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.

BBC Question Time ‏@bbcquestiontime 1h
The panel for tonight's #bbcqt - @dannyalexander, @RachelReevesMP, David Davis, @wmarybeard and @NickFerrariLBC.


Give them some stick Rachel.

GF,

Before you bin your machine, check your line in from BT with somebody else's laptop.

I had similar problems and the IP wanted to flog me everything under the sun until I got them to get a Electrician to shin up the pole outside my house and replace old length.,

No problems for 2 -3 years until recently, when I think they have change the nearby station.

Nelson Mandela passes away.

R.I.P.

Cheers Fred, got a computer chap coming round at 10am.

you must have a pc with inbred tory defenses and which has got bored with the socialist tripe spewing from it :-)

just back home and i'm a complete numpty - my bag of duty frees got left on the back of the trolley at heathrow, so someone will be rubbing their hands with glee

Cyners Hays read this and weep..........


Ipsos MORI Autumn Statement 2013 Poll

Britons more likely to agree with Ed Balls that George Osborne in denial about cost of living than to think Osborne’s long term plan for recovery is working

Public split over long term impact of government’s economic policies
An Ipsos MORI snap poll carried out in the evening following the Autumn Statement shows that when asked whether they agree with Ed Balls that George Osborne is in denial about the cost of living crisis or with George Osborne that his long term plan for economic recovery is working, the public agree with Mr Balls over Mr Osborne by 40% to 24%. A quarter (27%) say they agree with neither.

The public are split on the long-term impact of the government’s policies on Britain’s economy: 40% think they will improve the economy, while 38% disagree. However, they are more pessimistic on public services. One in five (21%) think the government’s policies will improve Britain’s public services in the long term, but 54% disagree.
On the Autumn Statement itself, just over half (56%) said they saw, read or heard something about it on the news or online, while another 8% said they watched it in full. A third, 34%, hadn’t seen anything about it - and young people were much less likely to have seen anything about it than older people
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On one of the measures announced today, linking retirement age to life expectancy, 30% support the policy and 58% say they oppose it.

Perhaps not surprisingly, many people are unable to estimate the impact of the Autumn Statement at this early stage (although this is less the case for those who had watched it on the news). Among those who do have a view, they are much more likely to think it will benefit rich people (47% think it was good for rich people, 5% bad) than poor people (14% good, 44% bad). Their initial reactions on the impact for people like themselves are also on balance negative – 42% think it was bad for people like them, compared with 15% who think it was good.

Download the poll topline (PDF)
Download the charts (PDF)

Gideon Skinner, Head of Political Research at Ipsos MORI, said:
“The Conservatives have seen their ratings on managing the economy rise in line with general optimism about the economy. However, many people also feel that the growth in the economy is not benefiting their own standard of living, and this is reflected in the finding that 40% agree with Ed Balls that George Osborne is in denial about the cost of living crisis. But these are people’s initial reactions – there is still time for them to change as they digest the Autumn Statement - and in particular the media’s interpretation of it.”

Technical Note
Ipsos MORI interviewed 1,071 online adults aged between 18 to 75 across Great Britain. Interviews were conducted using Ipsos’ online panel on the evening of 5th December 2013. Data are weighted to match the profile of the population.

http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3309/Ipsos-MORI-Autumn-Statement-2013-Poll.aspx

Cyners that duty free will be all cheap plonk.

Far healthier to do without it. Thats the plus side.................. YOU numpty.

Cracking performance from Ballsup yesterday, hope Red ED keeps him on.
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IDS In Deep s-it. ie the tories.

What a brilliant man. Him up above.

cynic 33646

you must have a pc with inbred tory defenses and which has got bored with the socialist tripe spewing from it :-)


No need.

You right wing fascists are killing yourselves off.

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Duty free.

I hope that was a good bottle or two of vintage cognac for the socialist cause.
I hope that was a

He looked a bit hotter yesterday, perhaps the subsidised heating needs reducing.
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WOW just look at this taken after the Autumn statement.

Tory boys .......BALLS was right Giddeon is in denial.............and this is the SUN the Tory wrag flagship.

labour go into a 12% lead.......

electionista ‏@electionista 11h
UK - YouGov/Sun poll: CON 29%, LAB 41%, LDEM 9%, UKIP 14%

YOU CANT CON THE PUBLIC/ELECTORATE. take note Tories.

Call Me Dave isn't interested in all that rubbish.

Ed Balls----The Tommy Cooper of the commons, everything he does goes wrong.
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no booze at all actually, and indeed nothing for me personally ...... a christmas pressie for the lady who works with me here in the office, and some requested cigars for my GC sec

Red Balls! Knives are out for humiliated Ed: Day of mockery for the shadow chancellor who still can't accept he was wrong

#RedEd was trending on Twitter today as he suffered in the Commons
Labour source admitted point 'was not made well in the chamber today'
George Osborne says Balls should have gone to piano exam instead
Pair clash as figures show growth of 1.4% this year, up from 0.6% forecast


By Tim Shipman

PUBLISHED: 14:30, 5 December 2013 | UPDATED: 02:12, 6 December 2013




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2518768/Autumn-Statement-disaster-leaves-Ed-Balls-red-faced.html