After doing a whip around the banks, are we about to see the end of the company that started excursions in 1841?
As a result of the uprising in Egypt people seem less keen on packing their bags for Cairo to see the pyramids. Turns out people haven’t been Thomas Cooking it.
How Mervyn King Lost Bank Battle War | WSJ
BBC Corporation Tax Horror Story | IEA
Sally Bercow Judgement in Full | Mr Justice Tugendhat
Commies Blame Capitalism For Terror Attack | The Commentator
Lord Black v Press Regulation | Guardian
Osborne’s Complacency | FT
DWP’s Welfare Failings | Isabel Hardman
Get Used to Coalitions | David Aaronovitch
Woolwich a Showcase in the Banality of Evil | Fraser Nelson
The Enemy Within | Max Hastings
Muslim Led Military-Style Free School Needed | Toby Young
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Ed Balls stretches credulity by claiming he isn’t ambitious…
“I would love to be part of Ed’s Labour government but what I do next for me is not an all-consuming passion. I’m more bothered, in a personal sense, about getting to grade 8 piano by the time I’m 50.”
Ned Flanders – Clegg
Lisa Simpson – Natalie Bennett
Milhouse – Hilary Benn
Martin Prince – Andy Burnham
Edna Krabappel – Luciana Berger
Crazy Cat Lady – Glenda jackson
Comic book guy – John Prescott
Carl – Chucka
Lenny – Philip Hammond
Willie – Eric joyce
Poochie – Gordon Brown
Reverend Lovejoy – Tony Blair
Has Ed called for it to be bailed out?
No, but I’ve been cookin’ the books……
Well done Miliband, my son – as Environment Secretary, your fuel escalator tax has seen petrol soar…..and….soar……and…..Tory scum!
Gordon, what a brilliant scam you set up to tax the householder by fiddling those sneaky certificates to pay for those useless wind farms!! Masterly sleight of hand! Costing the mugs a fortune in utility bills! Tory scum!
Meanwhile at Labour Party Headquarters, aka the BBC News Team Editorial Meeting:
” OK comrades, better not report on the above scams…..what have we got on Murdoch? Can we rerun hacking….and how do we ignore the fact that global warming just aint happening? Ideas please!”
BBC News Editor
….and how do we hide the fact that the BBC has been getting backhanders from Eco Comrades?
It’s the err…even more unique way than we thought they were funded. The Yanks don’t want the final episode of the Frozen Planet as it’s all about eco-wibble.
Can someone please explain the gloating on this thread?
It’s a good company in a bad situation. Does that make people happy? I don’t get it.
Guido, your post reads like the cat who has got the cream. Happy that this company is about to go under, are you?
Does seem a bit odd dunnit. My buddy works for them and he’s been kinda worried for a while. There are some good bits which can be hived off but….
Dead in the water years ago.
What is the fuss?
Don’t fook it. Thomas Cook it.
What impact did the Co-Op have in this? Donation to Labour Party, etc.
I’ve been John Thomas Cocking it for years.
Karma as far as I’m concerned.
Their ‘customer service’ department was anything but.
Now, just waiting for the demise of BandQ (their customer service is even more abysmal) and my life will be much enriched.
The whole multi Trillion dollar Ponsi scheme that has operated across the global markets since the 80′s is coming home. This economic fraud perpetrated on the Capitalist Free market economy is going to kill Capitalism.
Any basic economist can tell you that the more the state take in TAX, the more the economy will shrink and the state will recover less TAX. Well done Cameroon and Osboon for not being taught that simple economic diamond at ETON. I hope you 2 boys did economics???
Thomas Cook are the first, why do you think FTSE 100 company directors took 49% pay rise last year, You guessed it RATS leaving a sinking ship, taking its last breath as they go. The Banks wont lend you any money as they know about the Trillions of Toxic assets already on their Books and off Book. THEY KNOW ITS REALLY TERRIFYING BUT DONT HAVE THE BOTTLE TO TELL US.
