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.

RT, Russia Today, is a Kremlin backed propaganda tool that at times borders on the ridiculous. The France24 current affairs programs are much more interesting and balanced.

ever word that was spoken last night on cross talk was good and correct
the west have been weak with no leadership .

has leaders go I would sooner have PUTIN THAN THE LIAR BARMY THE RACIST PIG
HE HAS DETROYED THE STATES NOW A NATION OF COWARDS .
DONALD WILL MAKE THE USA GREAT AGAIN .

OBAMA THE SICK COWARD

69511/12 - as with pravda of course ..... the name's on the tin

if you want biased news anti bittish watch bbc . the bbc is a national disgrace full of
left wing shit anti English employ 3 for a one man job

the bbc is shite

I agree that the EU by its nature has no leadership. That is its achilles heel. But I would not go to RT for advice. Might has well go to a radical mosque for balanced opinion. No different in their aims which is to preach to the inclined, or already converted.
As for Trump, he is sound bites. If he wins the GOP nomination, Clinton will be a shoe in. It shows how bad things are when many republicans will vote for a democrat to keep their own candidate out. Probably the closest person that fits the definition of nihilist on the circuit. Maybe rabble rouser would be better. Fortunately he will never be president.

Poland does not pay a penny in to nato nato will be no more in 3 years
to many free loaders in the eu
the uk must vote out for its own safety the eu is full of terrorists but no leaders


vote out

Ipsos MORI have released the EU referendum figures from their monthly political monitor. Topline figures are

REMAIN 49%, LEAVE 41%, DK/WNV 10%.

Jeremy Hunt ( have i spelled his last name correctly) probably not , says leaving the EU will damage our NHS !
Of course it will Jeremy.

Another well thought out economic policy by the con party.

Further destruction of the manufacturing UK base.

Congratulations to Cameron and Osborne.

Where are they on holiday?

fred does not no its all apart of the rotten EU to destroy the uk they hate us

the uk will be far better out of the eu

the new pension only 13% will get the £155 a week and of the 13% 12% have never worked been unemployed for most of their lives those that worked will get on avge
£125 a week

I dont know if Tata will find a buyer for its steel plants in the UK but, if not, I believe the plants should be renationalised for a period and the tariffs on Chinese imports increased. Compensation for Tata should be set at a £1.
At present, the import dues are set by the EU at 24% while the US taxes at over 200%. I would rather see Chinese plants closing than Port Talbot. Once those blast furnaces shut down, that will be it.

quite so, but true renationalisation would not be a solution

why does the world still seem to think that china's gdp is running at ~7%?
it's absolute rubbish, as is shown by the need for its steel and other goods to be dumped on the world

China's GDP may not be running at 7%, but at around 6% that's not to be sniffed at, and a lot of countries would be over the moon to be having that kind of growth...

But its still growth, take in last years of around the 6.8% mark and the previous 7%+, and over 10 years compounded, thats decent growth...

it would be except from a historical view and that most other economies around the world are struggling badly
have a look at how world shipping is faring and that will tell you plenty

Agree but the Chinese government stated last year they were going to concentrate on internal growth until the world economy started to recover.

I did say renationalise for a period C. The main benificiary of cheap steel in the EU is? No prizes for the right answer.
While our Dave is sunning himself in the Lake District, sorry Lanzerote, maybe he will consider battling for the UK in that "reformed Europe" that he keeps banging on about. Note he and his acolytes don't say a reformed EU. Always Europe. We would all like a reformed EU but we are not going to see one until a lot of tears have been shed. Unfortunately those tears will be those of the common folk, not the Kinnocks of this world.
I wonder if we will see Plaid Cymru criticising EU steel policy? Maybe lovely Leanne will address the steelworkers and explain the tariff policy. Europe could do with a tad of inflation and German cars seems a good start.

let it close down we need cheap steel cheap everthing

as has been pointed out, that sort of philosophy can and usually does come back to bite you hard
leaving aside the socio-economic impact, in the fullness of time, the cycle will turn once once more and commodity prices will increase as will the products for which they are used
if wholesale dumping is allowed without check in times of glut, resulting in certain industries being put out of business, then in due course, there will be a lack of competition with just the few holding all the cards
not healthy at all