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.

depends how you define christianity of course, but equally don't forget the very bloody and brutal wars and crusades in the middle-ages between christians and islam

christians of course don't have too hot a reputation for tolerance of other religions and beliefs, despite that the Good Book tells them .... the inquisition comes to mind

Labour Wants To Link Minimum Wage To Earnings
sounds good and of course the unions will love it
BUT
the consequences for a multitude of small businesses and certainly the catering industry and all sorts of others, and thus the economy, will be badly hit

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i'm afraid it's something of just a populist politician's soundbite, without the consequences being properly thought through ..... but then when you're in opposition, you don't need to

a good scrubber
or doesn't she scrub up well :-)

Very nice... :-)

cynic

Veal grates have been banned in the UK for years now , same in the EU i think

and 32% said they did not care about slaughter methods at all, Thought we were a country of animal lovers, maybe a lot of the 32% were non British.

Thought for today

Do Fred and Stan wear cloth caps and go wippit racing together

i've checked and you're right; banned in whole eu since 2007 but still allowed in usa

meanwhile, you can create the same result as below ...
Formula-fed ("white" or "milk-fed") veal, from calves that are raised on a milk formula supplement. The meat colour is ivory or creamy pink, with a firm, fine, and velvety appearance. They are usually slaughtered when they reach 18–20 weeks of age, 450 to 500 pounds (200 to 230 kg).

Many people won't eat veal at all and think there shouldn't be any. They forget the link with their fresh milk which would disappear.

Beloved won't though she'll eat calve's liver!
don't even think of asking for the logic!!!

Pleasure over principle.

don't pursue that line please :-))

Any views on the SAGA plc floatation ?

Have you seen

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/germany-to-play-central-but-expensive-role-in-sanctions-against-russia-a-959019.html

Comments are interesting too.

Yes Oakapples, avoid IMHO.

bad link

SAGA: It is widely thought, that the IPO is purely for Acromis to refinance and the big motivation is to help the top guys get themselves some cash. e.g. Andrew Goodsell, CEO will certainly make more than £100m and I have read the IPO could net him as much as £210m

Nothing wrong with SAGA as a company, but if you want to invest, there may well be an opportunity to pick the shares up cheaper after the shares hit the market.

There's plenty of comment about but you do have to search for it.

DYOR

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/germany-to-play-central-but-expensive-role-in-sanctions-against-russia-a-959019.html