Park Life

Dunno mate.

Strange thing about that debate was that the leader of the Christians is black and the audience reflecting the Christian side was predominantly black yet there was a lot of agreement between them and the BNp element. For me that is very interesting and as I've always maintained if the BNp would just drop some aspects of the race card they could have MP's.

Apparently they are running 120 candidates according to the leader.

What the fuck? The leader got 78 votes last time he stood on some Scottish Island iirc... This election he'll be standing againt Nick Griffin.

CHRISTIAN PARTY MAIN POLICIES. * a proposed referendum on the reinstitution of the death penalty for severe crimes, where two or three witnesses were present at the crime scene and forensic science confirms involvement. * legislation to ban abortion. * increased taxation on alcohol and tobacco. * initiatives to bring personal responsibility to bear upon "self-inflicted disease" (such as alcoholism). * Zero tolerance on drug possession. * curfews for under 11 year olds, with mandatory intervention of child protection agencies in relation to any child 10 years or younger that is found unaccompanied on the street after 9:00pm. * the reintroduction of the right of teachers to use corporal punishment in extreme circumstances. * greater observance of a weekly day of rest (Sunday). * limits around coastlines to preserve stocks of fish and sand eels. * promotion in school of chastity before marriage. * re-instatement of Section 2A (also known as Section 28), a law to guard against the promotion of homosexuality. * the re-introduction of corporate readings from the Bible in all Scottish state schools. * provision of Christian religious education on a mandatory basis, with no obligation to promote other faiths, regardless of the wishes of those being instructed or their parents. There currently exists a level of compulsory Christian observance in all British schools[7],[8][9] so these policies are calling for this to be increased. * a science curriculum which should "reflect the evidence of creation/design" in the universe (see Creation-evolution controversy). * public health campaigns to discourage homosexuality alongside excessive drinking and the use of addictive substances, whilst maintaining "God loves and we should love" such individuals. * the restoration of the right for parents to smack their children (as with prayer, this currently exists and the policy is a call for an increase). * "Mind Pollution Levy" on 18 Certificate Films, DVDs, CDs, Video Games and Top Shelf magazines. * a re-establishment of the principle of the innocent party in a divorce being acknowledged in any divorce settlement. * discouragement of the practice of addressing women as Ms.. * opposition of the practice of altering birth certificates to reflect gender confirmation surgery. * promotion of Biblical alternatives to the current criminal justice system, including emphasis on the role of witnesses over forensic evidence. * that Mechanical Copyright Protection enjoyed by songwriters should be extended to featured recording artists and record producers. * that a minimum royalty percentage (the level of which should be decided through consultation with the music industry) should be paid to featured recording artists and producers on exactly the same basis as is currently paid to songwriters. They are also anti-EU and wanted a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and are strongly anti-Islam making Christian services compulsory in schools etc...

Seetihing that the Tories aren't cruising it I take it.

The main reason I started this thread is that I was ticked off by Mrs P and a couple of other Germans in the room when I clipped ParkyJnr round the ear cause she was refusing to finish her arithmetic homework which I was helping her with (quite hard some of it )...I patiently explained to them that I would discipline my child as I saw fit and nothing on Gods earth should interfere with that. I didn't realise at the time that it was illegal in Germany.

Same for me really. Well the only time I ever swore at me dad I was about 7 or 8, I asked him if I could help him in the garden and he said no because it was dangerous with the lawn moor being on, and I called him a fuckin cunt, I don't even know where I got those words from, he smacked me hard and I never did it ever again. I was smacked and I don't think it's a bad thing really but I was very rarely smacked over that sort of age. I think my parents got it right. There shouldn't be legislation for it though ffs. I mean, any excessive smacking / hitting kids should come under existing laws anyway. Similar to the example you give, I don't think it's a bad deterrent to have in a parent's locker, so to speak. And you could just imagine kids threatening to phone the polis if they're going to get hit for doing something wrong. It's what happens here.

