I must have missed something - carry on from where?

BTW that was a risky thing to do in this day and age.

 Well there was a sort of tone in the previous message, and this is not the first time I have put myself in this sort of situation and it wont be the last.  I am not one to walk on by.............

I have just learnt what "sui generis" means....

Green Party Leader is first ethnic Turk to be elected as a major party political leader in Germany.

"Whether the Obama factor helped or not, the son of a Turkish immigrant – who describes himself as a secular Muslim not averse to the odd glass of vodka – won the leadership of the country´s Green Party this month, shattering a racial barrier that had held sway in post-war Germany for decades."

Whatever his ethnicity, this is a historical moment.

 The one and only  aren´t we all ???

They make glass reinforced plastic

http://www.suigeneris.co.uk/

 Yes. Unfortunately because of the political system in Germany I doubt if it will make much difference. ´Many people´ have speculated that his election (Özdemir is his name if I remember correctly) will make it easier for Turkey to enter the EU. However, he is in the stream of people who want Turkey to enter the EU, by having a strict control on the developments there as becoming more transparant, more democratic etc etc. People in Turkey who expect that by the election his person TR will gain more easily access to EU will be disappointed I am afraid!

But it is a really good thing he was elected. Hope he will be able to make the German Turks engage more in politics, so that the tendency of prejudge or even discrimination in Germany will go down. I also hope it has a positive influence on the Netherlands, where recently quite some inhabitants of the city of Rotterdam weren´t happy to see a Maroccan become their major!!

I´m happy with the choice for Aboutaleb! He´s not only more (not exactly) in my political direction than current major Ivo, he´s also much more good-looking!!

Anyone fancy  holiday in Benidorm??  They are trying to crack down on anti social behaviour that include having sex on the beach.  and putting out towels early to reserve sunbeds!!!  I can agree with the humans defacating in the sea and the litter but as for walking on the beach after midnight......... seems a bit extreme........... surely not that many people have sex on the beach???

"BENIDORM council is set to introduce new bylaws governing the use of its beaches.

Under the proposed new rules anyone caught using the beach between the hours of midnight and 07.00 will be fined 750 euros while placing an umbrella on the beach early in the morning in order to reserve a space for later in the day will see fines of 150 euros issued.

The raft of new measures also include a 120 euro fine for playing football or tennis in unauthorised areas and a massive 1,000 euro fine for swimming when the red flag is flying.

People who go to the toilet in the sea or on the beach will be fined 150 euros while those who try to sell goods will have to stump up 300 euros.

Taking glass objects onto the beach or breaking them will incur 750 euro fine and those that allow their animals onto the beach will get hit with a 250 euro punishment.

Normal fishing and fishing with a harpoon will generate fines of 750 and 1,100 euros respectively and the handing out of promotional literature will receive a 300 euro sanction.

Beaches councillor, Josefa Pèrez, said the measures were needed to reduce the amount of litter being left on the beaches and to halt the growing number of parties being held on the beaches."

Source: Costa News

 When I heard the news of Rotterdam, I knew it couldn´t be you who was against

 Nope, Ahmed is an ´LD´.....