:rolleyes: Faheema- ure single days are now numbered.

Dear Juxa- unlike you I’m civilised….and a lady never fights. But since we leave in a globalised word I’m sure you won’t mind if I outsource my thrashing now would you?

Ibti enrolling support from Faheem? You must be mad. The woman is a permanent fence sitter. Check her now even. Juxa- You can see me...close your eyes huno! (eww hate that word)

Hell yes Ibti…Thank qumanyo refused my case and cold me cold. Give her a proper thrashing for me balease.

looooool@ how great burco is Midnight shukansi eeh@juxa

WTH and we do talk to much.

By keeping it within the family..1st cousin’s intermarriages. @Lily

Why are you rejecting the Tories? Norf you too. Why. You might as-well not vote if you’re voting for those small groups. Lets be honest their not going anywhere and casting it on that direction is a waste of a vote. It’s all about the 3parties…..actually 2parties the Lib are an annex, they will co-op with either the Tories or Lab near the time.

Stuff and nonsense.

What a waste of a vote. @Paragon.

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In full: the letter from Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt Dear Colleague, As we move towards a General Election it remains the case that the Parliamentary Labour Party is deeply divided over the question of the leadership. Many colleagues have expressed their frustration at the way in which this question is affecting our political performance. We have therefore come to the conclusion that the only way to resolve this issue would be to allow every member to express their view in a secret ballot. This could be done quickly and with minimum disruption to the work of MPs and the Government. Whatever the outcome the whole of the party could then go forward, knowing that this matter had been sorted out once and for all. Strong supporters of the Prime Minister should have no difficulty in backing this approach. There is a risk otherwise that the persistent background briefing and grumbling could continue up to and possibly through the election campaign, affecting our ability to concentrate all of our energies on getting our real message across. Equally those who want change, should they lose such a vote, would be expected by the majority of the PLP to devote all of their efforts to winning the election. The implications of such a vote would be clear – everyone would be bound to support the result. This is a clear opportunity to finally lay this matter to rest. The continued speculation and uncertainty is allowing our opponents to portray us as dispirited and disunited. It is damaging our ability to set out our strong case to the electorate. It is giving our political opponents an easy target. In what will inevitably be a difficult and demanding election campaign, we must have a determined and united parliamentary party. It is our job to lead the fight against our political opponents. We can only do that if we resolve these distractions. We hope that you will support this proposal. Yours fraternally, Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt

David Cameron admits he 'messed up' over tax breaks for marriage David Cameron was forced into a rare 'mea culpa' today, admitting that he had made a mess of describing his party's policy on tax breaks for married couples in an interview on Monday. The blunder has overshadowed the Conservatives' attempts to make a slick and forceful start to the general election campaign, and has left the party facing several days of headlines alleging confusion and incompetence. Today Mr Cameron tried to draw a line under the affair, insisting that the pledge - wildly popular with core Tory voters - was a firm commitment and that the policy would be implemented within the life of a first Tory Parliament. “The truth is, I give dozens of interviews every week and on Monday I messed up and there is no other way of putting it," Mr Cameron admitted on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. “I was thinking about all sorts of different things, and I misdescribed our policy. I immediately corrected that. “But in my view there’s only one thing worse than messing up, and that is messing up and not admitting to it.” Mr Cameron however failed once more to spell out what form the tax breaks would take. On Monday night Philip Hammond, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, seemed to rule out what was assumed to be the favoured option - to allow stay-at-home spouses to transfer their personal tax-free allowance for income tax to their partner. The transferable tax allowance would be worth up to £20 a week to higher income couples, and would cost the taxpayer £4.9 billion a year, according to Treasury costings. Today Mr Cameron would say only that the Tories would recognise marriage “properly” in the tax system within their first Parliamentary term, without going into details. “We have to be very careful about the commitment and pledges we make but that is a pledge we feel we are able to make,” he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme The furore began after a television interview Mr Cameron gave to the BBC on Monday afternoon. Having previously promised that tax breaks would be introduced under a Tory government, he told an interviewer that he only “hoped” to do so. His press office was forced to issue a statement later saying that the party was, in fact, pledged to deliver on the policy within a Parliament. Gordon Brown made much of the blunder over the Despatch Box at Prime Minister's questions yesterday, gloating that Mr Cameron could not give a “straight answer” on his marriage tax proposal, “whether you can say ’I do’ or ’I don’t’ on it”. Mr Camerons retorted that at least he was able to say "I love you, darling", and mean it. In a further bout of frankness about his manifesto proposals, Mr Cameron also admitted today that the Tories were not now pledged to abolish income tax on savings for people on the basic rate. He said that that had not been a pledge but merely a submission at the time of the 2009 budget, which the Government had failed to take up. Another previous Tory promise, to build 5,000 more prison places, was also no longer a firm commitment as the work had since been “partly done” already by Labour, Mr Cameron said. But he insisted that the Tory promise to freeze council tax for two years still stood. “We have a pledge to do that because we’ve found the money to do that, which was by cutting government advertising and government consultancy,” he said. The Tory leader said the chapter-by-chapter publication of his party’s manifesto would enable him to update the country on revisions to its commitments. “The reason for having a draft manifesto - and the next chapter will be published next week - is we will be able to set out what has changed and what the Government has done that we’ve suggested, which I think is important,” he said. Mr Cameron failed to deny that his image had been airbrushed for a new poster campaign by the Conservatives. Commentators have noted that his features appear to have been touched up in a large portrait of his head and shoulders which forms the centrepiece of a poster which has been put up in almost 1,000 locations across the UK. Asked whether they had, he laughingly said: “I certainly hope not.” He went on: “I made the decision that I wanted a strong positive start to the campaign. And I think having strong, positive posters... of course I’m going get ribbing from my friends and not least my family about having my picture up there... “Look, I don’t produce the picture or the poster.”

