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.

I read Farage's article above (in today's Telegraph) over my breakfast this AM

I join with him in passing the opinion that there is quite a lot we want back from Europe by way of determining our own national position on things. Cameron would most certainly do himself, and us, a power of good if he were to explain what he thinks they are or could be and how he might set about achieving such demands as a goal.

I saw Tony Blair on TV a few mornings ago and was greatly impressed. Blair takes the strong opinion (as does Ed Miliband) that there is no future for us outside Europe.

But we should lay the law down to them strongly and even threaten to leave if our sensible demands cannot be met.

Opinions of European citizens on the respective role of national governments and the European Union in major policy fields:

Policy field.........................Share of respondents.........................Share of respondents
.......................................considering that................................considering that
.......................................decisions should be............................decisions should be
.......................................made by national...............................made jointly within the
.......................................governments.....................................European Union


Economy............................45%.............................................. 51%
Fight against inflation...........42%...............................................54%
Support for regions facing
economic difficulties.............34%...............................................62%
Unemployment.....................57%...............................................40%
Social security.....................65%...............................................32%
Health................................64%...............................................33%
Pensions.............................70%...............................................26%
Immigration.........................36%...............................................60%
Taxation.............................66%...............................................29%
Educational system...............64%...............................................33%
Competition.........................35%...............................................57%
Energy................................33%...............................................63%
Transport............................48%...............................................48%
Defence and foreign affairs.....31%...............................................64%
Fight against terrorism...........18%...............................................79%
Insecurity............................38%...............................................59%
Environmental protection........30%...............................................67%
Agriculture and fishery...........44%...............................................50%
Consumer protection..............48%...............................................48%
Scientific and technological
research..............................24%...............................................72%

So lots to disagree with there then!

Cynic re-to your earlier problems just found they have tweeted to me please see below..........

This was in reply to that statement you wanted me to distribute........and did twice...... he he.

Choice Telecoms ‏@choicetelecoms 6h

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Any further help required Cyners??

Where did they hold the poll...€U central office?

Their header on Twitter.......

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MaxK,

Probably...

On a lighter note, guess what this is:



You guessed correctly! It's an armadillo - a three-banded armadillo.

The three-banded armadillo is in danger of extinction, largely because of deforestation and hunting in its habitat in the shrub lands of north eastern Brazil. Those risks in large part are why the armadillo was chosen as the World Cup Mascot.

Another is that when it's frightened, it rolls up into a ball small enough to fit into one hand, looking like a tan soccer ball.

please thank your pal for the offer of help, but broadcasting Chess's lack of ethics etc far and wide will fit the bill very well and has clearly hit the mark

very many thanks

bet not much of that EU poll was conducted in UK!

a very quick count of simple majorities ...
11 of the subjects should be controlled by Europe against only 6 by individual countries

it's the sort of poll that would rightly get ridiculed if put about by some daily rag

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

Why don't you buy one of those islands Stan, and join the €U yourself?


Stanland?

I'm not a little Englander like most of you lot on here.. Go and go now.

Piers Morgan is on QT tonight.

I wonder what the questions will be about?

UKIP (and maybe the chance of a coalition with the Tories)
Cable and Clegg and the future of the Lib Dems
Military stuff - Blair/Bush and Iraq/Afghanistan

No, just an all out attack on UKIP by everyone (willets was subtle), usual loaded audience with a few exceptions.

UKIP burd gave the other panellists what for, and no mistake.


QT is becoming a waste of time.

Joey Burton ?

If there was a way to vote UKIP without helping a Labour win in the GE then a lot more would vote UKIP. Best result would be a CON/UKIP goverment ,its the only way they could get in power

BenefitsStreet • 2 hours ago





The first Newark by-election opinion poll is out. Not looking good for the LibDems:

Con 36%

UKIP 28%

Lab 27%

LibDems 5%



Lost the link, sorry.

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-05-29/poll-tories-still-on-course-to-win-newark-by-election/

Poll: Tories still on course to win Newark by-election

The Tories are still on track to win the Newark by-election despite a massive Ukip surge, according to a poll.

Research by Survation for The Sun put the Conservatives on 36% in the constituency, ahead of Nigel Farage's party on 28% and Labour on 27%.

Poll out tonight showing that 75% of those who voted UKIP at last weeks elections will do so at the GE. !!!!!!!!!

Devastating news for the Tories.

It's allways the same on TV, I get the feeling everything has to go to a pre-planned agenda, if something controversial rears it's head they steer it away to something more neutral.

sticky old chap, much will depend on whether the undeniable (except by you and fred) strong growth in the uk economy, and that includes manufacturing, gets translated into a general feelgood mentality, which also of course means people starting to find a bit more splosh in their pockets .... it is that sort of thing + any signs coming out of brussels that will affect GE outcome

btw, there was also a very interesting long news section yesterday on help-to-buy ..... i know you and fred like to chunter on interminably, but the facts are that nearly all people on this scheme (and they are growing rapidly) are buying houses that cost an average of £150k as against the national average of £250k
there was actually a lot more interesting stuff too