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Always two sides to these stories. Remembering a well known pap photographer confessing to arranging to meet wannabies out side nightclubs suddenly clutching the arm of a visiting celeb, also his best money earnier taking arranged leg and knicker shots of a leg climbing out of a taxi, then sharing the newspaper fee with the wannabe. If you want more of that type of publicity then expect the very worse. So watch your dustbin !!!

Something that we shall never find out is how many of these offensive rants are made by drunk individuals who perhaps would not do such a thing when sober ??

Picking up the thread on this, and looking through the smoke, it would seem that "certified clinical information" can be certified by those with an agenda to produce whatever result is required. If this information is really correct, why can these drugs be supplied on the continent of Europe with no problems ??

I don't think we can ever make do without plastic in some shape or form. However councils must try and get together so that the recycling becomes the same nationwide. Goverment have really not been interested in making councils" sing from the same hymn sheet " I realise that there are different types of plastic, but round here milk cartons, margarine tubs, youghort tubs,food trays etc., all go to landfill or maybe somewhere else abroad.

Well jeanmark I think this piece of information is a prime example of "smoke and mirrors", and does a very good job of confusing the issue.

Well spotted and good detail. I find that dragonflies have an acute sense of hearing and can hear the click of my camera being turned on, then they are off !!

Round and round the mulberry/rose bush once again !! Many roses at this time of year come from Israel................huge carbon footprint, but do you want to bankrupt the grower there ?? Holland has a very lucrative market in the UK at this time of year for their roses...............even coming across the Channel in refrigerated lorries..............still a big carbon footprint. Gee wiz we should be allowed to enjoy these blooms perhaps now and again !!

There does not seem to be a shortage of HRT in Scandinavia, but talking to a medican it seems that the drug companies have banded together to try and force the NHS to pay a considerable increase in the price. The NHS are now trying to re-negotiate a much more realistic price for these products hence the shortage of supplies in the UK.

So right, nail on the head. Most of the younger TV types like to spout outrageous comment to try to attract attention [ favourably ] of the heads of departments to better their careers.

I can assure everybody that we in this country are light years behind Scandinavia. The main problem here is that there is no nationwide scheme for the reuse of plastic [or any other waste come to that]. It seems that each individual council have their own ideas on the subject and continuous wrangling over who will pay for state of the art recycling factories. The subject just is'nt taken seriously in this country.

Perhaps we should take a leaf out of the book from the Middle East and gather up as many EU flags [blue with a circle of stars] and burn them in the street with a celebratory glass of bubbly. This would work out as a cheaper option for those who do not wish to have Big Ben chiming again.

Every Hollywood star/starlet has ambitions to rise above their compatriots and become ultra "Hollywood Royalty" a la Grace Kelly. These people can come and go as they please to obtain maximum press coverage. However our Royal Family have worthwhile commitments, and have tried in the past to rise above the lifestyle of the Hollywood brigade, until MM appeared on the scene. Many members of the military and the public will sympathise with Harry over this conundrum.

If Harry is not up to the rigours of Royal duties because of mental issues, he should be allowed to stand down. However, I wish all the luck in the world to whoever will have to sort out their forthcoming money problems. But please do not fall back on the taxpayers for foolish settlements.

Vegans are making their presence known about animal cruelty now. But are they afraid to tackle the worst form of animal cruelty ie., Halal method of killing animals. It would appear they do not want to enter into debate with the religious extremists. Perhaps some of vegan mantra can be directed towards the outlawing of this savage practice.

Just had a Christmas lunch where the hostess made her own crackers. these were more colourful than shop bought ones and were made from toilet roll inners and recycled last years presents wrappings and ribbon from the dressmaking odds. The inside contents were very tasty !!

It was not the traffic for me, but the floods. A journey that normally takes 3 hours took exactly 5 hours. The A21 seemed doomed, the satnav in the car picked up the first road closure and directed around the Kent countryside, which was entertaining in it's self. However the next was the road closure by means of signs across the road, and no diversion signs or the sat nav for help. It is very strange in this country that when caught out by the weather there does not seem to be any help available with signage showing an alternative route.

You have nailed it !! What a cracker !!!

Maybe colourpopping ?? A lovely well thought out shot.

Good on him !! Her indoors has a all singing and dancing phone, which really has to be heard to appreciate some of her swear words which I did not know that she knew about. The icons seem to switch around on a daily basis, and noises from the device really are amazing. Mr Pat we should meet up and commiserate together !!!