January 06, 2010 Cabinet ministers demand restraining Balls and Mandelson What began just after 11am as a clumsy coup attempt by Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt — both on the right of the party with comparatively few party supporters — ended with suggestions that up to six Cabinet ministers could still walk away. While there was no sign of immediate resignations, the truth is barely less damaging: it took Downing Street close to six hours to extract grudging statements of support from key members of the Cabinet, and these were only given after Gordon Brown agreed to restrain the influence of Ed Balls, the schools secretary and longtime adviser, and Lord Mandelson, the deputy PM in all but name. Even this was not enough to secure unequivocal personal endorsements from four members of the Cabinet: Alistair Darling, David Miliband, Harriet Harman and Bob Ainsworth. The full extent of the damage, in a week which started with Labour on the front foot, has yet to be calculated. Sam Coates-The Times

Gordon Brown was forced to surrender a string of concessions to senior Cabinet ministers to secure his leadership after Wednesday’s coup attempt, The Times has learnt. The true scale of the damage to Mr Brown’s authority was laid bare as details began to emerge of the private meetings that he held with senior ministers immediately after the putsch. In a series of negotiations: — Harriet Harman demanded and received a promise to have more day-to-day control over the election campaign. Labour’s deputy leader also demanded to be treated with more respect from Mr Brown’s staff. — Jack Straw told Mr Brown that he must not rely solely on a “core vote” strategy aimed at shoring up Labour’s heartland support. — Alistair Darling urged the Prime Minister to be more honest about the cuts in public spending needed to pay off Britain’s record deficit. Cabinet ministers who wanted to topple Mr Brown delayed endorsing him for as long as possible, senior figures confirmed yesterday. The coup was abandoned only after it became clear that it lacked the “overwhelming force” that ministers believed was necessary to force Mr Brown out of No 10. Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt, the two former Cabinet ministers who triggered the attempted putsch, were pilloried by loyalists and disowned by senior ministers thought sympathetic to their aim. Nevertheless, Downing Street is still on alert for a possible Cabinet resignation over the weekend as it counts the cost of the concessions. Bob Ainsworth, the Defence Secretary, has been identified as the biggest threat, according to senior Labour MPs. The embattled Mr Ainsworth, a friend of Mr Hoon, issued one of the tardiest and most lukewarm endorsements of the Prime Minister. A charm offensive is currently under way to convince him not to quit. “Bob needs bringing in from the cold. He needs to be told he is supported,” an ally of Mr Brown said. The Prime Minister dismissed the move against him as a “storm in a teacup” that had not taken up “much of my time”. Mr Brown also made light of the fact that it had taken seven hours to secure total Cabinet support, saying that all ministers had issued statements backing him “within an hour or two”. He tried to capitalise on anger among backbenchers at the coup attempt, hinting that Mr Hoon had been motivated by his failure to secure a position in the European Commission. “People can’t always have the jobs they want — you will always have