If we can avoid the bickering;
"We", and I use "We advisedly", spent hundreds of years and indeed
lives getting the theocrats out of government in Europe.
The last thing we need is to let an even worse breed of theocrats run
our governments.
It appears the current Egyptian President has got the message and is
looking for support. As his statement was directly opposed to the
writings in the Koran someone is bound to assassinate him sooner or later.

It needed the reformation to get Rome off "our" backs and then the
House of Commons with some brave members to remove the King from absolute power.
Is there anyone here that wants to reverse that ?

G'day there POIROT...

I'm just as bad as anyone I reckon ? I tend to 'stir a little' some of the other contributor's herein, as you know ? It does lighten an otherwise quiet afternoon for an hour or two ? When I retired, I kinda missed all the cut 'n thrust of a busy Station, with their petty politics, backstabbing, and other curious methods of character assassination ! If you made it to the car-park after your shift, in one piece, you knew you were doing well.

You know, most promotions, transfers, squad allocations, were all decided; usually in the back of a quiet public bar, at the local boozer. A small place usually closed off until night trading, other than for the local coppers, who tended to occupy the place (exclusively) around 1600-1800hrs daily, and more or less 'on demand'. They were halcyon times, at the end of your day shift, to have a few quiet ones. Moreover, we were all left in peace, with not a boofhead in sight !

AJ: Yes, Yes Jayb. Very funny.

I wasn't being funny. I wanted to know if you were the person that got Monis into Australia & haw many on the watch list did you help.

Joke: What's the difference between a Prostitute & a Lawyer. A Lawyer will do anything for money.

AJ: Are you the same guy who does OLO’s ‘runner’? Love ya work!

No, I do my own work.

For poirot & pericles. I know the experiences we had in 8 weeks in the UK & France. I really don't care if "You" believe me or not. I have the happy snaps & 13, 45 minute videos to relive the great time we had. We were independent & took mostly B & C class roads & stayed in little villages that never get Tourists. That's the best way to meet the real people & to see any Country.

Absolutely, Jayb.

>>We were independent & took mostly B & C class roads & stayed in little villages that never get Tourists.<<

That would be Edgware Road, right?

>>I was only going on the amount of shoplifting by women in Burka's that I witnessed. I've got some video of them too & the cars waiting for them outside.<<

Tell you what, why don't you upload a minute or two of that up to YouTube. Doesn't cost you anything. And you would have the satisfaction of proving me wrong, and require me to eat humble pie.

Is that incentive enough? After all, if you have the evidence, it won't be a matter of "I really don't care if 'You' believe me or not."

I won't hold my breath, though.

pericles: That would be Edgware Road, right?

Right. It's been downgraded a C Class Road thanks to the influx of your Arab friends. Didn't you know that? ;-)

You're getting nastier & nastier. Not a good sign.

Yes, Jayb.

<<I wasn't being funny. I wanted to know if you were the person that got Monis into Australia & haw many on the watch list did you help.>>

And I answered your question many posts ago. Hence my last post. The situation had become so absurd that there was simply nothing left for me to say, so I thought I'd have a bit of fun by conveying the stupidity of claiming - multiple times - that I hadn't answered your question, in the most creative way I could.

Perhaps now you could explain to me what the relevance of your question was?

<<What's the difference between a Prostitute & a Lawyer. A Lawyer will do anything for money.>>

I thought it was that the prostitute stops screwing you once you're dead.

Is that where your question comes from? Do you think I’m a lawyer? I’m not, but, co-incidentally, just yesterday I merged my current degree with a Bachelor of Laws to make it a double degree. So maybe there’s something prophetic about your assumption?