What is an "Independent Retailer"?

Good start, Gonzo.. but I have a feeling this could get ugly ;o)

Davros

Eh? Did I make a reference to Del Boy somewhere without realising it?

peteb

True... and I am ugly enough.

From Sir Reg's Biog linked :

Occupation and brief outline of career: Independent Retailer

Oh, OK.

Dunno what he does. Sell second-hand policies maybe?

:o)

Does he drive Robin Reliant as well? :o)

I doubt it...

The person who recently bought the Trotters Independent Traders famous yellow Reliant van is (really!) from West Belfast.

Reg is strictly an East man.

That's a pity.. I had a mental image of Reg pulling up outside Stormont and flogging those second-hand policies from the back of a yellow Reliant.

Wait a minute... didn't I see Peter Robinson flogging an old UUP policy down out of the back of a battle bus down at Nutts Corner the other Sunday?

Do you reckon someone sold him a job lot with 'out-of-date' stamped on them?... now, who could have done that?...... Jeffrey!?!

Now when I think about it, it couldn't have been Robinson. He wouldn't be working on a Sunday.

I nominate Bertie Ahern's recent leg-endary classic
"We can`t go on indefinitely but we`re not at the stage of calling it just yet. We made a lot of progress in a lot of weeks but not enough. Where we are at, it`s ongoing work, and it`s quite difficult, we`re trying to make progress and it`s true to say we are in some difficult areas."

I don't belieeeve it!

Somebody listened to something the Alliance Party had to say, this remarkable revelation deserves headlines.

Now Now NAR :)

I posted this on another thread earlier on in the week, but, IMHO, it remains the most ridiculous statement of the week. I give you Gregory Campbell:

"It cannot be the case on an ongoing basis that those who live near the border with the Irish Republic - 80% of whom are nationalists - get the advantages of cheaper fuel for domestic and commercial vehicles while those who live further away from the border - mostly unionists - have to pay more for theirs."

He didn't continue: "And s'not fair that Ryanair operate the best cheap flight deals, but they only fly out of Dublin, and we couldn't possibly boost the Republic's economy by availing ourselves of them, not that I wasn't averse to paying for a few suits in punts when you got more for your sterling... They should move the border to to include the city side of Londonderry so I can get cheap fuel too. Hold on, that can't be right..."

Pity he made those ludicrous comments — they completely obscured some sensible remarks on 50/50 policing.

Pat McElroy (SDLP) and Terry Hearty (SF) deserve mentions in dispatches for their stirling efforts in the Irish News today.

Hearty: “Academic and medical reports provide compelling evidence about the impact of British army watchtowers and surveillance equipment on this community. For those of us living in south Armagh, we are in essence being fried 24-hours a day, seven days a week.”

Brilliant!

So when republicans put up skull and crossbone signs as a 'warning' about phone masts, the SDLP man decalred it would cause a crisis similar to “Edwina Currie’s infamous salmonella outburst”.

ROTFLMAO!

Wish I could find it online, but I can't let David Burnside go without mentioning his appearance on the front of the Belfast Tele last week.

After an attack on Randalstown PSNI station, Burnside made a bizarre remark about walking into the police station AND NOT BEING RECOGNISED!

"I could've been anyone," was the basic jist of his statement.

The fact that the PSNI in his own constituency don't recognise their MP says more about the lesser-spotted Burnside I suspect... Not a someone, but obviously a nobody to the Randalstown plods.

Why are people so mean about poor Gregory, the only Jekyll in the DUP ? ;)

Alex Attwood on UTV last night said " the report said that the police were at times at fault and we have to HOPE they are not at fault in the future". This is how the SDLP hold the police to account they live in hope.

Leave poor Reggie alone, he has had enough bad press this year - wanted to be a rebel but bottled it at the last minute........no past, no future where does he go..........'back to the furniture'?

Headline on the SDLP website today:

VAN ES ‘CARRYING A KNIFE IS LIKE CARRYING A LETHAL WEAPON’

http://www.sdlp.ie/prvanescarryingknife.shtm

LOL!

Anyone who goes out with a knife in their pocket, goes out with the intent to cause serious damage to property or worse injury to life.

Fishermen, farmers, gardeners, pipe-smokers, joiners, carpet-layers ....