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.

Manuel,

Which bin were you in?

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Be careful what you wish for ........

Is the chicken going to debate with either?

What a moral coward Dodgy Dave is.

THE BUDGET
the following is an eminently sensible and balanced view from today's FT .....

For all the rhetoric over the easing of austerity, what is clear is that there remains a hole in the public finances and the next government will still have to impose bitter medicine on the public, whether it is deep spending cuts, higher taxes or the risks of more borrowing .........
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For the public, the election offers a serious choice between Labour's willingness to borrow more to fund public services and the Tories' belief that departments can easily withstand more cuts. The gap is large, amounting to at least £32bn a year by the end of the decade. That is an important choice

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however, if you aren't going to the polling booth, you don't have to make any choice, but merely have to put up with what is ladled out

THE BUDGET - off-shore tax evasion
i've read it but still not hugely the wiser (page 13 FT)
however, the various measures are calculated to raise £3.1bn by 2020, which i think is a bit disappointing, though it appeals greatly to one's "sense of fairness"

a bit that really sticks in the throat, and i'm sure the legislation is a lot older than 2010 is as follows re voluntary disclosure of hidden off-shore accounts ......

A new "last chance" disclosure facility will be introduced next year to encourage holders of undecalred accounts to come forward before the government begins to receive off-shore bank data in 2017. It will offer less generous terms that the existing Liechtenstein and Crown Dependencies disclosure facilities, which will close early - at the end of 2015, instead of April 2016.
By announcing the early closure of the Liechtenstein disclosure facility, the Treasury will receive revenue more quickly while addressing concerns about the generosity of the initiative, which offers low penalties and immunity from prosecution

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no further comment required!!

It is how the public perceive it.

I can see why Chicken Dave is ducking Ed, Clegg, and Farage in any debate.

Max and tinker,


Here is an interesting site for you!

"UKIP suspends MEP Janice Atkinson over expenses claim"


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-31976343

"It is not known whether Ms Atkinson knew or authorised her staff member's apparent actions. "

But lets not let facts get in the way of a good scandal.

Oh no not yet another dodgy right winger surely!

fred for you BLAIR THE MURDERER AND EX LABOUR LEADER WAS NO MORE THAN A BLOODY LIAR AND AS NO REMORSE FOR HAVING THOUSANDS MURDER ON IS LIES WITH BUSH AT LEAST BUSH KEEPS OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT UNLIKE BLAIR
YOUR ONCE LEADER WHO YOU GAVE YOUR SOUL TO

ever one in government are crooks and liars today ,
non of them are in gov for the good of the country just their own ends

its time to act and give them all a good kicking
do not vote for the 3 main parties unless you are happy to have crooks and liars

Who are you voting for now then T?
2517

The same as you George... The "Con" Party.

Lib/Lab could also go under the sub heading CON, theres no difference between the lot of them.