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.

Thanks VICTIM, reminds me of my grandad's tales of India.

Just announced Keith Barron snuffs it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41998040

KB certainly was a face on TV in the 60s 70s and beyond.

I seed Keith Barron live. He were orate.

Showing your ages and no doubt getting worried by this type of news, as I guess you must be counting the years also. Have you yet made arrangements for what many see as a dreaded day?

Be careful EL there are spell checkers out there you know -):

CL.

There are a few on here who have past their sell by date.

None more so than ,

Looks like Venezuela is bankrupt, this would be in store for the UK if Corbyn/Labour ever get to govern.

Not if the Con artists have already destroyed the economy as they are planning to do.

Take your blinkers off Fred, Corbyn and his Union bosses are intent on destroying the UK. Mass unemployment will follow if they get to govern, the £ (which you on occasions rightly point out is weak because of Brexit) would take fright, foreign money would leave and interest rates would have to rise sharply.

Whilst the Tories are making a ham-fisted job of it atm there is no comparison, chalk & cheese spring to mind.

Don't forget Venezuela is Corbyn's stated idea of utopia.

Your useless corrupt mob of a Government will be after a new leader soon.. how about this one http://www.bbc.co.uk/news

251,

Do you recall Osborne and Cameron the pair of clowns who have got the UK into the present mess because they couldn't stand up to the bullying of Cash , Redwood, the mouthings of Farage and cronies?

Whatever you think, I don't know, but I think or guess we are in for an economic mess and may see austerity at a far higher level than we see now. (That cripples the weakest in society, not those who have the most.)

The employment and unemployment figures quoted by May and cronies to me are a pack of lies. Look at actual productivity.

I am surprised how apathetic the lower and middle classes have been over the last few years, but if the UK goes into a "recession" towards 2019 I think it may cause "unrest" in different ways. It may cause instability in NI and other areas. (Artificial border for smuggling etc.. Some are already licking their lips.

Whatever you think, I think there will be a redistribution of wealth throughout, but I would like that to happen in moderate movement and over a "moderate" period of time. (Differentials are always going to exist, and are necessary.)

I have experienced the consequence of far left and "supposed" communism and think Corbyn is a thousand miles away from it. Also, believe that he believes in democracy, which I doubt very much is the core ethical belief of many of the present leadership and said membership of the tory party.

Whether Corbyn will or would be a good PM I don't know, but think he would be better than some of the tory charlatans we have or have had recently.

I must admit that I would like to see a coalition government of all leading parties.

(If there was such a thing with reference to impartial and considerations of economic and legal advisors.)

Stop living in the past Fred

Martini,

I don't, but I am not such a fool to dismiss what I and others have learnt from in the past by experience and observation.

You may benefit from doing so the same sometime.

You're fearless and brave, you can't be stopped when you're young
You swear you're never-ever gonna work for someone
No corporations for the new-age sons
Tears of rage roll down your face
But still you say it's fun

And you find out life isn't like that
It's so hard to understand
Why the world is your oyster but your future's a clam

It's got you in its grip before you're born
It's done with the use of a dice and a board
They let you think you're king but you're really a pawn.

Paul Weller lyrics August 1979

Even before Mrs T got going.

There will always be leaders and water carriers. The best leaders start off as water carriers. Less rage and more initiative and application works. Yes, life sometimes kicks you in the teeth but you have to get up and carry on, you never know what is around the corner. Mrs T was elected in May 1979 after the winter of discontent.

Paul Weller is more of a leftie than Corbyn.

All his Jam stuff is doom and gloom , Fred would love it.

Got a few of their albums myself and The Best of on CD.

Think Weller must have had anger issues as a kid :-)

Dil,

It strikes me that you still have anger management problems.

The military in Zimbabwe should bring in fair elections within the next six months....that would be an incredible turnaround for that country....should that happen : they would get UN backing and the financial situation would stabilise .....now whether the people in charg will do this is another matter....and yet that is the only and best way forward.....Mugabe....well...bundle him off to a swiss villa....what else ?...they probably won't try and execute him...or will they ?.....