A touch of irony

A little guy is sitting at the bar just staring at his drink for half an hour when this big trouble-making biker steps next to him, grabs his drink and gulps it down in one swig. The poor little guy starts crying.

'Come on man I was just giving you a hard time,' the biker says. 'I didn't think you'd CRY.' 'I can't stand to see a man crying.'

'This is the worst day of my life,' says the little guy between sobs. 'I can't do anything right.' 'I overslept and was late to an important meeting, so my boss fired me. When I went to the parking lot, I found my car was stolen and I don't have any insurance. I left my wallet in the cab I took home. I found my wife in bed with the gardener and my dog bit me.

So I came to this bar trying to work up the courage to put an end to my life, and then you show up and drink the damn poison.

They too vote

Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front garden and hung a sign on it saying: "Free to good home. You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal. It looked to good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: "Fridge for sale £10." The next day someone stole it.*

Caution... They vote Labour!

*Yesterday I was walking down the Rossall Beach with some friends when someone shouted...."Look at that dead bird!" Someone looked up at the sky and said ... "where???"*

They vote Labour!!

My colleague and I were eating our lunch in a Spanish cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the beach. She drove down in a convertible, but "didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving".

They too vote Labour!!!!

I told the waitress at the steakhouse counter that I wanted the half Kilogram sirloin. She informed me they only had a 500g sirloin. Not wanting to make a scene, I told her I would take the 500g steak instead of the half-kg.*

They vote!

My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car. It's designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the boot...

She too votes!!!!!

My friends and I were on a Beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.... *

Credit crunch?!!!!!!

I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, "Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?" I had to explain that a person's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned...*

And he’s an artist!!!!!!!

I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up.

She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained Professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "Has your plane arrived yet?"...*

Welcome to Blackpool Airport!!!!!!!!

While working at a pizza parlour I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding.

"Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6

pieces.*

That’s what drinking in the Dunes does to your brain.!!!!!!!!

Sadly, not only do they vote, they also reproduce!!!!

Merry Christmas

To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine. . .and those who don't.
As Ben Franklin said, “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.”

In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 litre of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. coli) - bacteria found in faeces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop. (that's over 2 pounds).

However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

Remember:
Water = Poop; Wine = Health

Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information: I'm doing it as a public service.

Mugabe miracle?

Robert Mugabe goes on a state visit to Israel. While he is on a tour of

Jerusalem he suffers a heart attack and passes away. The undertaker tells the accompanying people, 'You can have him shipped home for US$500,000, or you can bury him here, in the Holy Land, for just S$100.' The Zimbabweans ago into a corner and discuss for a minute. They come back to the undertaker and tell him they want Mugabe shipped home.

The undertaker is puzzled and asks, 'Why would you spend $500,000 to ship him home, when it would be wonderful to be buried here and you would spend only $100? With the money you save you could buy enough diesel for a year, buy enough medicines to wipe out cholera, buy enough generators to never have blackouts again.'

The Zimbabweans replied, 'Long ago a man died here, was buried here, and three days later he rose from the dead. We just can't take that chance.'

The Modern Parable

Over-thinking?

A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (General Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.

On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.

The Americans, discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.

Their conclusion was that the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 7 people steering and 2 people rowing.

Feeling a deeper study was in order; American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion.

They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.

Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 2 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.


They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 2 people rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the 'Rowing Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners and free pens for the rowers. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses. The pension program was trimmed to 'equal the competition' and some of the resultant savings were channelled into morale-boosting programs and teamwork posters.

The next year the Japanese won by two miles.

Humiliated, the American management laid off one rower, halted development of a new canoe, sold all the paddles, and cancelled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses.

The next year, try as he might (and having no paddles), the lone designated rower was unable to even start the race, so he was laid off for unacceptable performance, all canoe equipment was sold, and the next year's racing team was outsourced to India.

The End.


PS: General Motors has spent the last thirty years moving its factories out of the US, claiming they can't make money paying American wages. Toyota has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US.

The last quarter's results: Toyota made 4 billion in profits while General Motors racked up 9 billion in losses.

The General Motors folks are still scratching their heads and collecting bonuses... and now they want a bailout.

If this weren't so true, it might be funny.

This must be the bravest man alive

And who says love's not blind???

Author at New Mr President's rally.

Can you spot the author at the Obama rally? I'll give you a clue, I have been wrung out to dry. Another clue, I am not smiling.

