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.

The UK does more then enough, and have no reason other then to fulfill the
EU dikdat for eu countries to 'take in their share', the governments original
response of funding the refugee camps near their own countries, where billions
of pounds are spent from the overseas budget on the refugees that remain there,
was the correct response.

These 'refugees'?? are already in a SAFE, FREE country, they HAVE travelled
through SAFE, FREE countries to get to Calais, the reason they don't want to
register in the first free country they arrive in is because they would have to
remain in that country, instead of attempting to get to the land of milk and
honey(the UK)..


And how many of these immigrants are christian, who DO get persecuted
in these muslim countries?.... Not many, if any at all..

Once these 'refugees' reach europe they're no longer 'refugees', they are
then economic migrants...

Or Fifth column islamist....

or shite-hawks as my old dad used to say. Not that I would use such a term...

indeed fred, but more seriously, uk has plenty of genuinely needful cases in all sorts of areas ...... yes, there are some genuine political refugees who deserve asylum, but uk cannot absorb them all ..... and assuredly not just economic migrants and their families who fancy the idea of coming to uk because, as they admit, the benefit system is the tastiest

Manuel,

I am not suggesting a disproportional admission of "immigrants", whether they are fleeing from "oppression", "physical threats" or "economic or political" needs.

(Members of my own and recent family emigrated to America, Australia and Canada on economic "drives" and other members immigrated to this country on political and economic grounds. They all seem to have been economically productive.)

As far "drain" on the "economy" and "structures" of the UK the latter have shown their gratitude to the "structure" and economy and have given more than they have taken.)

I am uncertain to the balance of effects on the benefit system, i.e. how much is taken and how much given back, but would suggest considering the number of immigrants who are doing the low paid and often "dirty" jobs and also the effects of the "black" money on the economy as a whole.

(Would you scrub floors for a living at the usual pay per hour. How much do you pay for a meal when you eat out in comparison with their weekly earnings.)

Nor am I suggesting that the UK should be the only port of call.

That is one of the reasons for me advocating the EU (with its faults) with coordinated disproportion of "immigrants" and a stronger United Nations with not only responsibility but authority as well as ability to address such problems.

As stated before (4-5 years ago) if at the beginning of the recent problems Transit camps with decent "conditions" and administration has been set up, perhaps the problems would be smaller that they are now.

But Nimbyism and scapegoating will always get in the way.

Granny,

You seem to me to be one of the Uk's real 5th column.

fred, Never mind posting your usual rubbish and obfuscating rantings, why
don't YOU answer those questions and facts that i state in my post 74370?..

As to your ignorant foolish retort(74375)

You're only a 5th columnist if you're an alien person who infiltrates another
country in order to disrupt, cause disharmony, or do harm to the indigenous
population, and living under the guise of being law-abiding..It's called Trojan
horse infaltration..


I'm non of those things, and neither am i a first/second/third/fourth
generation immigrant...I'm ENGLISH and 'was' proud of it until the
multicultural liberal lefties took control and accused anyone of being
patriotic or nationalistic, xenophobes and racist..

HANG the Barsteward ( greedy sod )..........

Former BlackRock fund manager pleads guilty to insider dealing in UK

LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - A former fund manager at the London division of asset manager BlackRock Inc on Wednesday pleaded guilty to two counts of insider dealing in a London court.

Mark Lyttleton, 45, admitted buying shares shortly before public announcements about EnCore Oil Plc and Cairn Energy after working on deals or on the basis of conversations with colleagues, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said.

Lyttleton, who had been charged in September with three counts of insider dealing after being arrested in 2013, dealt through an overseas asset manager trading on behalf of a Panamanian registered company.

He will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Dec. 21.

Lyttleton worked at BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd between 2001 and 2013, according to the FCA's register of financial appointments.

Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager, reiterated that it had been told by the FCA that the charges related to alleged actions carried out for personal gain, while off its premises. There was no impact to any of its clients, it said.

Insider dealing is a criminal offence in the UK and is punishable by a fine and up to seven years in jail.

The markets regulator has secured 30 insider dealing convictions since starting to prosecute the crime in 2009.

And what about that ...... a German not a French man they are too proud

Worth fighting for goal of keeping Britain in EU - German experts

BERLIN, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Britain's vote to leave the EU so far had hardly any impact on the German economy, but it is worth fighting for the goal to keep the country in the bloc, the head of Germany's council of economic experts said on Wednesday.

"Regarding Brexit, we see hardly any economic effects in the short term, of course we see the biggest (impact) on the United Kingdom itself," Christoph Schmidt, head of the so-called wise men, said during a news conference.

He added that the biggest problem for the EU was the political fallout from a Brexit. "Our conclusion therefore is that it is worth fighting for so that in the end Brexit doesn't happen," Schmidt said.

Are you any of those?, if you are not then don't expect a cheque.......

UK debt purchase firm to compensate 500,000 clients, write off $509 mln

LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Motormile Finance UK, a debt purchase and collections company, has been ordered to compensate 500,000 customers and write off 414 million pounds ($509 million) in debt by the UK markets regulator over historic systems and controls failures.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Wednesday that customers, who had been pursued unfairly for debt recovery, would receive 154,000 pounds cash after Motormile failed to properly check how much customers owed.

