Following the Hakim Berkani Employment Tribunal case where the judge stated that parking firm NSL operated a "clandestine quota system", and BBC reports suggesting that NSL, working for Kensington and Chelsea Council, set its wardens minimum ticket quotas, which is illegal, Labour Opposition Councillors have: * Called for a scrutiny of the role of the Council and NSL in this scandal. * Asked why H...
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A film including active-duty SEALs who risk their lives protecting ours! H/T Theo Spark “Like” TPC on Facebook here Follow TPC on Twitter here.
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Did I say funny? It's actually very sad! Very true but very sad! This video is in perfect sync with an article this morning that spoke about how, assuming that the Greece sovereign debt crisis is in some way resolved, there are other EU PIIGS waiting in line for debt restructuring as well. A country like Portugal comes to mind! H/T The Daily Bail Become a fan of The Political Commentator on F...
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PoliticsandFinance on 30th Jan 2012 (via politicsandfinance.blogspot.com)
How about this for a claim by Nicolas Sarkozy, made in a TV appearance yesterday? ‘Europe is no longer at the edge of the cliff.’ It's quite some statement, so let's hear it again: ‘Europe is no longer at the edge of the cliff.’ Of course, Sarkozy has reasons for saying it beyond mere pre-electoral braggadocio: the rates paid on Italian and Spanish 10-year bonds h...
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As the kids like to say I LOL'd at this one! The wife told me to go to the doctors and get some of those tablets
that “help” get an erection...
You should have seen her face when I came back and tossed her some diet pills !
I am still looking for a place to live.
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If there has to be peaceful protest, let it all look something like this! These women are protesting the fact that women have an extremely small share of the representation at the table both at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos and at the table in governments around Europe. Ukrainian feminists protesting at the WEF (Warning: some frontal nudity) H/T Theo Spark Become a fan of The Political C...
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Chris Huhne attacked David Cameron for the EU veto in Cabinet back in December. At the time, one Cabinet minister told me that part of Huhne’s critique was that Cameron had scuppered the chances of a Liberal Democrat MEP, Sharon Bowles, being reelected as chair of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, which deals with financial services. But Bowles h...
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Spectator on 23rd Jan 2012 (via spectator.co.uk)