Special birthday reminder

This week we celebrate a special birthday. Monica Lewinsky turned 34. Can you believe it? It seems like only yesterday she was crawling around the White House on her hands and knees, and putting everything in her mouth.

They grow up so fast, ... don't they?

The Priest's Baby!

A woman starts dating a doctor. Before too long, she becomes pregnant and they don't know what to do. About nine months later, just about the time she is going to give birth, a priest goes into the hospital for a prostate gland infection.

The doctor says to the woman, "I know what we'll do. After I've operated on the priest, I'll give the baby to him and tell him it was a miracle."

"Do you think it will work?" she asks the doctor. "It's worth a try," he says.

So the doctor delivers the baby and then operates on the priest.

After the operation he goes in to the priest and says, "Father, you're not going to believe this."

"What?" says the priest. "What happened?" "You gave birth to a child."

"But that's impossible!"

"I just did the operation," insists the doctor. "It's a miracle! Here's your baby."

About fifteen years go by, and the priest realizes that he must tell his son the truth. One day he sits the boy down and says, "Son, I have something to tell you. I'm not your father."

The son says, "What do you mean, you're not my father?"

The priest replies, "I'm your mother. The archbishop is your father."

Why Parents Drink

A Mother passing by her son's bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then she saw an envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was addressed to Mom'. With the worst premonition she opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter.

Dear Mum,

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Dad and you. I have been finding real passion with Stacy and she is so nice. But I knew you would not approve of her because of all her

piercings, tattoos, tight motorcycle clothes and the fact that she is much older than I am. But it's not only the passion...

Mom she's pregnant.

Stacy said that we will be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children.

Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone. We'll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the other people that live nearby for cocaine and ecstasy. In the meantime we will pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Stacy can get better. She deserves it. Don't worry Mom. I'm 15 and I know how to take care of myself. Someday I'm sure that we will be back to visit so that you can get to know your grandchildren.

Love, Your Son,

Paul

P.S. Mum, none of the above is true. I'm over at Dustins' house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than the report card that's in my centre desk drawer.

I love you - call me when it's safe to come home

TA on patrol

clipped from www.modoracle.com A unit of British reservists are undertaking regular foot patrols in the streets around the International Security Assistance Force's headquarters in Kabul, establishing a presence in the area and building rapport with the locals.

The MoD would love for you to believe that this photo is in Kabul, but Notareargunner has witnessed it being staged in the Boulevard, Blackburn. The fella in the blue shroud is a three badge stoker on the run from the Cornwall.

OLD people have problems that you haven't even considered yet!

An 85-year-old man was requested by his doctor for a sperm count as part of his physical exam.

The doctor gave the man a jar and said, 'Take this jar home and bring
back a semen sample tomorrow.'

The next day the 85-year-old man reappeared at the doctor's office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previous day.

The doctor asked what happened and the man explained, 'Well, doc, it's like this - first I tried with my right hand, but nothing. Then I tried with my left hand, but still nothing.

Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand, then with her left, still
nothing.

She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then with her teeth out, still nothing.

We even called up Arleen, the lady next door and she tried too, first with both hands,
then an Armpit, and she even tried squeezing' it between her knees, but still nothing.

The doctor was shocked! 'You asked your neighbour?'

The old man replied, 'Yep, none of us could get the lid off.

The Beautiful Game

What footwork!

Going to the White House

FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ALREADY HEADED TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A VISIT.

Burnley driving license

The best looking lass in Burnley?

Truth about Labour's roads policy

Porno Vicar?

A vicar books into a hotel and says to the receptionist, 'I hope the porn channel in my room is disabled.'

'No,' she says, 'it's just regular porn you sick bastard.'

Now here is a thought . . . If you are ready for the adventure of a lifetime, try this:

a. Go to Pakistan, Afghanistan or Iraq illegally. Never mind immigration quotas, visas, international law, or any of that nonsense.

b. Once there, demand that the local government provide free medical care for you and your entire family.

c. Demand bilingual nurses and doctors...

d. Demand free bilingual local government forms, bulletins, etc.

e. Procreate abundantly.

f. Deflect any criticism of this allegedly irresponsible reproductive behaviour with, 'It is a cultural thing; you wouldn't understand.'

g. Keep your British identity strong. Fly your national flag from your rooftop, or proudly display it in your front window, or on your car bumper.

h. Speak only English at home and in public, and make sure that your children do likewise.

i. Demand classes on English culture in the Muslim school system.

j. Demand a local country driver license or national insurance number equivalent

k. This will afford other legal rights and will go far to legitimise your unauthorised, illegal, presence in Pakistan, Afghanistan or Iraq

l. Drive around with no MOT, tax or insurance and ignore local traffic laws.

m. Insist that local country law enforcement teaches English to all its officers..

n. Organise protest marches against your host country, inciting violence against non-Brits, non-Christians, and the government that let you in.

