Wildly off topic but absolutely brilliant!
Commander Hadfield offers his variant on 'Space Oddity' before departing the Space Station to return to Earth.
On a scale of 1 to 10 just how cool is this?
Pure 11 !
A popular model railway group has been asked to leave its Bletchley Park home after 18 years.The Milton Keynes Model Railway Society has been given notice because it can no longer be accommodated at the site which is making space made available for exhibition relating to the Park’s heroic codebreakers.Dennis Lovett, chairman, said: “Unfortunately we have been told by the new organisation that despite all the empty buildings on site none can be made available to us and model railways are not part of their future requirements.”
This may say more about the behaviour that the Taiwanese expect from their own politicians than it does about Gordon Brown...
...but it's just too amusing not to post.
Enjoy!
In particular the noise made by the unseated typist.
Lady Who-wot appointed to post of High Representative
She rose without trace.
The Fact Compiler is no fan of the OESI.
However, he feels very uncomfortable about the way that certain media is handling the continuing revelations about the telephone conversation that the PM had with grieving mother Mrs Janes.
Just thought you might like to know.
UPDATE: Then again, Gordon's been up to his old tricks again...
Labour forces secret inquests Bill through the Commons
They just can't be trusted can they.
Eye backs the Sun - get the truth out!
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No, no, no, no, no!
EU representatives have said that if Mr Blair became President of the EU Council he would expect to travel in a cavalcade and all local traffic to be halted when he made a 'state visit' to member countries.
And when, pray, did we get a say in any of this?
Forgive me...
...but weren't we previously promised a referendum by this government?
Once bitten, twice shy.
The Pope has clarified his position after it was revealed he had broken the rules on celibacy.
Citing the Crown .v. Scotland he said:
"I fully accept the findings of the Conclave that I made a technical breach of the rules. I apologise for having made this inadvertent error."
The Holy Father continued: "Of course this in not a resigning affair, despite the fact I personally promoted this particular piece of Canon law."
Dear God - How much longer must we put up with this dishonest and disreputable bunch?
UPDATE: This from Steve Strong...
Compare and contrast: £5k versus £120k
Comment would be superfluous.
UPDATE: This from John B...
Don't quite understand Steve Strong's point here.
Scotland employed 1 illegal worker; Coleman employed 12. Both of them did so unknowingly.
£10k is the maximum penalty for that; you get £2.5k off for a first offence (including multiple 'first offences' at the same time) and £2.5k off for admitting fault.
So if Coleman admits fault, he'll be fined £5k per worker like Scotland. If he doesn't, then he'll either be fined nothing or £7.5k per worker, depending on whether he can convince them he's got a defence.
UPDATE: This from a Mr Saltaire...
Am I missing the point, or is everybody else?
As I understand it, the Noble Lady (?!???!?!) was fined because she failed to keep copies of documentation, and was therefore unable to prove that she had seen and checked that documentation.
The point is, had she been able to produce copies of the said documentation, would that not have simply proved that she knew the worker was illegal, since that is apparently what she was?
We all know that the reason the opposition is not making hay on this matter, is probably because half of them are also treading on thin ice themselves in this regard.
R.I.P. honest politics!
UPDATE: This from the Velopodist...
Mr Iliffe is indeed missing the point, as are many others.
Had Lady Scotland photocopied the documents, it seems it would have proved that she was shown fairly convincing fakes.
Reading between the lines of statements issued by those investigating these things, there is an investigation going on into how said fakes got produced and collars will soon be felt.
People are getting upset about it because they want to kick the government and because she's Attorney General - except for the Daily Mail, who just can't stand any prominent left-leaning woman.
The Fact Compiler is getting upset because he is utterly scrupulous in all his dealings with officialdom and could never be reproached for even the slightest technical breach of any rule. It's one of his best-known characteristics.
The Fact Compiler is uncertain whether the Velopodist is extracting the urine?
Good news from this increasingly authoritarian government.
Virtually anyone who comes within 10 yards of a child must now be vetted by the state.
Hopefully this will prevent the sort of disgusting abuse pictured below.
Just because you think you're innocent doesn't mean you're not guilty.
Remind me, when did we agree to surrender our lives to these self appointed Puritan kill-joys?
This from the BBC...
There should be a ban on all alcohol advertising, including sports and music sponsorship, doctors say.
Has anyone read the Flying Inn?
Sod the lot of 'em - I'm off for a drink and a fag!
UPDATE: Several Benny-Hedgehogs later...
A bowler tip to Old Holborn for this...
The lead author of this report is one Professor Gerard Hastings, who is not qualified to practise medicine but who does have a PhD in Social Marketing from the University of Strathclyde. He is a member of fake charity Alcohol Focus Scotland, and he is well-versed in the tactics of neo-prohibitionism from his time working for the Cancer Research UK Centre for Tobacco Control Research.
Do any of these quango-monkeys add one jot of value to anything they touch?
This from the BBC...
Lord Mandelson is in hospital for an operation for a "benign condition of the prostate", says a government spokesman.
What a triumph of modern science to find the one part of the First Secretary that isn't malignant... (with a bowler tip to Evelyn Waugh)
UPDATE: This from Surgeon General Potter...
Further to your coverage on Mandlesons continued pulse, I feel I should be the first to suggest a form of surgery that will suit all.
Please find below the solution to Mandy's health woes.
If it's good enough for Al Gore, then it's good enough for the Noble Lord Mandelson.
After all, people like Al Gore.
This from the BBC...
Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving World War I servicemen, has died at the age of 113, his care home has said.
'Lions led by donkeys', they said.
The OESI and SofS for Defence take note.
This from the BBC...
But of course.
Once we've been allowed the previous one, what got err... cancelled.
Pray do not take the p1ss.
And in the interests of political balance...
A bowler tip to Don't Panic for this, via Guido...
Disgraceful obviously, but not nearly as disgraceful as hoovering up all that cash.
***Shahid Malik, hoon and justice minister, has resigned his ministerial position***
This chap seems okay.
The cheapest MP in the House.
Any chance you can make him Speaker?
Unless there is someone else who claims less.
That would be good.
Ta.
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