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Apr20
What on earth is this all about? I've been on lots of stag do's abroad (and have another two lined up, woo!) and no-one in any of our parties has been in trouble with the law. Where do they get this 24% figure from? Who did their research, was it the same people who did Family Fortunes?
Britons on stag and hen parties abroad should be charged more often when they call on UK diplomats to bail them out of trouble say MPs.
People have been charged for help in only 323 out of 84,000 cases by consulates using existing powers, says the Commons Public Accounts Committee.
Foreign Office research suggests 24% of people on stag and hen parties face problems abroad.
Officials say it is difficult to charge people who may be drunk without cash.
Surely that's the perfect reason to get drunk and spend all your money then, if it's going to be difficult to charge you! Wait, do they mean money, or criminal charges..?
UPDATE: I broke some of the styling on here, specifically the mouseover popup jobs, and it might not be clear what is a quote and what is not, I should have left well enough alone... Anything that gives the impression of being a techy mumbling to hisself is probably original, the something new and interesting every day will be the copied and pasted bits then.
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Jun12
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MS1 Club? No, me either... SFA OK!!!
Super Furry Animals are to play a warm up show before their Glastonbury appearance on Friday 27th June at MS1, Cardiff. For further enquiries see www.ms1club.com...
The gig will follow the band’s first major headlining show of the year in Bethesda, Gwynedd, North Wales, on June 21st. The concert, subject to license, will occur in a 6500 capacity tent, to commemorate the centenary of the end of the Great Bethesda Quarry Strike 1900-03. The all-day event – for which the full line-up will be announced shortly – is part of a yearlong commemorative festival in Bethesda.
The Great Penrhyn Quarry Strike started on 22 November 1900 after Lord Penrhyn, the quarry owner, refused to let union officials collect contributions from members. It lasted three years and became Britain's longest strike. It was a landmark in the development of trade unionism, and was a defining experience for the labour movement in Wales. Thousands of men stayed away from work and many of them lost their jobs in the quarry. For more details about the strike The North Wales Quarrymen 1874 - 1922" by R. Merfyn Jones (University of Wales Press) is a good place to start.
pauly :: 2003 :: Comment / reply
Oct4
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Guildford Festival seriously in the red...
Guildford Festival has gone bust, after losing 120,000 pounds at this year's event - and they're blaming Catatonia. And the rain.
You may remember Catatonia cancelling all tour dates - including their headlining slot at Guildford - while denying they were to split up. And then splitting up.
Reports that "giving popEx a fistfull of free tickets in an attempt to promote the festival was clearly a sign of desperation" were being denied by popEx officials as we went to press.
2001 :: Comment / reply
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