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.

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.

Hays latest poll.

Labour still have enough for overal majority BUT NOTE fall off in support for UKIP. Libs back to 10% average. Wheres TANKER??

electionista ‏@electionista 16h
UK - YouGov/Sun poll:

CON 35%
LAB 38%
LDEM 10%
UKIP 11%

sticky - i did NOT say that i necessarily supported every country to which "we" give aid .... with that in mind, i refuse point blank to give to any african based charities, and there are a few others too .... though the populace may deserve aid, as has already been said, much of this aid will end up in the dictator's pocket

See Captain Invincible Cameron is sending in the troops to sort out the floods and the weather.

After 4 weeks.

Organisation for you.

Hear he is taking his bailer with him.

Bet he is going to blame the previous Labour government.

I wonder how many will vote tory,
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See the polls still give the Labour party 70 seat lead, should lead to some reforms.

See the Cameron has found reverse gear again.

Who is going to be the next stalking horse.


Theresa??????

Captain Invinsible Cameron has actually sent 2 ( TWO ) troops to Somerset right now - according to Sky news!