Laffer Curve anyone?
“This economic fraud perpetrated on the Capitalist Free market economy is going to kill Capitalism.”
Perhaps that was the whole idea.
We’re on a sinking submarine.
Whilst I am very much in favour of minimising taxation, if you take your argument to its logical conclusion then if the state charged no tax at all its income would be maximised.
Perhaps it may be a good idea if you gave some thought to what you post before you make yourself look a prat.
Sungei or should I say thick C-nt. You are the one that thinks that the IRA wasn’t populated by British Agents. Shows how thick you really are and obviously an avid Sun reader. Do you miss your N.O.W. on Sunday? People who work in the Public sector are deluded and dont like the fact that they are working for a bunch of economic terrorists.
As always you resort to abuse rather than trying to substantiate the ludicrous claims that you make.
For the record I never read the SUN or the News of the World when it was published so I don’t know what they contain. You doubtless do as you imply they influence my thinking which suggests that you must be familiar with their content.
Sungei
This is the bit that hasn’t been covered under D notice. Next time you question the words do the research first. its always sensible then you dont make a complete twat of yourself.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/11/ira-murders-claim-to-smithwick
Can you now work out how the IRA got the Semtex from Libya, yeah just a couple of paddies thought they would pop down to have a chat and get a years supply. No wonder summary execution dead men dont talk. Its a shame Saddam got his neck stretched then someone may have asked, why he invaded Kuwait? As the Kuwaiti’s now saddled with debt to pay off the military budget fostered on them for the USA help.
Clever arent’ they thats why they rule the world, its called the hidden hand of influence. Only problem they have ran out of money.
RAPE: Your posting on the 21 November at 8:28 contained the words “due to the IRA being a part of Military intelligence” it is this statement that any logical person, who isn’t a paranoid conspiracy theorist, would consider to be totally absurd.
Your posting did not say that the IRA contained some informers run by Military Intelligence, something I fully concur with as as the best way to gain intelligence on a terrorist organisation is to infiltrate it.
The web site you referred me to said that Mr Scappaticci, one of the informers, had Mr McGuinness as his operational commander – by your logic this would suggest that Martin McGuinness was an officer in the British Army or even Chief of Defence Intelligence.
Again using your logic, the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) aka MI6 used to have informers or spies in the Soviet Union – on that basis the USSR was part of SIS.
Can I suggest that in future you carefully read what you have typed before pressing the Submit button; you then may avoid looking so foolish.
CUI BONO
A totally pointless response. I am sorry I got it wrong, would have made much more sense.
They borrowed too much and had a poor business plan. What else do they expect?
that is how a business or a country should be run.
There must be a Labour MP involved in this collapse, it’s a Labour’s core competency, bankrupting Countries and Companies.
Vey are Pwedators – thelling holidayth to hardworking familieth
Of course taxing those very same holidays and air flights had no effect at all, just like your epic fail carbon tax will not have an effect on the economy either, eh Ed?
Has Gordon been using them for his globe trotting?
http://www.chickyog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/gordon_brown_gaddafi1.jpg
One down one to go.
Well they have just merged with Co-operative travel and godon is a member of the co-operative party.
As I though McBroon had to be involved somewhere!
31 October 2011
Gordon Brown addresses UN to launch the UN International Year of Co-operatives
http://www.party.coop/2011/10/31/gordon-brown-addresses-un-to-launch-the-un-international-year-of-co-operatives/
22nd November
Thomas Cook shares open down 60% as it unveils £900 million debt amid rumours that it is to close 200 high street stores after its merger with Co-operative travel
I sense the hand of Jonah McMental in all this….
Dunno, the copraphiliac could use it a bit more, frankly – and stay the fuck out of Blighty.
Did Guido tip the stock?
here in Spain every every airport has put up its charges so airlines stop flying in because its to expensive so people cant get here to spend so its a no brainer but hey this is Spain.FFS
Of course, I don’t have to worry about such things happening in Italy. I am very rich and so airline/airport taxes should be high for the environment – and to ensure I don’t have to share the plane with common people.
