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.

Luckily UKIP will get so few seats, it won't matter very much.

And how many votes will they nick off the main party's?

Care to wager/predict on who will retain/gain what?

The votes they get may well alter the balance of the parties. The more successful they are, the more likely Labour will benefit and the less successful the more Conservatives will benefit. But in neither case will it get UKIP seats and any actual power. All they can be is a disruptive influence.

I think that as the election approaches, people will see the pointlessness of voting for UKIP. Don't forget that UKIP have to win their two seats again at the GE.

Looks like Haystacks main man is bottling it....



Ukip coalition

Prime minister declines to answer whether he would align with Ukip as Nigel Farage also refuses to rule out deal


Rowena Mason, political correspondent


The Guardian, Sunday 4 January 2015 11.41 GMT



David Cameron once called Ukip a bunch of 'fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists'. Photograph: Richard Kaminski/Rex


David Cameron and Nigel Farage have refused to rule out a deal between the Conservatives and Ukip after the election.

The prime minister was twice asked whether he would ever align with Ukip on the BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show, but dodged the question, saying he would not comment on any potential combinations before the election.

Cameron also suggested a Tory-led government could try to hold an early referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union – a move that would satisfy the Eurosceptic right of the Conservatives and potentially smooth the path for a deal with Ukip.



http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/04/david-cameron-ukip-coalition-nigel-farage

He was right about

'fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists'

Liberal Simon Hughes has said today that the Libs will go into a coalition with any party, but will attempt a deal first with the largest party.

Farage has said a key Ukip policy in health was getting rid of doctors with poor English from the NHS – even though they are already required to pass a language test.

Another one of his silly policies designed to appeal to the lowest intellects.

The tory road for 4 years going nowhere!



Captain Wavy Dave driving and undertaker George in control!

Nightmare at No 10 after a joint!

Mark Reckless ‏@MarkReckless 9 minutes ago

The reason David Cameron now claims EU Referendum possibly 2016, not end-2017, is surely that he has given up on any serious renegotiation

if that is so, then it makes it more likely that, rightly or wrongly, the british public (with or without the scots!) will vote for out .... except if labour is put in power, they won't have any say at all

however, is eu still at the forefront of the voting public's mind - that means those who actually get off their arses to vote?

probably not, though immigration and various aspects of the economy are and have a link

Somebody must be smoking the same substance as No 10 does.

now petrol prices are ~110 against ~135 in the very very recent past, i wonder how this will reflect in the recovery of the real economy as well as people's perception of how far their money goes

certainly christmas retail figures were much more perky than one might have expected, and i doubt the hangover will be any worse than usual

well back home for a while meeting at the club today . on ed back tracking on immigration the lads are not happy having given the candidate our backing he could now lose it and may switch back to ukip
Cameron as we all now know is no more than a LIAR

HAVING JUST COME BACK FROM SPAIN . the locals are not happy and are calling for action to leave the eu a long with Greece . the poverty in spain is terrible and I do no a lot of Spanish they have had enough of the stinking corruption and the german rules .

Italy giving free buses for thousands of migrants arriving in their ports to get to france . the boarder to france is awash with migrants French people are taking up arms to protect they selves and their properties

both spain and greece are arguably fortunate that they weren't thrown out a couple of years back whether they wanted it or not!

but yes, unemployment in spain, especially among the young is terrifying - around 55% if i recollect .... in greece i know not, but then they never paid their taxes there anyway

cynic happy new year .

spain is very bad for the young a lot have come to the uk well over 20 000
they are very close families do not like their sons and daughters having to move

Cyners....."certainly christmas retail figures were much more perky than one might have expected, and i doubt the hangover will be any worse than usual"....ends

ARE YOU SURE..........

Look at John Lewis..... store sales were FLAT.

Normaly these boys set the tone for the high street.

It appears as I suspected we had an early xmas adopting the Yanks black Friday or whatever its called.

Shopping could have just been brought forward.

Lewis reported xmas week rather quiet.!!!!!!!!!!

We shall see over the coming 2 weeks.

you're wrong .... JL figures were actually very good .... though their store/store figures were flat, their on-line biz boomed reflecting the changing ways of modern shopping