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.

Did Damian have a image of Theresa on his laptop?

Naughty, naughty.

8-)

fred - i fear you all too frequently fall back on the false golden age of the past

Manuel,

I learnt to distinguish between the past and present a long time ago and realise although one should learn from the past often is it is wiser not try to reincarnate it as some are wishing to do.

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If you want a guess at future markets:

Have a read of "As Trump fawns over Xi, global politics is now a ‘strong man’ game"
Will Hutton.

So much for future friendship deals.

Brexit cuckoo land.



https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/12/doanld-trump-fawns-over-xi-global-power-strong-man-game

You're a waste of space , end of .

Remembering the fallen from the last great wars is one thing but looking back at what they left behind is another.

The Channel Islands - The Germans occupied the Islands as we all know, many Islanders collaborated with them, for which they received rich rewards being paid in German Marks. The British Government changed all those ill gotten German Marks for British Pounds without question at the end of the war, leaving behind the most corrupt interdependent outpost of the Queens legislators that hold power in the form of the Crown Officers and as the Speaker of their Parliament, ensuring the secrets and corrupt and criminal activities, are not only hidden but actively promoted around the world, by way of denial of being a Tax Haven and actively promoting Tax Avoidance.

Jersey, being the worst of all, as can be seen by the reports following the Child Abuse Inquiry that was launched, as it seems to have provided a cover to whitewash the actions of those in Power.

The UK Government needs to take direct control, remove the Governor and Bailiff and Judges from their posts and ask why they are so desperate to hang on to power. Do the Government and Crown fear what may come to light? Are those dark days of occupation for the honest hardworking Islanders, who suffered under the rule of the Germans that worked with the elite Islanders any better off for all the riches that tax haven wealth has brought to the rich?

Mr. Gordon Brown is right, close these parasitic havens down and stop them doing deals with the rich and powerful that care nothing about human rights.

I have nothing against getting rid of parasites, we have more than enough hiding in the woodwork, but why didn't Gordon Brown do it when he had many years to do so? Maybe its all to do with promoting a book.

Yeah always makes me laugh when some ex PM or Chancellor comes out with crap like that after having the chance to do something about themselves but choosing not to.

He was probably too busy flogging all our gold at knock down prices.

Thanks for that CT, gives a well layed but dissapointing insight.

Always a frown with Gordon Brown

Well layed but dissapointing Stan? You continue to disappoint but never mind, there should be an opening as shadow education secretary if you let your hair grow long. Or is Tanker back?

Did anyone else watch Lewis Hamilton start in the pit lane (ie. last place on the grid and worse) and drive his way through the pack to within 1 second from a podium place in Sunday's Brazilian F1 Grand Prix?

He also ended up just 5 seconds behind the race winner, Vettel.

No wonder this guy is the current World Champion F1 driver.

You just got to read this, to see how desperate the Bailiff and his brother are to hold onto political power.

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/11/13/states-to-debate-bailiffs-dual-role/

Anyone of the States Assembly that are not part of the establishment should ask themselves WHY do they want to continue with this double roll, Why are they not happy to separate their rolls in the Judicial from their political rolls?

Will they be paid less? NO
Will they be less able to control their destiny? YES

Will the Crown officers be able to control the Police if they are removed from Political Power?

Would the House of Parliament allow the Queen to appoint a speaker to control the house, and prevent elected members speaking, and being parties to having them jailed?

It is not about Gordon Brown, it is about the whole rotten establishment from the Queen down.

The vultures circle Appleby along with leading Accountants that use these offshore Islands to enrich themselves at the expense of other Tax Payers.

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/11/13/paradise-papers-firms-terrified-by-data-leak/

The sooner the asteroid and the zombie virus wipe us out, the better; scum to the right of us, scum to the left of us.

Happy go lucky sort of bloke KidA .

I'm a riot.

I have a question for someone , when all these people go and use offshore facilities when do they get the benefit , what's the point really , they are usually the very well off that use it , it just seems well obviously greed but surely much of the money will never be used legally . Go on KidA gis a quote .

Better to gouge your eyes out than watch ITVBe.

Expatriates who are paid offshore in dollars or sterling usually use an offshore bank. I used RBS International in Jersey. All quite legal. Once I returned to the UK, I paid the tax due on the period while i was in the UK and then transferred the balance to a mainland account. There is nothing illegal about companies using so called tax havens despite all the hubbub about it. What is obscene is the amount of tax we pay and how much is wasted.

Victim - Yes they use it - on their luxury lifestyle - buying Yachts, Jets, Homes to dream of, all over the world plus of course Jewels, Cars,Horses, Politicians, Law Officers. In addition they send their children to only the best schools because the money has been cleaned by many of these offshore Crown controlled Islands.

At who`s expense - the middle class - the working class - all normal tax payers that suffer from lack of investment in schools, hospitals, poor housing etc. While they of course can afford the best schools, healthcare in the world.

You have Islands like Jersey that offer the rich deals that set their tax at say £250k p.a and less if they set up home in the Islands - and do you not think that some of these people that do these dirty deals do not get benefits/backhanders stashed in other tax havens or maybe a home here and there or holidays.

iturama, you should have had to pay the tax where you work or reside at the time of earning the income you deposited offshore imo. That is the way it should work.