Malcolm Robinson

We could act under Article 61 of the Magna Carta! Under article 61 of Magna Carta 1215 AD we have a right to enter into lawful rebellion if we feel we are being governed unjustly. I think we have to petition the monarch first but if nothing to correct it occurs within 40 days we can start to act in ways which would probably be deemed unlawful but under constitutional law we certainly have the right if not the duty to do! Before anyone says there isn't an Article 61 it is only a common usage term for the whole document.

Merci Mille fois et bonjour a tous………… After breaking down in the car yesterday, walking back to Bedlington from Hartford, and being underneath it at 6.30am today, taking off a bust high pressure fuel pump so I could get the numbers to order a new one, you guys have put a smile on my chops again! Thanks.

Here is an interesting snippet…………the Fed handed over 1.2 trillion to financial institutions and basically hid the transactions. They only came to light, Aug 22nd, after Bloomberg News lengthy battle for disclosure. This wasn’t part of the 16.1 trillion the Fed handed over to US and foreign financial institutions between 2007-2010 and neither is it part of the 2 trillion QE programme, nor is it part of the 700 billion Tarps programme. So basically it was money ‘diverted’ into top flight world financial institutions to keep them afloat! The lists read like a who’s who in banking. To list a few……. Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Bank of America, State Street, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, even Countrywide Financial got in on the act. More interestingly for me is the fact that European banks accounted for about 50% of the book and the biggest borrower….RBS! Others included, UBS, Dexia, French Société Générale, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, and Crédit Suisse. Now it could be argued that they were merely borrowing at best rate because the disclosed annual interest payments of around 13 billion represents a rate of around 1%! Or it could be that without this ‘injection’ they would have gone to the wall and taken the rest of the sector with them. One thing is for sure taxpayers are well and truly on the hook for larger than admitted liabilities!

Can't say I blame them Pete. However at the end of the day it's our blooming heritage! After a long chat with the company there is one hell of a bill to pay to get them finished off and back up here! BTW, thanks for the tip you short circuited loads of waffle from various other bodies!

Pete, Thanks very much..........I have now tracked them down.

Yet another............ http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ex-mp-faces-21-expenses-charges-102827714.html

Pete, Tenacious investigative journalism at its best, well done for sticking doggedly at this subject. Now, care to turn your talents at what is an invidious thorny issue, where are our blooming Hartford Hall gates!!!!!!!!! Actually they might be closer to you than us!

We could expect to see Greece exit the Euro within days if not a week or two looking at German pronouncements post Pomeranian election results. Germany now seems to be insisting on its own bailout terms for Club Med with failure to hit imposed austerity measures cancelling any new loans. I always thought Italy would be the one to break the Euro it now looks likely Germany could for what are paradoxically similar reasons yet seemingly the inverse. I would expect more and more Euro politicians to start and play to their own nation interests in the hope of remaining in power!

Yet another interesting graph, this time showing the influx of cash assets into Uncle SAM from...........probably EU banks diving for cover!

Riddle of the Day: Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one. Michael J. Fox has a small one. Madonna doesn't have one. The Pope has one but doesn't use it. Clinton uses his all the time. Obama is one. Mickey Mouse has an unusual one. Liberace never used his on women.. Jerry Seinfeld is very, very proud of his. Cher claims that she took on 3. We never saw Lucy use Desi's. What is it? The answer is: ' A Last Name.'

Well if everyone is of the same opinion why not take the next step and actually try and do something about it? All anyone has to do is join a community group which is committed to tackling this stuff head on. Good start would be: Friends of Gallagher Park, meeting at East Bedlington Residents Association, 6.30pm Monday 5th September. And/or Bedlington Forum, meeting at the Salvation Army building, 6.30pm, Tuesday 6th September.

Foxy, that might have induced another one of Merlin’s most loved quangos, the Race Relations Board! With travellers now invoking UN anti ethnic cleansing clauses in a bid to stop them being moved on maybe it’s time the sane majority invoked some of their own too and got rid of the worst excesses of Political Correctness with a lot of HSE top of the list!

Well GGG you would be looking at about a near 20% return on a gold investment now even buying at the price when we posted! Might well be time to realise gains! At the moment I would be taking put options in BoA in direct opposition to what the Sage of Omaha is doing. If it goes the way I think we might well see him in the market again next week!

