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.

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.

Classic and prophetic - Tony Blair Interview

Will this transaction task filter down to private Investors and derivatives, ie spreadbets and CFDs??.

Hope not.

we just get out of crooked EU

Goldfinger,

Most financial experts have already stated that they expect any extra costs to be passed to the investor.

What a surprise! - Manchester City reveals record 194.9m loss

Manchester City has reported an annual loss of 194.9m for 2010-11, the biggest in English football history.

GF if you mean the Toby Task, it should do.

These mentioned derivatives causes some of the volatility as the total leverage is disproportionate to the wagers.

Both can be used in protection of portfolio held, but with all insurance the cost must be in proportion to the risk.

(I do use them, but at the moment the present market is too dangerous for me and have stopped using them for the time being.

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Tanker,

The cameroon will possibly deliver you wish.

Then what?

Closer links with Australia and the colonies.

(I have a daughter in Australia, who commented "who the hell is Cameron?"

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I would prefer to trade with my neighbouring country than a country half the way around the world.

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

Seem to recall him from somewhere or other. "


Fred , don't you think its about time you moved into a home for the bewilded ?

City bankers buying lottery tickets Harry Wallop, 17:28, Friday 18 November 2011

Wealthy City workers, having a punt on the huge EuroMillions jackpot, has helped the National Lottery post its strongest sales growth in at least ten years.

Camelot (OTC BB: CAML.OB - news) , the company behind the National Lottery, reported a record-half year set of results, with sales of tickets up 19pc to 2.45bn in the six months to September 24.
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This significant jump in sales comes after many years of pedestrian growth, with last year the company recording a sales increase of 5.6pc.

A small number of huge prizes on the EuroMillions over the last 18 months has helped attract new and infrequent players to the game. Britains biggest ever lottery jackpot was scooped by Colin and Chris Weir in July, when they won a 161m prize. This came a year after another British player shared a 113m prize with a Spanish winner.

A spokesman for Camelot said that when the prize reached 80m, the company noticed that sales of tickets suddenly started to spike in some of the richest areas of London, including the City, Canary Wharf, Kensington and Chelsea. We have a core base of regular EuroMillions players but, when the jackpots on offer become huge, typically over the 80 million mark, we also see lots of new and occasional players taking part. Top-selling stores on these occasions are usually located in the City and Canary Wharf, and the overall number one selling store is regularly one of our retailers based in Canary Wharf.

We presume that people working in these areas only think it is worth playing when the prize has got into the stratospheric levels."

Camelot, which is owned by a Canadian pension fund, said that total sales were up 19.9pc to 3.26bn, with 918m given to good causes, a 17pc increase. Sales growth has also been fuelled by a number of new games. It now sells 44 separate scratch cards.

However, the company denied that sales had been driven by the economic downturn with cash-strapped consumers hoping to land a life-changing amount. It pointed out that rival lotteries in Europe (Chicago Options: ^REURUSD - news) were not enjoying similar sales growth.

We strongly believe that it is not connected to the economic downturn, otherwise youd see other lotteries doing well, said a spokesman.

Aids,

Unless you are already in such, your need would appear greater than mine.

" if you mean the Toby Task, "

No Fred , your need is much greater