people who are disappointed,” Mr Brown said in a BBC radio interview. Mr Hoon was also warned of fury at his actions among local Labour party members in his Ashfield constituency. John Knight, the Ashfield District Council leader, said that local activists were “shocked and disappointed” at the former Chief Whip’s attempt to unseat Mr Brown. It emerged yesterday that the plotters believed at least six Cabinet ministers were ready to urge Mr Brown to quit. The BBC reported the list as including David Miliband, Ms Harman, Mr Straw, Douglas Alexander, Mr Ainsworth and Jim Murphy. However, Mr Straw distanced himself from the plot. “It is certainly the case that this extraordinary announcement yesterday by Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt has sunk and it’s completely ill judged and very ill advised and all of us made that clear yesterday.” Mr Murphy, the Scottish Secretary, also rejected claims that he was complicit. “Yesterday Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon took it upon themselves to indulge in the total distraction of demanding a vote on the Prime Minister’s future. It was a ludicrous thing to do and the response from the vast majority of Labour MPs has confirmed that view,” Mr Murphy wrote on his personal website. The Foreign Secretary, too, finally gave his unqualified support to the Prime Minister, ending 24 hours of uncertainty. However, the delay meant that Mr Miliband came under fire for appearing to withhold his backing until he had seen that the putsch had come unstuck. One MP called him a “serial bottler”. On Wednesday night, seven hours after news of the coup broke, Mr Miliband finally reacted, saying only that he was campaigning for Labour’s re-election. By yesterday morning, when again confronted by the television cameras, the Foreign Secretary said: “We have an election to fight under Gordon’s leadership. We are all determined to win under his leadership and we are looking forward to the fight.” One of those involved said that a number of senior Labour MPs normally considered loyal to Mr Brown had promised to come out in support of the proposal for a secret ballot. “I think they got cold feet at about the same time as the Cabinet,” they said. The coup attempt was described as over in a text message circulated among moderate Labour MPs at 3.45pm on Wednesday.

hear hear Mpendwa.

Morning ladies.

BY BBC. First part is Nubia.. Enjoy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pq946/Lost_Kingdoms_of_Africa_Nubia/

That’s it....if SHE THAT can get married then dear ladies and gentleman there is hope for all the human race. My we all find blind man equally as he. amiiin

Would you as a member of the "big" clans marry from these clans? Wouls you allow your children, and many of us are parents to marry into these clans and vica versa? Aaah the big clan’s doing the small clans a favour by marrying down and foregoing their father’s and forefathers prejudices. How delightful. Good save me from benevolent ideas. G’Jere- its more than “are you willing to go throw all of that”.......the question is are you willing to risk your family for a woman/man you meet yesterday? Stoic- an amazing story teller you are.......still waiting for the finishing sentence btw.

Sono cant fine si lamentano, solo il lavoro e il suo freddo. A parte che non può lamentarsi. Come su di te e hai preso il mio messaggio? @ che

And here I thought you had a creative imagination. Che- kise ho mere baaye.

