moe19

I just remembered that one of the local fish and chip shops I think it was Mobey Dicks used to and maybe still does  sell individual leek puddings, they were individual puddings in a tinfoil sort of cup /dish they were frozen and they just popped them in the microwave for a few minutes, I never tried one so cant comment on how they tasted. I am sure George the owner who is a lovely man would tell you who supplies them.

I myself am a traditionalist and its Clootie or nowt for me 

Never seen it ready made but you could just buy a packet of ready-made dumpling mix, then all you need to do is add the water to make the dough and add the leeks and steam

but probably just as easier to buy suet and flour.

Cant beat a good old leek or onion pudding with mince and mashed tatties.

Some folk would put it in a pudding basin and steam it (took a long time unless you had a pressure cooker) but most folk made a  Clootie pudding  this meant placing the mix in a pudding cloot ( a piece of cloth materiel ) tying   it up and boiling it in water until cooked, it was rather stodgy but very filling.

I can remember grandmother would make old shirts that were beond mending in to  pudding cloots  hankies and dusters.     

I was saddened to read so many complaints from young people this week, crying and screaming about how  old people had ruined the lives by voting to come out of the EU, some said old folk should not be allowed to have a vote as they would soon be dead. One letter I read said   So all the old people gave us a future we didn't want. You've all had your careers, why screw it up for us,  I doubt if any of the blubbering morons appreciate  anything yesterdays generation did for them or realise that without it they would not be experiencing the freedom and lifestyle they now enjoy and take for granted. I doubt if they are interested in what the brave ladies of Sheffield did but I for one thank them from the bottom of my heart . 

Sheffield's brave Women Of Steel, who kept the munitions factories going to help win two world wars, are to be finally honoured with medals as well as a statue they deserved a lifetime ago -

The Women of Steel project will produce a permanent memorial in recognition of the women of Sheffield now in their late 80s, 90s and even 100s who served their city and country by working in the steel industry and factories during World War I and World War II.

Many of these amazing ladies, who did their country a great service while their men were at war have are now dead  .the work they did went virtually unrecognised for years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-36559363

1 hour ago, webtrekker said:

Fish-face will get nowhere with this - let her prattle.

 

 

LOL

Sky and the BBC did a hatched job on Nigel's speech and only showed the part when he was booed. but gave a full boring version of the Queen of Scotland prattling on and on about what she is going to do

1 hour ago, Spuggy said:

HAVE THE DECENCY, NOT TO BE JUDGE, JURY & SELF APPOINTED Ex---------r!!!

I suggest thy practises what thy preaches

We had BBC and Sky providing 24/7 cover about the murder of Jo Cox as well as a stream of MPs and Luvies weeping and wailing, then surprise surprise once voting for the referendum is  over the coverage is turned off like a switch, how sad to have seen this young woman's murder used as a   political jemmy for the stay campaign  

Thousands of fraudulent names have been removed from the EU referendum petition

The House of Commons Petition Committee said it had removed about 77,000 signatures which were added "fraudulently" and it  monitoring  for suspicious activity.

Never heard a mention of this from our biased broadcasters yet

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/26/concern-as-online-call-for-second-brexit-vote-gains-more-than-3

14 minutes ago, threegee said:

I think a slightly better question is what would HMQ do in those circumstances?  She's only been dropping hints so far, but she's supposed to be the ultimate guardian of democracy.  She has removed elected governments in other countries - so there's a precedent.

Well it seems the Queen of Scotland has other ideas and has just announced that the Scottish MPs may vote against Brexit,  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-36633244

Whats the odds that this Brexit will never happen.

I have a feeling that Brexit wont happen unless article  50 is triggered very soon. the longer we wait the more opposition will fight Brexit  and public unrest will grow as the BBC and Sky seem to have started a new project fear campaign

the June 23 referendum on Britain's EU membership is not legally binding. Instead, it is merely advisory, and, in theory, could be totally ignored by the UK government.

