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.

Link?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/21/threadbare-deal-on-europe-refrendum

As you can see, it says Guardian and Sunday!

Observer is just Guardian on Sunday. Same journalists.

no stan, i mean the guardian as appears on my phone every morning including today!
as such, i don't get a link though haze has kindly provided same

Boris turns Dave down, he is for exit.

Ah the online stuff, sorry I meant the hard copy thanks chaps.

Why is the problem for me, Dave must have offered him a big one?

Because Johnson wants to be PM Max.. gaud help us if that ever happens.

Boris's calculation is that if he supports the in side then he alienates most of his party. They will then reject him in a vote for leader when the parliamentary party votes to reduce the candidates to just two. I doubt that he believes in leaving. He has made a safe political choice.

Boris's view in tomorrow's Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/12167643/Boris-Johnson-there-is-only-one-way-to-get-the-change-we-want-vote-to-leave-the-EU.html

Can you copy and paste it Haystack?

It's behind a paywall.

Get in there Boris !!

Got it, it's a long one..


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/12167643/Boris-Johnson-there-is-only-one-way-to-get-the-change-we-want-vote-to-leave-the-EU.html

Prairie hat alert!

At least he's done the right thing .

That remains to be seen, so you agree with me that he is a prairy hat?

"The demographics of the European Union show a highly populated, culturally diverse union of 28 member states. As of 1 January 2015, the population of the EU is about 508.2 million people.[1]"


What strikes me is that the majority of the 28 members seem to be relatively content in the "strengths" of the EU, while a smaller number of malcontents wish to leave and destroy the EU.

It would seem more reasonable to remain a member and negotiate changes of its organisation, but when is at odds with the majority it may be sensible to reevaluate once stance.

The majority are happy, happy to be on the receiving end of the Brussels Danegeld.


Where are these ackers coming from?

EU TRADE DEFICIT
as so often, this is misleading
uk may well have a deficit with eu taken as a whole, but it is an agglomeration of 27 countries
i think uk only runs a deficit with france, germany and perhaps one or two others

The point being? If the UK runs an overall deficit, principally with France and Germany, but a surplus with others, that means that Germany and France have an even greater interest in staying sweet with the UK. Who else matters?