At some point last year the international community in their own unique way came to understand the importance of the Diaspora community/ their impact on the internal happenings in Somalia. Thus the UN- SRSG decided to start up a dialogue with the Somali Diaspora via his monthly letter (were now on the 21) and via the letter he promised to keep the Diaspora informed on his activities regarding Somalia/international community commitments. Now I don’t know how many you choose to engage with these letters ie respond back to the issuer and challenging the some of the issues thus creating a real sense of accountability/ or even receiving them. But just in case, if your willing to do that do let me know so I can pass you the email….and you can add yourself on the circulation. When all its said and done it’s an important entry point/an indicator what the international community are thinking or heading too. Letter to the members of the Somali Diaspora (No. 21) Nairobi, 06 January 2010 As-Salaamu Alaikum, Dear friends, 1. My warmest greetings and best wishes to you all for a more peaceful 1431 and 2010. 2. 2010 marks not only the beginning of a New Year but also a new decade. Like all peace-loving Somalis and all others who support you, I wish that during this New Year, and especially at the beginning of a new decade, peace and stability will finally take hold in Somalia. Many around the world set personal goals to improve their lives on New Year’s Day. Let our collective resolution for 2010 be the return of real sovereignty, dignity and the beginning of prosperous decade. Also, as I mentioned in earlier letters, it is still my hope that Somalis will follow the example of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the spirit of Al Hudaibiya Pact (I do not apologise for continuing to remind you of the important lesson of this Pact). It is my wish that compromise, forgiveness and inclusion will prevail over armed confrontation and exclusion. 3. As we all look forward to the New Year we should also look back and reflect on 2009 and, in particular, on the positive achievements. 4. Following the signing of the Djibouti Agreement in 2008, the Parliament was enlarged in January 2009 and elected the new President, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Less than a month later, there was a new Prime Minister and shortly afterwards a Government. Both moved, along with Parliament and the President to Mogadishu. This Government, although under attack by externally funded extremists, has been in place for a year now and, despite some pessimistic predictions, was not defeated by the attempted coup in May. 5. In April 2009, the UN Secretary-General convened a meeting of the International Community at the highest level bringing together the leaders of the African Union, European Commission, European Union, the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Conference, the UN and World Bank along with senior representatives from about 60 countries and numerous other organizations. The Conference, aimed at supporting security in Somalia, pledged more than $213 million for Somalia’s security forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Even though disbursement is slow, this was still an unprecedented show of support for your country. 6. The International Community held four meetings of the International Contact Group under my chairmanship in 2009 – the last took place in Jeddah on 17 December 2009. This meeting, hosted by the Organization of Islamic Conference and attended by the Somali Prime Minister, welcomed the concrete progress made by the TFG and its plans for the future, as well as its commitment to continue its outreach to those Somalis ready to renounce violence and promote peace. 7. Overall in 2009 the Government was able to make some significant achievements. These included the improvement of the Government’s ability to address basic governance especially the formulation of a budget, the first in five years, the recruitment and training of additional security forces, the reorganisation of the security sector, strengthening of ministries and a documented response to requests from the Nairobi-based international community. The Government also put Radio Mogadishu back on air using its own funding, making it an important tool in connecting with its people and dispelling misinformation. At the same time I would like to call on Parliamentarians to protect the Parliament and not to spend valuable time with counter productive motions to dismiss the Cabinet, Speaker etc. Somalia is in an emergency situation. Parliamentarians should show respect for constructive principles. The International Community should also respect its commitment vis-a-vis the Parliamentarians. 8. There were also some horrific attacks carried out by the extremists – not least the appalling December 3 suicide bombing of the graduation of medical students which left the future doctors of Somalia and their families dead alongside doctors, journalists and three ministers. This attack against a university, funded by some of your Diaspora colleagues, has united all Somalis, inside and outside the country, as never before, to challenge the violence and bloodshed. Their voices were united against the killing and this is the message that should follow us into 2010. Once again, I call on the traditional elders, businessmen, women and the young to unite against the murder of the innocents. 9. It was particularly troubling that the man responsible for so much carnage was a Somali living in Denmark. And he was not the first to return to Somalia, after being given sanctuary abroad to spill the blood of his countrymen and women. The suicide bomber in Bossasso in 2008 was a Somali-American from Minnesota. And we have since seen the attempted assault carried out last week in Aarhus, Denmark by a Somali living in the country. The sponsors of these young men are destroying the reputation of Somalia and contributing to the worsening plight of their compatriots inside and outside the country. Those abroad in the Diaspora, are likely to be regarded with increasing suspicion, and those inside the country may find no welcome abroad. 10. Another appalling dimension of the conflict is that those behind these murderous acts do not hesitate to openly claim responsibility for their actions. This is because they have enjoyed impunity for so long. I am surprised that they do not fear retribution from the Almighty or from an internal or international tribunal. It will however come, sooner or later. 11. No one will be able to blame the international community for turning its focus more towards security and terrorism and away from other forms of funding. Therefore in 2010 the Diaspora will be needed more than ever to step in and fill the gap. Somalia is your country and if you can contribute, in whatever way possible, towards helping state building, it will not only be of material use, but will also show the world that Somalis do not rely on handouts from others. Outside funders are also more likely to help, once they see Somalis helping themselves. And, as I have always maintained, a thousand dollars now is worth far more than a promise of ten thousand dollars next year. 12. It is my sincere hope that the New Year will be a year of expanding stability and peace. Yours Faithfully, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah

Shame on you for outing me like that Juxa. Cadayn- whitening? Scarface- whatever makes you sleep at night.