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.

Rubbish Hays Mcvey well out of her depth booing and hissing earlier on same for telegraph bloke.

Scotish asian guy started very well but went downhill after .

Ashdown his normal boring self.

Flynt consistent throughout takes it.

The audience were a bit shocked as Stanley told a few home truths that you can't just have a petition signed by 200,000 and expect to get your way as the other 60m didn't sign it and maybe disagree. It is the typical left wing petulance when they dobpn't get their way. The answer is they were wrong!

Q T

Flynt is a street fighter, shel murder the dwarf. Flint lost a onesided fight.

Paddy Ashdown outclassed Flint and the Scottish guy

Ester Mcvey done ok overall

Tim Stanley was the best , Ashdown a good 2nd

Britons have shifted in favour of voting to stay in the European Union, an exclusive poll reveals today.

More than half the public, 54 per cent, would vote to remain a member of the EU if an in-out referendum was held now. Only 37 per cent say they would vote to leave according to pollsters Ipsos MORI.

The finding is a dramatic turnaround from the voters’ verdict in November 2012 when 48 per cent wanted to leave and 44 per cent to stay.

It means opinion has turned around since David Cameron responded to the rise of Ukip in 2013 by pledging to stage an in-out referendum before the end of 2017.

Britons are deeply divided when offered a wider range of possible options for Britain’s future relationship with Europe. Only 13 per cent want “closer political and economic integration” and just 20 per cent say quitting altogether would be their first choice.

Some 30 per cent would like to return to being part of an economic community, without political links, while 32 per cent would keep things the same.

The survey found evidence that many people who intend to vote Ukip in next week’s European elections may defect to other parties or abstain when it comes to next year’s general election.

Nine per cent were “certain” they will vote for a Ukip MEP next week, but only four per cent felt sure they will back a Ukip candidate at the general election.

In a blow to party leader Nigel Farage, 57 per cent agreed that a vote for Ukip in a general election would be “a wasted vote” — a figure even higher than the 54 per cent who felt the same about voting Liberal Democrat.

But the poll found many people think Ukip has championed issues that the bigger parties ignore.

Some 51 per cent agree Ukip is “highlighting important issues which other parties are not taking seriously enough”.

The figure includes 59 per cent of people who voted Conservative in 2010 and 43 per cent of those who voted Labour. However, over four in 10 people think Ukip is “out of touch with the modern world”.

Gideon Skinner, head of political reseach at Ipsos MORI, said: “Many people clearly can’t see themselves casting a vote for UKIP, especially once the European elections are over.

#40830 looks spot on, that's the take I got from it as well.

The Mcvey bint looked like she was going to throw a hissy fit at any moment, Flynt stuffed her good and proper :-)

Stanley was the voice of reason and logic (not always what you want to hear)

Alders.....come off it. Mcvey and the Telegraph bloke had audience hissing at them at one stage. I reckon nobody stood out really.

In most shows you do get someone who stands out above everyone else but last night
it was equal all around i reckon bar Mcvey who is a poor politician.

Latest MP projection is hung parliament with Labour short by 1.

http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/ukpr-projection-2

Alders have you decided which S Better you are going with?.

Haystack.

You don't post links...so can you say what size that poll was?

Hays........This is a crude measure and can result in some illogical and impossible projections.

Will be interesting to see this weekend polls.

Cameron go's for a walk.

Hays question........would you support a Tory government with Mike Portillo as leader Ken Clarke as Chancelor and John Redwood in the Home Office?????.

he he nice one Stan........brilliant fair tickled me.

Ill borrow that for a few other boards I go on cheers.

Link to Euro poll

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/now-54-of-us-want-to-stay-in-the-european-union-says-poll-9376931.html

Portillo would be a teribble PM and I certainly wouldn't want Redwood. I am quite happy with the current line up.

ken clarke was excellent in his day, hush puppies and all and certainly portillo is no idiot .... nevertheless, these are all "yesterday's men" so the question remains, if you want to ditch cameron (i confess i'm not enamoured of him) who would you have in his place and who in the cabinet?

the tories, as with labour, seem to lack any people of charisma (and gravitas?) to whom one can look up and whose opinion would be genuinely and generally valued

WHAT.........Hays you deserve what you get then.

FTSE 250 diving again, this looks rather serious.

Lost £80 grand in 1.2 days and im down to 95% cash.

Hays why would Portillo be a terrible PM??? dont forget he was Thatchers blue eyed boy and as since matured. In fact I remember Thatcher saying he would make an ideal succesor to herself.

I cant understand what you have against him!!

it would be interesting to know whom sticky (perhaps to re-christen as Godfather "Triste Pecore") would like to see on the tory front-bench and leader so that he would once again vote for that party