert Smile). I'm not sure the country would be safe without me". followed by assured statesman look.
How do you know when tony is lying. When you see his lips move.
NB the above is not a real quote , but see how easy it is.
What advice would you give to Gordon, now he has to wait even longer!!
How do you know when tony is lying. When you see his lips move.
NB the above is not a real quote , but see how easy it is.
What advice would you give to Gordon, now he has to wait even longer!!
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