Points to Ponder

[DaveR]

 

[Fester]

It beggars belief that University students, (perhaps from different cultures) have to been given basic instruction on how to use a toilet.  Its in Wales too.

The article is here, and it makes my mind boggle.   (should that be BOG-gle?)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-16983788

[John Oddy]

Unfortunately if I make any comment in this section the Weekly News will pounce on it and again question my ability to be on the council because of my racist views so I'll keep quiet and just chuckle at your comments.......love 'em.

[Yorkie]

It beggars belief that University students, (perhaps from different cultures) have to been given basic instruction on how to use a toilet.  Its in Wales too.

You'll have to blame that bloke Crapper who invented the things in the first place.   

Where I am now they still have the two foot-pads on the floor with the hole in the middle.  They are OK unless you have dodgy knees!    L0L

[DaveR]

Another story about fiddling at a Welsh charity and how someone is trying to use racism to deflect attention from the situation:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/02/04/charity-chairwoman-paid-for-work-not-put-out-to-tender-91466-30263799/#ixzz1lRSQHAFK

"Mrs Austin told to the Western Mail she had nominated herself to write research papers for Awema that had been commissioned in a single tender arrangement from the Welsh Government’s equality unit. She confirmed she had been paid £12,000 for one piece of work"

"Mrs Austin said she took serious exception to a statement made by Mr Dunn on BBC Wales’ Dragon’s Eye TV programme in which he expressed concern about the allegations being “whitewashed”.

“I am a person of colour and the overwhelming majority of Awema’s trustees and senior employees are people of colour. To refer to a ‘whitewash’ is deeply offensive,” she said"

 

[Merddin Emrys]

It beggars belief that University students, (perhaps from different cultures) have to been given basic instruction on how to use a toilet.  Its in Wales too.

You'll have to blame that bloke Crapper who invented the things in the first place.   

Where I am now they still have the two foot-pads on the floor with the hole in the middle.  They are OK unless you have dodgy knees!    L0L

In Rhyl?

[Hugo]

It beggars belief that University students, (perhaps from different cultures) have to been given basic instruction on how to use a toilet.  Its in Wales too.

You'll have to blame that bloke Crapper who invented the things in the first place.   

Where I am now they still have the two foot-pads on the floor with the hole in the middle.  They are OK unless you have dodgy knees!    L0L

I was in Singapore Airport some years ago when I first saw a hole in the ground toilet.  They could have done with those instructions there because no one had hit the target!!          

[Hugo]

"Mrs Austin said she took serious exception to a statement made by Mr Dunn on BBC Wales’ Dragon’s Eye TV programme in which he expressed concern about the allegations being “whitewashed”.

“I am a person of colour and the overwhelming majority of Awema’s trustees and senior employees are people of colour. To refer to a ‘whitewash’ is deeply offensive,” she said"

 

Mrs Austin should be a bit more careful in what she says and it is obviously a smokescreen to hide any critisism aimed at her or the charity. It's a cheap shot and unfortunately it happens all to often in business and sport.    Her comments "I am a person of colour and the overwhelming majority of Awema’s trustees and senior employees are people of colour"  must be offensive to the majority of people in the UK. 
We are all coloured in some shade or other and created equal, irrespective of race or religion.      Does she think that she is in some form of elitest minority?

[Dwyforite]

that is a good point

[Ian]

Who can you trust?

"Manufacturers and supermarkets are increasingly using creative language to sell their products – even if it means creating place names that don’t exist.

Marks & Spencer sells 11,000 tonnes of Lochmuir salmon every year while Tesco sells thousands of chickens from Willow Farm. But neither of these places exist. Both are marketing inventions used by M&S and Tesco to brand their salmon and chickens.

M&S also uses the name Oakham to brand its chickens. Willow Farm and Oakham chickens come from farms all over the UK while fish farms across Scotland supply salmon for the Lochmuir range."

[Yorkie]

For sides of Smoked Salmon and other stuff I can recommend  Red Snapper Seafoods in Skelmersdale. www.redsnapperseafoods.co.uk.   ZXZ

"Red Snapper Seafoods specialise in producing fillets, loins, supremes, steaks, specialty fish cuts and portions from the highest quality fresh fish, seafood and shellfish. We have our own smoke house, where we smoke a wide range of products using traditional methods of smoking for periods of up to 36 hours over oak chippings. We monitor our prices weekly and make changes to reflect market prices and will not be knowingly undersold . We will match or reduce any like for like price. PLEASE EMAIL OR TELEPHONE 01695 550934 "

[Fester]

Who can you trust?

"Manufacturers and supermarkets are increasingly using creative language to sell their products – even if it means creating place names that don’t exist.

Marks & Spencer sells 11,000 tonnes of Lochmuir salmon every year while Tesco sells thousands of chickens from Willow Farm. But neither of these places exist. Both are marketing inventions used by M&S and Tesco to brand their salmon and chickens.

M&S also uses the name Oakham to brand its chickens. Willow Farm and Oakham chickens come from farms all over the UK while fish farms across Scotland supply salmon for the Lochmuir range."

YES!  And I saw a bus going past me today with Hovis emblazoned on the side... and guess what?  They don't sell bread!

[DaveR]

Like all good socialists, Red Ken is lining his own pockets whilst criticising others for doing the same.... 

"Ken Livingstone, who has attacked tax avoiders as “rich b-------” who should “not be allowed to vote”, has avoided at least £50,000 in tax by having himself paid through a personal company."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/london-mayor-election/9105977/Ken-Livingstone-uses-loophole-to-save-50000-in-tax.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[Ian]

Like all good socialists, Red Ken is lining his own pockets whilst criticising others for doing the same....

 

KL is hardly a Socialist, by almost any definition you choose to use.  But the fault doesn't lie with his method of avoiding the higher rate income tax as such, but rather with the entire company taxation  system which allows individuals working only for one employer to avoid income tax.  In his case, you can argue he's earning money through fees from a number of sources, and is thus - by anyone's definition - self-employed.  His argument is with those who work for only a single employer but who seek to have the entire salary paid as fees to a company. That's disingenuous at the very least.  But then - this report is hardly from a disinterested source, itself, is it?  The Barclay Brothers' acquisition of their vast wealth was initially bankrolled by the Government, interestingly.

[DaveR]

Ken has referred to himself as a socialist many times and he is described as such on his Wikipedia entry.

As for the Sunday Telegraph, it was voted Newspaper of the Year in 2011 by the Press Association....