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Old 07-05-2008, 09:47 AM   #61 (permalink)
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An immigration insider said he had stopped a group of four Iraqis trying to sneak out of the port of Dover.
"There has been a big rise in the number of illegals were are catching sneaking out of the country."

He added: "A group of four men from Iraq I stopped recently said they were sick of the rain and the cold and just wanted to get home or go to somewhere with a bit more sun.

"They also complained that they couldn't get appointments to see a doctor or a dentist.
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Old 09-05-2008, 04:09 PM   #62 (permalink)
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No news on Asbo, the cross-eyed Rottweiler, but I saw a story which gives us fresh hope.

A cat called Jerry, who has been missing from a Cornish village for eight months, has been found after a woman in America spotted him on a webcam. The woman, from Indiana, was posting a message on an internet forum when she saw images of Jerry sitting on a mat outside the Claremont Hotel, Polperro, in Cornwall & emailed his owners.

This is great news - Asbo may be out there in cyberspace.

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Old 09-05-2008, 05:44 PM   #63 (permalink)
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No wonder the UK has no funding or troops for Iraq.
The UK has plenty of funding for Iraq, and if they ever run out of funds they can just copy good old USA of A and print a gazillion pounds, package it up as triple A debt and sell it to unsuspecting nations around the world.
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Old 10-05-2008, 04:06 AM   #64 (permalink)
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No news on Asbo, the cross-eyed Rottweiler, but I saw a story which gives us fresh hope.

A cat called Jerry, who has been missing from a Cornish village for eight months, has been found after a woman in America spotted him on a webcam. The woman, from Indiana, was posting a message on an internet forum when she saw images of Jerry sitting on a mat outside the Claremont Hotel, Polperro, in Cornwall & emailed his owners.

This is great news - Asbo may be out there in cyberspace.

Log on & keep 'em peeled.
...A direct 'lift' from Richard Littlejohn's column in the 'Daily Mail' today....

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Old 10-05-2008, 06:50 AM   #65 (permalink)
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Just watching a tv show here in angrit, in Staffordshire the police have got access to the town centre CCTV systems and installed software that can read the registration numbers of cars as they drive past. Once the number is read it is automatically checked out to see if the driver has insurance and licence and road tax.

Bastards!
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Old 10-05-2008, 07:04 AM   #66 (permalink)
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^ Fek, they can read license plates from satellite feeds. Sorry, old news.
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Old 10-05-2008, 07:12 AM   #67 (permalink)
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they can read license plates from satellite feeds
Did you ever go to England and see that 90% of the country is covered in cloud for 90% of the year?

Satellite may as well stick to beaming porn.
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Old 10-05-2008, 11:33 AM   #68 (permalink)
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So....Hindus eat Chicken, but they don't eat beef? British Airways takes beef off the menu. Good OP. What the hell is going on in the UK?

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For decades the national dish has been a staple meal on the national carrier.
But now British Airways has taken beef off the menu for economy passengers amid concerns about its "religious restrictions".


The airline has instead switched to a fish pie or chicken dish option for the so-called "cattle class" passengers.


BA's second-biggest long-haul market is to India, where the majority Hindu population do not eat beef because of their beliefs.
Link: British Airways takes beef off the menu to avoid offending Hindus| News | This is London
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...A direct 'lift' from Richard Littlejohn's column in the 'Daily Mail' today....

Please try and acknowledge sources.
Like I did on the very first page of this thread?

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Anybody who wants to know what the UK is like nowadays, just have a read of Littlejohn's column.

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they can read license plates from satellite feeds
Did you ever go to England and see that 90% of the country is covered in cloud for 90% of the year?

Satellite may as well stick to beaming porn.
Oh. So no WiFi there either?
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Old 11-05-2008, 02:03 AM   #71 (permalink)
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...A direct 'lift' from Richard Littlejohn's column in the 'Daily Mail' today....

Please try and acknowledge sources.
Like I did on the very first page of this thread?

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Anybody who wants to know what the UK is like nowadays, just have a read of Littlejohn's column.

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I am not moaning, it just isn't fair to pass off comment as your own when it is copied from someone else, thats all...
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Just watching a tv show here in angrit, in Staffordshire the police have got access to the town centre CCTV systems and installed software that can read the registration numbers of cars as they drive past. Once the number is read it is automatically checked out to see if the driver has insurance and licence and road tax.

Bastards!
They've had them for years.

They have these cameras on every motorway & many mobile ones in towns.

You should see them - five cops manning the camera thing & ten of the fuckers on motorbikes 200 yards down the road to pull you up.

Source - Shitman

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Old 12-05-2008, 02:25 AM   #74 (permalink)
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Just watching a tv show here in angrit, in Staffordshire the police have got access to the town centre CCTV systems and installed software that can read the registration numbers of cars as they drive past. Once the number is read it is automatically checked out to see if the driver has insurance and licence and road tax.

Bastards!
McD's on the A4 just by Heathrow has a nice variation on this with the help of a vehicle parking company and the DVLA. Cameras photograph your car as you enter and leave the car park and your plate number and the time of entry and departure are automatically noted. If you stay for more than one hour, the parking company contacts DVLA who give them your name and address. Then they send you the pics. and a demand for £50, escalating to £100 if you don't pay quickly and the possibility of a CCJ. You pay over the 'phone. So, thanks to DVLA, some people in a scuffy little parking company now have your identity and with a few forged utility bills could have a grand old time! If DVLA don't co-operate they could be sued by the parking company for denying them their right to pursue their business.
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You should see them - five cops manning the camera thing & ten of the fuckers on motorbikes 200 yards down the road to pull you up.
Yeah I know about that type but what I was describing is a little different in that they are not manned, the camera reads the number plate and automatically checks with the PNC to find problems and aoutomatically creates tickets. There is no human involvement.

Now I know the dibble have had a few locations like this on the M40 for example but the point i'm making is that instead of installing loads of new cameras, what they have done is tapped into existing local councils cctv systems. as you know the UK has more of those than any other country in the world.
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No wonder the UK has no funding or troops for Iraq.
The UK has plenty of funding for Iraq, and if they ever run out of funds they can just copy good old USA of A and print a gazillion pounds, package it up as triple A debt and sell it to unsuspecting nations around the world.
Guess the UK is too busy using its "plenty of funding" for trash police and roadside radar.