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.

manuel is in munich

Don't mention the war.

Don't come back waving a peace of paper and claiming peace.

Remember what happened!

Re: The Morrisons pub conversion.

This type of conversion seems to be catching on a bit. Here's a picture of the Globe Hotel at Weedon, where the A5 crosses the Northampton to Daventry Road. Tons of interior has been removed and lots of 'RSJ's put in to hold up the upper parts, thereby opening up lots of the ground floor. This place is now a superb Tesco Convenience Store.

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Here's a link to the article in the local rag, with a picture and mentioning the Tesco Express store opening and how it is also supporting the local community, who were coincidentally, 'up in arms' about it happening.

Actually, it is well worth a read to see how Tesco completely turned round, what was initially extremely bad publicity. They got the local school kids to open the place and donated £500 to the school:

http://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/local/new-store-opens-with-a-community-gesture-1-6075317

£500 quid, broke their hearts eh?

Update - Labour lead at 3
by YouGov in Politics
Wed June 18, 2014 6 a.m. BST

Latest YouGov / The Sun results 17th June - Con 34%, Lab 37%, LD 7%, UKIP 13%;

ICM poll for the Guardian CON 31%(-2), LAB 32%(+1), LDEM 10%(-3), UKIP 16%(+1).

Yawnnnnnnnn.

Gaffe-prone Ed Miliband scores lowest ever poll rating... even worse than Nick Clegg

Just 22% of voters think Ed Miliband is doing a good job as Labour leader
His net rating plummets to -39 points, lower than Nick Clegg's -37 points
David Cameron is highest rated leader on -5 points, ICM poll reveals

Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg have seen their popularity plummet to new record lows, according to a devastating new poll.

The Labour and Lib Dem leaders are under intense pressure from their MPs and party members with less than a year until the general election.

After a run of PR gaffes, Mr Miliband’s net satisfaction rating has dropped to -39, even worse than Mr Clegg’s -37 points.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/iainmartin1/100276617/is-ukip-putting-voters-off-euroscepticism/

By now, according to Ukipper orthodoxy, Britain should be halfway out the door at the EU. The supposed Eurosceptic tidal wave, which helped secure Ukip its victory recently in the European elections, should be rolling on, swamping the mainstream parties and creating a wasteland from which will emerge a new, proud, self-governing country liberated as if by magic from the monstrous tyranny that is the European Union, or something like that.

And yet, here's a poll this morning on British membership of the EU. Conducted by YouGov, it suggests that support for continued British membership has risen. If there was a vote, 44 per cent of those polled say they would vote to stay in while 36 per cent would choose the exit. The lead of 8 points for "in" is up on a fortnight ago, when the two camps were almost level pegging on 41 per cent and 39 per cent.

Support has also risen for the option of staying in after a potential renegotiation of our terms of membership by David Cameron. YouGov finds that 57pc would vote to remain an EU member in such circumstances, against 22pc opting to leave. A fortnight ago the equivalent figures were 53pc plays 24pc. The lead for "in" has extended from 29 points to 35 points in a fortnight.

All this has happened since Ukip had its great breakthrough amid much excitement in May in the EU elections. Could it be that the rise of Ukip is scaring some moderate voters and putting them off Euroscepticism all together? Might the Ukippers be tainting the Eurosceptic cause with all their shouting?

Smoke and mirrors Haystack.

If those figs were even remotely correct and could be relied upon, there would be a referendum next week.

There won't be a referendum until discussions about changing the rules. The net result will be us staying in the EU

There you go, you admit it, there wont be a referendum.

The €uropols are not going to change any rules (of consequence), the rest is just Dave and co blowing smoke up the publics ass.

If the Conservative get in there will be a referendum after discussions. I think the result of the referendum will be a vote to stay in.

H/S, the fond of all wisdom.. Not.

Stan,

Did you mean H/s is the fount.

I have to agree he is a bit of a drip!

Yes and yes Fred, my deliberate mistake.

It's nice to see someone is awake -):