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.

If Millibandus wants the SNP to support a labour gov, can you imagine what the price will be?

Sturgeon as deputy PM. A new referendum for Scotland...........

and you wonder why i am fearful of the market?

Hays well Farage on Sunday pledged support to the Torys if you were to give them an early vote.

Yes I can see it now all UKIPs 2 seats helping the Torys out LOL LOL LOL LOL

Cant have it both ways bud.

Farage is deluded if he thinks he can help out any party. He can offer what he likes, but won't be able to deliver. There is a good chance he may lose one of his current seats. He has no bargaining power.

The bargaining power of ukip lies with who they don't oppose, ie, desperate sitting mp's.

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Sturgeon as deputy PM. A new referendum for Scotland...........


Dafter and dafter.

I haven't heard Sturgeon is standing for UK election.

Do you mean she will be an unelected Deputy PM.

A bit lit Lynton Crosby for the tory party,

But Wee Alex is standing for UK election.

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Just heard a joke going round.

What is the difference between a toilet paper and David Cameron?





A toilet is used to wipe the arse, while David Cameron will lick any arse.

Toilet paper is usefull.

But Cameron and Osborne have fixed the economy.

Sorry, I meant that they are a pair of fixers.

MaxK
There is no bargaining power in that situation as it is all after the election. They may have an effect in splitting the vote, letting in other parties. However that is not bargaining power.

You don't have to be an MP to be deputy leader. There are historic examples where we have had PMs who were from the House of Lords. The Marquess of Salisbury, who retired in 1902, was the last Prime Minister to lead a government from the Lords.

You don't even need to be an MP to be PM. Sir Alec Douglas Home was appointed to be PM by the Queen from the Lords in 1963. He renounced his title and later ran for election as an MP. You don't even need to be a British National, they could be an Australian, Indian, Canadian, Pakistani, Kenyan, South African etc.... This is due to something called the British Nationality Act of 1981 which basically gave commonwealth citizens eligible to live in Britain equal status with UK citizens, without actually having to become UK citizens. You could even be from the Republic of Ireland.

In fact the Queen can appoint anyone to be Prime Minister. We have no written constitution. We operate by custom and convention.

On CNBC this morning the prediction was for UKIP to get 16 seats if (a big IF) they poll 23% of the votes.
2517

CNBC must be crazy. Even 23% only gives them about 6 seats. The demographics are against them. They are too evenly spread for any breakthrough.

I think Hays has a dose of the demons.

In order for ukip to get any votes, they have to rob them from someone else.


Where will the votes come from?

I think Haystack is right - and that is not just wishful thinking. UKIP is going sideways at the moment, the bandwaggon has stalled.

A Labour/Snp coalition just doesn't bear thinking about, it would be an utter disaster for England to have Sturgeon and Salmond in a position of such power.

Amazing advances in technology!

Scientists manage to 'UNBOIL' an egg: Chemical process to untangle proteins could lead to cheaper cancer treatments

Chemists from the University of California Irvine and the University of Western Australia boiled egg whites for 20 minutes
They added urea to liquefy the material and break down its proteins
Used a 'vortex fluid device' to force proteins back into an untangled form
Discovery could one day reduce the cost of cancer treatment
By SARAH GRIFFITHS FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 10:57, 26 January 2015 | UPDATED: 12:13, 27 January 2015

Scientists have proved that it’s possible to unboil an egg, using urea to break down microscopic proteins. A stock picture of boiled eggs is shown

Scientists have proved that it’s possible to unboil an egg using chemicals.

They added urea to a hardboiled egg to break down proteins and return it to its liquid form, before using a machine to re-assemble the broken pieces.

The experts say their discovery could one day reduce the cost of cancer treatment, as well as making cheese, for example.

When an egg is boiled, proteins in the egg white tangle together to form a solid.

Now, chemists from the University of California Irvine and the University of Western Australia, have proved the process is reversible, if urea is added.

‘Yes, we have invented a way to unboil a hen egg,’ said Professor Gregory Weiss, a biochemist at UC Irvine.

‘In our paper, we describe a device for pulling apart tangled proteins and allowing them to refold.’

His team boiled egg whites for 20 minutes at 90°C (194°F).

They then added a urea substance that ‘chews away at the whites’ to liquefy the solid material and break down proteins.

Urea is a chemical compound found in urine, although it is also made artificially too.

However, the protein ‘bits’ are still tangled and unusable at this point, so the scientists poured the liquid solution into a ‘vortex fluid device’.

The machine applies stress to the tiny pieces, forcing them back to their untangled, original form.

It is not known whether the egg is edible after being 'unboiled'.

