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.

had a nice drink and evening meal .
the uk is going into deep recession and there will
be thousands losing there homes the banks to ditch
over 50000 the uk will put 43b in to the EU
just watch and learn

US banks are up, pre-market.

Tinker.

Unfortunately, for once, I have to agree with you.

Recession deeper.

Unemployment up, up, up.

House prices down Mortgage failures up

More people facing bancruptcy.

Criniality up.

So discontent higher.

Social disent up."

More QE. but too late.

More government U-Turn after U-Turn.

A large part of the responsibility for the economic collapse place on the economic gnomes Cameron and Osborne.

Sorry Fred, but it is world wide and the UK is doing better than most of Europe. That is probably down to Cameron and Osborne.

The world will move on whatever the politicians, the bankers, and the criminals do.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all believers, and human kind.

hay cameron is a ignorant person and not that bright as for OSBORNE HE IS A DIMWIT i remember him at the times say no more

Happy Christmas Everybody

ExecLine ,

Like the card best I have seen, , Merry Christmas to all the diverse and multicultural poster's on here , for non Christians and Pagan's a happy new year or a happy Solstice.

Yes, brilliant.
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Hays,

Where did you get the coloured or tinted glasses from?

Or, perhaps, you are seeing different figures. estimates and charts.


Anyway, happy Xmas. Fogot, Seasons greetings.

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Exec.

Nice card.


Sending it to my grandchildren.

Beware this is a fraud
I'm now deleting

What's a fraud ? did i miss it

One of the biggest threats to financial stability in the UK is potential interference by the European Union (EU) that would create a "race to the bottom" between regulators, the Bank of England has warned, according to The Telegraph. Brussels has demanded that key banking regulations are set centrally, making national supervisors little more than arms-length officials policing the EU code. However, in a discussion paper on the new "toolkit" of powers the Bank is requesting to prevent a rerun of the financial crisis, it warned that Brussels was proving an obstacle to reducing systemic risk. The Bank also appeared to endorse David Cameron's decision to veto the revised EU treaty after failing to secure additional safeguards for independent UK financial regulation.

South American states ban Falklands vessels from ports

And here it is :-

"Malvinas is not an Argentine cause, it is a global cause, because in the Malvinas they are taking our oil and fishing resources.

"And when there is need for more resources, those who are strong are going to look for them wherever and however they can."

British companies are exploring for oil in the waters surrounding the islands, which are 400 nautical miles from the Argentine coast.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/19/the-krankies-admit-to-swinging-past_n_1157118.html?ref=mostpopular

Pass the sick bag " "We weren't behind each other's backs. We knew what each other was sort of up to."

Wonder what sex position that was ?

Skinny,

Interesting to see the effects of UK be less than the flavour of the month in Europe and the loss of Aircraft carriers due to cut backs.

I have C+P some of the article you indicated.

"Uruguay proposed the move to close ports to Falklands-flagged vessels. Mr Mujica said: "We hold nothing against the UK. But we have a lot in favour of Argentina."

He said solidarity among South America's neighbours was key to his country's foreign policy, adding: "For the moment, this means accepting that this territory is a colonial British position in our America."

However, the president of the Falklands Chamber of Commerce, Roger Spink, told the BBC that they were a small community, and felt increasingly under blockade.

"If we were Palestine, the European Union would be up in arms," he said.

The Foreign Office, who called on Uruguay's ambassador in London to explain the move last week, said it was discussing the developments "urgently with countries in the region".

A spokesman said: "We are very concerned by this latest Argentine attempt to isolate the Falkland Islands people and damage their livelihoods, for which there is no justification.

"It is not immediately clear what practical impact, if any, this statement will have, which mirrors the language already used by the Union of South American Nations in 2010.

"But no-one should doubt our determination to protect the Falkland Islanders' right to determine their own political future."
Oil exploration

The Foreign Office called on Uruguay's ambassador in London to explain the move last week.

But the former Foreign Office minister Denis MacShane said the "hostile action" was aimed at London, not the Falklands, and blamed the coalition for weakening Britain's international standing.

The Labour MP said: "South American leaders know that Britain has fewer friends than ever before because of David Cameron's isolationist approach in Europe and the indifference to the Obama administration as most cabinet members are close to US neo-Cons.

"Brazil and other countries know that thanks to Liam Fox's defence cuts, the UK no longer has aircraft carrier capability so British maritime power projection has been fatally weakened by the government."

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who took over the presidency of the trade bloc from Mr Mujica, thanked her fellow presidents for the show of support.

Delivering a speech to the summit, she said: "I want to thank everyone for their immense solidarity with the Malvinas.

"But you should know that when you are signing something on the Malvinas in favour of Argentina you are also doing it in your own defence.

"Malvinas is not an Argentine cause, it is a global cause, because in the Malvinas they are taking our oil and fishing resources.

"And when there is need for more resources, those who are strong are going to look for them wherever and however they can."

British companies are exploring for oil in the waters surrounding the islands, which are 400 nautical miles from the Argentine coast. "

Usual rubbish. It is just an Argentinian politician trying to be popular. It is also Fred trying desperately to find something to beat the present government with. In neither case is there any likelyhood of success.

Hays,

No.

It points to the lower standing of the UK in Europe and the major parts of the world since Cameron and cohorts have been in power.


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See Moodys are beginning to doubt Uk and it will be interesting to see January figures regarding borrowing with unemployment probably up.

Is the Triple rating that safe.

Umhh,

No. It just points to your obsession with the coalition. Labour lost the election - get used to it.

Well I'm sure you will be delighted if/when the UK is downgraded.
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