>here in Spain every every airport has put up its charges
I bet they’ve merely tried to pass on the tax increase.
No – Spanish local governments have stopped giving hand-outs to Ryanair and their ilk because they’ve got no money.
Gradually the world is learning getting “growth” through the taxation/subsidy model is a no-win game.
Did Gordon Brown buy some shares?
No but he just left for Cairo on this mornings flight
Is Gordon on the board?
I suppose Blair, Brown and The BBC are responsible !!!!!!!
Bliar and Brown and the EU without doubt.
Blair, Brown, the EU and Polly Toynbee to name but a few…..
You is bang on Moussa – please come back to Britain and collect your special prize – years worth of free board and lodging in one of Her Majesty’s Palaces (that’s what HMP stands for, isn’t it?) – see ya soon!
The BBC blew it yesterday for any degree of claims for impartiality, when all they had to do was for once, FOR FUCKING ONCE, appoint someone who wasn’t from the left as Newsnight editor. Shameless, fucking shameless.
It’s a shame how the BBC has managed to ruin three decent programmes.
I grew up listenening Today every morning, watching Newsnight and Question Time. My kids did the same. But none of us bother any more.
+5
A typical Today programme presenter.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/11/01/article-0-070A54F8000005DC-26_224x776.jpg
lol
So who did the BBC appoint as Newsnight editor? I’m too posh to Google it.
The BBC seems to have given up all pretence of partiality since the election.
Nobody remembers the “Typically Tropical” version, unfortunately.
Sad. It’s far superior
What big tits on the lead singer!
I wrote the music
Too far and too fast.
LOL
+1
Not surprised they are going bust as package holidays are too expensive. I was talking to someone yesterday who is taking his family of 4 to Cape Verde (Canary islands) next Easter for 2 weeks – costing him £5 grand all inclusive – £5 grand FFS for 2 weeks !
Does that include the flights?
I can fly return to Glasgow for £20 but it doesn’t include the fights.
And you have a receipt to prove it?
It’s in the post.
5k for a holiday is a lot. But if you break it down: 14 nights for 4 people it works out at £90 per night each and that is all inclusive and includes the cost of 4 return flight tickets.
Not that expensive when you think about it, but he could have got a cheaper holiday in the canaries he had wanted.
Maybe it is just my map of the world. But Cape Verde [I thought] was many 1000K further South than the Canary Islands.
Can understand the exhorbitant price quoted. High season holidays everywhere cost one an arm and a leg
Maybe it is just my map of the world. But Cape Verde [I thought] was many 1000 Kms further South than the Canary Islands.
Can understand the exhorbitant price quoted. High s e ason holidays everywhere cost one an arm and a leg
Cape Verde and the Canary Islands are separate groups, several hundred miles apart.
….Basically any post which exposes Billy( no balls) Bowden as a fictitious character dreamed up by Guido will be moderated
I went to Portugal for a week in October.
Flights £95 return x 2
Villa £256 (six bed property)
Car hire £91
Spending money 200 euros
Endless walks in unspoilt Alentejo countryside – free
Weather hot (32C) – sky cloudless
Is ‘Thomas Cooking it’ waht I get up to in Brighton on Sunday evenings?
Thought that was Tom Watson?
They’re Thomas Cooked!
The thought of Thomas Cook being on the brink makes me cry.
Oh Ed you are such a sensitive soul as well as a great leader & an economic genius.
If only you were leader.
The least the BBC could do after yesterdays fiasco of appointing yet another lefty as Newsnight editor, is make Kelvin Mackenzie editor of the Today programme. Now that really would be making a statement.
Once alBeebies is cut up for scrap, he should put in a cheeky low bid to make FiveLies part of his radio empire alongside Talksport, merge them… now that sounds like an actual plan, if only because the Monopolies Commission would take an interest in such a concentration of power.
Nah, if the BBC can get away with a pseudomonopoly, our Kev should be fine.
