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 hope this one isn't Max.

The absense of a cut in oil production will be a severe blow to several oil producing nations, one of which is Russia.

"It is about a balance of probability in the judge's eyes."

Yes H/S and about 20 millions others as well.

No such thing as a guilty verdict in a civil case.

Oh do belt up H/S you apologist for just about everything that's nasty about the "Condemned Party/Government.

It is the Conservatives that are the nice party. Labour are the nasty party. They represent the real meaning of a fascist party where state control of everything is the ultimate aim. Luckily the public are not enamoured of Labour's Il Duce.

How do you run up a £3m legal bill over what someone said to someone else?


http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/27/andrew-mitchell-counts-costs-plebgate-libel

Mitchell has no expenses on his side as his solicitors took the case on a contigency basis. It was a no win, no fee deal. The costs are the other side and I am sure the figure will come down a lot. There is a process called taxing fees, where they have to be justified pound by pound.

Haze,

Get back to your bunker, Goebbels may arise again and give you some suggestions on propaganda. Take Chappy with you, he would benefit from the ghost of times past!

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Max.

The cost of arrogance, privilege, pride and stupidity.

He could just have thought, apologised and moved on.

But he was like other members of this government too conceited to do so!

The public are the plebs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not questioning you Haystack (in the Stan and Fred mode)


But how can that be?

OK, the no win no fee thingy works for Mitchell's end, but what about the losses (legal fees) incurred by the opposition??

I think you might be right Fred (swoon)

Mitchell will have to pay the other side's expenses but the current estimate will probably come down.

Save the Fatcats

These are the top salaries at the Save the Children fund.

CEO Justin Forsyth £139,950
COO Anabel Hoult £139,950
COO / CFO & Strategic Initiatives Rachel Parr £131,970
Global Programmes Director Fergus Drake £113,300
Fundraising Director Tanya Steele £112,200
Marketing & Comms Director Sue Allchurch £111,920
Policy & Advocacy Director Brendan Cox £106,029
CFO Peter Banks £102,000
HR Director Paul Cutler £100,980

The UK average salary is 26,500.

StC has just given Tony Blair its “Global Legacy” award. What kind of people like Tony Blair? People who earn over 100,000. I am not sure that if you put money in a tin, or bought from their charity shop, you thought you were paying that many fat salaries. There are also gold plated pensions and other benefits. Justin Forsyth, the CEO, of course worked in Tony Blair’s neo-con policy unit.

As I have written before....

Http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2014/11/31577/

Your mate doesent sound too popular Haystack.

That must be an old article MaxK, he hasn't been the Tory chief whip for about 2 years!

No idea db, I just fished it off the Cameroon must go website.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/CameronMustGO?src=hash

Save the Fatcats

These are the top salaries at the Save the Children fund.

CEO Justin Forsyth £139,950
COO Anabel Hoult £139,950
COO / CFO & Strategic Initiatives Rachel Parr £131,970
Global Programmes Director Fergus Drake £113,300
Fundraising Director Tanya Steele £112,200
Marketing & Comms Director Sue Allchurch £111,920
Policy & Advocacy Director Brendan Cox £106,029
CFO Peter Banks £102,000
HR Director Paul Cutler £100,980

The UK average salary is 26,500.

StC has just given Tony Blair its “Global Legacy” award. What kind of people like Tony Blair? People who earn over 100,000. I am not sure that if you put money in a tin, or bought from their charity shop, you thought you were paying that many fat salaries. There are also gold plated pensions and other benefits. Justin Forsyth, the CEO, of course worked in Tony Blair’s neo-con policy unit.

As I have written before....

Http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2014/11/31577/

There are serious problems coming for Russia. The Rouble fell 3% today on falling oil prices.

Russia's finances are almost completely tied to the oil price.

The oil price may hit $60 per barrel

http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/27/news/opec-oil-prices/index.html

Crude oil is down 30% since June and analysts warn prices could fall even more now that OPEC countries decided not to cut output.

Lower oil prices could also halt the U.S. shale oil boom, as analysts indicated that 40% of the production scheduled for 2015 would be "uneconomic" if prices drop below $80 a barrel.

In the past, OPEC has stepped in to cut production to support the prices during times of turmoil.

But with Russia and the U.S. each producing around 10 million barrels a day, OPEC is now playing geopolitical hardball to see who can stand up to the pressure of lower prices.