Originally posted by AtW
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Not you then as the only thing you are savvy with is scratch post 
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Oi Alexei, shut it. I admire your trabantesque attempts at humour, but you think you can come to Hing a land, with your commie, potato worshiping ways? insulting our good citizens with your stalinesque stories about oppressed squirrels? and cabbage fortified iron block sandwiches?The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.” -
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Well the head of HMRC has just quit, so it's going to be something big."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Isn't the clue of what it is in..
Discs with 15m tax records 'lost'The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Not lost. Merely mislaid.Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
"Have you seen my tax discs Darling? I'm sure I put them next to the toaster..."If you've got a problem and no one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire...Gordon Brown ...( cue music )Comment
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...and that'll be why yer government has thrown the equivalent of 5% of GDP into the NR black holeOriginally posted by Gordon Brown View Post
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BBC political editor Nick Robinson said he understood ministers had been aware for nine to 10 days.
Mr Darling is expected to outline the measures taken to protect those whose data has been lost.
The resignation of Mr Gray was accepted because disks were transported in breach of rules governing data protection.How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Perhaps Darling is going to do a Geoffrey Howe:
"Since I came into this job in the summer, I've been shocked to discover that, everywhere I turn, I see the results of f***-ups, waste and idiotic legislation by the previous incumbent, and more effort spent trying to keep the problems hidden than to sort them out.
"Well, the golden legacy we inherited in 1997 is now in a handcart to hell and I'm not staying to sort it out. I'm off. And if the Right Honourable Members opposite have got any sense, they'd be off too."Comment
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If onlyOriginally posted by wendigo100 View PostHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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