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.

Fred did you watch newsnight last night?.

Cameron now after his new appointments totaly surrounded by his old Eton hangers on. All Bullingdon boys.

How 'out of touch' can one get.

Pathetic.

It wont go un-noticed.

i have been converted and shall now nip out to cast my vote for SWP ..... unlike the arrogant one who considers actually voting instead of berating to be "oh dear; how bourgeois and infra dig"

Puts things into perspective........


Hari RippedOffBriton ‏@RippedOffBriton 1h

For perspective: Benefit fraud=£1bn; Tax avoidance=£5bn; Total all tax dodging=£35-£100bn+ See examples..............

http://bit.ly/ihejtD

You might as well vote for Labour as it becoming just like the SWP.

GF,

I did.

It was the obvious disconnect and its defence, which still amazes me.

Also, knowledge can be useful, even if it has to be hit into some with a "sledge", but if you can't apply, or programme the data effectively, then it can be harmful and cloud thinking.

Also, the problems with some institutional "thinking", are that they are built on "beliefs" and ingrained, by some who overvalue themselves impart the same beliefs to their disciples.

Indeed indeed Fred.

Guido Fawkes ‏@GuidoFawkes 1h

First election day in 44 years that The Sun has not endorsed a party. Britain's most popular paper is tapping into anti-politics zeitgeist.

hays - in all seriousness, it will be interesting to see exactly how the voting works out in this neck of the woods ..... for sure there's some very angry people, though of course, once the economic sun starts to shine, as assuredly it will (illusory or real?) within the next 12 months or so, people quickly forget the bleak winter

He he...... you wish.

matter of fact, regardless of which party is in power .... hence the old adage of a week being a long time in politics

anyway, almost more interesting than the result will be the % turn-out ..... as far as i can determine, barely 30% is the norm for local elections

The economy is not doing too bad at the moment. Almost every country in Europe is in recession and several are well in. We are just above the level of recession. The list includes Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece and a few others.

France, which has a silly socialist party, has just had its worst month economically for four years and is about to go into triple dip recession. Unemployment is expected to hit 11% this summer. Hollande at the 6 months stage of his presidency, is the most unpopular president ever.

This what you get from a left wing government.

BUT just like the frogs of fable, the "country" voted in a heron as king and were then surprised that they got eaten alive

btw, i recollect that the right wing party in germany in the 30s wasn't too healthy for that country either!

One of the worst things about this country now is the fact that people complain so much and then when they get the chance to voice their opinion at the ballot box they can't be bothered. Just been down to make local polling station and I was the only person in the place - apart from two very bored people sitting at a desk waiting to hand out polling slips.

Perhaps they knew you were coming.

8-)

They were good for the economy though. Mussolini is still popular in Italy. The typical comment is, "at least he made the trains run on time".

or "the Mafia is doing well".

Veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has admitted indecently assaulting 13 girls aged between nine and 17.

ECB has cut interest rates to 0.5%

Euro falling.

Problem is hays when people see the privileged few like Cameron and his Eton boys/inner circle they start to wonder 'if they fit in, if they belong' , and then become dissaffected. They dont bother turning up to vote.

Was same aswel with Blair and his croneys.

Be lucky if we get an average of 30% turnout imo.

if that is the case, then arguably it undermines ukip's alleged support ..... that is to say, if people felt that strongly (in fact, most feel totally disconnected from politics), then they'ld rush to the polls to register their protest - unless you're like (y)our petit bourgeois friend