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.

re: European Parliament elections


An eye opener, do they give a prediction as to seat wins?

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Unless we change the way we fund universities, our system will collapse
Soon the only graduates carrying on their studies will be the sons and daughters of the very rich or those who can secure bursaries, scholarships and grants

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/13/england-leave-funding-universities-students

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Mr Cameron's government is like a poor Thatcherite tribute band
The 80s feel to the Royal Mail sell-off and the Help to Buy scheme betrays a distinct lack of new Tory ideas


http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/13/camerons-tories-poor-imitation-thatcher

600000 migrants on uk benefits not working

600,000 unemployed EU citizens living in Britain at a cost of £1.5billion to the NHS
The study will be published this week by the European Commission
Number of EU migrants rose by 42 per cent between 2006 and 2012

European Commissioner wants to make it easier for EU migrants to claim benefits in the uk

The Labour opposition have done yet another U turn. After bitching about free schools, they have announced that they won't close any and in fact would open more. They will just change their name.

This follows their admission that they would not cancel any of the benefit cuts. It must be difficult for Labour to know what they believe in. They seem to have adopted the tactic of adopting policies that have public support.

it's the same for all coloured parties throughout history, yet we still get the barking dogs in each corner

it'll be interesting to see what the press makes of everything, especially the economic recovery, when we enter the home straight towards the next election ..... I saw little flickerings in the papers somewhere this w/e with regard to an uptick in confidence and feel-good across the board

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Yep, economy all fixed, sunlit uplands ahead for all!

perception and actuality are not always synonymous, but is nearly always perception that holds sway

At least, if USA doesn't settle the "debt" limit with a working agreement, George and wavy Davy will have somebody else to blame for their own failures.

Hey Ho.

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A kiss goodbye: Sir Richard Branson is off to the Caribbean – but not for tax reasons

Entrepreneur insists he can raise money for charity just as well from his private island


Alex Delmar-Morgan
Sunday 13 October 2013





When Sir Richard Branson stood on a collection of man-made islands in the shape of the world off the coast of Dubai in 2006, and planted a British flag in the sand dressed in a flamboyant Union Flag suit, he said: “I stake my claim on England.”


Now it seems Britain’s best-known entrepreneur is quitting the country that has made him his fortune. The flamboyant businessman has moved permanently to the Caribbean island he bought in 1979 where he will continue his extensive charitable and philanthropic work.

Sir Richard’s spokesman confirmed that the entrepreneur had decided to live permanently on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), but denied that the decision was related to tax matters.

“He moved there more than seven years ago, but rather than retiring there, he spends 90 per cent of his time starting not-for-profit ventures and raising millions for charity through speeches and other charitable engagements,” the spokesman said.

He added: “Since he gives 100 per cent of any monies he earns from these to charity, it makes no difference for tax purposes whether he is in the UK or the BVI.”

Writing on his personal blog, Sir Richard insisted that he had moved to the Caribbean to help preserve his health: “There is no better place to stay active and I can kitesurf, surf, play tennis, swim, do Pilates and just play.”

However, as a non-resident of the UK, he could save significant tax on income from his Virgin empire, experts said on Sunday.


More twaddle here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/a-kiss-goodbye-sir-richard-branson-is-off-to-the-caribbean--but-not-for-tax-reasons-8877375.html

It is good to see Boris and George working together to turn UK into a Chinese colony.

But even better to see London becoming the play ground for the Chinese and Russian Mafia.

The take over has speeded up under Dave.

But, I have always got Royal Mail to remind me of the "old days".

Labour's Rachel Reeves comes out with a classic, Labour will be tougher on benefits than the Tories, I recall 13 years in power and they did nothing to curb benefits then, infact they encouraged the benefit culture as those claimants would be inclined to vote for Labour. Bunch of hypocrites on Labour front benches.
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Perhaps this is more representative of ?

No need to burn the Guardian, just use it for bog roll,

George and Boris being charming the Chinese and nudging them to come over here to the UK.

- And spend (there are no limits on the numbers of Chinese who are able to do so - or the amounts they can spend - or where they can go to spend it)

- And invest (apparently, they are already going to do so in our Nuclear Power industry - but we would like them to do more of it in other areas too)

Interestingly, during a Question and Answer Session, only one question was directed to George Osborne

Hays,

Are you feeling more than usually constipated to-day?

No surprise you are as usual full of shit Fred!