goldfinger
- 09 Jun 2005 12:25
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.
Fred1new
- 10 Nov 2016 17:13
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Dumbo,
Post 74595.
Are you guilty of projection?
Or has your spring snapped?
jimmy b
- 10 Nov 2016 17:21
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grannyboy
- 10 Nov 2016 22:44
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fred 74607
"Why didn't your hero stick around to clear up the mess?"
What mess would that be?, we won't know what the situation is until the
negotiations are done, T.May is making all the right noises, and Nigel Farage
is still around, he's still an MEP, until we leave the EU.
ExecLine
- 10 Nov 2016 23:47
- 74608 of 81564
From the FT:
Here are seven ways in which life could change under a President Donald Trump.
1. Trade
Mr Trump has opposed the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership deal and called for fundamental changes to the Nafta pact with Mexico and Canada. Such policies appear to have boosted his appeal throughout the rust belt of the Midwest, with huge consequences for the election’s ultimate outcome. He has also threatened to impose punitive 45 per cent tariffs on goods from China, stoking fears of a trade war.
2. Foreign policy
Mr Trump has said that Mr Obama’s deal with Iran, which seeks to prevent the Islamic Republic from attaining nuclear weapons, would be dismantled or at least restructured. While Mr Obama began his term by setting out a vision of a world without nuclear weapons, Mr Trump has said he would be open to both Japan and South Korea developing nuclear arsenals. He has also questioned the US’s treaty commitments to Nato allies that do not pay their own way while suggesting a much closer relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
3. Healthcare
Mr Trump has signed up to the Republican pledge that Mr Obama’s signature Obamacare reforms must be “repealed and replaced”. He has not set out a comprehensive alternative but says he will encourage competition between markets in different states.
4. Tax policy
Mr Trump has promised the biggest tax revolution since Ronald Reagan, pledging to cut taxes across the board. He says no American business would pay more than 15 per cent of their profits in tax, compared with a current maximum of 35 per cent. The top rate of tax would fall from 39.6 per cent as the Republican reduces the number of tax brackets.
5. Supreme Court
For many political activists in the US this could be the biggest consequence of the election. With the highest court in the land currently split 4-4 between conservative and more liberal judges, Hillary Clinton’s supporters had hoped that a ninth justice chosen by a Democratic president would shift the balance, possibly for a generation. Instead, Mr Trump faces relatively easy confirmation of his pick by a Republican Senate and he may also have the opportunity to replace some of the relatively elderly complement of liberal judges.
6. Climate change
Mr Trump has called global warming a hoax invented by China to make US manufacturers uncompetitive and vowed to “cancel” the Paris climate agreement, which built on a deal Mr Obama struck with China. He also says he would stop all US payments for UN global warming programmes.
7. Immigration
This is the issue that excited most passions in the campaign, both among Mr Trump’s supporters and among Hispanic voters eager to prevent him from taking the White House. Mrs Clinton and Mr Obama had backed comprehensive reforms that would give illegal immigrants a chance at full citizenship. Mr Trump has campaigned on his pledge to build a wall on the Mexican border, called for a ban on Muslim immigration and the deportation of 11m unauthorised immigrants. However, he has subsequently made more ambiguous statements, promising instead “extreme vetting” and declining to clarify his precise plans for undocumented immigrants.
banjomick
- 11 Nov 2016 02:07
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MaxK
- 11 Nov 2016 06:36
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VICTIM
- 11 Nov 2016 07:41
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Is it because they believe it , or that they wish to make you think it's not possible so you vote their way , anyway reputation and plughole come to mind .
Laurenrose
- 11 Nov 2016 08:18
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all the worlds leaders now want to lick to lick trumps backside .
EU arseholes now pleading for talks DONALD TURN YOUR ARSE TO THEM
cynic
- 11 Nov 2016 08:18
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EL - don't confuse could with will ..... don't confuse electioneering rhetoric with post-event reality ...... don't take media scaremongering at face value
Fred1new
- 11 Nov 2016 08:23
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I have started building a bunker in my garden.
Laurenrose
- 11 Nov 2016 08:28
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in my area we voted out our mp wants to stay in . we have now sent her a letter from our club if she votes in the commons against our wishes we will take her to court and
make her resign
jimmy b
- 11 Nov 2016 08:45
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Fred you should get ready to fight for your country , coward ,i have just been down to the local army surplus store and got kitted out .
They sold me this ,not sure it's what i wanted but it looks good on .
VICTIM
- 11 Nov 2016 09:01
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Freda I thought you usually hid in the Doghouse or cellar , if Corblimey ever gets in you want to start building an Ark as in NOAH'S
Laurenrose
- 11 Nov 2016 09:04
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their is more chance of aliens landing in London than CORBYN getting in to power
the man is a clown and a liar
Laurenrose
- 11 Nov 2016 09:07
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I am a trump supporter and over the moon with a great victory , but corbyn will never get elected
VICTIM
- 11 Nov 2016 09:07
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I thought that was par for the course in Politics .
Fred1new
- 11 Nov 2016 09:12
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Dumbo,
I would think your choice is appropriate for you.
-===
Vicky,
The bunker is for my wine and to grow various magic mushrooms.
I would think you use the latter.
VICTIM
- 11 Nov 2016 09:16
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I can honestly say that I have never used a latter , how do they work .
Fred1new
- 11 Nov 2016 09:17
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Slowly!
VICTIM
- 11 Nov 2016 09:23
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Ever the Engineer eh .