What would result if MPs voted against Brexit ? would we see cavil unrest

12 hours ago, Canny lass said:

It can be amended, Moe, and it then gets a new name f.ex, The Bedlington Clothes Prop Length Regulation Act (1921) may become The Bedlington Clothes Prop Length Regulation Amendment Act (1999). It becomes a new law. If this didn't happen we would still be living in the middle-ages.

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Would the amendment only apply to any referendum after the date of the amendment, or could it be back dated to the referendum  we have just had  

Thats one hell of a size arrow, who is going to pull the bow   no pun intended   

You are correct canny lass the petition must have been set up before the referendum but its on the main UK Gov site so it would not have been down for a week very strange,   It did crash for a short time  on Friday when it could not cope with the demand, press reports the  petition passed the seven-figure landmark just over 24 hours after the referendum result was confirmed.

The promoter of the petition is Oliver Healey a third year politics student at an East Midlands University.   (Obviously a student of politics who doesn't believe in democracy).

It is regrettable that his university didn't tell him that ANY legislation  (including the European Union Referendum Act 2015) can't be changed retrospectively.

The petition passed the seven-figure landmark just over 24 hours after the referendum result was confirmed.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/25/more-than-half-a-million-sign-petition-demanding-referendum-reru/

Meanwhile another petition has been set up, this petition is calling on Mayor Sadiq Khan to declare London independent, and apply to join the EU - including membership of the Schengen Zone, it seems the hot weather in the UK has sent some folk barmy

https://www.change.org/p/sadiq-khan-declare-london-independent-from-the-uk-and-apply-to-join-the-eu

SN06454.pdf

16 minutes ago, threegee said:

 that person is immediately labelled as an extremist. 

Racist seems to be the favourite label attached to anyone who dares to disagree with them,  

The Luvvies are revolting  ,literally

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36629324

Surprise surprise over one million have signed a petition demanding another referendum,   maybe these folk think we should just keep on voting until they get the result that suits them.

The 48% of voters who wished to Remain in the European Union are so mortified by the Leave result that a parliamentary petition calling for a second referendum has been set up.

‘We the undersigned call upon HM Government to implement a rule that if the remain or leave vote is less than 60% based on a turnout less than 75% there should be another referendum,’ the petition, filed this morning, reads.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eu-referendum-petition_uk_576ce6d8e4b0232d331dafb4

What would the view have been if it ended as a win for remain, and all the leave campaigners called for another referendum, on your bike would be the answer I think

The sooner article 50 is set in motion the better otherwise I sense trouble ahead

It would have been interesting to have seen the result for Wansbeck

13 hours ago, Orloff said:

Now we have kicked Europe into touch, we could NOW become 51st State of U.S.A..

Wilson thought about doing that in the sixties.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wilson-wanted-uk-to-be-us-state-1075874.html

27 minutes ago, threegee said:

Nothing like as big a majority as in other parts of the NE.

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I totally agree, I was expecting a much bigger out vote for out area, 

was Wansbeck Blyth, Morpeth Hexham  etc all combined as Northumberland ? if so could this  affect the way thinks look for the out numbers.

Members of the Labour Party have submitted a no-confidence motion in leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Will Jeremy be joining David

Prime Minister expected to resign this morning, no word as yet on the Chancellor   

More people in Northumberland voted to leave the EU – a 8.21% majority.

96,699 Votes to leave

82,022  Votes to remain

14,677 Majority

A total of 178,721 people voted, representing 74.32% of the 240,480 electorate. .

Cars are submerged and some polling stations are closing as flooding affects London and the South East., I can hear them shouting already for an extension to the poll for those who were flooded, 

Depending on the result of course

Do they know something we don't ??

US stocks look set for a stronger open, bolstered by signs that the UK will vote to remain in the EU.

http://uk.investing.com/analysis/city-rejoices-early-as-britain-heads-to-polling-booths-200137684

Chilcot is due out 6th July, that will  be a good day for them to sneak out  a few embarrassing EU snippets while we are all preoccupied  with the whitewash