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.

and the country still enjoys an annual rebate negotiated by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

i'm glad the family does what pater familias instructs!

I dont believe it Osbourne just on National Radio claiming he as cut the surcharge in half.

Lying Bas-ard.

All thats happened is half as been put back 9 months.

What a scumster government.

Ive a good mind to get in touch with my local Tory candidate and tell him I will never vote Tory again, Im seething mad about this issue and the lies coming out of the Tories.

In fact I will, Ill send him a letter, and declare I will not ever ever vote conservative again in my life time.

gf have just sent GRANT SNAPPS a e mail if he does not reply then its fact they are going to it pensioners that saved .

What do you expect, the entire government is made up of MP's that have never given a hard days graft in their miserable lives... Find me an MP with any 'grit' without needing a shovel I dare you..!

Good on you TANKER give him some stick.

aldwickk

Blair gave up half the rebate in return for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, which didn't happen and still has not. He also gave up our veto on changes to EU legislation.

Ministers telling porkies, who'd have thunk it?


But the real question is....how did they think they could get away with it?

ah well, he had a fine record of all sorts of nasty things and has been raking in the cash in wheelbarrows every since - all in the aid of charity of course

"Blair gave up half the rebate in return for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy,"


The tories have had four years too many to remedy the situation!

Seemingly, all they have done is lined their own pockets and those of the backers in distance low tax areas.

Max, this one takes the biscuit it really does.

Its desperation obviously in light of UKIP chasing them.

I can only think if voters out there feel like I and TANKER today and 'realise the truth' they will leave the Tory party in droves.

took their cue from mr blair perhaps :-)

UK to pay £1.7bn EU bill in full despite Osborne’s claim to have halved it

Chancellor says bill was cut to £850m but Treasury aides admit Britain is also returning its automatic rebate, making up the rest


Ian Traynor in Brussels


The Guardian, Friday 7 November 2014 16.17 GMT






The government has accepted a £1.7bn top-up bill to the EU budget despite repeatedly denouncing its size as unacceptable.

George Osborne, the chancellor, has won a respite, however – avoiding a 1 December deadline and deferring the payment interest-free until next September, well after the general election.



http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/07/uk-pays-full-eu-rebate-despite-osborne-claim-he-halved-it

Manuel,

Blair was a tory plant.

It's all gone tits up for them gf.

i don't know about a plant
i think he was a toad myself

Max it will have by tonights 10 oclock news and people realise they have been duped.

I dont know how they dare do it.

Its just plain lying to the electorate.

Agreed.

or even Amanita muscaria.