Motormile, which also trades as MMF, MMF Debt Purchase and MMF UK, has since amended its processes, systems and controls. It has rolled out a bespoke new IT system, appointed a new chief executive and has agreed to the compensation package.

Granny,

You seem pretty alien to me.

PS.

Were your ancestors, Viking, Norman, Frisian, Celtic?

Or are you a bit of a mongrel?

May be you are from the original little englander?

the uk should only take Christians , muslim countries should take the musims

Rosie,

That would be a little unfair on the atheists in the UK!

ok fred no muslims hope that helps , muslim countries should take them but alas most will not why

Unofficial and unregulated Sharia law bodies are operating “everywhere in the country” preforming marriages and handing out divorces, the head of a body set up to standardise the administration of Islamic law in the UK has told MPs.
Dr Ahmad Al-Dubayan, chairman of UK Board of Sharia Councils, based in Regent’s Park Mosque in London, said it was impossible to know how many so-called sharia “councils” are operating in Britain.
But in some cases self-styled sharia authorities are operating out of small shops “maybe hidden in the basement or somewhere”, he said.
One widely-quoted think-tank report, published seven years ago, estimated that there are at least 85 sharia bodies in the UK but Dr Al-Dubayan said the true extent is unknown. fred is this what you wish for the uk

Fred1new 74381

"were your ancestors, Viking, Norman, Frisian, Celtic?

And where was these ethnic tribes from?


Yes i'm an ENGLISHMAN, who has been belittled into being a little englander
by a flood of foreign immigrants, who are given far too much air time..

.

Is that Xenophobic?

Some years ago while sitting in a pub in Cardiff, I heard a Welshman blaming the English for all the problems that Wales had at the time. (It wasn't Dil.)

He said to his mate Dai "I think we could solve all the problems we have by kicking all those of -- English origin out, get rid of them."

Dai responded, "That is a good idea, but wait a moment, that would mean there would be only me and you left. Who would serve the beer?"

From: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/pensions-retirement/financial-planning/the-state-pension-loophole-thats-given-me-1300-more-per-year-for/?WT.mc_id=e_DM190494&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Pfi_New_Mon&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Edi_Pfi_New_Mon_2016_11_02&utm_campaign=DM190494

‘The state pension loophole that's given me £1,300 more per year for life’

Priscilla Park Weir has stopped taking her state pension for two years - and will get a 20pc boost.
CREDIT: JOHN LAWRENCE FOR THE TELEGRAPH
Sam Brodbeck
1 NOVEMBER 2016 • 10:16AM

People already drawing their state pension are being urged to consider a generous loophole that could boost their income by thousands of pounds a year in exchange for "unretiring".

The process - which critics say the Government does too little to publicise - is especially helpful for those in good health and who have sources of income in addition to their state pension.

Like many others, Priscilla Park Weir turned 60, only to discover her state pension was going to be far less than she imagined.

She took her entitlement, around £6,200 a year, for eight years before stumbling across a little-known way to up the income - by opting to forgo the payments for a period.

Mrs Park Weir's husband served in the Army, so the couple frequently moved, making it difficult for her to have an uninterrupted work record.

Although she took on secretarial work in the last 20 years of her career, when it came time to begin drawing her state pension, in 2007, she only qualified for the basic level.

In 2015, Mrs Park Weir decided she wanted to boost these payments to supplement the small income from two other private pensions, worth around £350 a month.

There are three ways to boost your state pension, though not all apply to everyone.

You can fill in missing National Insurance years, known as "Class 3 voluntary contributions"; or make a top-up using "Class 3A" contributions that buy up to £25 a week extra; or, lastly, defer taking your pension.


Mrs Park Weir checked to see how much it would cost her to use the "Class 3A" top-up scheme. To add just £25 a week to her pension would have cost her £20,000 in a lump sum.

Instead, she decided to "unretire". Such a delay in taking the state pension can provide an extremely generous uplift for people who have other income to live on.

If you reached state pension age before April 2016, every year you defer adds 10.4pc to payments.

You don't have to defer for entire years - for every five weeks you don't take a pension, you'll get an increase of 1pc.

Deferring is open even if you are already receiving your pension.

Mrs Park Weir stopped drawing her pension in 2015 and plans to restart next year.

She will lose £12,400 as a result but gain an extra £1,290 annually when the payments begin again. This £25-a-week boost comes in at £7,600 cheaper than if she had used the "Class 3A" lump-sum method.

"Instead of using that money to top up, I set it aside to make up the lost income. In reality I have only used about £3,000 of that in the first year as I find being thrifty easy.

"Where else can you get a 10pc increase a year? I'm tempted to do it for longer because it is such a good investment."

But there are some catches to "unretiring". It is far more generous for people who are under the old state pension system, in place before April 2016.

For those retiring after April 2016, the increase you get by deferring roughly halves to 5.8pc.

Separately, the extra income you get by deferring is not increased by the "triple lock" that applies to normal pensions payments.