You are all so ungrateful for the world’s premier public service broadcaster. We’ve a good mind to broadcast to lefties only.
Fine idea. Then let them be the only ones who have to pay for it.
What the man whos contribution to Society was “Topless Darts” , are you sure ?
And your point is?
Ah Nonce watch Im glad you could spare some time from chugging off to old videos of Topless Darts to join us.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=thomas%20cook%20gordon%20brown&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CDcQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fbusiness%2F2008%2Foct%2F13%2Fthomascookgroup-carbonfootprints&ei=W3nLTq6SOIyn8gPm7LDEDw&usg=AFQjCNGmClMt2W-ivNg40T4y-tKHVHAtKg&cad=rja
“The travel group was one of more than 100 companies in the FTSE 250 list of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange that declined to reveal how they were trying to tackle global warming.
The reluctance of a large number of firms to respond to the annual survey by the Carbon Disclosure Project led 60 MPs to write to Gordon Brown demanding that carbon reporting should be mandatory.
Thomas Cook, InterContinental Hotels and waste management group Biffa are just some of the groups that have refused to participate in the study. A spokesman for the travel group told the Guardian that it would from now on support the scheme, which was set up by investors holding trillions of dollars of assets under management.”
The evil cow Polly Toytwaddle was on BBC breakfast this morning, fulminating on the levels of executive pay!
The silly champagne socialist bitch could not see the irony in a VERY well paid, very rich person holding forth on such a subject!
BTW – ain’t she a three bagger?
She’s a fanatic, and fanatics don’t do irony.
The really irony is that the ‘downtrodden’ people she claims to represent, have in all likelihood never even heard of her.
Grauniad readers are by no stretch of the imagination downtrodden, poor or normal. I’ve had the misfortune to meet a few in my time.
I wonder how much the BBC pay her?
Why is improving the service that the NHS provides a bad thing Polly?
KPMG were brought in by Labour?
The management of the NHS has to cost something – why not use professionals?
Well, the existing management is clearly NOT professional!
If KPMG can do anything about the £70billion Labour committed to PFI or the £12billion it wasted on a non-functioning computer system their £4m will be well spent.
A three bagger? Well, no, not really….
When I was at uni, we used to rate the totty in millihelens.
On the basis that Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships.
I can’t think what comes after femto- in terms of size.
Do you allow negative numbers to be used, or is a separate ISO unit of measurement used which trumps the tried and tested Imperial unit of the ‘bag’?
I believe the Quantum SI unit you are searching for is the “Dog” or more accurately the “Planck Dog”
He came back before he even left.
Do I know you?
I could never see their business really taking off
They could try cruises but I don’t think it would float.
I wish Thomas Cook all the best. I also wish all the contestants of the X Factor the best, especially Frankie Cocozza who gives me the horn. I mean, I love my wife Ms Macauley.
Aren’t they German-owned now?
Aren’t we all?
Ja. Ich bin glad you are accepting your new status as the slaves of the new German Reich.
Heil me!
Not surprised, it’s very foggy.
Just caught the end of R5Lab prog interviewing DPP Keir Starmer.
Was anyone allowed to ask the Huhne question?
Taxi!
Yes they asked the Huhne question but they didn’t ask the McShane question. They only asked questions that wouldn’t embarrass the Labour Party.
When Sarah Brown retreats into a fantasy world it makes me cry.
I think we can all interpret the sub text to this tweet. ” Gordon hasn’t touched or even looked at me in that way for years ( if ever ), thank fuck.”
We think Sarah Brown is wonderful. Her husband saved us all.
I beleve the nokia throwing scene is very impressive in the 3D version.
“Inspired by the bestselling novel SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See, the film is a timeless portrait of female friendship.” Note the last two words.
Shut up Sue, if this gets out it will be the shit that hits the fan !
Sarah the fishy fingered, bush munching, beard for Gordon the McMental, you mean – well, I never did.