Good luck! You'll soon be dead.

It would never happen in Pakistan, Afghanistan or Iraq (or any other country in the world for that matter) except in the UK, US, or Canada, because we are run by soft, politically correct politicians that are too scared to 'offend' anyone.

If you agree, pass it on.

If you don't, go ahead and try the above in Pakistan, Afghanistan or Iraq

Murder victim in Todmorden

clipped from www.halifaxcourier.co.uk Todmorden murder: 'People were after Alex' It is thought Alex grew up in Cross Lee House children's home, Todmorden. Alex is said to have lost his mother when he was little. He has two brothers and a grandmother who live in Bradford.

No matter who or what created the character of this young Englishman, he did not deserve to be murdered on the streets of Todmorden.
Close scrutiny of this boy's history shows the dire pits into which the Social Services in Britain have fallen. The cases of mal-management are legend, but this over paid bureaucratic self opinionated shower of professionals keep making the very same basic errors. Too much eduction and no involvement of reality? They go to work five mornings a week, make occasional house calls, collect their expense claims, and at four-thirty go to the pub to tell their fellow workers what good eggs they are. Having pushed a puerile mountain of paper from desk to desk to satisfy their political chums, you can see them scanning their offices with enormous grins on their stupid faces..."look Indabaningi, my pile is bigger then yours". They are cracked and need overhauling with a yard brush. Just a suggestion. Why not employ the thousands of former policemen and servicemen, who have a grasp of life, to assist these dim witted academics?
Had they done their job correctly, this young man would not have thought there was a need for him to carry and use a knife on some other young person. Social Service employees are so much like their worthless employers, the politician, that it is impossible to tell them apart.
To both...just remember you are supposed to work for us, not against and for yourselves.

Police escort for foreign murderer

clipped from www.thesun.co.uk THE killer of headmaster Philip Lawrence swaggers down the street free as a bird after just 12 years in jail. Chindamo is thought to have 24-hour police protection.

Is Jacqui Spliff still on duty, or has she joined the Nu Lieber Party to welcome the Prince of Darkness back to the trough?
Not only have they lost all moral consciousness, but their brazen disregard of the historic position of public representative and the covenant they have with the British people leads one to think we ought to just leave on mass, and let them all fester in their own stupidity.
Deport this murderer now and investigate everyone who has had any association with him.

Frank Feldman

A man walks into the street and manages to get a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cabbie says, 'Perfect timing. You're just Like Frank.'
Passenger: 'Who?'
Cabbie: 'Frank Feldman. He's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things happened like that to Frank Feldman every single time.'
Passenger: 'There are always a few clouds over everybody.'
Cabbie: 'Not Frank Feldman. He was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand-Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star and you should have heard him play the piano. He was an amazing guy.'
Passenger: 'Sounds like he was something really special.
Cabbie: 'There's more... He had a memory like a computer, could remember everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods to order and which fork to eat them with. He could fix anything. Not like me. I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Frank Feldman, he could do everything right.'
Passenger: 'Wow, some guy then.'
Cabbie: 'He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic jams. Not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them. But Frank, he never made a mistake, and he really knew how to treat a woman and make her feel good. He would never answer her back even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too - he was the perfect man! He never made a mistake. No one could ever measure up to Frank Feldman.'
Passenger: 'An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?'
Cabbie: 'Well, I never actually met Frank. I just married his f*cking widow.'
With thanks of a friendlier man.

Murder an Englishman and little happens.

clipped from fylde-bootnecks.blogspot.com The unwanted vision of hatred The plot thickens.

In the tiny mill town, disputed for centuries between Lancashire and Yorkshire, the most heinous of crimes took place to the rancorous silence of the British Press. A gang of immigrants stalked an indigenous man, killed him and had their crime compounded by a judiciary that has lost any vestige of English Justice.
This small town, where I was measure for and purchased my first ever Best Suit, has witnessed the most appalling travesty of justice for many years.
What will be done? Nothing.
This crime of hatred can only be a hate crime if it is perpetrated by the indigenous person against an immigrant, or so it now seems. These cold blooded killers should be joining the ranks of the martyrs and dispatched to their Heaven at the quickest possible moment, before they get more brazened and strap on body bombs and slaughter more people.