It is hoped that the research, which was published in the journal ChemBioChem, could ‘transform industrial and research production of proteins.’

Many scientists have struggled to produce or recycle molecular proteins, which have a wide range or applications, but frequently ‘misfold’ into incorrect shapes, making them useless.

Professor Weiss and his team boiled egg whites for 20 minutes at 90°C (194°F). They then added a urea substance that ‘chews away at the whites’ to liquefy the solid material and break down proteins. They poured the liquid solution into a ‘vortex fluid device’ that forces them back to their untangled, original form

Also....

INSTANT SCRAMBLED EGGS
A Chicago-based entrepreneur has invented a gadget that scrambles an egg inside its own shell.

The £10 ($17) contraption named Goose gently spins the egg, blending the yolk and the white without cracking the shell itself.

The already-scrambled egg can then be soft or hard boiled - and its creator, Geraint Krumpe, claims the ingenious method makes them taste far better than regular eggs.

‘It’s not so much that we’re interested in processing the eggs - that’s just demonstrating how powerful this process is,’ Professor Weiss said.

‘The real problem is there are lots of cases of gummy proteins that you spend way too much time scraping off your test tubes, and you want some means of recovering that material.’

He explained the old methods of untangling proteins are expensive and time consuming, taking about four days.

‘The new process takes minutes. It speeds things up by a factor of thousands.’

The researchers believe that the ability to quickly and cheaply re-form common proteins from yeast of E.coli bacteria could streamline protein manufacturing and make cancer treatments more affordable.

Industrial cheese makers and farmers, who use proteins, could also see cost savings, they added.

I am interested in the coming UK general elections in Scotland.

I realise that the SNP rebounded from the result on what they have suggested is impending treachery by the London based government attempts to renegade on what they thought "honest Promises” made by Cameron. (and Brown in Scotland)

55% of the Scotland voted against “devolution”, which was the preference choice of the “London Elite”.

Why would they move in a numbers to from being previous Labour voters to become SNP voters.

But, what is being suggested by some Political Gurus, is that the a large percentage of the “NO” voters will move to support the SNP at a GE, a party that they recently voted against and there will be little of no movement from the back to the Labour and to a minor degree to the Libs and Tories.

I can see why the Libs will be under pressure, but “Students Fees”, which was a thorn in the backside of many of its supporters, probably won’t be such an issue in Scotland.

My guess is that SNP will get less votes in the GE than expected after the furore and fury of the “referendum” has died down.

Interesting to watch.

Trident poll: Scots more keen on axe than rUK



ONLY a quarter of people in Britain think the UK should scrap its nuclear weapons compared with nearly half in Scotland, a poll has suggested.

The divide in opinion on nuclear weapons on either side of the border is evidenced in a YouGov poll for the Times, where 56 per cent of UK respondents want to replace Trident compared with 42 per cent in Scotland.

Just 25 per cent of UK respondents want it scrapped compared with 48 per cent in Scotland, the poll of 1,656 adults on January 25 and 26 found.

When Scotland’s 144 respondents are removed, support for Trident south of the border rises to around three-fifths while support for scrapping it falls further.

Scottish opinion on nuclear weapons could have a material impact on UK politics following the general election, with a resurgent SNP offering to prop up a UK Labour government in exchange for concessions on issues like Trident.

Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has steadfastly opposed unilateral UK disarmament but a U-turn could be a vote winner, with 33 per cent of Scots saying they would be more favourable towards Labour if it agreed to scrap Trident compared with 18 per cent who said they would be less favourable.




Opinion across the UK is more split, with 20 per cent saying they would be less favourable towards Labour if the party agreed to scrap Trident compared with 18 per cent who said they would be more favourable.

Moving Trident out of Scotland and basing it in England could be a vote winner for Ed Miliband, with 18 per cent saying it would make them more favourable to Labour compared with 12 per cent who said they would be less favourable.

However, about a third of respondents said they they are unfavourable towards Labour anyway and a shift on Trident would make no difference, compared with just a tenth who said they are currently favourable towards Labour.

The future of Trident was a key battleground in the independence referendum, with the UK Government warning of a massive relocation bill if an independent SNP Government ordered Trident out of Scotland.

If Scotland becomes independent in the future, 41 per cent of UK respondents said the UK Government should build a new base south of the border compared with 23 per cent who said they should scrap it and 18 per cent who said they should negotiate a deal to keep it in Scotland.

Haze,

Have you been down to Tory party central headquarters to get the spiel on the recent economic figures?

What I don't understand is why the UK economy should have been insulated against the World's economy "recession" but the Tories are warning that any slow down in the UK's economy is due to it!


Swings and roundabouts I suppose.