Reply to: oh dear: Cabinet minister buys house next to Abu Hamza

[datestamp]

Is port something like strong wine?

With knowledge like that, don't apply for residency in Portugal

[AtW]

When I had tour (as a tourist) of Oxford Uni the guide said Oxford students were making their own beer, not sure it is happening anymore, Gordon Brown would certainly not approve.

[Fungus]

Is port something like strong wine?

It's a fortified wine favoured at Oxbridge college meals. The foods generally so tulip that they need something to get pissed with. It has the advantage that little Lord Fontleroy can look down with snooty disdain at any pleb who doesn't know which was to pass it. Unlike me. I lift the seat, undo my flies, whip out my trouser trout, and let the flow go. That's the best way I know of passing it.

Hic. (Scuse my latin.)

Fungus.

[Fungus]

Cabinet minister buys house next to Abu Hamza
By Duncan Gardham
(Filed: 12/11/2005)

A cabinet minister has bought a house next door to Abu Hamza, the radical Muslim cleric.

Well, there goes the neighbour hood ...

[AtW]

Is port something like strong wine?

[Churchill]

No dear chap, if you dont know which way to pass the Port, you do the decent thing and go outside with the reveolver, and shoot yourself....

Its a British tradition.....

Wrong, wrong, wrong. It's an English tradition. The rest of you guttersnipes can simply go to hell, the whole bally lot of you!

[mcquiggd]

No dear chap, if you dont know which way to pass the Port, you do the decent thing and go outside with the reveolver, and shoot yourself....

Its a British tradition.....

[AtW]

Ah, but do you know which way to pass the Port, AtW old chap...?

Remember, theres a revolver on the table......

Let me make a guess here: I should grab the revolver and port and then send around plate for gold rolex, earings, rings collections around the table?

[mcquiggd]

Ah, but do you know which way to pass the Port, AtW old chap...?

Remember, theres a revolver on the table......

[AtW]

Like you will be doing soon, I am a new member of club Britannia and yes the UK passport is a great thing to have.

UK passport is certainly worth its weight in gold, probably 10 times that. A few years after SKA I plan to get into politics and having foreign passport would ensure that Russian authorities can't do a number of bad things they typically employ.

Don't think I will need to pass english test since I got UK degree

[Sysman]

Amazing what you you find tucked away...

Cabinet minister buys house next to Abu Hamza
By Duncan Gardham
(Filed: 12/11/2005)

A cabinet minister has bought a house next door to Abu Hamza, the radical Muslim cleric.

The means of Mr Hutton, 50, and his new neighbour differ widely. The minister, a former law lecturer with three children from his first marriage, earns £134,000 a year and [i]his second wife, Heather Rogers, a former senior civil servant, earns around £100,000 as a lobbyist for Citigate Public Affairs.[i/]

Citgate Public Affairs:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php...Public_Affairs


Citigate's advice to "be politically intelligent" has clearly been followed by the three major U.S. gambling operators Caesars Entertainment, MGM Mirage and Kerzner International, as they are all clients of the firm. [3] In early 2005, Citigate's work for the U.S. gambling industry provoked controversy when the Sunday Times revealed Lord Faulkner's close connections with the firm:

"Faulkner was a key member of the joint Lords and Commons committee that last year examined the government’s plans for gambling reform and gave them the go-ahead with only minor changes. Faulkner also has close links to No 10. He is a paid employee of Incepta, a public relations and marketing company, which he declares in the Lords register of interests. What is not declared is that Incepta owns Citigate Public Affairs, the lobbying firm that works for the three US gambling companies... The casino operators — Caesars Entertainment, MGM Mirage and Kerzner International — have all become clients of Citigate since Faulkner’s committee scrutinised the legislation. Last night Faulkner said he was 'a strategy adviser' for Incepta but did not do any lobbying. He was 'vaguely aware' Citigate is now employed by the three big casino operators."

[sunnysan]

Advice for your citizenship ceremony

Hi Atw

Like you will be doing soon, I am a new member of club Britannia and yes the UK passport is a great thing to have.

It is an absolute joy to go travelling with the UK passport after enduring years of sh 1 t from customs.

I was peeved however, after initially having my appication rejected on the grounds that I did not provide proof that I was proficient in English, to see that they offered interpretors to people obtaining citizenship, who clearly could not speak English!!!!

Dont listen to these doom mongers here. The UK has its issues, but relative to African,CIS and South American countries I would say they are pretty minor.

For your question about the spilled pint, the correct answer is "Break the glass on the bar counter and drive the base of the glass into the clumsy fools jugular"

[stackpole]

Yep, still in Scotland, hoping they go for independence now as basically Britain as a whole has been ruined by Nu Labour.

I think you'll find that the UK as a whole has been ruined by Scotland.

The government is run by incompetent Scottish ministers, not least Blair and Brown, and Nu Labour are in power largely because nearly all the Scottish constituencies voted them in up there.

Scottish independence - go for it! We'd welcome it down here. And with Welsh independence as well - we English would be rid of Nu Labour at last. Which would be nice.

[mcquiggd]

Yep, still in Scotland, hoping they go for independence now as basically Britain as a whole has been ruined by Nu Labour.

The Scots aren't dumb, thats for sure (apart from El Gordo and ilk). And actually, as well as being very good at warfare, they are also quite welcoming to those who prove themselves worthy of respect. My friends here are a mix of Scottish, English, Norwegian, Irish and Dutch.. religion is important to some but its not a 'barrier' as it is in some countries.

Ive been physically assaulted here 3 times in the last year, but I doubt it was due to my being English...

To be honest the biggest downer here is the lack of daylight... and a warm climate where you can enjoy a decent summer... same as England I suppose.

All in all, Im happy here - although despite meeting some lovely local women, the lady i hang about with is terribly home counties English - as am I.. but we have both been here for a while and you are soon welcome. My best friend now is a Glaswegian guy who has seen most of Europe, had a recording contract and been on TV... and is now studying for a Computer Science degree.

Edinburgh is great place, really. Turned down a job in Luxembourg, looks like ill be working just outside Glasgow for a while now as its only a 45 minute commute for 10 quid a day... but my decision is based more on personal rather than commercial factors....


P.S I have an Irish surname. The last offer I had for my passport was 5k (GBP) in 1988 in Boston.. add inflation and make me an offer....

[AtW]

Dont bother AtW... unless you simply want to abandon your home country and have access to western Europe.

British passport is worth its weight in gold. At the moment I am not travelling but after imminent success of SKA I will want to travel the world and I have had enough of stinking visas for the rest of my life.

Are you still in Scotland? Don't they hate the English there?