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Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

saminus — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:32:00 -0000

Camn't get online to FB you, but didn't know Alex was unwell & want to drop him a line. Any chance you could msg me offline there with a contact addy (hospital would do) where I can drop him a line?

He's a good guy and it's quite upsetting to think that he's been so dangerously ill and I didn't know. Bad friend!!

Good to know you're looking out for him and keeping him on his toes.

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Stan the BNP man — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:49:00 -0000

LDV, have a butchers

What is the connection between the demise of the troubled van-maker LDV and the British Army?

Well, have a good look at the picture on the left. It shows an Army truck assembled at the Vienna plant of MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Österreich AG in Austria, and you are now seeing some of them – like this one - over here.

The MoD chose these in 2004 to equip the British Army, much to the anger of British bidders, with 5,200 to be delivered between 2007 and 2013. The contract was worth £1.1 billion and, at the time of the order, the MAN website was happily chirping that it "ensures a continuous workload for the Vienna plant and thus helps to safeguard jobs" – Austrian jobs.

In the bidding for the contract, however, the clear favourite was the then US military truck maker, Stewart & Stevenson. It had a combat-proven product which was acknowledged to be better.

Crucially, and here is the rub, it had teamed with UK firms, Multidrive Limited, Lex Defence, and LDV Limited in order to bid for the contract. It intended to build the trucks in Birmingham, giving the contract a high British-design and build component, using one of the LDV plants for the manufacture.

The purchase was made during Blair's "European phase" when he was putting his weight behind the EU's Rapid Reaction Force and this was yet another of those rigged contracts in pursuit of the "European First" defence procurement policy. Such was the enthusiasm to buy the MAN truck (also bought by Eurocorps) that key performance standards were waived.

Thus, according to the National Audit Office, it was not required to meet "Defence Planning Assumptions" and neither was it required to be "capable of operating in world-wide climatic conditions", an interesting waiver, given that it was intended to operate in both Iraq and Afghanistan. That the competition fully met the specifications put them at a disadvantage.

For LDV, the loss of the contract was disastrous. Formerly part of the British Leyland Empire, the company had been saved from closure in 1993 by a management buy-out and in 2002 had put in a bid for the Army support vehicle contract, as part of the S&S consortium, with high hopes of winning. Success would have guaranteed the jobs of at least 600 British workers, directly employed, and many more secondary workers. With the contract now in full swing, would have helped the company weather the recession...........

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Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Ambrose Silk — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:36:00 -0000

Saw Cameron on Channel Four being slapped around his room of unread books.

Question

Why does he speak as though he's about to burp?

Answer

Becasue when he's nervous he swallows air, so actually he is about to burp. What a weird fish!

Tra laa!

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:28:00 -0000

Brown and Labour are fucked. We know it, they know it. There will be riots in the streets in the summer if things carry on as they are.

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:16:00 -0000

"The Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, today calls for Labour to "step outside its comfort zone" and to address the issues that concern "the aspirational working class" as the internal debate grows about Labour's declining electoral appeal."

Does that include those aspirational Brits who accept bribes from aspirational Italians and use it to pay off their mortgages?

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

man in the street — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:40:00 -0000

I just got name checked on Sky's paper review.

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I am saving these ****** s ho — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:19:00 -0000

Sixty-three per cent say Labour would do better without Brown

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Mitch — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:03:00 -0000

"it started in America"

Does it matter which fukin gun the bullet comes from that kills you? you should be wearing armour not have an IOU from the MOD....gordon=fukwit

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Starfucks Mandybots — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:19:00 -0000

Just seen Badger on Sky News stating
"Northern Millstone will decide if you can afford a Mortgage or not and this is the right thing to do"

err... and the last 11 years?? WTF????

by the way all house prices are going though the floor.

Labour are now telling us in every area they warned us and denying responsibility but only until they hope to get re-elected.

No ...sorry! they NULABOUR made all happen but now they attempt to change history

Watch everything these bastards say from now on.

Here's the first one

we will limit the number of people entering the UK. (how many times?)

Bollox!!!!!

By the way Vodaphone UK are laying off etc etc etc etc

Jees! we need an election and quickly

British jobs for British workers

hahahahahahahahahahahhahahah

fuck labour

destroy!!!!!

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:36:00 -0000

Mandleson had lied to the great British Public about the rumour about a UK car (van)plant being in trouble and tried to shit on a union leader actually telling the truth.

