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.

fred is probably one of a small minority who thinks the referendum is bad idea ..... mind you, fred thinks EVERYTHING is a bad idea other than in Utopia

the country as a whole has been cheesed for a very long time with the way eu is run, which is why UKIP gets a decent amount of support, and even MEPs elected, even if nowhere else

whether the country is now sufficiently fed up to vote "out" come 23rd June, remains to be seen

while i am now inclined to vote "out", i still retain some very real fears as to what the medium/long term consequences will be, and i don't mean just for uk ..... the problem of course is that no one knows, though a period of instability is almost a racing certainty

The EU referendum campaign sets off with Leave one point ahead

The news has moved fast since David Cameron struck a deal to give the UK "special status" in the EU last weekend, as six high-profile Cabinet members made up their minds and joined the Leave campaign before Boris Johnson finally announced he would defy the Prime Minister's advice and support Leave – a decision coinciding with a slump in the value of Sterling to a seven-year low. When Mr Cameron first announced his draft proposals for the deal the media reaction was cold, and YouGov polling found both a boost for Leave and more than twice as many saying the deal was bad (45%) than good (22%).

In the first poll since the starting gun has been fired on the EU referendum campaign, YouGov's research for the Times shows there's everything to play for, as Leave falls seven points from 45% to 38% to meet Remain at 37% in an almost neck-and-neck race.

For memory UKIP had around 4m votes in the GE, that's a lot of possible out votes.
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cynic i really believe Britain can stand on it's own two feet providing we have strong government .

jimmy - much of what happens after the event, especially if "out", will be out of any one gov't's hands
not entirely sure what you mean by "strong gov't" in any case, but assuredly i see no one on any side who inspires much confidence at all ....... and no, boris certainly wouldn't either!

So, Dave's deal appears to be worthless..




EU referendum: Downing Street rejects Michael Gove's claim that Prime Minister's EU deal is 'not legally binding'- live

The Justice Secretary has argued that until the treaties are modified the European Court of Justice is “not bound” by the agreement




By Laura Hughes, Political Correspondent

10:20AM GMT 24 Feb 2016



Latest


10:20

Who's right, the solicitor general or Michael Gove?


In Facts, a fact checking service that supports membership, comes down on the side of Michael Gove, writes Matthew Holehouse in Brussels.

The deal may be legally binding on its signatories, but it cannot preempt the verdict of the ECJ and the Parliament which are required to pass elements of the deal.

That means the emergency brake can be torn to pieces, either by MEPs or judges on Luxembourg.



More:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/12171256/EU-referendum-Michael-Gove-David-Cameron-Boris-Johnson-Brexit-PMQs-live.html

I don't think Boris would be good and i don't think he will ever be in the top job .
A strong government meaning how much of a disaster would Labour be in the next few years .

if you get labour elected, suggest you find the nearest bridge or high building!

Why wait?

Why don't both of you hold hands and jump now?

No matter what our politicians say, a ‘stay’ vote gives the EU a mandate to reach across the channel and strip our nation of its sovereignty and freedom.

If Britain tries to leave the EU, the rules state that we must negotiate our way out. That means we sit at a table with the European Council… and we cannot leave until they “agree” terms acceptable to them.

As for the new PM Michael Gove, he would be the person to do the negotiations with the EU, and lead Britain after Brexit.
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George
There was an interesting poll that found 28% of UKIP supporters would vote to stay in the EU.

cynic if that happens with Corbyn as PM i'll meet you on the top floor of the shard .

That is an interesting statistic Hays .

You could always go and live in a foreign country , and be a foreigner and when you are a foreigner in that country you couldn't really complain about too many foreigners could you really , that's my thinking at the moment , better than throwing yourself off a building . And you could laugh at blighty from afar .

VIC i shall go back and live in the US permanently .

In the mean time i shall be trying to save cynic.

some might say, don't try too hard!

Is that in Dubai . You a window cleaner jimmy ? .

That is Tom Cruise doing his own stunt at the burj khalifa .
I never really liked Cruise but i have to give him credit for that ,he was attatched to a wire .

JB.

Why not pop off back to the states and you should be in time to vote for Donna Trump!

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Stan - Re the dog. What were the Police supposed to do in those circumstances? If you were present ...... Stand there with your finger up your arse and watch as a driver swerved to avoid it causing a multiple pile up and loss of human life. Easy to criticise when not present eh!

H that is an interesting poll, 28%. That is a high %age considering they (presumably) vote for a political party whose aim is independence.
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