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.

mentor are you trying to alienate everybody on these threads ? just a thought .

mentor just forgets to take his medication from time to time

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i think it is absolutely right that trump be afforded the pomp and ceremony of a full state visit
he may be a pretty obnoxious character, but no more so than many others such as the recent visit of the chinese premier (or whoever it was) and others before him
at the end of the day, trump is (just) the figurehead of what is almost inarguably the most important and longest standing ally of the last 100 years

jimmy b

re- trying to alienate

noooooooo just the right to reply to - meddlers -

you do know what happen to you, trying to get to close to the B@stard "cynic" he always needs someone behind him, he does cover the front with and apron, just reach your own conclusions, not one to take him on here , so is gone to the ADVFN for business

ouch

note - meddlers
To intrude into other people's affairs or business

an interesting note from today's FT .......

Trump’s top trade adviser accuses Germany of currency exploitation
Germany is using a “grossly undervalued” euro to exploit the US and its EU partners, Donald Trump’s top trade adviser has said in comments that are likely to trigger alarm in Europe’s largest economy.
Peter Navarro, the head of Mr Trump’s new National Trade Council, told the Financial Times the euro was like an “implicit Deutsche Mark” whose low valuation gave Germany an advantage over its main trading partners. His views suggest the new administration is focusing on currency as part of its hard-charging approach on trade ties.

Navarro is correct. Germany has been the main beneficiary of the Euro. I have said before that to save the Euro, Germany should exit.
There is now a petition reaffirming that Trump should visit the UK.

Good to see things brought out in the open , rather than some giving out sly and misleading statements , good on yer .

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/178844

I have signed it ,bring on the Donald even if he just visits Fred !

jimmy - hope you're still short DOW and/or DAX

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/178844

The alternative view

Donald Trump should make a State Visit to the United Kingdom.

Currently 112,000

And 0ne.

cynic yes i am short DOW

Lol and up yours too mentor.

Parliament will debate the anti and pro Trump petitions.

https://order-order.com/2017/01/31/pro-trump-petition-debated-well/

Afternoon entertainment

you are a naughty boy - Dily - on editing your post ( charts for socks )

are you tired of the up the Baa, Baa?
have a cuppa and a lay down then

A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down by Abel Tasmans

I have edited nothing on here mentor.

And you were a fecking clown when you posted under your old name too.

It's all entertainment , just like for you with the Baa, Baa

re -the guilty party where send to ADVFN,
I am still here annoying you for your sins

Put that through goggle Dil. I blame Blair for letting these nutters in. :)

just ignore him chaps .... he's a pain in the bum and if it wasn't for his generally interesting charts, i'ld have him filtered - as i did 4/5/6 months ago

Home growth not enough exporting yet?..........

UK factory costs balloon at record pace in Jan, tainting robust growth - PMI

LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Sterling's fall since Britain voted to leave the European Union stoked the sharpest rise in factory costs on record last month but offered little boost to exports, tainting otherwise robust manufacturing growth at the start of 2017.

The Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) edged down to 55.9 from December's 2-1/2 year peak of 56.1, matching the consensus forecast in a Reuters poll.

The survey out on Wednesday suggested Britain's economy continues to expand at a solid rate after outpacing its rivals last year, with the PMI's gauge of factory output pointing to the fastest growth since May 2014.

But it also drove home the view shared by Bank of England policymakers, who meet this week, that rising prices will soon put a brake on household spending, a key driver of the economy.

Factories' raw material costs rose at the fastest pace since PMI records began 25 years ago - fuelled by the pound's near 20 percent drop against the dollar since June's Brexit vote, as well as higher prices for steel and oil.

In response, manufacturers raised the prices they charged for their goods at the fastest pace since April 2011.

Earlier on Wednesday the National Institute of Economic and Social Research raised its forecasts for growth and said exports would contribute as imports weaken.

The PMI showed manufacturers were optimistic about the outlook and relaxed about the sharp increase in costs, although it remained to be seen if this would hurt growth later.

Manufacturing accounts for around a tenth of British economic output, and recent strong manufacturing PMIs have not fully transferred into subsequent official growth statistics.