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.

The economy is booming...



Zero-hours contracts 'save UK from eurozone levels of unemployment'

Business groups defend companies who use zero-hour contracts after new figures reveal 697,000 people in the UK are on them



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/11435789/Zero-hours-contracts-save-UK-from-eurozone-levels-of-unemployment.html

Zero-hours? quite right to... soon be down to Bangladesh levels of prosperity?

A few weeks ago.

215,

Have this feeling that Lib/Dems may not do as badly as is currently supposed.

Also, the unemployment figures are also being camouflaged by "low paid apprenticeships".

It is repeat behaviour of Maggie Thatcher period with expansion of students in the 90s to camouflage her failings.

Followed by Blair's Stupidity of 50% of "school leavers going to university".

Better than Labour in Scotland anyway, which won't be hard :0)

All it needs is a little smear here and there!

Or perhaps more specific!

On that topic Fred, something else for you not to read...



The Red Princes: Minister warns of rise in political dynasties as sons of Kinnock, Straw, Prescott and Blair seek election

Education minister Liz Truss warned of 'usual suspects' in elections

She took aim at Labour, but said problem could be found in every party


By Tim Shipman

Published: 00:50, 24 March 2014 | Updated: 10:56, 24 March 2014



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2587628/The-Red-Princes-Minister-warns-rise-political-dynasties-sons-Kinnock-Straw-Prescott-Blair-seek-election.html

Max.

I don't know what you were on last night, but stop seeing "pink elephants".

There you are, you have done it again!


8-)

PS.

Why shouldn't they seek election, or even you doing similar!

It's no different from #57004 ... money/connections seeking influence.

As long as they are on the straight and narrow, no problems.

Otherwise a teacher's child could not become a teacher etc. which seems daft to me!

Q. What did the buffalo say to his son as he went off to school?

A. Bison

UMM.

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An interesting summary even if a repeat.

This Could Be the Most Interesting U.K. Election Ever


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-26/the-u-k-post-election-scenarios-that-mean-nightmares-on-downing-street


The only thing is don't bet on SNP getting more than 20-25 Westminster seats.

derF, your oft repeated post re Zero hours, and the Labour Party is a beneficiary, having their own employees on this arrangement.
2517

Net migration at 298,000 for heavens sake this is getting rediculous , do they do nothing to stop it .

No they don't ,you won't recognise the UK in 20 years from now .

jimmy b you are so right , It's beyond belief this is what people don't realise . These people breed and all we are doing is inheriting other countries problems . We have areas of all nationalities .A Somalian quarter etc .

Adam Hills said on the Last Leg the other night that immigrants pay something like 10 times more tax than they take in benefits ,that's great and i'm sure most east euro's come here to work (i would if i was in their shoes) but so many young brits can't get jobs and when they do it's on zero hours contracts and rubbish money ,,, take it or leave it .

Well why do you keep voting for these Parties then you right wingers?

Are you still going to vote Con and or now some the Kippers at the next GE? if so you will be posting the same stuff decade after decade on here I suspect as neither seem as though they are going to do any thing about keeping the population at a more manageable level despite their rhetoric.

And don't continue bleating on about what the last lot did because you have had 5 years to do something practical about it and have failed.