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.

Maybe not, I was arrested that night as the owner of the bush called the police and I needed help to get out.... I've not been past since..

oh, i thought you were referring to the wife and perhaps needed medical assistance to extract yourself

Are you trying to imply my wife has a large bush Cynic??!??

no - the neighbour's

"zero hour contracts" and being obliged to be self-employed (G4S for example) are much the same same thing, but that does not mean you are unemployed

The figures that the ONS quotes are not the above, but permanent jobs. Have a look at the stats.

Go on then put the ONS ones up H/S.

I have nothing against zero hour contracts, as a self employed peep, that's what I was always on. (you are as good as your last job)


What I find objectional about the so called zero hour contracts (modern ones) is that they are simply not suitable for low paid workers. How you make self employment work on £7 an hour is beyond me.

It's simply a device to allow employers to treat people like cheap shit, working in permanent fear of unemployment.

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Well said Haystack, and thank you for your support.

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Well...there's a new Bond film in the pipeline......have to say...bought the dvd Skyfall....disappointing I thought.......(anyway I'm still trying to get over Electra....sigh...).....bring back Tatiana Romanova is what I say...I have reserved my last malteser for her....euhh...malt teaser I meant...

How's your Afren shares , you should have took Mentors advice and not bought @79 , was that the price ?

Not so good....never expected such a crude drop....but will be patient....it's a good company but needs an oil recovery..

I wish they were taken over, can't wait for oil to recover to $100+

It is going to be a long wait for the oil price to recover. It looks like further to fall yet. Too much over capacity and shale oil for the price to even get to $80.

Might need to rent a Straits of Hormuz torpedo boat to get things moving again....

This is part of the basis of the false employment figures and the lying b, IDS success.

Where is the increase in GDP that one would expect.

After the next election and hopefully a Labour coalition I hope that the data and figures of this lying government are investigated and exposed, along with the various ministers involved.

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Also, investigation of minister involved in a "privatisation" deals during this period and a follow up over a 5-10 year period.

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There probably stinking periods and corruption in government previously but the last 30 - 35 years, must be one of the worst.