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.

With this huge Oil and Gas supposed to be under Southern England , do you think England will go for Independence soon.

Theirs a lot who voted tacticaly, myself for one voting UKIP in both elections, thinking that was best way to give Tories a kicking and its worked.........BUT

Ill be going back to labour at the GE.

Camoron must have one hell of a headache this morning given that his back benches are wanting to do deals with UKIP.

Cant see him doing that.

VICTIM no, but I think the south will be full of big pot holes very soon like Blackpool and the surounding area.

there would seem to be an awful lot of people who voted ukip by way of strong protest
how many stick there or revert to previous form is the great unknown, but assuredly the local elections will have done much more than create a ripple

glad "we" are back on board :-)

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fracking
from our experience elsewhere in the world, i think the disaster scenario painted by so many is pretty preposterous
even the effect on the local environment, actually and visually, looks badly exaggerated - qv wytch farm project in dorset

This is the seat UKIP will get at the GE........

Guido Fawkes ‏@GuidoFawkes 5m
COMMENTATORS NOTE: UKIP to take control of Castle Point council with independents.

This is what surprised me about Haystack's revelation . He doesn't like Europe but it isn't going to go away . It's all about waking these people up to the consequences of it.

i confess i am now ambivalent about membership of eu, though i assuredly voted for it at the outset
there are now so many issues within eu that i HATE, and i need some convincing to vote to stay in
the tories are the ONLY party that even wants to try to renegotiate and is then prepared to ask the country whether it wants to stay in

Hays hasnt even voted on the Euros so in my mind that forfeits him from making any comment.

And Ill remind him of this if he steps out of line.

All in the best possible taste of course.

ps, never even heard of Castle Point.....where is it???

What a crappy start for the market, one day up the next day down and on it goes.

Been like this for about a month or more......The Grand Old Duke Of York Syndrome.

Rather frustrating.

Going to have to get some Kip at some point having been up all night.

essex it would seem ...... no labour representation there at all .... ukip won 5 seats from the conservatives so now
tories = 21 seats
indies = 16 seats
ukip = 5 seats

an interesting example of what a spoiling vote can do

Yes all night on TV they have been saying Essex Man is now UKIP Man.

LOL this made me laugh. Beautifull animals cats.

Labour need to rethink it's policy on Europe after the UKIP showing.

Staying in with no referendum is not an option now imo and ditching Milliband should be an immediate priority.

The people have spoken and Labour need to listen.

Conservatives won't do a deal with UKIP and will suffer for it , Lib Dems are getting what they deserve after selling there souls for a share of power.

Interesting times.

The UN Security Council has approved sanctions against the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, five weeks after it kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls.

It will now be added to a list of al-Qaeda-linked organisations subject to an arms embargo and asset freeze.

US envoy Samantha Power said it was an "important step" in support of efforts to "defeat Boko Haram and hold its murderous leadership accountable".

Analysts say it is hard to say what practical effect the move will have.
It will now be added to a list of al-Qaeda-linked organisations subject to an arms embargo and asset freeze.

Now , only now. So we have allowed arm's and money to go to them even when we knew of the kidnapping of those school girls

"we"???? ...... not necessarily uk, but quite possibly some of the arab states + china and russia for their assorted reasons

I like Europe, don't like the system of MEPs

Nice headline in The Times today about Miliband

‘He looks weird, sounds weird, is weird - the truth’

I think most would go along with that Haystack :-)

even the guardian's headline doesn't have anything polite to say about labour's performance either

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hay's makes a strange promoter of democracy, for he doesn't like MEPs but presumably likes the concept of an elected parliament, and doesn't like trial by jury, though that is one of the cornerstones of a democracy

No they wouldnt.

Camoron looks like a Fat Budgie.

Anyway the Times knows Tories have taken a battering.

Take a look at the seats Tories have lost, now take a look how many UKIP have gained, notice how close the 2 figures are.

little wonder Tory Back benches want a deal with UKIP........but it wont happen.

Labours fault is over estimating how well they would do. Thing is tho like myself a lot of labour voters this time went and voted tacticaly and voted UKIP in both elections yesterday.

Theyl go back to labour at the GE.