Alastair, Cherie says she’s bored. Can we have someone killed to cheer her up? Are the Harrowden boys available?
My boys in Portsmouth will look after it for you Tone; for a price.
The female counsel at the Leveson inquiry is fit.
A lovely Scots lass
We know how to breed these laddie lasses up here, and give ‘em a good fucking beating when they get out of line.
“A lovely Scots lass”
An oxymoron except for Carole Kirkwood, with whom I could get VERY dirty.
Prosecutors “very close” to making a decision about prosecuting Chris Huhne, according to DPP
I wonder if it involves getting evidence from a newspaper.
I think the Labour Party needs to have another conference. Really. Let us prorogue Parliament to allow them to do so. Let them hold it in Guam or the Marshall Islands or somesuch (Song Song must be an ideal place to sing the Red Flag). Let them Thomas Cook it. Let Thomas Cook go bust. Whilst they are gone pass a regulation releasing ABTA from the need to repatriate stranded tourists. Job done.
How about Bikini Atoll ? I hear the fish in the lagoon is plentiful – I’m sure they’d enjoy it.
@NickThornsby: Starmer said that the CPS are awaiting the outcome of proceedings over whether a newspaper should be forced to hand over info re Huhne
vicderbyshire Victoria Derbyshire
DPP exclusive: @bbc5live – prosecutors “very close” to making decision on whether to pursue Energy Sec re:claims he dodged speeding penalty
I’m on my way to interview world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier.
Too late I have already interviewed him.
I wished him good health when I visited him on my way to meet Jimmy Saville recently.
Antiques Roadshow makes me cry. Every time one of those elderly people discover their heirloom is worth a fortune, I lament not being able to tax them on it and spend the proceeds on public sector jobs for my friends.
Friends?
ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY
Is ABTA big enough to cover consumers if Thomas Cook goes under? I somehow doubt it.
And what about Thomas Cook traveller’s cheques, they won;t be worth the paper they are printed on.
Toynbee was on BBC Breakfast this morning spouting on about directors excessive pay. Toynbee probably earns more than 99% of directors in the UK. What a weasel spiteful hypocritical bitch. She spouts drivel for the sake of it.
NOW THAT’S A HOLIDAY
You havent quite grasped the fact that most posters on here want to reduce the power of the State by some degree whereas last time I heard from old Adolf he had something entirely different in mind or else the creative director of those Nuremburgh rallies misread his brief.
If its totalitarianism your after please feel free to vist left wing blogs.
‘free to vist left wing blogs’
Now that’s irony for you.
Why the fuck is my comment of 11:42 under moderation?
You dont post enough SS videos
Thats why!
sieg heil
urine good company here
Why does Toynbee even bother? Useless fat bitch.
Instructions to BBC Editors:
Henceforth whenever you are reporting bad news always preface your report with “Its been this bad for 30 years……..” This will give the impression we’re aiming for – that its all Thatcher’s fault.
They are!
vicderbyshire Victoria Derbyshire
@bbc5live – prosecutors “very close” to making decision on whether to pursue Energy Sec re:claims he dodged speeding penalty
please tell me you didn’t post this just so you could use that lame-ass sign-off
RAPE: Your posting on the 21 November at 8:28 contained the words “due to the IRA being a part of Military intelligence” it is this statement that any logical person, who isn’t a paranoid conspiracy theorist, would consider to be totally absurd.
Your posting did not say that the IRA contained some informers run by Military Intelligence, something I fully concur with as as the best way to gain intelligence on a terrorist organisation is to infiltrate it.
The web site you referred me to said that Mr Scappaticci, one of the informers,
had Mr McGuinness as his operational commander – by your logic this would suggest that Martin McGuinness was an officer in the British Army or even Chief of Defence Intelligence.
Again using your logic, the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) aka MI6 used to have informers or spies in the Soviet Union – on that basis the USSR was part of SIS.
Can I suggest that in future you carefully read what you have typed before pressing the Submit button; you then may avoid looking so foolish.