Mars spectacular pictures

First Kiss?

It's your first kiss and several questions might come to mind:
Is it the right time?
Is anyone watching?
Does your partner even want to?
Is your breath fresh?

AND --------

Should you use some tongue?
Then you say to yourself ---------
'What the heck!' and so you just go for it!!!

Soldier refused room

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk Soldier refused room at hotel Cpl Tomos Stringer, from Gwynedd, north-west Wales, was turned away from the Metro Hotel in Woking, Surrey. He had travelled to the area to help with preparations for the funeral of a friend killed in action and needed to stay over night. After showing his army pass when asked for identification by the hotel's receptionist, Cpl Stringer was told "we don't accept military personnel here" and that this was "company policy", according to his mother Gaynor. He spent the night in his car after failing to find any other available accomodation late on a Sunday evening, she said.

They say there is no such thing as bad publicity. Let us hope this is wrong. Having watched two serving bootnecks dodge the issue, here is a former bootneck who is a little irate at these political niceties. The directors, management and staff should be publicly humiliated as this soldier was. A weekend in the stocks is too good for them.
Where not to stay.
Metro Hotel
Tel: 01483 727100
Fax: 01483 725064
Crown Square
Woking
Surrey
GU21 6HR

Cold Winter

It was April and the Aboriginals in a remote part of Northern Australia asked their new elder if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was an elder in a modern community he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the tribe should collect firewood to be prepared.

But being a practical leader, after several days he had an idea.

He walked out to the telephone booth on the highway, called the Bureau of Meteorology and asked, 'Is the coming winter in this area going to be cold?'

The meteorologist responded, 'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold.'

So the elder went back to his people and told them to collect even more wood in order to be prepared.

A week later he called the Bureau of Meteorology again. 'Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?'

The meteorologist again replied, 'Yes, it's going to be a very cold winter.'

The elder again went back to his community and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later the elder called the Bureau again. 'Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?' he asked.

'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters ever.'

'How can you be so sure?' the elder asked.

The weatherman replied, 'Our satellites have reported that the Aboriginals in the north are collecting firewood like crazy, and that's always a sure sign.'

The Wisdom of An Older Man

An older man approached an attractive younger woman at a shopping mall.

'Excuse me; I can't seem to find my wife. Can you talk to me for a couple of minutes?'

The woman, feeling a bit of compassion for the old fellow, said, 'Of course, sir. Do you know where your wife might be?'

'I have no idea, but every time I talk to a woman with tits like yours, she seems to appear out of nowhere.'

Armstrong explained

When Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he said” One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind, good luck Mr Goorski.”

For years, mission control tried to find out what he meant by “Good luck Mr Goorski.” They checked with Russian astronauts but could not locate Mr Goorski. Until now, Neil would not reveal what he meant by “Good luck Mr Goorski.”

Today in a press conference, he told reporters that years ago, when he was a young boy, he and his brother were playing ball when his brother hit the ball under their neighbours bedroom window. When Neil went to retrieve the ball, he overheard his neighbour’s wife, Mrs Goorski, telling her husband, “ORAL SEX? I’LL GIVE YOU ORAL SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON!”

Beaurocracy

A Department of Water representative stopped at a farm and talked with the old farmer. He told the farmer, 'I need to inspect your farm for your water allocation.'

The old farmer said, 'OK, but don't go in that field over there.'

The water representative said, 'Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me. See this card? This card means I am allowed to go WHEREVER I WISH on any agricultural land. No questions asked or answered. Have I made myself clear? Do you understand me?'

The old farmer nodded politely and went about his farm chores. Later, the old farmer heard loud screams and saw the water rep running for the fence and close behind was the farmer's huge-horned prize bull. The bull was gaining on the water rep with every step. The rep was clearly terrified, so the old farmer immediately threw down his tools, ran to
the fence and shouted out.....

'Your card! Your card! Show him your card!'

Beijing gymnastics – the ultimate viewing.

Tyldesley Secondary Modern School - Blackpool?

It just doesn’t pay to show off.

George Bush on the slur!!!

Just never assume

Donald Duck's trousers - just never assume…

The Liverpool Olympian

A man met a beautiful blonde lady and decided he wanted to marry her right away. She said, 'But we don't know anything about each other.'
He said, "That's all right, we'll learn about each other as we go along."
So she consented. They were married and off they went on a honeymoon at a very nice resort.

