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.

How about you quote and paste like for like charts for the rest of the €urozone?

You might then be able to see through the fog of €urobollox statistics.

Blighty might be bad, but €uroland is a lot lot worse...and it has nothing to do with brexit.


Here is some commentary that you might want to avoid, cos it should shatter quite a few of your illusions.


https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/aug/10/joseph-stiglitz-the-problem-with-europe-is-the-euro



It's in the Guardian Fred, so it must be true.

He may look like he should be pickled himself, but I like Eric Pickles. He says it as it is:

In a hard-hitting report, Sir Eric Pickles says there is evidence of pressure being put on vulnerable members of some ethnic minority communities in elections.
He says women and young people in particular have been urged to vote according to the will of elders, especially in communities of Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds.
Presenting an action plan to the new Prime Minister Theresa May on electoral fraud, he attacks the failures of town halls, police and election watchdogs to detect, prevent and prosecute election fraud.
And the former Tory chairman Communities and Local Government Secretary claims it is politically correct sensibilities that have led to the state turning a blind eye to corruption in town halls.
In his report, which contains dozens of recommendations on stopping election fraud, Sir Eric attacks the Metropolitan Police for failing to follow up the election court's ruling with criminal charges.
"Last year's court ruling in Tower Hamlets was a wake-up call that state bodies need to do far more to stamp out corruption and restore public confidence," said Sir Eric.
We all know it is going on. Time to stop pussyfooting around, put multi-culturalism in the bin where it belongs and make these people behave, or prison. And ban the burka. Silly idea that shouldn't be allowed in any civilised country.

"Silly idea that shouldn't be allowed in any civilised country."

i can see no objection to women wearing a burka if that is what they choose, any more than one should condemn dreadlocks or the wearing of birkenstocks

and b4 you all start, no i do not think women should be allowed to hide behind a burka in court and nor (more arguably) when teaching in multicultural schools

Accident at Olympics?

I think that is where C has his head when he talks about the burka. A repugnant archaic practice. I have no problem with the hijab, tolerate the niqab but the burka on the high street is a no no for me. A ban is one EU regulation I would applaud. Whatever happened to the guy that escaped from surveillance in a burka?

my only objection to the burka is that it can indicate a considerable level of subservience, but i see no reason to find it "repugnant" any more than people who are grossly obese or dress as goths or as do the orthodox hasidic jews

btw, as i understand it, the burka is not a koranic instruction, but more heeding a social conformity among many muslims

Much better than a burka a glam goth ..

Some mayor in a French resort has banned the Birkis or something , wonder how long he's got to live .

Anyone watching the Olympics , finding it hard to concentrate as the BBC are switching over events too often as well as switching between bbc1 and bbc 2 every 30 mins or so . Why can't they designate bbc2 to the Olympics and be done with it . I know there's a massive number of of events , maybe trying too many .

Comrade (Fred) Kite

VICTIM(73070)

Yes the BBC have a full Olympics schedule on BBC 4, starting from 1pm.

Just press the red button to stay on any sport you like.

Many muslim woman see the burqa as a sign of subservience, ignorance and backwardness:

Women ripped off their black burqas and defiantly smoked cigarettes, while the men cut their beards as they gave the peace sign.
After two years living under the Islamic State, the last-remaining residents of the northern Syrian city of Manbij could not quite believe it when the US-backed forces arrived to rescue them.
“Why did you take so long?” sobbed one woman, who had been trapped in her basement for a week along with her two daughters and elderly father after Isil threatened to kill anyone who tried to escape.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declared the city fully liberated on Friday, saying they were “starting a new history after closing the book of darkness”.

New ComRes Indy/S Mirror poll finds Corbyn a staggering 46% behind Theresa May on net favourability

Great Britain move up to third place in the medals table as GB cyclists star in the velodrome.

Excellent news!

Just because T.May is 46% to the advantage in a poll with Corbyn is not
unexpected or something to get carried away about.

So far everything is going smoothly for May, where as Corbyn is unelectable.

Late, but apposite!

Great performance by team GB in rowing and cycling. With more to come today. As the Aussies like to point out, we are very good at sports where we can sit down. :) But a great performance all round.