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.

If Ed Balls had been in charge of the economy instead of Osborne then this country would probably be in line for a large rebate, similarly to France! This stuff is manna from heaven for UKIP.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage said:


David Cameron once claimed that he had reduced the EU budget - but the UK contribution went up - and now, quite incredibly, our contribution goes up a second time. It's just outrageous.

The EU is like a thirsty vampire feasting on UK taxpayers' blood. We need to protect the innocent victims, who are us.

– Nigel Farage




Mr Farage told the Press Association that Mr Cameron is in "real political trouble".

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Yes, it's outrageous, but that's how the European Union works.

He's in a very weak position. He can do nothing about this.

And I think, really, he's now being pushed into a position where, unless he brings forward his referendum promise, I think he's in real political trouble.

– Nigel Farage




http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-10-24/farage-cameron-in-real-political-trouble-over-eu-budget/
Last updated Fri 24 Oct 2014

It's a bit like saying to someone whose earned the biggest bonus , that , sorry you will have to pay back and fund your workmates lifestyle for under performing . What a great incentive to these other Nations.

Simplistic!

Appealing to the simple!

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Osborne is beginning to look as dodgy as U-bend Dave.

This request for a €2.0bn extra contribution is a bit much.

Most everyone in the UK will now surely want to tell the EU to stuff their EU up their bumsie wumsie.

It's not a request, it's a demand!


No doubt Dave and the gang can get the hookers and drug dealers to cough up.

What do you expect from Cameron in EU.

He has just chucked his mates' £100,000-£150,000 at Rochester, with a candidate in order to lose!

He looks like a barrow boy, but can't run one.

What about repetition Fred . there's a good word banging on and on all day every day same old same old .Simples eh.

Just another twist before the funeral!

'Tell them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine, Mr Cameron!':

Outrage over EU's 'illegal' demand for an EXTRA £1.7billion from Britain - that's £56 for EVERY taxpayer in the UK

David Cameron under pressure to refuse to pay extraordinary bill
European Union has demanded an extra £1.7billion from the UK
Eurosceptic Tory MPs condemn 'illegal' raid on British taxpayers
The bill, due on December 1, is the result of Britain's fast pace of growth
But France will receive £790m rebate because its economy is struggling

By Matt Chorley, Political Editor for MailOnline and John Stevens for the Daily Mail


David Cameron today demanded an emergency finance meeting in Brussels as he came under pressure to tell Eurocrats that Britain will not pay an extraordinary demand for an extra £1.7billion.

The Prime Minister is being urged by Tory MPs to reject the 'illegal' request, triggered under rules from 1995 because the UK economy is recovering faster than other member states.

The huge sum is equivalent to £56 for every income taxpayer in Britain. To add insult to injury, France will receive a £790million rebate because its economy is struggling.

Britain's options are limited, and could lead to lengthy and expensive legal action, but Tory MPs have made clear the PM 'should tell them to stick their €2billion euro demand where the sun doesn't shine'.



New figures reveal the increased bill the UK faces, on top of the £8billion-a-year it already pays, is higher than any other EU country, because its economy has been growing faster than expected. France, Germany and Denmark are among those told they will get money back from Brussels




more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2805663/Brussels-asks-UK-cash-economy-s-doing-Cameron-fire-MPs-Brussels-demands-surcharge-France-gets-790m-rebate.html

as i sit here in hot and sunny dubai, down by the creek at the golf club drinking a glass of chilled rose ........

exec - at least the tories will give a referendum .... sure as hell labour will do bugger all and ukip are very unlikely to secure sufficient seats to force any issue

48362 - if it's in the mail, it must be gospel!

Liberum Capital reaffirmed their sell rating on shares of Tullett Prebon Plc (LON:TLPR) in a report released on Friday. Liberum Capital currently has a GBX 219 ($3.52) price objective on the stock.


no doubt liberum had learned that TB were hosting another very expensive golf day at Creek GC in Dubai!

It is a tough life for jet setters like cynic!

MaxK - that's a great expression, "Tell them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine". !

sure is hays, though it's w/e here today .... am actually waiting for a client for a relaxed meeting .... a refilled glass required methinks :-)

What are u drinking? (That is not an offer to buy you a drink)

It beggars belief that along with the UK (biggest payment) Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Ireland and Portugal have to pay more to bail out the Germans and French, tell the b's where to go. What ever happened to the powerhouse of Europe that they are deemed entitled to the 2nd highest payout (according to the chart above).
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only a light rose