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.

MK - i'm quite sure you are wrong ..... it has certainly been seen in the past where the shareholders have pressurised the company into acting in THE SHAREHOLDERS' interests ........ at an AGM, or even and EGM, the shareholders can certainly tell the remuneration committee that their proposals are unacceptable and force them to change

for whatever reasons, even the largest shareholders (pension funds and similar) do not feel sufficiently strongly about it - which is perhaps one reason why i don't like them either!

nevertheless, my original question still stands

''no senior executives at Icap knew what had been going on.'' what a damning statement. So what happened to 'if you want the best you have to pay for it'
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Lord Mandelson has raised doubts about Labour's plan to freeze energy bills, suggesting people may think it is going "backwards" in its industrial policy.

The former business secretary said he believed the party had moved on from the days of having to choose "between state control and laissez-faire".

The Labour conference voted for the renationalisation of Royal Mail and British Rail.

How would the UK afford to pay for the shareholder buyout of those companies?

it can't and it won't and there is probably no advantage to any other than the unions for these entities to be renationalised

Milibnd has said several times during the conference that he wants to bring back Socialism. I have seen no evidence that the UK wants socialism. Michael Foot tried it and failed miserably. His election manifesto was called the longest suicide note in history. Let's hope Miliband has similar success.

Both pilots on a Airbus passenger plane were asleep at the same time with the UK-operated aircraft flying on autopilot.
but no mention in the whole article of the airline involved ..... why would that be?

Out of the money it sells the "silver" off at.

No compensation and with reduction for any "prunings" sold off.


I did see the cartoon and thought it indicated Ed showing his teeth rather ducking out of limelight when things are going wrong with slogan held by somebody else saying "It is not my fault Guv" Ashcroft and Muddy haven't told me yet what to do".

This could apply to Syria or a £5million donation to party headquarters.

Manuel,

Sounds as if Cameron and Osborne were in charge of the bus.

It will be interesting to see the polls over the next few weeks?

Interesting how Miliband is tightening up his party machinery.

How popular was Disraeli in his early days?

An unfortunate example eh? Disraeli was one of the architects of the Conservative party. Maybe there could be some similarity with Miliband as they both had Victorian ideas.

Hays,

Yes, but he was successful politician besmirched and ridiculed by the political "opposition" and in the media of that day.

And I have a "feeling" Ed is going to do similarly.

He engages his brain before making policy.

The reactions by the con party attack dogs in the media can be seen as indicators of your party's fears.

Iran seems to be heading towards verifiable peaceful use of nuclear technology. If that continues and results in Iran abandoning nuclear weapons (I am not sure if they were developing them anyway). will that prompt Israel to give up their nuclear weapons that they have has since 1967. If not, then why not?

i'm quite certain that iran is and will continue to develop their own nuclear weaponry ..... as far as israel is concerned, iran is far from the only enemy, so there's as much likelihood of those being abandoned as fred's lion and lamb lying down together

Talking of Polls Fred just look at this, the ultra right wing one.........

electionista‏@electionista17h
UK - YouGov/Sun poll: CON 32%, LAB 41%, LDEM 8%, UKIP 11%

Labour now 9 points in front of the Tories.

Hays..... Cynic .......WHY has it gone so wrong for the Tories????????????????????????

Want to comment on the TREND Hays............... LOL.

No hiding now Tory Boys.

PRIVATE SHARE HOLDERS HAVE NO CLOUT
BARCS INVESTOR RELATIONS HAVE MADE JENKINS A LIAR
they will not answer e mails about the performance of the bank
while filling their own bank balance crooks .