Back to domestic UK issues, if we emerged from recession by a fraction of a percentage point the latest reports by the construction industry look to be alarming. Looks like they are reporting a 7% fall and as they represent about 6% of the economy that could be a negative 0.4% impact onto GDP figures.

Don't really know if this is funny................. USEFUL FACTS TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE Pythagorean theorem:............................................................ 24 words Lords Prayer:.............................................................................66 words Archimedes' Principle:.............................................................67 words 10 Commandments:...............................................................179 words Gettysburg address:..............................................................286 words Declaration of Independence:...........................................1,300 words US Constitution with all 27 Amendments:.......................7,818 words EU Regulations on the sale of cabbage:.......................26,911 words

Hi millie, I know what you mean! We wanted to put on something like a ‘family day at the park’ with barbecue and local talent providing the entertainment, probably down at Atlee Park because there are toilets, a stage and power there. Should have been a good precursor to see how a full blown Bedlington Fair Day might have been received. The rules and regulations we were hit with had to be seen to be believed and each bit carried a cost. I don’t know how any community group can get around them but there must be a way because I go to and see events which obviously haven’t done or got the stuff in place which had been stipulated for us to do?

I want to use this guide to promote the Town so what about a competition to see the most innovative place we can get one displayed? I will be sending the second one, especially, to people I know all over the world and asking them to print it out and put it up somewhere then take a picture of it. We can then post the pictures to this thread. Bottle of plonk to the best one!

The Mexican Maid. The Mexican maid asked for a pay increase. The wife was very upset about this and decided to talk to her about the raise. She asked: "Now Maria, why do you want a pay increase?" Maria: "Well, Señora, there are tree reasons why I wanna increaze." "The first is that I iron better than you." Wife: "Who said you iron better than me?" Maria: "Jor huzban he say so." Wife: "Oh yeah?" Maria: "The second reason eez that I am a better cook than you." Wife: "Nonsense, who said you were a better cook than me?" Maria: "Jor hozban did" Wife increasingly agitated: "Oh he did, did he???" Maria: "The third reason is that I am better at sex than you in the bed." Wife, really boiling now and through gritted teeth. "And did my husband say that as well?" Maria: "No Señora....... The gardener did." Wife: "So how much do you want?"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209841/ROBERT-HARDMAN-The-PC-supermayor-slashed-public-spending-axed-pointless-jobs-banned-word-diversity.html

I think so too keith. If Brian and Vic read this they might like to print out the PDF’s and put them up in their respective community centres or whatever? In fact if they PM me with address I will send them the proper leaflets…….. If we are still on for that drink soon Brian I can give you one then?

A maverick mayor elected after promising to slash council spending, clear the streets of yobs and ditch politically correct services is the torch-bearer for how towns should be run. On his first morning as Mayor of Doncaster in South Yorkshire , Peter Davies cut his salary from £73,000 to £30,000 then closed the council's newspaper for "peddling politics on the rates". Now three weeks into his job, Mr Davies is pressing ahead with plans he hopes will see the number of town councillors cut from 63 to just 21, saving taxpayers £800,000. Mr Davies said: "If 100 senators can run the United States of America , I can't see how 63 councillors are needed to run Doncaster ". He has withdrawn Doncaster from the Local Government Association and the Local Government Information Unit, saving another £200,000. Mr Davies said, "They are just talking shops". " Doncaster is in for some serious untwinning. We are twinned with probably nine other cities around the world and they are just for people to fly off and have a binge at the council's expense". The mayor's chauffeur-driven car has also been axed by Mr Davies and the driver given another job. Mr Davies, born and bred in Doncaster, swept to power in the May election with 24,244 votes as a candidate for the English Democrats, a party that wants tight immigration curbs, an English Parliament and a law forcing every public building to fly the flag of St. George. He has promised to end council funding for Doncaster 's International Women's Day, Black History Month and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month. He said, "Politicians have got completely out of touch with what people want. "We need to cut costs. I want to pass on some savings I make in reduced taxes and use the rest for things we really need, like improved children's services". Mr Davies has received messages from well wishers across the country and abroad as news of his no-nonsense approach spreads.

Here is the Guide................ Bedlington CA Leaflet p.1.pdf Bedlington CA Leaflet p.2.pdf