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.

Dennis Healy was a saint.

I have nothing about the fact that Volkswagen is actually VAG as a company. That is Volkswagen Audi!

How many Audi models does this apply to apart from some other car makes that they own .

ICM put out their weekly tracking data on EU referendum voting intention today, their latest figures are REMAIN 44%, LEAVE 37%.

I like the dog with a wig on it....brilliant....(Haystack)....thought it was a real Lion when I saw it....

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It was a selfie of Hays dressed up!

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Very interesting article on Glencore Fred ,better than slagging off the Tory drivel .

The News does not reflect the serious questions about these illegal migrants :
Where do they get the money to buy the boats that are invading Greece ?
Who supplies these boats ?
Why does nobody dispose of the wrecks on the greek coast ?
Why is there nobody to turn these invaders away ?
Why are these people not arrested immediately upon landing ?
You break the law : you are welcome it seems into Europe with no or hardly any questions asked !,
None of these questions are asked or answered by reporters on this massive invasion :
Very poor reporting from the main television channels !....

That's because it has all been arranged rf, none of this is by chance.

It must have taken a pretty big pr campaigne to get so large amount of people to move all at the same time....all in one direction.

You will notice they have not moved in the direction of other Arab counties.

It's a disgrace, Europe should have gone down and helped Greece when it started .

I feel for Greece ,it's in enough trouble as it is, now it's small holiday islands that rely on tourists are swamped with migrants .
It's ok for Merkel to say come on over but look at the damage and the trouble it's caused .

RF,

Because the are aware of possible long-term consequences of the actions you suggest.

Also, embarrassed by the responsibility of situations by the previous actions.

Also, they have streaks of common decency and humanity which appears lacking in some!

Going down to help Greece.

You've got my dirty mind boggling there, Jimbo. :o)

The next million are on their way Fred and the next and the next ,when would you say enough ?

Now i read back i can see your point hilary but i think you have been watching too many Carry On films ..

It's because I know how to hold my liquor, James.

Moving away form the discussion of why we don't do our share to help refugees.

Good old unfetered capitalism is the the reason people up sticks and move.
I accept that capitalism best delivers wealth. But it is the concentration of that wealth in the hands of the few, and its inability to fairly distribute it is what will sow its destruction.
The migration of people for economic gain is one of capitalisms main principles.
Make the benefits of wealth more fairly distributed and a lot of the worlds problems will be easied.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/23/uk-wage-growth-stifled-by-tepid-investment-and-low-skilled-migration

Will,

Agreed.

Capitalism is an interesting driving force for a society, but by some it is worship and is a false god.

It is a phantasy theory with its uses.

It needs to be restrained.

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Has Goldfinger served his sentence and can we have him back?