Cold, calm and clear at the Castle this morn, his Maj hasn’t
discovered the joy of anything-thank him/her upstairs and I’m orf to Tesco on
the stale bread, gruel and pussy food run in a mo.
MPs and their aides dining in the House of Commons
restaurants have complained their soup bowls are too small, their beer is too
expensive and their chips are not arranged in a ‘tower’ formation – despite
receiving £5.8m a year in food subsidies from the taxpayer.
Their eggs are too watery, they receive change in coppers
rather than five pence pieces, and the crisp packets from the vending machine
are ten grams too light.
One customer said canteen staff made them feel “like a
second class citizen” when they complained that breakfast had run out at half
past ten in the morning, according to a log of complaints made to the House of
Commons catering service.
One guest in the Members’ and Strangers’ dining rooms wrote:
“’The bucket’ of chips, while attractive to some and no doubt trendy, makes for
soggy chips. The tower arrangement is better.”
Another said their dinner in the wood-panelled restaurant
with views of the Thames was a “dismal experience.”
A dish of kedgeree left one member feeling swindled. “The
boiled egg had been cut into THREE quarters – no sign of the fourth.... Petty
and insulting way to save a buck.”
The Commons catering budget received a taxpayer subsidy of
£5.8m last year, an increase of £87,000, and the equivalent of a top-up of
£7.60 for every £10 spent by an MP on lunch or drinks.
In the Members’ dining room MPs can enjoy Pan-fried red
mullet with carrot purée and a soft boiled quail’s egg for £4.15 or Artichoke
and tomato salad with truffle dressing for £2.05.
But drinks prices have risen after the Commons Commission
ruled Parliament’s unlicensed bars should raise their prices to match high
street pubs, prompting a boycott from patrons. A pint of bitter now costs £2.60
and a glass of Merlot is £2.35.
Fuck off.....
My favourite retailer is expected to give its stores an
overhaul to reflect the location and income of families who shop there, it was
reported.
It will target more of its value ranges in poorer areas to
keep customers from switching to budget stores Aldi and Lidl, while its premium
lines will be promoted to stop those in wealthier parts from being tempted by
Waitrose and Marks and Spencer.
The changes were revealed by Tesco suppliers in trade
magazine The Grocer.
It said: "Tesco is set to launch a wave of price
promotions and range reviews based on the affluence of areas they live in.
"Tesco has begun talks with suppliers aimed at
launching price promotions in less well-off areas where it is facing
competition from the likes of Aldi and Lidl."
Taoufik Didi a foreign
drug-dealing bigamist has won the right to stay in Britain because of his human
right to "family life".
He had been sentenced to three years in prison for selling
cocaine to undercover police officers, and so exceeded the criteria for
"automatic deportation" under the law.
However, the Moroccan launched a human rights appeal,
telling immigration judges he had been in a loving relationship with a British
woman, Marina Gregory, for 10 years. He now intended to wed her and start a
family.
The judges believed the 47-year-old criminal and, to the
disappointment of Home Office officials, granted his appeal under the Human
Rights Act – ruling that his
"right to private and family life" entitled him to stay on in
Britain.
Despite two surprising admissions made by Didi in court, he
told them he already had a wife, who he had married in 1989, and was awaiting a
divorce which would free him to remarry.
And he "married" Miss Gregory three years ago in
an open-air ceremony in Cyprus, while legally wed to his first wife.
A Home Office spokesman said: "We will consider any new
evidence of abuse and where we can prove an individual has obtained leave to
remain in the UK fraudulently we will seek to revoke it and remove them from
the country."
Yeah right, and then the “judges” will overturn it because
he has a cat.
London health officials are launching a sequel to their
controversial online sex-ed game for young people that features such characters
as Wonder Vag and the Sperminator.
In the sequel, the virgin with the Barbie-doll figure will
be caged and the Sperminator will have lost his penis-arms and become a force
for good.
The original Adventures in Sex City, an online game from the
Middlesex-London Health Unit, were banned by officials with the London District
Catholic school board because it ran afoul of the school's official stance on
abstinence.
In the original version, the infected Sperminator fired
sperm from penis-shaped arms at characters such as virginal Wonder Vag, who when
struck might say, "Aggg! Right in the face."
While the original will be kept
available at Getitonlondon.ca,
a second version will officially launch Feb. 14 during Sexual Awareness Week.
Whatever happened to the Beano?
And finally:
Apparently Daredevil climbers are shunning mountains to
scale cable cars, lifts and furnaces.
Mr Lama swapped craggy mountainsides for a blast furnace in
industrial Duisburg, Germany.
According to free-climber David Lama, 20 ‘Whether you’re in a city, the countryside, on rocks or metal, what matters is the result.’
According to free-climber David Lama, 20 ‘Whether you’re in a city, the countryside, on rocks or metal, what matters is the result.’
Unless you fall orf.....
That’s it: I’m orf to find a
black whitebird
And today’s thought:
Angus
