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.

Excellent speech by Osborne. History is showing that his policy has been right all along. It will be interesting to what sort of pathetic response Ed Balls can manage.

It is a nightmare scenario for Labour. An improving economy, falling unemployment and an election looming.

findus - you were bound to say that, but like it or not, the economy is most certainly on an upswing and why should not Osbourne take the credit that it was due to "his" austerity measures ...... for sure, you would have been very happy indeed to make hay had things worked the other way

H/S, Did the police say how he gained entry into your Car? (assuming it is quite a modern model) which I have heard are harder to steel.

Of course we could have had Ed Balls Plan B where we would have increased borrowing and indulged in Labour's usual spend, spend, spend.

not if they're made from aluminium!
actually, i don't believe the security on most run-of-the-mill cars is much better than it was, VW being an exception for sure

Stan, he broke the window. It wasn't a newish car. My father in law died at Xmas and we inherited his car, which had been immaculately looked after. Due to sentimental reasons, we have to keep it running (I won't comment further on that subject).

H/S, Yes I quite understand, I had my car stolen years ago and the police said that the bloke had made a copy from the door lock which was the same key as the ignition lock (would you believe) and just opened the door started up and was off!

Ever since then I have used a steering wheel lock even on our (also inherited modern car). Live and learn as they say.

I used to have a Porsche 944 Turbo and it had a Thatcham level 1 alarm. It was a pain. When you unlocked the car with the remote you had about 20 seconds to start the car or else it would re-alarm itself passively. To leave the car unalarmed with the door unlocked was quite a performance. When I first bought it, it drove me mad. I left it unlocked with the windows down on a hot day. I went in doors to get something. While I was away, it put the windows up and re-alarmed itself.

-):

Never bothered with electric alarms on older cars and only use the ones now becuase they are integral to the model, They seem to work well though.

Until the back up batteries go - and replacing them can be an expensive hobby.

Dave Camoron‏@EtonOldBoys

To all my Tory Morons, keep repeating after me...' Its all Labours Fault, Nothing to do with the Banks' repeat the moronic mantra

Has Osbourne forgotten on friday that exports were down 7% and imports fell 1%.

Or has he just swept that under the carpet.

stop being tiresome findus :-)

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Daily Mail website to be given ‘Moral Panic button’ 9/09/2013


The world’s most visited news website, Mail Online, is to be fitted with a special panic button that readers can use to express their sense of moral outrage. Clicking the button will automatically notify the relevant authorities that Daily Mail readers are upset and that ‘something must be done’.

The decision follows concern that regular readers are being exposed to a constant diet of threats to the social order, celebrity cellulite and Melanie Phillips columns, something that could leave them seriously traumatised unless they have access to immediate help.

‘A panic button is a welcome addition to the site,’ said psychologist Dr Raj Persaud. ‘Without it readers may repress their feelings of moral outrage, which, according to a recent Mail report, could cause cancer.’

Clicking the button quickly redirects readers to a special relaxation page featuring soothing images from the 1950s when the world was a much safer place, people could leave their doors unlocked and children had respect for their elders.

The button will also activate a simple drop-down menu of easy option responses for Mail readers to put in the comments section including: ‘We’re all going to hell in a handcart’, ‘It’s political correctness gone mad,’ and, ‘This is all the fault of the BBC/Europe/gypsies/illegal immigrants/the 1960s/Russell Brand/all of the above.’

The decision has been welcomed by campaigners although many would like things taken a stage further. ‘A Moral Panic button is good for regular Daily Mail readers but many people stumble across the site by accident,’ said celebrity activist Hugh Grant. ‘People of a sensitive liberal disposition may be innocently searching the internet for hummus recipes when they inadvertently find themselves exposed to hard core Daily Mail content. We either need some sort of opt-out filter or, at the very least, a Liberal Outrage button as well.’

Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre rejected calls for an additional panic button for liberals. ‘Nowadays the the vast majority of people coming to our website are politically correct Guardian readers looking for something to get upset about. But these people don’t need a special button to register their outrage; they can do what they normally do and go and complain about it on Twitter.’

gf
The figures released are down more than expected. The previous month's figures were higher than expected. The figures are also provisional and will probably be adjusted. It is the trend that matters and that is excellent news.

As usual G/F is mealy stating the facts.. Unlike some "Con" party voters/sympathisers on here.

It's the summer so as usual unemployment is "temporarily" down... So what's new? Nothing!

Everything the "Con " artists have done since 2010 has been geared to the 2015 General Election.

LOL........

John Mann MP‏@JohnMannMP
George Osborne is dancing round the corner 'we have turned' shame about the lamp post that is still there.

can we change the record for a while, and perhaps discuss something important but still economy linked?

what's the view re HS2?
who is telling the story that is closer to the truth?