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.

Not delusional.

With a will, thought, application, effort and time, the majority of problems can be resolved, if the wish is there.

People were written off with cancer 30 years, but are still alive to-day. Treatment success rates are continually improving where many thought there would never be acceptable solutions.

Economics is simpler, it is the will which is missing and is often impeded by greed personal self advantage. The pack leader needs the pack more than the pack need the leader.

Greece will still be in the EU in 10 years time, as will the UK be.

What will be the shape of Ukraine and Eastern Europe will be in 10 years time, I don't know, but if Russia gets a united response from Europe, USA and others then the area may simmer down and Putin may have been "eventually" removed.

It is a crazy situation.

Actually thinking back once again.

What seems a driving force for Germany and its use or expectancy of austerity route out of recession is based on their experiences in the 20s and 30s with massive devaluation etc..

I think they and some in Europe should review that period again and the post WW1 settlements which provokes the "recession" and "economic crisis".

Many would say that Hitler grew out of the "victors'" abuse by France, and Britain, (Russia who has its own problems), USA, Italy, British Empire, Belgium etc. taking more than their pound of flesh.

Perhaps, Germany and some of Europe are attempting the same!

Don't know.


Some saw the settlements as "just", but the effects were crippling.

There's two sides to that argument Fred.

There were more than two sides!

Probably.

Here's something for you to avoid Fred....read, or more likely avoid the bit about the fatherland repaying money.....bet you duck it :-)


https://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/the-morning-after-athens-gains-more-trust-and-is-no-longer-trussed-up/

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/17/david-camerons-convictions

Max.

Just listen to Rory Stewart on Sky News Murnaghan intervie on Putin and Ukraine.

Interesting summary.

I have always found him as very thoughtful and sensible.

Worth a look.

Just to remind some of the Black Tulip.

Sorry Black Wednesday and their Norm.

In politics and economics, Black Wednesday refers to 16 September 1992 when the British Conservative government was forced to withdraw the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) after it was unable to keep the pound above its agreed lower limit in the ERM. George Soros, the most high profile of the currency market investors, made over 1 billion GBP[1] profit by short selling sterling.

In 1997 the UK Treasury estimated the cost of Black Wednesday at £3.4 billion,[citation needed] with other sources giving estimates as high as £27 billion. In 2005 documents released under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that the actual cost may have been £3.3 billion.[2]

The trading losses in August and September were estimated at £800 million, but the main loss to taxpayers arose because the devaluation could have made them a profit. The papers show that if the government had maintained $24 billion foreign currency reserves and the pound had fallen by the same amount, the UK would have made a £2.4 billion profit on sterling's devaluation.[3][need quotation to verify] Newspapers also revealed that the Treasury spent £27 billion of reserves in propping up the pound.

Straw and Rifkind in 'cash for access' TV storm: Two former Foreign Secretaries secretly filmed discussing how they could use contacts to benefit foreign private firm - and boasting how they charge £5,000 a DAY
Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind were filmed by undercover journalists
The pair are both claimed to have been willing to represent a private firm
Sir Malcolm said he charged between £5,000 and £8,000 for a half-day
Mr Straw is reported to have said he would expect £5,000 per day
The Labour Party has suspended Mr Straw following the allegations
They have referred themselves to MPs' standards watchdog over claims

back home to more stinking corruption get these 3 main parties out out vote ukip

has he said we have loads of spare time we only work for private clients .
they should be investigated for fraud from tax payers

It's ok Tanks, the fix is in...


"They have referred themselves to MPs' standards watchdog over claims"

yes a bloody joke it should be the sfo under the public view

I don`tknow where MAM get their FTSE daily tips from but itcertainly works- in reverse.

IO get 75% returns going the opposite way to the tip.

Heres todays-----

FTSE100 tipped to open higher this morning

straw and fifkind it was not illegal to use their gov positions to make money .
yes it is .
rifkind it is not true . well rifkind was that not you speaking then charge them with impersonating you . you have been caught with your hands in corruption