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.

For those who haven't read this book and want a bed time smile have a look at:

The Political Animal: An Anatomy

By Jeremy Paxman.

Can download to a Kindle.


I know I am behind the times, but he is witty and does endorse my view of politics.

Cynic
OK. Now I see

Actually Cameron did answer the question as he did last time. The answer was "it will be answered in the autumn statement. Corbyn looked silly. He tried to make a point but it fell very flat

But at the moment Cameron hasn't got a clue.

Gives me confidence in his ability in his when negotiating with the EU.

Because Corbyn would be great at that wouldn't he ?

By the way hays, now that you can see again, I wonder if in a while you may be able to think.

Dear oh dear ....I meant labour haven't a cat in hells chance of getting back in...and it's best kept that way....labour left is good for britain in :.....opposition...

Patience.

Even you can reform!


8-)

We are safe in ? hands.

Marriage proposal made via stock discussion thread - Investors Hub (iHub), one of the most active financial forums in the world, is the catalyst for a merger between two stock market enthusiasts.
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Fred leave cynic alone !

JB,

You just put a shiver down my spine!

Just have to mention that the Globo directors and such should be jailed for what is plainly criminal activities.......(the boss selling shares and then suspending the stock)....unbelievable.....

BoE has signalled no interest rises are likely until 2017

Lots of bargain buys at the moment...

And sells!

http://news.sky.com/story/1582241/three-million-more-migrants-set-for-eu

Three Million More Migrants Set For EU

The EU is bracing itself for up to three million more refugees and migrants arriving in the 28-nation bloc by the end of 2016.

So far this year, more than 700,000 people fleeing war and looking for safety or a better life have entered the territory, with chaotic consequences for governments throughout the EU who have not yet worked out a strategy for coping with the huge numbers.

Now, forecasters say, based on current levels and imagining similar flows of people, the number of those arriving is unlikely to slow before 2017.

My friend flew to Sharm el-Sheikh on Thursday , hope they can get home ,only meant to be there for a week .

how many will be true and deserving political refugees, and how many just economic refugees, for whom i don't feel we have any great duty - unless with worthwhile and marketable skills

jimmy - prob there for another week, but perhaps they get a special deal and will be able to enjoy basking in the sun for a while longer

Labour MPs have just given Jeremy Corbyn a big 'screw you'

The Parliamentary Labour Party has shown it isn't going to stay comatose while its Corbynite comrades run wild. What happens next?



By Tom Harris

1:33PM GMT 05 Nov 2015

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Politics, eh? One minute you're bemoaning how your party resembles a coma patient and you might as well pull the plug. The next, the patient is positively kicking the NHS blankets onto the floor and asking for a glass of water.


As a word of explanation, there now follows quite possibly the most boring sentence on the internet this year: the results of elections to the chairmanships of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) committees have been announced.


No, don't click away! This is important. Each committee covers the remit of a Whitehall department, and the chair of each committee, in theory, at least, speaks for the PLP (note: not the front bench) on those subject areas.


PLP committees are an oft-overlooked institution, rarely meeting and never noticed — by Labour MPs, let alone the media.





Congratulations to all my colleagues on being elected as PLP Departmental Committee Chairs pic.twitter.com/NJvxfOHXVl
— Caroline Flint (@CarolineFlintMP) November 5, 2015


That is about to change. Because for the first time, like, ever, a great deal of importance is being attached to these elections in which only Labour MPs can participate. And look at who's been elected: Ian Austin at education, Tristram Hunt at Communities and Local Government, Caroline Flint at Energy and Climate Change, the heroic Mike Gapes at Foreign Affairs.

The list — and the pattern — goes on. The first thing to grab your attention is that almost every new committee chair is a staunch and high-profile critic of the new Corbynite regime. Sensible, sound chaps and chapettes, each one.

The second thing to notice is that the cast list is arguably more impressive than the current Shadow Cabinet, and indeed features some who refused to serve under Corbyn.




Little known fact about PLP Departmental Committee chairs: they technically have right to speak from despatch box. https://t.co/BovtRnfeng
— Conor Pope (@Conorpope) November 5, 2015

These election results are essentially a two-fingered salute by the PLP to its "leader", Mr Corbyn, and his extremist allies. This is the PLP saying: "Okay, we screwed up by allowing Corbyn on the ballot paper back in July. Sorry about that. We won't make the same mistake again."

In normal peacetime, these elections wouldn't matter a damn. I was chair of the PLP Northern Ireland committee at one point and I don't recall being called on to comment on the peace process at regular intervals. But these are not normal times. PLP committee chairs can now be expected to have wildly differing views from their Shadow Cabinet equivalents — or at least will have, as Corbyn uses his mandate to roll out whatever policy-making process he will inevitably use to stamp his authority upon policy.



And given the mandate (see, Jeremy? You're not the only one!) now enjoyed by these individuals, the nation will understand that they speak with the authority of the whole PLP. Shadow Cabinet ministers, on the other hand, will speak only with the authority of one man.






"This unexpected sign of life in the patient is encouraging"









On one hand, this unexpected sign of life in the patient is encouraging. It's an indication that the PLP seems determined not to allow the party to go quietly into that dark night. On the other, it's a tentative first step towards the civil war that was inevitable from the moment the leadership election result was announced.

This is the shelling of Fort Sumpter by Confederate troops. And Jeremy Corbyn is no Abe Lincoln.

Hope so ,still the flight home should be safe ...