One morning they were lying by the pool, when he got up off of his towel, climbed up to the 10 meter board and did a two and a half tuck, followed by three rotations in the pike position, at which point he straightened out and cut the water like a knife.

After a few more demonstrations, he came back and lay down on the towel. She said, "That was incredible!" He said, "I used to be an Olympic diving champion. You see, I told you we'd learn more about each other as we went along."

So she got up, jumped in the pool and started swimming lengths. After seventy-five lengths she climbed out of the pool, lay down on her towel and was hardly out of breath. He said, "That was incredible! Were you an Olympic endurance swimmer?"
"No," she said, "I was a prostitute in Liverpool but I worked both sides of the Mersey!"

Blond of the day (joke!)

A blonde walks into a pharmacy and asks the assistant for some rectum deodorant. The pharmacist, a little bemused, explains to the woman that they don't sell rectum deodorant and never have.

Unfazed, the blonde assures the pharmacist that she has been buying the stuff from this store on a regular basis, and can't find where it is and would like some more. 'I'm sorry,' says the pharmacist, “we don't have any.”

''But, I always buy it here,' says the blonde.

The pharmacist then takes her to a section of the store and says "This is the only kind of deodorant that we carry it and it is just a normal stick of underarm deodorant.''

Annoyed, the blonde snatches the container back and reads out loud from the container...

(Are you ready for this one!?)

'TO APPLY, PUSH UP BOTTOM.'

The Pearly Gates

40 Gypsies arrive at the Pearly Gates in their Transit vans and caravans.

St. Peter goes into the gatehouse and phones up God, saying, 'I've got 40 travellers here. Can I let them in?'

God says 'We are over quota on Pikeys. Go out and tell them to choose between them which are the 12 most worthy, and I will let just the dozen in.'

Less than a minute later St Peter is on the phone to God again. 'They've gone', he tells God.

'What?' says God, 'All 40 of them?'

'No, the gates.’

Barack Obama with the Indian Nations

WALKING EAGLE aka Barack Obama

I have always said the white man screwed the INDIANS not those other people...hurray for my INDIANS...

Senator BARACK OBAMA was invited to address a major gathering of the American Indian Nation two weeks ago in upstate New York . HE spoke for almost an hour on HIS future plans for increasing Native Americans present standard of living, should HE one day become the President.

HE referred to his career as a Senator, how he had signed 'YES' for every Indian issue that came to his desk for approval. Although the Senator was vague on the details of his plan, he seemed most enthusiastic about this future idea for helping his 'red sisters and brothers'.

At the conclusion of his speech, the Tribes presented the Senator with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name - Walking Eagle. The proud Senator then departed in his motorcade, waving to the crowds.

A news reporter later inquired of the group of chiefs as to how they came to select the new name they had given to the Senator. They explained that Walking Eagle is the name given to a bird so full of s@#$ it can no longer fly.

The O'Bummer Road Show

The best laugh since Maggie Thatcher praised the last monkey into a Government. I.E Robert, Earl of Salisbury nee Harari (or Vice Versa).

Bus concessions in Lancashire

clipped from www.lep.co.uk Concern over real cost of free bus travel The concessionary bus pass scheme has proved a huge hit with Lancashire pensioners who have been able to travel for free. But high demand from the county's over 60s has caused concern in Red Rose town halls, and some politicians now worry whether their authorities can actually afford to subsidise free travel. Bus companies report increased passenger numbers and there has been a boost in the number of visitors to tourist areas like Lytham, Morecambe and Lancaster, now more accessible for older people. Preston was allocated £590,000 to fund concessionary fares in the city, but senior figures at the town hall claim the total needed could be nearer to £4m.

If the pensioners and disabled had not received their bus passes, those very same busses, which are now full, would be damaging the roads of Lancashire EMPTY.
Stop frightening the old and disabled. If you are getting ready to withdraw this concessionary package, at least have the courage to say so. There were no extra busses commissioned when the concessionary fares were introduced, so why all the haggle now?
Just because the average politician cannot do simple accounts, do not think that the average OAP or disabled person is so inflicted. We all know you rely on the inertia of the electorate, but many passengers on the busses are being forewarned of your duplicity. You used legalese to silence the revolt growing over he abandonment of the L1 service in Blackpool. You will get more than a whimpering reaction if you do not tell the truth about the realities of life with and without bus services.
From the expense claims submitted to Councils by Councillors, it must be gleamed that no councillor uses a bus? Don't give them expenses, make them use the bus and the services may just improve.