Peacock Excellent. 8.2/10

The biggest problem they have is that Cameroon doesn't look like a leader.

Nicked my post.

Speaks out against Iran war at the EUP http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9vi8t_yo...ech-to-the_news

$20bn dollar fine would be nice.

Link? Well it's illegal in Germany and the EU and some parts of the Labour party are looking at toughenng up the rules for home smacking.

For once Parky I agree. Looks like it might go tits up for the tories still, they're clearly rattled. Aye, they're shitting it over the Lib Dems atm. Ideally the Lib dems will split the Tory vote and sanity will prevail. Not that Labour are intrinsically better at Governmenting as such, but Osborne and Cameron are basically muppets.

Gordon Brown and Angela Merkel attack Goldman Sachs Bank under pressure amid claims it misled clients as PM calls for investigation and threatens bonus ban The New York headquarters of Goldman Sachs. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA A crisis gripping Goldman Sachs deepened today as Britain and Germany moved towards joining the US in pursuing a fraud investigation against the Wall Street bank for allegedly fiddling clients out of $1bn ($650m) through a misleading mortgage investment deal. Gordon Brown ordered a special investigation into Goldman, accusing the bank of "moral bankruptcy". He threatened to block multimillion-pound bonus payouts if the firm is found guilty of wrongdoing. In Berlin, Angela Merkel's government said it had sought information from the US Securities and Exchange Commission with a view to evaluating "legal steps" against Goldman. Goldman's shares dived by 13% on Friday when the SEC charged the firm with collaborating with a hedge fund, Paulson & Co, to sell a deliberately skewed package of doomed mortgages in 2007, leaving clients including Royal Bank of Scotland and a German bank, IKB, nursing losses of more than $1bn. Paulson & Co made a fortune out of the deal by taking a short position to bet on the package's demise. A London-based Goldman Sachs director, Fabrice Tourre, who is accused of masterminding the fraud, is still working as usual, although efforts by Sunday newspapers to track the Frenchman down to his flat near Sadler's Wells theatre in north London were unsuccessful. A Goldman spokeswoman said: "He's still an employee. He hasn't been suspended." The case against Goldman has sent a ripple through the financial services industry, with analysts predicting it could be the first of many against similarly structured mortgage instruments known as collateralised debt obligations. The SEC's action took place amid wrangling in Congress over an overhaul of Wall Street regulation, where Republicans object to the scope of moves proposed by the administration. Goldman could face fresh opprobrium on Tuesday, when it is due to publish its financial results for the first quarter of the year and is forecast to reveal revenue of more than $10bn – of which nearly $5bn could be earmarked for employee pay. Brown told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that the case against Goldman fuelled his argument for a global tax on financial transactions: "I am shocked at this moral bankruptcy. This is probably one of the worst cases that we have seen. "It makes me absolutely determined we are going to have a new global constitution for the banking system which I am pressing for, a global financial levy for the banks that all countries that are major financial centres pay, and we quash remuneration packages such as Goldman Sachs'." Goldman vehemently denies any wrongdoing. The bank argues that it lost money itself on the mortgage deal, and that the clients involved were savvy investors. A source close to Goldman dismissed Brown's comments as electioneering: "It's no surprise, given that we're in the middle of an election campaign, that being tough on banks is popular." The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, Matthew Oakeshott, called for Tourre to be suspended following the "earth-shattering" allegations. The Tories also called for a crackdown. Goldman's mortgage package was insured against default by Royal Bank of Scotland. Within nine months, 99% of the home loans involved had been downgraded, leaving RBS with an $841m bill.

The Sun have changed sides again recently.

What's the deal on all this these days. I realise kids aren't allowed to get a slap in school anymore (which is a shame), but apparently the right to give a little slap to your kids is going to be illegal soon...Madness.

