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.

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.

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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.

There have been no cuts in Education or NHS.

The unemployment figures in the UK are not bad at 7.8% and much better than France at 11.1% and better than the whole EU at 12.1%. Mind you France has a socialist government so what do you expect. France is also currently in double dip recession. The revised ONS figures due out next month are likely to show the UK actually avoided a double dip recession.

Haystack hobbies......... kissing cyners feet.

Can you recommend them?

ohhhhhh blah blah blah blah blah blah........etc.

That was an improvement from your usual posts.

So what sport do you play?

None, just a bit of walking.

Hays,

You are out of touch with what the public opinion will be in 2015.

They won't accept the bleating of mantras, such as; it is all due to the previous government 5 years before.

They see the problems have been increases by discredited tory laden misgovernment, more capable of rapid u-turns in the face of public opinion rather than policies to resolve ongoing problems.

Cameron and Osborne and clique will be seen as more interested in self preservation and disproportionate financial advantages an opportunities for themselves than that of the country as a whole.

They will probably be seen by many of the electorate as basically dishonest and arrogant.

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Just for information what has been the advantages of vicious austerity in Spain, Italy, Portugal and France?

Not against pruning waste and dropping of expectations, that to my mind is important, but one doesn't cut the roots off a plant because it is not growing or growing to slowly.

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By the way are a signed up member of "mad, swivel-eyed loons" brigade.

Just found this cartoon again.

Suggest Cameron does so once again.

Perhaps, refers to the socially caring period of his life.
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Just hiding behind a hoody.