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.

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

I know it is irksome to have to cough up more cash, but that is the beauty and the beast of the EU. It is part of the trend towards federalism. It is a safety net for the members. If you are doing well then you pay moire and if you are doing badly then you get paid. We either join in properly or leave. A lot of our attitudes to Europe go back a long way and are due, in no small part, to bring an island. If we had land borders then we would feel part of Europe in a different way. There doesn't seem to be any way that we can accept a federal Europe. If we get a Lab government, then they will take us down that road.

The Euro can only really work if there is fiscal control from the ECB. That means giving up control of interest rates, budgets, tax rates, immigration, laws and all the things that give us sovereignty.

I have never got used to drinking rosé. I do like Laurent Perrier rosé though. It was my fav drink in the 80s

Stop that at once Haystack, you've got my taste buds all a quiver. Laurent Perrier rose - those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end, etc.etc.:-)

billecart salmon make a good blend too

Do listen to Cameron's latest burst of oratory at he EU.

Certainly must have been a member of the school of charms.

An exposition on how not to do business!

Mind should go down with the KIPPERs. BNP and Dr Spock's tory groups.


Bluster, bluster, bluster.

Negotiations at con central office

Strange how the Treasury is not showing the post to Cameron when it comes in?

Or was it held up by Osborne?

When will Cameron and Miliband understand the people they represent don't want to hand over £1.7 billion to Europe, they don't want to renegotiate being in Europe, they just want to leave Europe.

I always thought Hazyone would end up as this:

Shortie,

But they want to trade at the UK's advantage with the EU.

They want the protection of Europe.


USA interest in UK is that they are almost a part of Europe. They will soon lose that as many other countries will do so.


And Cameron wants to be important.

But more important to the voters they still want their holidays in France.