It's ringing a bell with me from a comedy show with maybe a bishop character having a catchphrase along the lines of "I was taling to a man today" - Kenny Everett? Anyone remember? Sounds a bit like the spoof "pause for thought" Mark and Lard used to do in the mornings. The tories are not only using made up anecdotes to promote the comcept of "broken Britain", the phrase itself is lifted verbatum from a Sun front page headline. The former editor of the notw,Andy Coulson, is now head of communications for the tories. Murdoch has got his own placeman at the heart of the tory machine now, and he wants to destroy the BBC, something Cameron has mildly alluded to recently. The whole thing fuckin stinks. Murdoch is going to have as much access to the PM if Cameron gets in as the union leaders had in the 70s, in and out of no 10 every week. The thought of Murdoch having an even more significant influence on government then he does at the moment makes me feel ill Good point about Murdoch. Fuck that bastard, I'm going to cancel my Sky Sports subscription in protest tonight at around 10 pm. In all seriousness though, it's worrying. The loss of the BBC and the further growth of Sky is a horrific prospect, let alone the direct influence that Ozzie cunt will have on our government. Murdoch is evil basically.

MrsP reckons I organised it all so I could stay in Germany longer after easter. Never underestimate the power of Parky.

End of the world thread anyone?? Nice pics..Scroll down for all. http://www.grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/E...s-Julia-Staples Get ready for decades of Icelandic fireworks * 17:38 16 April 2010 by Kate Ravilious We're not quite back to the pre-plane era, but air travel over and around the north Atlantic might get a lot more disrupted in the coming years. Volcanologists say the fireworks exploding from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on Iceland, which is responsible for the ash cloud that is grounding all commercial flights across northern Europe, may become a familiar sight. Increased rumblings under Iceland over the past decade suggest that the area is entering a more active phase, with more eruptions and the potential for some very large bangs. "Volcanic activity on Iceland appears to follow a periodicity of around 50 to 80 years. The increase in activity over the past 10 years suggests we might be entering a more active phase with more eruptions," says Thorvaldur Thordarson, an expert on Icelandic volcanoes at the University of Edinburgh, UK. By contrast, the latter half of the 20th century was unusually quiet. Along with increased volcanism, more seismic activity has been recorded around Iceland, including the magnitude-6.1 quake that rocked Reykjavik in May 2008.

I'm practically licking my lips as to what is about to transpire. hee hee

Shoot the fuking lot of em.

EU president's palace will cost us millions The new folly in Brussels will cost UK taxpayers millions of pounds, says Christopher Booker. By Christopher Booker Published: 7:51PM BST 26 Sep 2009 Comments 22 | Comment on this article The EU, we learn. is to spend £280 million building a vast new presidential palace in Brussels for Tony Blair, or whoever becomes the EU's first permanent president, if and when its constitution is ratified. Nearly £40 million of the money needed to erect this bizarre avant-garde creation, looking like a gigantic skittle in a glass box, will come from UK taxpayers. Curiously, this almost equates to the £40 million we are told the Queen needs for urgent repairs on several of her increasingly dilapidated Royal palaces here in Britain. Her Majesty is so desperate to raise the money that she is having to sell off chunks of the Royal estate, starting with the Hampton Court stables, for which she hopes to get £2 million.

Britain props up the EU superstate with billions of pounds. And the bill is about to rocket by 60 per cent. 24/08/2009 Britain is the second biggest financial contributor to the vile EU superstate, which takes our money - £257 a year from every home in Britain- and bosses us around. Now the EU, about to become a single political superstate, just as they always said it wouldn't, is grabbing 60 per cent more of our money! Does anyone care, or even notice? I do- and you should, too! Remember, it was Tony Blair who gave up the financial concessions negotiated by Margaret Thatcher, and started this downward spiral. ALAN FRANKLIN. This following story is hardly news and was widely forecast, but with attention spans being so short it is good that all are reminded of it - frequently! But if the government had any guts at all it would stand by the principle that if France and the others don ‘t keep their side of the bargain, nor should we keep ours! Christina Speight