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.

now then, who was prattling about how lousy the uk's stance was on dealing with recession through austerity measures etc etc, and how the eu economies were knocking socks off the uk's through a softer policy? ...... come on, come on; hold your hand up!!

German and French economies contract sharply
Europe’s two largest economies, Germany and France, both shrank markedly in the last three months of 2012, suggesting the eurozone has slipped deeper into recession and throwing a first quarter recovery for the bloc into doubt.
The German economy contracted by 0.6 per cent on the quarter, official data showed on Thursday, its worst performance since the global financial crisis was raging in 2009. France’s 0.3 per cent fall was also slightly worse than expectations.
Worryingly for Berlin, it was export performance – the motor of its economy – that did most of the damage.
“In the final quarter of 2012 exports of goods declined significantly more than imports of goods,” the German statistics office said in a statement.
Back revisions to the French figures showed its output fell by 0.1 per cent in each of the first and second quarters of 2012, meaning the country has already experienced one bout of recession in the past 12 months.

W/See.

The result of Merkel screwing down her economy, like Cameron.

Have a look at what Obama is proposing.

and france? .... what's your bright comment there?

W/see.

perhaps you like the unemployment numbers in france and the HUGE tax increases ..... what are those numbers like in germany?

answer .....
The German adjusted jobless rate fell to 6.8% from 6.9% in November, the Federal Labour Office said.
UK is currently 7.7% which is very similar to USA

French numbers are hidden (wonder why!!), but admitted to be at their highest for 14 years

it does of course depend on how the numbers are calculated .,... for sure, each country manipulates as far as possible to suit the occasion

I am lisrening to Milkiband waffle on the news. No wonder he is unelectable.

Haystack, that's true but which of the rest of them is electable?

Hays,

W/see.

You are backing a loser.

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What are the odds at the moment for a Labour controlled government?

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The cabinet are a bunch of l. U-turn losers who have fallen out of the saddle and been suck up Murdoch's U-bend.

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At PMQ Cameron resembles a blustering, smug second hand car dealer.

Er...

Horsemeat scandal: Bute found in eight horse carcasses

Eight horses, killed in the UK, tested positive for the painkiller bute and six may have entered the food chain in France, the Food Standards Agency said.

Some 206 carcasses were tested, with eight found to contain phenylbutazone.

Interesting that polls show Labour and Conservatives neck and neck on economic skills.

skinny - 14 Feb 2013 13:43 - 21462 of 21465

that's the funniest for a while! LOL

hays,

Is it true that when Cameron goes riding nowadays that he gets on Rebecca's horse backwards, in order not to confuse the hunt with his U-turns.

Bag, cat, out of

Hmmmm - Miliband Bounced Into Speech Policy U-Turn

He heard Cameron had fallen off his horse again.