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.

DONG yes couldnt agree more. Perhaphs it should read DUNG. Keep of the Meths.

Your cheats have been found out Hays.

Why is the gov borrowing more money?

An interesting consequence of Scotland leaving the UK is they will lose 41 seats in parliament. That will make getting Labour elected much more difficult.

If the Conservatives get a clear majority next time they will put through the constituency boundary changes which was blocked by the Libs in this parliament. That will cost the Conservatives 14 seats, Labour 18 seats and the Libs a huge 18 seats.

Who will gain these seats?

Why is the government borrowing more money Hays?.

Come on Hays dont be shy why are the government borrowing more money and obviously incurring % charges on top of this??????

Is this deficit thingy(hows your father) falling or as it decreased or is it rising.

The Euro may be a better choice for Scotland.

Osborne on spending

A Conservative government would match Labour's projected public spending totals for the next three years, shadow chancellor George Osborne has said.
He pledged two years of 2% increases.
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OSBOURNE......" "The charge from our opponents that we will cut services becomes transparently false."...............ends

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Imagine if we were seeing pictures on TV of some foreign country that was drowning, instead of Somerset, our Government would have sent a few £billions in aid by now.

Spot on DB. What about all this money in foreign aid to pakistans education which is syphoned away corruptly.

Time we got our prioritys right.

Plus plenty of poorer people in these Somerset villages we should be saving.

Not all are rich farmers etc etc.

Will they be able to afford insurance in future!!!!!!!!

Will they be able to get insurance?
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come on guys .... surely you're sophisticated enough to know that foreign aid isn't just a hand-out .... at the very least, it has uk long term interests attaching, either overtly or more subtly

You mean it used to have.

nothing has changed in that respect ..... in fact, i'm quite surprised that you aren't saying that 0.7% of GDP (i think that's the amount) isn't a bit stingy

No not when folk in this country need the dosh.

Im all for it in good times, ie fly the flag etc but not when people are using food banks in a developed economy.

on that basis, we'ld never ever give foreign aid, and at whatever level you want to take that, it can't possibly be right

Of course foreign aid isn't just a hand-out, it's usually a politically motivated waste of British taxpayers money.

And our muppet, Minister of the Environment, turns up in Somerset in a pair of black brogues when the county is up to it's bollocks in water.

Foreign aid is often used to create a climate of potential influence in a region.

Yep and is often used to feather some dictators nest.