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.

fred - i don't think anyone of any party is particularly enamoured with their particular party leader ...... whoever loses will no doubt be given the choice of either hemlock or falling on his sword

Weak Ponces the lot of them !!!!!

not far from the mark
i think there may be a couple of potential decent candidates in labour's ranks, but the tories look bereft of of real talent, unless (s)he's hiding under a bushel

Adam Afriyie, tory, sounds like a nice guy ,grew up on a council estate in Peckham and made all his own money ,he's intelligent too.

cynic
The book arrived. I am reading it at the moment. I know of the author already. He writes for Haaretz and I have seen him on TV a few times.

Alders CEY..... our kids just in profit shame they have put the court date back again to october.

that's certainly the chap hays, but it's worth reading right to the end before commenting
i found it very interesting indeed and it taught me lots of things about israel which i never knew
did it change my view of that country?
can't say that it did, but as you probably recollect, i am no zionist nor even a supporter of israeli charities ..... but nor do i share your view either, if i remember it correctly :-)

RIGHT MESSAGE FOR MANUEL....................

Not one mention to Hays today clogging up the thread with political gestures at Ed Milliband. Hes been at it all day but not a peep from you. Check all the posts.

Now if that had been me or Fred having a go at Fat Dave youd have been on here saying and complaing both of us were on our soap boxes messing up the thread.

I was right yesterday as long as it suits your agenda politicaly you think thats ok but woe betide if it goes against your political agenda.

Right gloves off no listening to you anymore no more two faced clap trap to listen to, the individual sets the debate at anyone time on here and you can tell Hays rent boy Chris Carson that goes for him aswel on here.

And I thought I had had a bad day!

8-)

what ho old chap .... was out of the office until about 15:00, but it sounds as though you may have been at pomeroy's best at lunchtime

CEY
confess i can no longer get excited about this one
as i mentioned a few ago, egypt remains very tense and unsettled and this is having a very negative effect on biz over there

GF - Not my fault Man Utd are Shite! :O)

IMF rushes through $15bn Ukraine bailout
The International Monetary Fund is expected to announce a rescue package for Ukraine of about $15bn as early as Thursday in hopes that the initial aid payments could be made by the end of April, according to officials involved in the negotiations

is this "gift aid" regardless of the result of the impending election?

See what I mean, he as no answer, reckon hes frightened of Hays.

Your always out most of the day and then come on compaining later in the day, whats your excuse today?????????????????????????????????????????

No good me and Fred having a go as weve been filtered.

CPI calculation
i had hoped to find a list of everything that went into this calculation, but was unable to do so
the nearest bit of useful info that i could find is as follows .....

Over the last five years, the three main contributors to the 12-month inflation rate have been food & non-alcoholic beverages; housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels; and transport (including motor fuels). Combined, these three sectors have, on average, accounted for over half of the 12-month inflation rate each month.


i think i am right in saying that mortgage costs are taken into account in the RPI calculation, which though a different calc, broadly follows CPI

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sticky - what on earth are you ranting about, or are even you not sure?

The 'shopping basket' of items making up the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and Retail Prices Index (RPI) are reviewed every year. Some items are taken out of the basket, some are brought in, to reflect changes in the market and to make sure the CPI and RPI are up to date and representative of consumer spending patterns.

Latest list

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/user-guidance/prices/cpi-and-rpi/cpi-and-rpi-basket-of-goods-and-services/cpi-and-rpi-2013-basket-of-goods-and-services.pdf

Its not what goes into CPI its what doesnt go into CPI that is the main issue and it excludes Food, Energy, and mortgage costs.

How on earth can ANY government compare wage/salary inflation with CPI without these 3 basics added in.

More and more of disposable income is going on these 3 items above.

The way of calculating inflation should be changed.

Chris Carson, Hays>>>>>>>>>>rent boy.

Man Utd wrong thread.

Your lowering the standards of this board down to nearly as bad as those on advfn.

Boris for €l Presidente.

Boris was born in the US, so he can run or President.
Apparantly, when he was a kid he said he wanted to be World King.

Clegg vs Farage live tonight at 7pm on http://www.lbc.co.uk/ hosted by Nick Ferrari

Watch it on LBC at: http://www.lbc.co.uk/watch-lbc-leaders-debate-live---26th-march-87667



Also live on Sky News (501 or 517)

"The Lib Dem and UKIP leaders go head to head over Britain's future in Europe"

You can also follow it here:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/clegg-vs-farage-live-lib-3287848#ixzz2x60wmZbv