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 - we certainly don't need a society that is overloaded with graduates with 3rd-rate degrees from 4th-rate unis in 5th-rate subjects and thus have little to offer the market place in the real world


it's a shame that several decades ago we lost the culture in which there were apprenticeships available, not just for the academically talented (there are still plenty of those), but also for (most) others whose skills and potential lay elsewhere

Jimmy and Vicky,

Check Diane Abbott background academic, and "working life" in comparison with your own.

I think she has done exceptionally well for herself and apparently those she has represented.

What have you achieved in comparison?

How do you know what any of us have achieved Fred , that just goes to show how stupid and arrogant you are ,just like the fool Abbott.

Manuel.

Would you recommend members of your family to take up apprenticeships?

Perhaps, you are relating to your own work experience.

i dare say sleeping with comrade corbyn won't have stunted her progress ...... two paper-bag job however :-)

Make that a large sack !

Jimmy,

Re-read my post and then get somebody to explain to you what I posted.

I must admit reading your posting it only too easy to form an opinion of you.

However, I would like to believe that my opinion is a false one.

Manuel,

Are you judging her by your own standards?

no - i have better taste in women :-)

Think of me what you like Fred , as far as i am concerned you are a moron.

Manuel,

I feel sorry for the women.

Very clever! I'm sure you'll agree it's 10/10 forJeremy Corbyn:

Apart from one significant mistake on Tuesday, when he proved unable to put a cost on Labour’s plans to offer free childcare to two-year-olds during a radio interview, Corbyn has run a smooth election campaign.

“Jeremy Corbyn has surpassed people’s expectations, which were very low," says a senior Labour politician who requested anonymity to speak freely. "Given airtime, people have realised he’s not so bad.”

Corbyn’s confidence is such that he has made a late decision to take part in a leaders’ television debate tonight, an event both he and May had previously shunned.

He has challenged May to do the same in a clever effort to either make her look cowardly or force her into yet another change of mind.

If she doesn't attend then he is braver than her.

If she does attend, then that will be 'three changes of mind' in virtually as many weeks.

Mrs May needs to show some guts and do an about turn on her attack on old folk. My local Tory MP is pulling his hair out as he has nothing to counter JC's hand-outs!

easy to offer spend spend spend .... shame about the reality of how it will be paid for

How soon people forget Labour's parting shot about the countries finances

"Painstakingly Detailed" EU Brexit Document Demands UK Payment For Everything


by Tyler Durden

May 31, 2017 10:51 AM




Brexit without a signed agreement looks increasingly likely as I suggested all along.

EU documents reveal “Painstaking Brexit Detail” down to the smallest item demanded by every nation.

The document also demands arbitration by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). These are both non-starters from the UK side.




Just 10 days before the general election, the EU published two documents that will affect every person living in Britain for years to come. Despite being dropped into the maelstrom of an election caused by Brexit, there was hardly a murmur.



The documents were the most detailed positions yet from the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, on the upcoming divorce talks with the UK.



In two policy papers, the bloc has elaborated its stance on the Brexit bill and citizens’ rights.



The 10-page paper on the bill does not put a price on the divorce, but sets out in painstaking detail all EU bodies with a vested interest in the spoils – 40 agencies, eight joint projects on new technologies and a panoply of funds agreed by all countries, from aid for refugees in Turkey to supporting peace in Colombia.



No detail is too small. Britain is even on the hook for funding teachers at the elite European schools that educate EU civil servants’ children.



On citizens’ rights, the EU spells out in greater detail the protections it wants to secure for nearly 5 million people on the wrong side of Brexit – 3.5 million EU nationals in the UK and 1.2 million Britons on the continent.



In a red rag to hardline Brexiters, the document stresses the European court of justice (ECJ) must have full jurisdiction for ruling on disputes about citizens’ rights, while the European commission ought to have full powers for monitoring whether the UK is upholding the bargain.




More €U bollox here:http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-31/painstakingly-detailed-eu-brexit-document-demands-uk-payment-everything

Shows how desperate the other parties were last night making most of May not being there , when she said weeks ago she wouldn't do it . The Snp with their deputy there instead of Sturgeon , what twisted people .

my thoughts posted last night on advfn ....

amber rudd is impressive .... got lucky by drawing last spot to sum up at the end

angus robertson, the snp chap, came across very coherently and well ..... good to see him giving corbyn the odd biff too

paul nuttall lived up to his name

tim farron speaks ok but has the most appalling tv persona

is MAY and the party wanting to lose the election she was a remoaner
it looks to methat they want to lose

were are the tories who campaigned to leave , silent

it appears that they are doing everthing to lose

i'm afraid latest polls are pretty bleak