http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=21841 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 13:38:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=21841#post-130937 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:47:58 +0000 FlashArry 130937@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>... a small tinker and it's right up to date : love the way it reads anyway. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=21841#post-130770 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:19:10 +0000 beau-jolly 130770@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ah Wrtinbsl, I was going to say rabbits...oops. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=21841#post-130768 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:16:22 +0000 writinginbsl 130768@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>rabbit</p> <p>stars </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=21841#post-58962 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:18:56 +0000 Peter749400 58962@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40017000/jpg/_40017885_deck203.jpg"></p> <p>The Isle of Portland has become the latest victim of the growing instability in the middle east. </p> <p>Spurred on by recent events in Egypt and Libya, protesters on the tiny island are said to have occupied the main square - a car-park behind the village hall - in their severals. </p> <p>Reports are also coming in of panic buying at the Island's only shop, leading to Vera the manager having to put out both of the store-room's remaining loaves of bread a day earlier than normal. "I never seen the like of it" she said; "We had two customers in this morning and another three after lunch". </p> <p>One of the protesters, raising his voice above the sound of a dog barking in the distance, said "Portland will not let the spirit of revolution pass us by - we will oust our corrupt rulers just as Mubarak and Gaddafi are being ousted by our brothers and sisters in the middle east". </p> <p>The protester said that it was only a matter of time before the tyranny of the regime - typified by the introduction of car parking charges outside the post-office - met its match in the iron will of the people.</p> <p>A spokesman for the local council said that they might make limited concessions in response to the protesters' demands, which are thought to include the possible re-introduction of a weekly bus service and a pledge to "do something about the dog mess outside the shops". </p> <p>Amid a tense stand-off lasting well into the afternoon, it was unclear whether these measures would prove sufficient to appease the revolutionaries. "The people's appetite for reform remains insatiable" said a second protester, using his home-made placard to shelter from the cold February drizzle. </p>