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.

G F.

Before the last General Election, I thought the Liberals had become "woolly" again, but still had a lot of respect for some of its leading lights.

I thought our "Vince" spoke a lot of economic sense and was moderate and agreed with of his most of his unwisely stated "off the cuff" remarks. At the least, he seemed to be recognise and concerned and with the present economic problems and was attempting to consider society as a whole, when seeking resolutions to current problems, rather than denigration of others political figures and countries.

I was disappointed with the decisions made by the Liberal party leadership in entering the so called "coalition", but probably understand their motivation for doing so. (I had a feeling of disappointment with the some of the policy beliefs relinquished by the Liberals.)

I still think he is a "thinking" politician who understands the economic situation we are in, and would prefer him to be negotiating UKs future in Europe for Britain rather than Osborne.

Perhaps, a genuine full blown temporary "coalition" government, with the power and strength to overrule the extremes of all the parties may be a solution.

Just heard the Cameroon speaking in Europe stating he wished for renegotiation of European with less regulation and financial integration.
Bloody marvellous! The last UK government was blamed for its laxity of regulation of the financial markets. Bring back piracy.

What is needed in more fiscal integration of Europe, which I think will come.

Also, what is needed is more regulation to curb the extremes of the market and probably to restrict the power of the money lenders to push the market around at whim to make a few more bucks, while hiding away in various tax havens around the world.


PS.

.The Tobin tax would address some of the volatility in the market and long overdue.

Neutrino experiment repeat at Cern finds same result

The collaboration behind the finding in September that neutrinos may travel faster than light has carried out an improved version of their experiment - and found the same result.

Skinny,

Do you think any of the "light" could percolate through to Brussels.

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It was good to hear an interview a couple of nights ago with the Danish Prime Minister, the next President of the Council of the European Union, when she spoke of an inclusive integrated Europe, rather than the fragmented Europe which some in the UK seem to wish for.

But, I wish the various structures and the organisation bodies within the governing bodies of Europe could be simplified.

Trying to work out, who does what, when or why is a minefield.

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Well Berlusconi thought she was hot - Silvio Berlusconi, Italian PM, Caught Checking Out Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Danish PM (VIDEO)

But then again he thought that of anything with a pulse.

Syria 'to accept' Arab League monitoring mission

Syria has decided to accept an Arab League mission to observe the implementation of peace proposals aimed at ending violence, a Syrian diplomatic source has told the BBC.

Greek and
Gladstone,

I thought he gave handouts to the "down and outs" or at prostrate members of society.

My memories don't go that far back, but recollect the paper waving moment was from another period.

(Often wondered, if Chamberlain was that naive or was he buying time in an attempt to continue to rearm. Often, puzzled by the lack of information he seems to have been working on. Perhaps, is was market forces once again.)

Silvio Berlusconi, epitomises market forces for me.

Amoral, with the abuse of resources and power and needed regulating.

Oh dear. "Good discussions between very good friends, says PM David Cameron after Merkel talks "

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I just hope he hasn't has a "Bliar" moment.

Goldfinger


I agree that Ken Clark would make a good Chancellor , maybe he would have been if he was not so pro Europe. Why Porttilo ? is he also pro Europe.

My choice for PM would be William Hague.

Skinny,

It doesn't look good does it.

I would think the meeting will follow most discussions between a man and woman

Merkel strategy, will be the females well proven method of trying to wear any man down.
Merkel, after going on and on " David are you listening".
Cameron, " Yes, of course dear".
Merkel, "So do you agree".
Cameron not wanting to admit he had switched off, "Of course I do dear".
Merkel, "So its settled then".
Cameron, "If you say so dear".

Merkel goes back home and declares that Cameron has agreed that Britain should become a sub state of the Greater Germanic Republic.

Cameron is accused in parliament of total capitulation.
Obviously not wanting to admit, he had not been listening, he responds by saying "I believe that as a sub state of the GGR, we will have a powerful voice in Germany and if I had not agreed to Merkels conditions, Britain would have been left on the outside, with no voice in Europe".

Riots follow in Britain, which are quickly put down by the newly formed UK branch of the European Germanic Police Force.

Must finish now as my wifes been rabbiting on about something or other for the last hour or two.

No doubt most of us have been there!

Greek - I think I've posted this before - but its still frightenly funny.

Read Aloud For Best Effect!!!

The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short).

In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c." Sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be replaced with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik emthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced by "f". This will make words like fotograf" 20 persent shorter.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.

By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by "z" and "w" by " v".

During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou", and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.

After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.

Ze drem vil finali kum tru.

Eurozone crisis: Cameron and Merkel stress friendship



David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have acknowledged differences but stressed they have the "same plan" for European growth.

So the second hand car salesman is coming home with an empty carpet bag.

Was William Hague a member of the "League of Bald Headed Men" or was he something to do with the "Brides in the Bath"?

Seem to recall him from somewhere or other.

He would be the final nail in the tory coffers.

A picture speaks a thousand words - unlike GW.

Italy: PM Mario Monti wins second confidence vote

The technocratic government of Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has won a crucial confidence vote in the lower house of parliament.

MPs voted 556 to 61 to endorse the new government's programme after Mr Monti asked to be allowed to continue in office until new elections in 2013.

The Senate, or upper house, endorsed the new programme on Thursday.

Mr Monti said he would meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy next week.

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Hi Skinny,

Yes been posted befor.
So funny I sent it on to many friends and family.

regards Greek.