Now we discover there actually is a DIRECT link and dead tree press still not actually asking questions except one Paper.

We still don't know what Mandleson was doing on the yacht either?

From the Daily Mail

Embarrassment for Mandelson as van firm owned by Russian oligarch friend pleads for £30m bail-out

Lord Mandelson faced further embarrassment over his links with a Russian billionaire last night as one of the tycoon's firms asked for a £30million Government bail-out.

The Business Secretary was forced to detach himself from talks over helping van-maker LDV which is owned by Oleg Deripaska.

Mr Deripaska was at the centre of political controversy last year over his dealings with Lord Mandelson.

BANG TO RIGHTS

Will they take him on

Yeah right.....

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Dirty Harry — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:16:00 -0000

oh guido you will be so proud ,ave a butchers at GB article comments in guardian .guidoisation has clearly occured or comment moderators are busy , bizarrely other comments on articles are high no doubt trying to make it look like nothing unusual in PM getting sooo many responses .
i hope he reads them , some are better than on here

"that useless wankers head should be put on a spike"

pesto breaking bank liabilities more than expected , now at 1.2 trillion pounds or total GDP .

so they have lied .

scary article in daily mail on what social networking does to you , makes you wonder though , i mean its addictive !! if it is a Dr death world domination device by number 3 at spectre , i can picture the FO and the chairs scenario , i mean mashing kids brains for the pruposes of world domination , puts o whole new slant on leibour mind bending

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Oldrightie — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:20:00 -0000

Economic meltdown has only just begun.

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Captain J G Brown of the Titan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:11:00 -0000

A. Nobody saw it coming

B. It came from the direction of America

C. It doesn't matter anyway, because we're all in the same boat.

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:05:00 -0000

I've recently started a job with the NHS. The money is crap...probably not enough to keep Mandy topped up with cappucinos for a month.

Notably, two staff members within a week have been 'promoted' to jobs described as 'newly created roles.' No cutbacks here then.

Despite rotten wages, there are compensations....being surrounded by sexy nurses all day being one of them. No wonder I'm going round with a smile on my face everyday.

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

cesars wife — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:43:00 -0000

spooky, dow jones is at lowest since 1997, day after jonah brown said he was going to visit obama !

apparently 150 mps now signed up against post office sell off , mandelson petard appears to have disappeared .

word verification

chiles has piles

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

the joker — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:34:00 -0000

http://keeptonyblairforpm.w...

This is the link that should have appeared in my last comment. Apologies.

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

the joker — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:27:00 -0000

This has got to be a wind up....hasn't it? Although if it meant McTwat was no longer PM......

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Frank Fartwell — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:42:00 -0000

Don't agree with his politics one iota but I hope the cunt is all right.

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I just gagged when I thought o — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:35:00 -0000

Hazel Blears' vagina must be like some hellish Fruit Salad, orange pink orange pink...

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Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:04:00 -0000

If you look at the last line tags the Liberal Democrats seem to have moved the detailed Breakdown as displayed to the link

*"His "publish immediately" demand here. Detailed breakdown here.*

http://www.order-order.com/...

Has Clegg got something to hide?

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Genghiz the Kahn — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:47:00 -0000

after your visit to the real help website -prop J. G. Brown MP, you might want to make use of this link.

http://www.cabinetoffice.go...

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Max — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:44:00 -0000

Guardian poll in: Tories 42 (-2), ZaNuLab 30 (-2), Libs 18 (+2). No surprises. Likely BBC headline: Labour Surge in the Polls, Tractor Production Up.

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Tuscan Tony — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:42:00 -0000

Looking at the pic, he appears to be one of Michael Howard's lovechildren.

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

google dougal — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:34:00 -0000

I cant believe the cunting cunt had to put "it started in america" Who gives a flying fuck where it started you fucking cretin. Fuck off now.

Cunting fucking cunt

Re: Hilton on Morphine, Making as Much Sense as Usual

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:31:00 -0000

http://www.theyworkforyou.c...
22,050 (241st)in 2006/7 £21,610 in 2005/6

Seems a lot for a second property in Sheffield?

When the main residence is in Kingston:

The couple, who met while studying at the College of Europe in Bruges, live in south west London.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/...

Nick Clegg = Jacqui Smith??????