Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Just for Dreams and Haze,

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/dec/07/uk-manufacturing-output-ons

No comment Fred as they do not sink in . :-))

8-) & .

Of course manufacturing has slowed. Our biggest trading partner is in a recession. Our economy is close to being the strongest in Europe. Our unemployment rate has reduced even faster than the US.

The apprenticship discussion was beginning to get interesting until inevitably hijacked by the resident communists. Why don't you start a political thread where you can discuss that subject to you heart's content instead of cluttering up what is an occasionally informative and fun thread. Even Haystack when removed from his rabid Gaza thread gets close to normal behaviour!

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goldfinger [Send an email to goldfinger] [View goldfinger's profile] - 08 Dec 2012 09:26 - 19457 of 19457
Dave Camoron ‏@EtonOldBoys
This picture makes me want to puke, It sums up the total arrogance of these public school boys ...

Reckon the government will come to regret this photo in the next 30 months.

Don't forget that the Labour and Liberal parties are full of public schoolboys. Ed Balls, Nick Clegg, Tony Blair, Ruth Kelly, Harriet Harman etc.

Joining the communists this morning. Its true though and glad a tory as exposed the myth.


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ramesh-patel/growth-cameron-austerity_b_2007552.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Haystacks it was the arrogance of the 3 of them laughing at Ed Balls speech inpediment.

Theirs no need for that type of ignorance and arrogance.

Maggie wouldnt have put up with that.

Chuckle.


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Hays,

I seem to remember, in the period 2008-2010, that all the UK's economic was due to the government and that the tories, who could walk on water in some people's opinion, would be the miracle party which would sort out all the problems.

Any suggestion that World economics had anything to do with the UK's problems were guffawed at by the tories and minor opposition parties.

I think it is time for you to wake up and smell the coffee, the tories are in the driving seat of the coalition and should will have to take responsibility for their disastrous management of the last 2+years.

Also, recognise that in political weight and economic weight internationally, we are becoming more isolated and less important.

They were laughing at his stupidity not his speech problems.

Apparently between 1997 and 2007 manufacturing production fell by 47%, who was responsible for that.
2517

Every Labour government has left office with the country in debt. This is no coincidence.

What a little slip.....COME ON!!!!!!.

Have you read the deficit myth.

All over twitter last night and this morning.

The Torries should kick the posh boys out bring in Mick Portillo Ken Clarke and John Redwood. Proper Torries not posh muppets. I tell you this the torys will give way to a labour majority next time.

I vote for whom I think will be best for the country overall, and its certainly not the laughing cowboys.

And Haystack every Tory government has left office with unemployment around 5 million plus. This is no coincidence.

Dont want this hidden.....

Joining the communists this morning. Its true though and glad a tory has exposed the myth.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ramesh-patel/growth-cameron-austerity_b_2007552.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

I think Hugh Grant sums up The Nauseating Cameroon’s ducking and weaving against the Press Barons, who know they have him in the palms of their sometime grubby hands.

From the Huff and Puff

David Cameron’s Opposition To Leveson






Hugh Grant has said the public are “aghast” at David Cameron’s decision to oppose the statuary underpinning of a new system of press regulation.

In an interview with parliament’s House magazine, the Hollywood actor turned phone hacking campaigner said the prime minister had gone back on his word to support a system of press regulation that would allow him to “look the victims [of phone hacking] in the eye”.

“To say that over and over again and then within hours of a very mild report being published to turn his back on those victims and jump straight back in between the warm sheets with the newspaper barons, I think was an act that the whole country was aghast at.

“And I think maybe the prime minister and those Tories who are opposed to any kinds of statutory underpinning are beginning to see that the country has rumbled that.”

Grant told House that he found Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg “very charming” but that he did not understand why the prime minister had not warned hacking victims he would not support the statutory underpinning of press regulation.

“I can’t pretend that I’m not disappointed that in two meetings with the prime minster with Hacked Off and one meeting which he had with the non-celebrity victims about three weeks ago, he made no mention at all of the fact that any kind of underpinning in law to an independent regulator would be a sticking point.

“And I would have expected the prime minister to make that clear – he was certainly asked. So that’s disappointing. But the other two have been as good as their word from beginning to end.”

National newspaper editors said on Thursday evening that they will put in place the broad proposals of the Leveson Inquiry – apart from the call for statutory underpinning.”

He seems to be gutless once again.

In reality the public don't care about Leaveson and nor should they.

What they truly care about come election day(everytime), is how much brass they have in their back pocket and the squeezed middle this time will have the knives out for call me Dave and Giddeon, thats for sure.

Thats why I along with a lot more of the middle ground want to see a fair fight with labour not a walk over.

Anyway all points read and appreciated even though we dont always agree. Im getting on with updating the chart attack thread.

ALL have a good weekend.