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.

Have you Little Englanders considered all moving to the same area and then setting up your own "Little England Country" within it? You could then lobby the government for some sort of Independence/Self Government, something like Wales, Scotland or more recently Cornwall?

This place is probably to far north for most of you http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/lakedistrictandcumbria/10752789/Saddleback-Mountain-for-sale-yours-for-1.75-million.html... But I think you may get the idea with a bit of intelligent thinking.

No takers? Bit further to go but how about this one then http://www.property.org.uk/unique/islands.shtml

Sorry Stan.

The bbc one wont open, and the second one is a bit beyond my reach.

Looking at the asking prices, it's Nu Socialists only.

Max, try again another one inserted.

Cheers Stan.

Is he related to Tony Blair?

Hays Hays Hays.......the trend is with labour.......

2 Polls out today showing Labour continuing to lead.

Latest Ashcroft and Populus polls
27 MAY 2014

I’ve been laid low with a stomach bug all day so haven’t had time to really write about today’s polling. For the record though here are the two new polls from Lord Ashcroft and Populus.

Lord Ashcroft’s poll has topline figures of CON 29%, LAB 31%, LDEM 8%, UKIP 17% – a nice post-local election boost for UKIP and the highest they’ve recorded in a telephone poll to date. Tabs are here.

In contrast Populus have figures of CON 34%, LAB 36%, LDEM 9%, UKIP 14%. Their fourteen point figure for UKIP is just the same as last week.

36% gives Labour a CERTAINTY OF AN OVERAL MAJORITY.

POPULOUS had the Tories 1 point in front last week.

You mean the dog Max -):

Fred - Just fuck off to France and take Stan with you. gf the longer you side with the left wing shite the longer your credibility just goes down and down. Cue song Status Quo!

He he he, Christine the voice of reason. LMAO

Remember this Chris, Everton will always be a back street club,

whilst UNITED will always be GREAT.

Well well well, the SUN warning Camoron that they will support Labour at the next GE if he doesnt take notice.

Things are getting bad for the Tories

Dil - 23 May 2014 09:28 - 41226 of 41528 edit this post

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.






Whole of western EU seems p*ssed off with EU , did the east EU have elections ?

Housing boom.

According to this article, Harrow is now 12x+ average salary to buy a house.

Kensington is 22x, but always was absurd.


Roll over the areas and see how bad it's getting in the S/E.

It might be grim oop north, but at least you can buy a house at a realistic price.


Interactive map here:

http://www.theguardian.com/money/ng-interactive/2014/may/23/-sp-see-how-house-prices-have-risen

Stan - 27 May 2014 21:09 - 41519 of 41530

Have you Little Englanders considered all moving to the same area and then setting up your own "Little England Country" within it? You could then lobby the government for some sort of Independence/Self Government, something like Wales, Scotland or more recently Cornwall?

Thats the 3nd time you have posted that , it was childish and unfunny the first time

if we can by-pass the usual workers' party hogwash for a moment .....

on reflection, and having read of some of the reaction in brussels, it's beginning to look that the upsurge in eurosceptic representation will be - or at least could be if played correctly - of great benefit to DC and his party in renegotiating a number of issues

i thought it particularly interesting that the hot federalist favourite to take over commission presidency, has suddenly lost traction
it is also very encouraging to see that angela merkel and others are also suddenly talking about the need for significant reform

of course, talking about reform, and actually acting and enacting are still a very long way apart, but at least it's a move in the right direction

Dil,



"Whole of western EU seems p*ssed off with EU , did the east EU have elections ?"



I think the first phrase is right, but I think the EU is being scapegoated for incompetent political leadership at the moment.

The masses like to blame their "mummies and daddies" for failing them, even though they are responsible for the failures.

(Borrowing, to much.)

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I think the housing cool down, may in part be due to insecurity of the "future prospects" and distrusts about future employment and earnings.

My "kids" are in their 50s and "feel" unable to plan ahead because of "turbulence" and future uncertainties in the employment market and not prepared to take "risks".

With the present crew in charge I don't blame them being cautious.

The "ether" of the Maggie Thatchers "quick buck era" is still operating and effects seconomic policies.

Ain't it nice to be retired!

I agree cynic , watching Newsnight with Paxo last night it came across like that , it is why i voted UKIP last week . The people have spoken / voted , will Cameron listen ? we already know Labour won't ..
I think he will and as you say it will give him more clout to renegotiate now .

Top Tory lord Norman Tebbit admits hard-up food bank families are wrongly being denied benefits
May 26, 2014 20:55 By James Lyons

The 83-year-old, who once urged jobless to 'get on their bikes' and find work, was forced to eat "humble pie" after attacking emergency handouts.

Right-whinger: Lord Tebbit first said claimants took emergency handouts to save money for junk food

Norman Tebbit has admitted people are being forced to use food banks because they are wrongly being denied benefits.

The Tory grandee, 83, recently sparked anger by suggesting ­claimants took emergency handouts to save money which they then spent on junk food.

But he said he was eating “humble pie” after seeing a food bank in action.

Writing on his blog, he went on: “I was impressed with the quality and dedication of the people working there.

“There was a systematic approach to uncovering the deeper problems which had brought people to the point where they simply did not have enough money to buy adequate food.

“Some had fallen foul of the bureaucratic processes of welfare support, leaving them waiting for, or even denied, the cash support to which they were entitled.”

Lord Tebbit, who once urged the jobless to get on their bikes and find work, had previously attacked the huge growth in food banks which handed out more than a million parcels last year.

He claimed their popularity was down to “near infinite demand for valuable goods given away free”.



Helping hand: There has been a 163% increase in food bank use
But after visiting the Trussell Trust food bank in Haverhill, Suffolk, the former Employment Secretary and party chairman admitted: “There was no slap-happy handing over of boxes.

“The staff worked through ­procedures to establish whether the claimant was genuine and how he or she came to be in such need.

“Sometimes that was the failure of the bureaucracy, sometimes alcohol or family breakup.

“But whatever it turned out to be there was someone to act as a champion, offering counselling on money management, job-seeking or further education.”

The right-winger said the visit made him think that too many young people had not been taught how to look after themselves and find a job.

jimmy - it's not just the uk x ukip vote, but a similar and widespread reaction throughout eu

EDINBURGH, May 28 (Reuters) - Scots will each be 1,400 pounds ($2,400) a year better off if they vote to remain part of the United Kingdom, Britain's deputy finance minister Danny Alexander said on Wednesday. Alexander put his case for Scots to oppose independence in a referendum of Sept. 18, shortly after Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said an independent Scotland's public finances would be at least as strong as the rest of the United Kingdom's. ID:nL6N0OE25Q "By staying together, Scotland's future will be safer, with stronger finances and a more progressive society," Alexander said. "It means a UK dividend of 1,400 pounds a year for every man, woman and child in Scotland." Salmond said that if Scotland had full powers to run its economy without interference from London, it would be 5 billion pounds a year richer by 2030 - something Alexander dismissed as a "bogus bonus". "They're desperately trying to distract attention from that fundamental question ... that there simply wouldn't be the same level of resources available for public services if Scotland were independent," Alexander said. Scottish nationalists differ sharply with anti-independence campaigners on likely future tax revenue from North Sea oil, as well as whether an independent Scotland would be able to boost producitivty and slow the ageing of Scotland's population.

So if Scotland are £1400 a person better off if they stay with the UK I'm thinking how much better off I'd be if they left...!