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They had to find someone impartial to verify the vote...so that ruled out any current MPs. Also, longer it takes, more expenses to be claimed...isn't there a rule that after a certain hour they can claim hotel expenses?

Edit: I reckon she wins this, but won't see out 2019. This guff about her not seeing the 2022 election - she'll step down in the summer next year and let someone else deal with the Brexit fallout.

From BBC:

A Scottish chip shop is offering customers an entire deep-fried Christmas dinner.

Dunkeld Fish Bar in Perthshire claims its turkey goujons, battered Brussels sprouts and carrots and parsnip fritters are already proving popular.

They are served with a giant pig-in-a-blanket - a battered foot-long sausage - and a deep-fried mince pie on the side.

The speciality supper costs about £10.

Sale proceeds are going to the Dunkeld community, with a visit from Santa and his reindeer planned for local children.

Reading through, seems it happened during the intermission. He was due to wrestle in the 2nd half. Dreamer made an in ring announcement, stating it was not drug-related, and he made it into the ambulance under his own power. Video link in Spoiler tag below. Caution: Shows the seizure

I believe it was to enhance her in ring assets...

2 hours ago, Onyx2 said:

12.45pm - gammon in. 

12.55pm - CHEESE ON. 

4pm - Qwesh?

Deserves a thread, but I defer to greater knowledge. Reports that Larry the Axe Hennig has passed aged 82. No further details at this time.

EDIT to add source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/746706/wwe-legend-larry-hennig-dead-mr-perfect-curtis-axel-latest-news-dynamite-kid

To the surprise of nobody...from BBC

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Noel Edmonds claimed on I'm A Celebrity that he has a tactic for beating traffic - driving in bus lanes.

The Deal or No Deal presenter said he originally drove a black cab to get to and from work more quickly, before upgrading to a bus after getting a ticket for using the wrong lane.

"Bristol traffic is chaotic," he told the ITV1 show.

But Bristol Council has now said their bus lanes are only for licensed buses - "not celebrities".

'How the other half live'

Noel, currently in Australia for the jungle-based reality show, said his wife Liz initially bought him a black cab and that, by driving in bus lanes, he shaved an hour off his commute.

While he said this was "totally legal", he told campmates that after the council installed CCTV in bus lanes, he got a ticket.

"So having got the ticket, I didn't take my cab in the bus lane," he said. "I did what any sane person would do. I bought a bus. I've a Routemaster bus."

"How the other half live," commented fellow competitor Fleur East - echoing the thoughts of many others on social media who were surprised at his admission.

The 69-year-old added: "One of the extraordinary things about licensing in the UK is that you can drive it on a car licence, as long as there are no more than nine people on board."

That's correct - as confirmed by the DVLA. While they said they couldn't advise specifically on an individual driver or vehicle, passenger-carrying vehicles can be driven by anyone using a category B car driving licence.

That's as long as the vehicle is at least 30 years old, isn't carrying more than eight passengers (as Noel said), and isn't being used for reward or hire.

'Not a touch on bushtucker trials'

However, if he's using it in Bristol's bus lanes as he insinuated, he may not be able to do so any longer.

A Bristol City Council spokesman told the BBC: "While the penalties we issue aren't a touch on bushtucker trials, our bus lanes are just for licensed buses, taxis and cyclists, not celebrities."

The council's bus lanes are monitored by CCTV cameras, with any motorist using a bus lane illegally issued with a penalty charge notice.

The council said their bus lanes are "placed strategically to try and improve journey times around the city and we ask that people abide by the law".

Noel may have more luck if he moves house however, because whether or not a bus is allowed in a bus lane (without paying passengers, that is) depends on where in the country that bus lane is - different areas have different rules.

Transport for London, for example, said normally all buses are allowed on the city's roads as long as a bus has nine seats for passengers, plus the driver's seat.

"There is no regulation on whether it's a public/private bus or whether the passengers have paid," a spokeswoman said.

Noel isn't the first famous person to use an unusual mode of transport - the Duke of Edinburgh had his own black cab for many years, to allow him to travel inconspicuously.

 

Is there anything finer than the poo following the first coffee of the day? Half an hour for the caffeine to work it's magic and the daily rag/sudoku puzzles til your legs go numb...

There's an Indian near me that does a Saag Aloo Paneer that melts your soul and makes you smile, so that's on the side. If I'm feeling fancy, Persian Tikka Biryani, Garlic rice, Keema Naan and a resmi kebab. 

I'm sure I posted this before, but here it is again...

1 hour ago, Love-Wilcox said:

It might sound a tad over-dramatic but honestly that was the worst episode of Raw that I can ever remember watching. What a load of boring wank.

The only positive was seeing Seth actually win with the Superplex/Falcon Arrow combo for probably the first time ever. He's learning.

Expect more of that, apparently the Curb Stomp is on the banned list again. Supposedly someone at the network nixed it, I'm guessing cos kids imitating?

The Ambrose/Young dynamic could have been interesting, but as always, WWE have been as subtle as a piss joke. Letting Cole demand answers yet still expecting Renee to be a neutral party and be made to look like a blind, deaf and dumb wife who doesn't know her own husband. Any interest for me in the angle is dead because of the usual hamfisted approach.

I...I got nothing. Nope. Just...Raw happened. It was 3 hours long on the dot. 

How much of the company did that buy you?

I disagree with the War Raiders remarks. In that match, nothing was ever going to be a technical classic. MotN...a tossup between Dream/Ciampa, and Gargano being absolved of his sins.

Kairi/Shayna felt like it lacked something, and the clear botch on the finish pin (Which they then replayed!!!) took the shine off.

Can I just put a word in for how "active" the refs were, from visuals in the Ciampa match to Drake being a boss in the opener and the main. Saving Cole's shins on the cannonball spot, chekcing the table was fixed 2nd time around, and tidying up.

I can't read

"We discovered that instead of the 25000+ step count he was claiming, he in fact had strapped his FitBit to his cat, "Big Catt"."

The wrestler formerly known as Enzo Amore was kicked off a Delta Airlines flight, for vaping. Yeah, "realest guy in the room"

Couldn't find anywhere to put this except here...I'm not sure what I hate most about this. The complete apathy of the "crowd", the force of the landing, or the lack of care delivering the buckle bomb. 

Advisory: Yes it's CZW, but it's not pretty to watch.

Also, IT'S COULDN'T CARE LESS, stupid Yanks

Well, that's more tapings I don't need to see now, wrestleuk just told me the best bit

Yeah there were at least two neck bumps on Sunil and he looked out of it after the second. Is it a case of Lesnar working lazy, or like when you think a box is heavier than it is and overcook the power. Either way, danger money needed

13 minutes ago, Weezenal said:

Source of the few?

I linked earlier to Meltzer - He's confirmed it on his site

https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/becky-lynch-wwe-survivor-series-card-270081

On a similar topic: Are the Singhs still alive?