& you find that good to brag about?

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Mr. Chamberlain did, ask him.

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So did you by posting the link & proving your silliness by stating the above. He's dead, just like Saville.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial

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Wow, a minister actually stating what we peons already knew......

Hamster Eater - Police don't want to talk to him

"Vince Cable slams authorities for not getting Savile in the dock saying: 'The real scandal is the CPS had a lot of evidence and yet didn’t prosecute'"

Who would've thought that!

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Barbeque time!

Lord Patten questions

BBC too secretive

Former Chief had alerts

Caught on camera

"He said that the force had no information about officers attending Savile's Friday Morning Club but that they were free to do what they wished when off duty." What happened to that old chesnut "A policeman is never off duty?"

A word called "Fraternisation" springs to mind here. If somebody is under investigation, that fact should be transmitted to all police forces which will prevent just that from happening.

It'll never happen though because each force will behave in a "territorial" manner!

Definitely time to go!

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Well at least the BBC had one decent governer.....

....and he does raise a very vaild point: -

BBC's Children in Need had ban

"I base this on [BBC director general] George Entwistle reporting on the conversation with [BBC director of news] Helen Boaden who told him that Newsnight were conducting an investigation. He didn't ask the question 'why?'

I find that extraordinary. It wouldn't have happened in my day because the guy would have been at a governors' meeting and he would have been asked by people like me 'why?'"

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Sirius -- privatize BBC -- give it to Murdock. <smile>

A word called "Fraternisation" springs to mind here. If somebody is under investigation, that fact should be transmitted to all police forces which will prevent just that from happening.

It'll never happen though because each force will behave in a "territorial" manner!

Oh dear, it looks like many officials may be lurking on the forum!

Yard chief admits police forces failed to link information

"Police forces across Britain failed to link separate allegations of abuse against Jimmy Savile while he was alive, Britain's most senior policeman admitted yesterday.

Four forces were contacted by seven potential victims, but none was able to build a case strong enough to put before a court.

Scotland Yard commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe said detectives would have established 'a pattern of behaviour' had they known about the various investigations"

Don't worry Commissioner, here's a "get out of jail" card for you to use: -

"Technology as we have today was not available to us back then".

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Agree. However, even though I have lampooned/castigated/insulted those at the top, I find this year to be something out of the ordinary.

Too much is happening too fast - leaks, rumours, allegations - is there a hidden hand behind all this?

For example there is BSkyB - is it possible that the Murdochs are behind some of this due to the treatment they've received?

Probably unlikely, but remember my favourite quote: -

"Truth is stranger than fiction".

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I find this year to be something out of the ordinary.

Too much is happening too fast - leaks, rumours, allegations

I can agree wholeheartedly with you there I think. Unsettling times to say the very least. Trying to stand back and take a helicopter view of it all, there are a number of factors to it. A mid term UK government, USA presidential elections, an unusual amount of natural disasters, global and EU recession, general dissatisfaction with the current world order etc. Plus of course the media hyping it all up to make a living.

But yes, the UK has had a bit of a bashing in 2012 on many fronts, and it's not over yet. But it is at times like these that the famous British bulldog spirit comes to the fore. People grit their teeth and carry on, making the best of it.

I suspect Sirius would rather drop the "Bulldog" and just be left with the
"Spirit" for now....bottoms-up ol' boy.

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The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

Naw, I have .....



serving me.......



Now that's the Bulldog Spirit I like.

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Newsnight is certainly going to be interesting this evening.....

....Senior politico to be outed?

Butch's comment".....
"Mr Cameron said Mr Watson ‘raises a very difficult and complex case’ and he was ‘not entirely sure which former prime minister he is referring to’."

Why difficult & Complex Butch? Does it matter what PM as regardless, if proven, it will be a direct link to No 10!

Oh dear, not still serving are they Butch?

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I must admit I have moved newspaper from there to the Times ...

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

The Mail is really dire these days, and quite anti establishment.