Low skilled jobs,...........automation takes over,..........personel involved made redundant,.........on scrap heap as unable to find another low skill job due to everything now being made automated,.........join the happy band of, by now, people on benefit,...........how long can the treasury make these payments for ?? What a depressing scenerio

Low skilled job, aut

No secrets= no problems with snooping !! More likely to be snooped upon by a hacker here !!

Automation may be the do all at the moment, but in my experience everything which is high teck and automated needs constant attention as regards maintenance and repair. From where I am the off shore wind turbines are constantly being visited by the servicing tenders. Two visits by a" teckie" this year so far to unravel my computer problems, don't mention Boeing and their problems.

"Load up the trolley with nuts"--- not often in this country, the prices are eyewatering high for cracked packeted nuts here. Oh well, try nuts with their shells on,---- still much too expensive for anyone on a low income. Hence a large slice of this country is nut deficient. Not surprising !!

Recycling is the latest buzz word, but to be frank who really understands the whole subject. Our collection company some years ago wanted empty long life milk cartons to be placed in with newspapers etc. This continued for some time, and then we were told this was not right, it had become the rule to put these into the plastics bin [still with the story ?] However this week it has been decided that all the foregoing information was wrong! We now have to put these cartons in the non-recyclable waste. Ernie where are you ??? [ apologies to the feminists }

Please then explain your items 1+2+3 how they are not carried out in practice. Starting two years ago the EEC decided to decrease the grants to GB, however the grants to Germany and France increased !! Presumably it was difficult to argue against 27 other member states who love how the "system " works so well in their favour.

The poor old tast buds will not know which way to turn when offered this ensemble

What cobblers! To suggest that because of Brexit people are buying certain species. It could be said that sales of semi-tropical species are selling because the country is coming out of winter and people want cheering up and will feel the warmth from the tropicals.

If it does transpire that this country returns to the EU, it will be inevitable that the "brains" in Brussels will think of some way of punishing UK for having the temerity to even think about leaving. There will be a price to pay [ not yet decided ] so as to discourage other Iberian countries from trying to wriggle free.

Just to-day after switching on "the beast", checking to see that it might behave itself, went and boiled the kettle made cups of tea, still no sign of you know what. Still not making an appearance, so gave up, will try later to-day. Personaly I don't think even a trip to see Dancerupstairs at the Citizens Advice would help to lassoo some more power from broadband in this area !!

Please check on Mogg's directorships and shareholdings..............hmm

Sorry but I think you may have been absent, staying within the EU does not mean that we would be able to change their ways. It has been tried many times in recent years .....- David Cameron the last was given a flea in his ear and sent packing for having the temerity to suggest the EU might possibly change their ways. After all if the members of the EEC are enjoying being on the gravy train, why should they change their ways to accomodate the silly English. Most of the displaced East Coast fishermen to my knowledge are not " extremely rich right wingers trying to line their pockets". If you don't believe the effect of the disasterous policies of the EU, would you like to see and talk to the fisherfolk who had to sell their boats and are now on the scrap heap? We now know who started the fake news about American food products.

I think that the 20-30 somethings really do struggle with all the fine print attached to any of the bank schemes offered nowadays. It is not surprising that they find themselves in such a financial mess, bearing in mind the number of A1 class citizens who have landed their businesses into liquidation inspite of having professional guidance. In spite of the advertising given out by the banks, lets face it they are out to make as much profit as possible, and regard the young people as "easy meat".

If it does happen, the only items that will be in short supply will be Union Jack flags and buntings etc. Lets hope the dustmen are overwhelmed by all the discarded EU flags and posters.

Walter Raleigh has a lot to answer for !!

After the last couple of weeks,.........just give up and emigrate somewhere to be represented by sane people.

Well consider yourselves very lucky to do all these wonderful things "on line". It would be so wonderful if broadband could ever reach the advertised speeds that are advertised so forcefully. People here are still using the abacus, but there is no point in complaining ...no one is interested if you are over 65.

Democracy ......".a form of government for the people by the will of the majority of the people, based on conception of the equality of man ". Oh really, perhaps someone can explain to me what is happening in HOC this week !!!

This debate is beginning to smack of hypocrisy. Moving the smoke free from the UK but instead moving and increasing cigarette sales to the developing and 3rd world countries seems OK for the industry [still trying to convince the public that smoking is not harmful ?] and therefore safeguard their profits.

Sounds like utopia and would offer better health all round. However by doing this the Government would lose a large slice of their tax revenue. This massive reduction in tax receipts so far, has resulted in the savage cut backs in the amount Government sends to councils and various other dependencies.