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.

would that the railway network in this country was any help at taking heavy loads off the road, but it doesn't and probably can't work that way ....... the overall distances are not that great and tell me what happens when you get your "heavy load" to the nearest destination railhead

for our business, other than for the oil rig biz and similar, we avoid this country as it's horrendously expensive to move the kit out .... hence rotterdam and antwerp remain the key hubs

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not worth expanding, but i wouldn't expect you to have anything other than abusive to say about thatcher ..... we'll agree to differ :-)

elec/gas prices - pre-payment meters
i am amazed that no one but no one has picked up on the outrageous over-pricing that occurs with this type of fuel supply
pre-payment meters are most frequently found in the poorer households, either because the companies will not allow credit (understandable) or because the families don't want to be landed with hefty bills every month

the power companies benefit because they don't have to invoice or chase for money and indeed get their money up front, yet the tariff for these meters is highest of all
this is surely one of the geatest abuses and easiest targets for anyone to tackle who wants to help the poorer households, but the silence is deafening

This is true, had any trouble getting into work this morning Alf?

no - not there yet (still having my coffee at home!) but I walk anyway - unless i'm playing golf later

Ah right, Windy down there?

yes but not ridiculously so and now dry too

electionista‏@electionista27 Oct
UK - YouGov poll: CON 33%, LAB 39%, LDEM 9%, UKIP 12% // 27% approve of the Govt, 59% disapprove // 36% say PM Cameron doing well, 58% badly

Cameroon must know he's on his way out, so whats in it for him?

A knighthood?????

Cameron to "get knighted" G/F ?... Sounds about right then -):

A Lairdship and off to sproutland more like!

6 foot of soil, probably.

He reminds me on one of my last end games, which I lost.

Just wondering when then tories will dump him.

They need a better PR agent.

I can hear the knives being sharpened behind him.

Hear party donations are down.

Hays thinks hes the best thing since sliced bread.!!!!

Not a fan of sliced bread.

And Hays said on Friday their is no energy price crisis in this country...........THE TRUTH EXPOSED......................................

David Cameron Demands Big Six Energy Firms Explain Price Hikes
The Huffington Post UK | By Asa Bennett Posted: 28/10/2013 14:04 GMT

Data from the industry regulator, Ofgem, shows that while price rises announced this autumn by the companies have averaged 9.1%, wholesale prices have risen by just 1.7% - adding just £10 to the average household bill of £600.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/28/ofgem-energy-prices_n_4169275.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-politics&ir=UK+Politics

Were these friends of Wavey Dave?

If they are found guilty, I wonder if they will spill the beans on their old friends Murdoch and a few others on the run up to the next election?

Of course, it would be a biography for a small fee.

A lot of fuss about nothing.

that it's not, but whether much will be remembered in 18 months time is another matter.

the convener + unite in grangemouth has at least as much mileage

Nah!