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.

gf
Read about fascism instead of accepting the common opinion.

almost like a maori sidestep, but much more gentle

Do you have any hobbies H/S?

Stan,

Hays doesn't have time to.

He is swallowing all the propaganda from the con party's headquarters.

He must be one of the dumbness fish in the pool.

He swallows everything from Dave and George hook, line and sinker cast out.

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Cyn,

I couldn't get the phrasing quite right.

I will try harder.

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Don't sink the the gondola in Venice, or eat to much ice cream.

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On the other hand!

Lots of hobbies.

i'm too much of a tightarse to even contemplate sending Beloved on a gondola (alone)

Nice that the economy is improving. It should be doing just fine by the election. I guess Miliband cries himself to sleep at night and is almost drowned out by Ed Balls.

Like what H/S?

Photography, electronics, architecture, reading , music, programming, cooking, wine, sport, politics, learning piano.

Is that all? -): As you seem to spend the time that you do on here without doing much trading these days, can I encourage you to do some more outside sport?

Hang gliding, perhaps.

-):

Hays,

I think any nightmares on the economy will be with the Con party and on how to spin it.

My guess the major effects of the abuse of "austerity" policies will kick in with obvious effect within the next 12-15 months.

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It looks like there will be a happy ending for the Conservatives as the economy will come right exactly on schedule.

On this I think you are living in false hope.

Have a good weekend, but mug up your economics.

No he's right Fred , economy is likely to improve over the next 2 years despite the Tory policies.

Same as it went down the pan in 2008 regardless of what the government did.

Main issue will be Europe and unless Cameron and Osbourne come out and say they are in favour of pulling out then they will take another kicking from UKIP.

Labour will waffle and say sod all and probably get elected.

Heard the other day that this referendum thing that Cameron is promising will be binding on whoever gets elected but surely that can't be right ?

It is not right. One parliament cannot bind a future one. It would just repeal the law.

Morning All, and to you "mad swivel-eyed loons" -):

Dil.

Cameron, for party politics may consider in binding on himself and his party to have a referendum IF he forms the next government, but he will have difficulty in binding any other following government to do so.

As far the uplift in economy, I think there will be a small lift in "GPD" (for example) but the effects of the cuts will be more apparent and be effecting more of the population.

The cuts in Welfare, NHS, Education and pay rises lower than inflation, the cost of University education will be more obvious. The latter effects will be hitting the "middle classes" with their offspring having debts of up to £50000 Plus.

Also, any lift in the "GDP" may show up the present camouflaging of the unemployment figures.

(If you consider "austerity" or to be a period of "consolidation", it is to be expected that a expansion will occur, but due to neglect of the infrastructure and capital investment it will be short lived.)

Maybe wrong.

University costs won't affect the economy due to the long payback period of 30 years. Graduates will only have to pay back 9% of their pay that is OVER £21,000. So even if they earn £25,000 as a starting salary, they only have to pay back £360/year or less than £7/week.