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.

Colonic by Emily Haworth-Booth

Emily Haworth-Booth has been awarded the Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize 2013. This is her winning entry


The Observer, Saturday 26 October 2013 17.00 BST

http://www.theguardian.com/books/interactive/2013/oct/26/colonic-emily-haworth-booth-graphic-short-story-prize

Did THAT win a prize

UK mortgage approvals highest since February 2008

September figures likely to be seized on by those who argue government's Help to Buy scheme risks creating new bubble



Katie Allen

theguardian.com, Tuesday 29 October 2013 11.39 GMT


Mortgages approved by British lenders jumped to their highest level for more than five years in September, fanning fears the housing market was already heating up even before the latest government support kicked in.

Banks, building societies and other lenders approved 66,735 mortgages in September, the biggest monthly total since February 2008, before the global financial crisis took hold.

The figures, from the Bank of England, were just ahead of City forecasts of 66,000 and compared with an upwardly revised 63,396 in August. Mortgage approvals are seen by economists as a good early indicator of where the housing market is headed.


More: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/29/mortgage-approvals-february-2008-help-to-buy



Snippet from the comment section:


bill9651

29 October 2013 12:00pm


I fear that first time buyers are being led up the garden path and will end up with negative equity when the help to buy scheme is withdrawn and interest rates rise. And if they default, the taxpayer will pick up the bill.





FastCars

29 October 2013 12:04pm




The government don't really give a shit. They just need the bubble to last up to 2015.

perhaps before making one (yet another) of your silly political comments, you may want to have a look at historical mortgage information .... i don't have any idea of the answer, but i wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that, even before the so-called bubble got to a so-called critical mass, that mortgage applications were considerably higher

the number of houses on estate agents books and/or the speed with which they turned properties would also be interesting

Interesting grilling of Energy Supply cheifs by MPs.

Looks to me like John Major was correct a one off Wind Fall Tax and breaking up of the big boys is required to create competition.

This of course would be sorted By Milli during 2015 to 2017.

Torries idea of swithching eco taxes to the tax system is just a transfer of blame and would still leave customers with bigger bills.

Interesting the smallest provider reckons he can provide energy 13% cheaper than the big boys and very notable the big cheese are getting record busting pay rises whilst the rest of us suffer.

Milly should have a good PMQs tomorrow on the back of this.

AND you STICKY CYNIC leave Max alone, hes a very nice man a very very nice man. A very nice man indeed.

why should i?
if he sticks his head over the parapet he deserves to get shot at from time to time
some misguideds would also say that i too am a very nice man a very very nice man, but it doesn't stop the brickbats being hefted my way :-)

Dave Camoron‏@EtonOldBoys15m
Cameron losing control over energy policy, just rejoice at that news #votetory

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/24/edmiliband-davidcameron?CMP=twt_gu

Oh your back are you? And what prey were you doing in sodding Norwich (no don't bother we don't want to know) on a work day then? -):

surely you know the acronym!
more seriously, i was actually seeing a good client of mine/ours

How much is that going to cost the Tax payer?

Yep, election time cometh.


"The government don't really give a shit. They just need the bubble to last up to 2015."

Cynic your post 31879..................

in reply.........House prices in London and the South East both raced past their 2008 peaks and stood at an average of £438,000 and £303,000 respectively, while prices in the East of England and the South West also edged close to their previous highs.

London house prices rise by 9.7% sparking fears of new property bubble
Concerns over Government initiatives to kick-start the housing market

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-house-prices-rise-by-97-sparking-fears-of-new-property-bubble-8822383.html

A minister for turds?



EU seeks to standardise the flush on lavatories

European Commission to unveil new EU rules setting a standard flush for lavatories






By Bruno Waterfield, Brussels

6:14PM GMT 29 Oct 2013


The European Union will next week unveil new rules to standardise the flush on lavatories despite the admission that there are "very significant variations" on flushing habits across Europe "including cultural aspects".


Plans for the harmonised euro-flush will be tabled by the European Commission as part of an "Ecolabel" acting as a gold standard for officially approved lavatories aimed at cutting water use.


Martin Callanan MEP, the leader of the Conservative bloc in the European Parliament and Tory spokesman on EU environment measures, condemned the proposals.


He accused the commission of breaking a promise made by its president José Manuel Barroso, in a Telegraph article last week, to cut red tape by not meddling in "small things".


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10412676/EU-seeks-to-standardise-the-flush-on-lavatories.html

View of the UK

Another Bully boy attempt by Cameron a PMQs.

Red faced and blustering.

Hear that the Papers lose Privy Council injunction bid.

Interesting to see when the dust settles who will get the the backlash.

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The lady is a charmer!

I suppose she is being used a shield for IDS or to toughen him up.

The most likely conclusion of the Privy Council papers system is that the Guardian, Independent and others will ignore it. At some stage they will be hit with a very large fine and appeal to the EU court and win. That will leave the system in ruins and show that it is pointless.

I remember the debate we had at the time.

Well done to that young lady for sticking it out and proving I D S is nothing but a bully boy who blames the working classes for his fall down the Tory Ranks.

Yes Fred, Fat Dave was trying to win some much needed ground today after his last 4 apperances in PMQs, but sadly yet again failed miserably in fact at one point I thought he was going to blow up. Lynton Crosbys aggresive tactics are failing.

Milli is very crafty in that he is keeping the energy debate going, expect the polls to show labours lead stretching further this weekend.