If you sign up for a service, such as car insurace, online and part of this process is a direct debit mandate, should the company be able to provide you will a copy of this if requested? swiftcover are stating that as the application was online, they can't provide me with a copy, however if I'd physically signed the DDM they'd be able to trace it and make a copy available.

"Cynic" wrote in message ... On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 18:21:42 +0100, "Chris X" wrote: God forbid a group of workmates should have a politically-incorrect laugh amongst themselves, eh ? When they do so on company time, and misuse comapny property in order to do so, then yes.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2535117.html?menu=news.quirkies Wonder if the government will seize their passports? "Brits arrested for playing bingo Seven British tourists have been arrested at a Turkish resort - for playing bingo. Armed police surrounded them in a bar in Altinkum and seized their

Cameron meltdown as public urge early vote http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,2180248,00.html

It just sudddenly struck me that Osama appeared on the scene at about the same time as Diana departed it? Could they be one and the same. An excellent disguise for someone who wanted to disappear from public life. What do you think?

Any advice gratefully received on this (soon to occur I'm sure) event. We bought a somewhat expensive kitten last June; he came with three months complimentary PetPlan insurance. We chose another insurer in the September, primarily because not only were their premiums competitive but for an extra 65p a month we were able to reduce the policy excess to zero. For eleven months, the kitten/cat...

On 3 Oct, 16:17, Steve Greene wrote: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_arti... Four firefighters were reprimanded and heavily fined after disturbing an illegal outdoor gay sex romp - because the men accused them of being homophobic. ...

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:34:09 +0100, Steve Greene wrote: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=485442&in_page_id=1770 Children as young as 11 are being offered pole dancing lessons by their council, it has been revealed. The two hour 'beginners' sessions' are described by the organisers as a 'great way to keep...

I know about wasting police time - is there a similar offence regarding Civil Servants? David Cameron today increased the pressure on Gordon Brown to reveal if he is planning a snap election by calling on the prime minister to allow senior Tory frontbenchers to meet civil servants in preparation for a possible handover of power.

Is it true that fingerprint scans taken by the Police in this country are transmitted to a database in America for comparison, as was mentioned in the "Police, Camera, Action" programme on ITV1 last night ? -- Joe Lee

It strikes me that there were only three possibilities for someone coming out of the block of flats where de Menezes lived on the day in question. 1) They are positively identified as being the real target, Hussein. 2) They are positively identified as NOT being the real target, Hussein. 3) They are not positively identified either way. What should the police have done in each...

Buddhists are as up in arms as they can get about a disrespectful statue of the Buddha. After the insulting statue was put on public display a spokesman for the Buddhist community was persuaded to say: "In Buddhism, no symbol is absolute and all symbols are a means to an end, not an end themselves. "We tend to go beyond anger and hatred, so there would be no threat of

Hi, bit of a long post... back in July I ordered an item from a well known mail order company using their website. As part of this order I used two discount vouchers - one for 10% and the other for £25. The item was delivered a few days later and the total order value was £45 before discounts. (I accept that was a large discount on that order, and they may have made a loss on it)

Alex Heney has just being trying to sell me his insane theory of Sale of Goods Act - This being that *nobody* gets a refund, for *any* reason under SOGA once they have 'accepted' the goods I'm sure there is an element to what he says (he obviously read something, somewhere), but in his lack of understanding he has extruded it to fairy tale proportions To emphasis how ridiculous this is I...

Steve Greene was thinking very hard : http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-239/0710013254143945.htm The incitement to religious hatred finally became a criminal offence in England and Wales Monday, more than 10 years after the ruling Labour Party pledged to close a loophole in British law to protect Muslims. "This Act closes this small but important gap in the law against ...

"Andrew McGee" wrote in message ... Chief Fire Officer with Avon Fire and Rescue Service Kevin Pearson said any allegations of racism or homophobia were taken very seriously. He said: "There was no justifiable reason for that appliance to be in that location at that time. "They should not have been there...

NAKED FEAR ON DISPLAY The furore over a picture in a gallery is an example of paedophobia run riot. We have lost touch with innocence By Cosmo Landesman Sunday Times, UK: 30 September 2007 http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article2557637.ece

"Richard Miller" wrote in message ... In message , Periander writes No, the last laugh is on ordinary members of the public who are denied the use of this area for recreation by the behaviour of some very selfish people. So get a few...

Hi, I am trying to remain off this new orwellian instrument. I am told i can opt out of the summary care record but am getting no answers at all, when i ask for all my records never to be uploaded onto the system in the future they never answer. Does anyone know for instance to i have a claim of ownership of my records and session notes for instance. I acccept that the nhs own my records but do i...

Porridge Wog pretended : The new law, which was passed by parliament two years ago, offers Muslims similar protection already offered to Jews and Sikhs under previous racial equality legislation. Were they previously exempt? Nothing a pair of South Ken boys with iron bars could not fix! You don't mean South Kensington do you ?