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The subject was not only Murdoch the man but the degree of influence he exerts on the public consciousness and ' poisoning UK politics'. I brought the others into the discussion as examples of mega rich and media moguls who also try to use their influence to gain advantage. Politics have little to do with it. The media giants, Murdochs included, are all pandering to and trying to play nice with China and Russia for example. They simply don't care about left or right, they only care about profit. Freidman argued that business has no empathy, sympathy or social conscience, it's only resp

Salt is the only condiment i use - I do it because it adds piquancy to the flavour, not for any dietary consideration. I presume cooks add herbs and spices for the same reason.

If they are all fed from a manufactured extension lead (as opposed to home made), you can plug in whatever you like. Everything has to pass through the plug top fuse, presumably 13 amp, so it's impossible to overload or exceed the cable rating.

Col are you intending feeding the new socket from a plug top like permanent extension lead, or wiring into the back of the kitchen sockets?

I have no issue with your deprecatory description of the man though I think it a stretch to assume - 'that huge sections of the UK population ( and others.) have been manipulated by a far right, foreign and deeply malicious media mogul.' No matter how hard we try Murdoch cannot take all the blame you attribute to him. He is not the sole reason for the rise of the right. When considering Heaths "unacceptable face of capitalism" we have a few to choose from, Rowlands, Soros, Goldsmith, Maxwell as well as Murdoch etc. All had enormous influence, some overt, some cover

I always wondered where he expression 'pi**ed out 'is 'ead' came from. Do newts drink it as well?

Deep breath and reeeelaaax Baz someone will be along in a moment to help you... In the meantime should feel the need to talk there is a helpline you can ring - just follow the instructions. Hello, welcome to the mental health hotline. If you have obsessive compulsive disorder, press 1 repeatedly. If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you. If you have multiple personality syndrome, press 3, 4, 5, and 6. If you suffer from paranoid schizophrenia, we know who you are and what you want. Stay on the line so we can trace your call. If you are delusional,

I remember reading that Ghandi was a devotee of the practice although it is now claimed to be an urban legend...

I get a large jar of 'retro' sweets at Xmas, I think I've mention before, those sherbet flying saucers don't half mek yer tabs laff...

No one mentioned Kraft margerine? Bteer than most but not as good as real butter out of a tub on Marsdens counter...

And just for balance I loved Nibbits and have never heard of pom bears - until now. My eyes must be worse than I thought, when I first read it I thought it said porn bears!

You may be right CT but I think jonab and denshaw are closer. With enforced masks and peoples reluctance to wearing them, maybe some are stocking up...

And on a more cheerful note. A shopping trip to Asda this lunchtime has proved somewhat disappointing. Empty shelves in the tinned vegetables aisle, no potatoes at all. pasta almost gone, low stocks of frozen products and according to the checkout chappie "the bogroll bandits are back"...

I've said time and again any organisation that has a one to one ratio of support to production staff is a disaster. The rot, in my opinion, started somewhere in the 70's when they went with the concept of internal markets (American business modelling), and from Matrons and ward sisters to CEO's and ward managers. Seems to me they are all 'managers of something or other. In 2013 they abolished the two types of NHS trust... and replaced them with five new ones! Obviously each one needed an executive and board of directors and they in turn needed .... the gravy train rolls

Karma?

We have a whole family of little squirrels visit every day. Between them (5 mum, dad and three youngster. I think) they get through two large feeders a say. It amuses me to keep moving things around and watch them work out how to get to the food...

That's sad nonna... heartfelt condolences...

One and the very same Col! The one whose symbol is a juxtaposition of the star of David and a swastika, David Icke must love it...Every MP to be genius level etc...

Err... was anyone wearing it at the time Compo...

You've not proven anything and it's pity, I'd have liked to see your responses ... To sum up then Scotland will have independence because: It started universities 400 years AFTER England It has a tiny population It has huge areas of land that are actually of very little use (pretty to look at though) It’s natural resources apart from forestry and aggregates are rapidly dwindling It will give up English and EU subsidies You propose intellectuals will run the economy/government in some sort Geniocracy, Raelism?

We always referred to that area as Glapton. Someone once told the full name of the estate used to be Clifton by Glapton or something similar.

Sorry it proves nothing and obscure hypotheses are poor foundations. Your suppositions about being politically sophisticated is a bit of a stretch whether they're better educated than the English or not, (which is doubtful) Bell makes some interesting points, I'm not so impressed with Castells Marxist view. Both these worthies offer a thesis, abstracts that, back in the day, were well received - but so far remain unproven. I wonder if Thatcher gained her conviction about the economy from them - they're very similar in some respects? The education in Scotland was good howe

Who would ever believe you could walk into a bank wearing a mask and demand money with going to jail!

No need to tell us Margie... we already knew!

There's a chip shop on Skegness front that always smells of rancid fat to me. I must be the only who finds it unpleasant though, the place is always crowded.