THE BRITISH THREAD II

@spendius,

Women are more concerned with the home than men are, that's the way they're competative. Men are competative differently, ( I would imagine you have won some unsavoury competitions). At first your mates wife saw something that would make her lose a competition, nowe she realises it makes her win.

People should only be able to spell names one way, like Carl or Rebecca. I can't be blamed for those sick individuals that go against the laws of nature. I've not made a spelling mistake they have. Anyway, when you gave the quotation about Mr. Pilkington with reference to yourself, I could see that your comic hero is Tommy Cooper. Tommy couldn't have put it better.

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@izzythepush,

Yeah--Tommy was wonderful. To cark it on TV just like that was amazing.

I liked most of that generation of comics who appeared before television realised how much power it had.

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@spendius,

I did say that there was a pub near me with a dedication to Tommy. I'll go there sometime over the Summer, get my daughter to take some photos then post 'em for you.

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The Murdoch Press thing rumbles on, the juggernaut which as yet shows no sign of slowing.
As remarked in an article at the weekend, News International could feasibly be prosecued in the USA for malfeasance in the UK.
This from the BBC website:

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James Murdoch is not the only individual based in the US who could find himself under pressure.

Les Hinton, the former chairman of News International, and now one of Mr Murdoch's most trusted aides, is facing questions over how much he knew about the hacking and when. A Murdoch employee for 52 years, Mr Hinton is now the boss of Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, which Mr Murdoch acquired for $5bn (£3.15bn) in 2007.

Some legal experts have raised the possibility of action against News Corporation under US federal law. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) outlaws the bribery of foreign officials.

Butler University law professor Mike Koehler, who for 10 years took part in FCPA investigations, says: "Given what is known at this point, I think it's likely that the Justice Department and the SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] would investigate the conduct at issue here and potentially have an enforcement action.

"Police officers are foreign officials under the FCPA and the business purposes [in question] would be to help get information to help the News of the World to write stories and sell newspapers."

An investigation under FCPA takes several years and is usually preceded by an internal review of the company's global operation, a very costly exercise paid for by the business, says Mr Koehler.

Avon Products has disclosed that it spent £100m on reviewing its operations after an FCPA issue was raised in China in 2008, he says.

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@McTag,

Was the last election a criminal coup? Murdoch scuppered Kinnock. Then Major and finally Brown.

At each stage the man of principle lost out to the opportunist.

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@spendius,

You lot should wake up to yourselves and declare Murdoch the Imperator .

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@spendius,

I wouldn't call Major a man of principle. He was more ruthless than Thatch, after black Wednesday his government was slowly haemmoraging support, I think Murdoch made little real difference, but after Kinnock lost on the day the sun published its infamous lightbulb picture I can see why Blair wanted to take no chances.

Incidently, according to your logic when Major beat Kinnock he was an opportunist, but when he lost to Blair, Blair was the opportunist.

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It's a strange state of affairs, Gordon Brown getting in on the act now. I detect more than a scintilla of mysogyny here, with attitudes towards Rebekah Brooks hardening hourly.
Not that I feel like defending her, quite the opposite. She has sown the wind.

Strange, that people who one month ago were very scared of upsetting the Murdoch empire have now suddenly found their voices. Scenting blood, settling old slights, circling like sharks in the water.

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@McTag,

Isn't it that years of resentment and kow-towing have made them find a voice. I saw Murdoch's biographer being interviewed on C4 and Newsnight, and he said that Murdoch has always faced every challenge with a demonstration of power. This time he can't do that.

By the way, now that various select committees have said they with to interview Brooks, Roop and Jimmy next week, would Roop be committing an offence if he tried to leave the country between now and then?

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@izzythepush,

My point was that Major didn't defeat Kinnock. Murdoch did.

I don't see Major as a serious opportunist. Except maybe with Edwina the Egg Lady. I see him as mildly ridiculous. His statement that shagging Ms Currie was the "most shameful event of his life" was pathetic. And most unchivalrous.

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@izzythepush,

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would Roop be committing an offence if he tried to leave the country between now and then?

Not as things stand now.

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@spendius,

Edwina Currie gives me the creeps. The thought of her and Major toether is horrifying. Major did lift the tory leadership right from under Thatcher's nose. She didn't realise what he was doing until it was too late.

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@izzythepush,

I think Edwina, maybe a younger Edwina, is a very sexy woman. Okay, a very annoying woman, but sexy.

What an opportunity to miss the debates together, and come back for the vote.

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@izzythepush,

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The thought of her and Major toether is horrifying.

Oh--I don't know about that izzy. I imagine him laying her wide-eyed on the cabinet table and saying, "now my little petal, this is how to get promoted and it won't hurt one teeny bit. " So saying he drops his trousers, gets his shirt out of his Y-fronts, fiddles about a bit and rapidly has his way with the goofball. To which she responds "Oh John. Oh oh oh. I never knew it could be like that!.

No French kissing preliminaries.

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@spendius,

Thanks for that. You're truly sick.

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@spendius,

Thanks Spendi, now I am genuinely confused as to my sexual orientation...I used to think I was a devout heterosexual, but after vomiting from your prose... I just dont know anymore ....

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@Ionus,

I'm sorry--I forgot the four telephone directories.

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So. Rebekah Brooks has resigned. What took her so long?

And

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/7/13/1310580843922/14.07.11-Steve-Bell-on-th-005.jpg

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@McTag,

You've got a habit of showing the latest Steve Bell cartoon before I read it in the paper. Your posts should carry spoiler warnings.

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@izzythepush,

From today's paper (which you might have seen by now Wink

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