With old fogeys like this still in power, it's no wonder they are.....

Old Fogey who should be pensioned off

Another Fly-Tipping debacle

At least on this one there is an honest gentleman amongst a den of muppets!

"Tony Perks from the district council said the letter was perhaps "overly aggressive" and that they "don't like upsetting residents".

He said: "I'm certainly disappointed in what we've done."

Well done Tony (I bet you get some right ribbing over your name).

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Bought one the other day John, admittedly for the crossword, jut to see if I could till have a bash at it! The Mail is really dire these days, and quite anti establishment.

Shame the BBC don't do crosswords!

Newsnight claims, but BBC refuses to name

Didn't like the Saville affair BBC & now trying to CYA?

"The terms of reference were an important restriction. It's also fair to say at that time, and we're going back to the mid- to late 1990s here, at that time the idea that senior public figures; politicians; celebrities could be involved in child abuse was seen as a bit far-fetched," he told Newsnight/the Bureau of Investigative Journalism."


Hmmn, no "redtop tabloids" here, but a world renown online "redtop"

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Bought one the other day John, admittedly for the crossword, jut to see if I could till have a bash at it! The Mail is really dire these days, and quite anti establishment.

Shame the BBC don't do crosswords!

Newsnight claims, but BBC refuses to name

Didn't like the Saville affair BBC & now trying to CYA?

"The terms of reference were an important restriction. It's also fair to say at that time, and we're going back to the mid- to late 1990s here, at that time the idea that senior public figures; politicians; celebrities could be involved in child abuse was seen as a bit far-fetched," he told Newsnight/the Bureau of Investigative Journalism."


Hmmn, no "redtop tabloids" here, but a world renown online "redtop"

Can't be Sir Peter Morrison for although sited already as a pedo' he's now
dead. This current one is still living and everyone one in parliament most
probably by now will know who he is.

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The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

Clarke could be a very dangerous future enemy if not handled carefully, and everyone knew that. That is why he was given the sinecure position of Minister without Portfolio which guarantees him a continuing seat in the cabinet, judged enough to placate him. All that these recent comments are meaning is that Clarke has accepted his position with bad grace.

Shades of the Soviet Politiburo! aged 72 & a future dangerous enemy? typical of all old fogeys who can't realise that their day has passed

OK folks, nothing to see here, please move on ....

Why? you thread owner?

"On 12 May 2009, The Daily Telegraph reported that Clarke had "flipped" his council tax. He had told the Parliamentary authorities that his main home was in his Rushcliffe constituency, enabling him to claim a second homes allowance on his London home and leaving the taxpayer to foot the bill for the council tax due on that property. However, he told Rushcliffe Borough Council in Nottinghamshire that he spent so little time at his constituency address that his wife Gillian should qualify for a 25% council-tax (single person's) discount, saving the former chancellor around £650 per year. Land registry records showed that Clarke did not have a mortgage on his home in Nottinghamshire, where he has lived since 1987. He instead held a mortgage on his London house, which he had most recently charged to the taxpayer at £480 per month"

Yep, nothing new here, so let's move on. Next Baghdad Broadcasting Company's topic is: -

How do we exhort more from the serfs - The Licence Payers?

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Come-on Sirius, Clarkie is only trying to boost his pension pot.
On retirement, sell the London home, pocket the cash and
whey-hay...LOADS-A-MONEEEEEEY....at the expense of the tax payers.
Could be a reason why the Government have not come down heavy on the BBC
over this "Jimmie" business. To afraid that the BBC might start digging
the dirt over still to be disclosed fiddlings of government expenses by
our M.P's.

If the BBC is found to have suppressed the "Jimmie" business just what else
have they kept suppressed over the years and over what?

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The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

Come-on Sirius, whey-hay...LOADS-A-MONEEEEEEY....

the secrets they're not divulging is that Harry Enfield was successfully cloned more than once.....

....hence the Loads A Moneeeeeeee muppets in power.......

...they're saying they haven't got enough, so we gotta pay more!

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