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*Waves at *Bob**

Season of the Witch - Donavan

What's wrong with a couple of poles in concrete and some corrugated plastic sheets (transparent)?

Bob Dylan was on the bench?!

I miss Wimpy

Germany will use an EU veto 'pour encourager les autres'! You are the ghost of Nicholas Ridley and I claim my ?5 - of course they wouldn't, the eurosceptics of the EU would go ballistic and this would fuel their anger and put the whole 'project' in jeopardy - the Germans are far too pragmatic and involved in Realpolitik for such destructive 'gallic' type gesturing. There's lots of positioning going on pre-negotiations; there's lots of rhetoric aimed at domestic electorates - they are just politicians after all - the outcome will be a compromise in the end.

So which way is it Rendel? - it has to be agreed by everyone (so includes say Ireland - who won't want us punished) or actually just Germany & France willing (maybe) and capable (probably ) of taking that hit, in contrast? You are arguing both sides of a coin - the fact that everyone has to agree potentially plays to 'our' advantage too. There will be compromises is my hunch. Lordship - couldn't agree more RE Osbourne responsible missing his targets but shows how difficult it is..the main reason targets have been missed is that tax take since the recovery have been below expectation...but in my opinion that's the norm in modern economies and us (and other countries) need to adjust our public spending accordingly - which means redesigning the welfare state (and i mainly mean pensions) and the NHS. But the belligerent small 'c' conservatism of their 'guardians' make this nigh on impossible - i fear we'll go bust somewhere down the line with most other european nations. No-one wants to take their medicine.

Plus the 'fact' that the EU are a universal aligned negotiating titan set on punishing us - for somewhere like Ireland we are vitally important to their economy and they won't want our economy sabotaged by Hollande's (Fr president not country) domestically focused anti-english 'hard ball'. Southern Italy won't want 100,000 young people returning and added to their horrific youth unemployment because the UK is put through the wringer by some unelected alcoholic in Luxemburg who thinks we are traitors. Compromises will be made......other events will intervene...etc

I'm more worried about the fiscals state of future governemnts because 'austerity' or, as realists call it, 'attempting to live within your means' has been put on the backburner by the new PM leaving us with the 2nd highest defeceit in the G8 and the tax take for last month was well below expectations - we better hope people want to still keep lending us money but our bond rates are edging up. Need that money tree soon or we are going to have to go back to 'austerity' some point soon. I'd be reasonably optimistic on car tarrifs - the FS and other services are the ones that worry me more but 'orrible bankers' etc etc etc The negative view about our ability to negotiate/the strength of our position and some positives that can be taken from Brexit in terms of business is just a bit grindingly depressing and thoroughly predictable from the usual suspects.

Walking along the street you notice that a couple of girls look at you and you think "hey, I may be getting old but I've still got it", then a couple of blokes look at you too, but it's 2016 blokes can think you're OK too...... and then you remember you've got a T-shirt on with a stupid slogan and people are reading it....

You are OK if you did what Lowlander said

I am 54 and went home and away with West Ham from the late 70s you think I am not ITK Malambu? Fook me I even know a few proper faces...... ...I think that time is well past it sell date as most of my (our) generation do

We are a bit past peak beard though aren't we? When I went the other Saturday there was a decent crowd but nothing like the hispter mobs towards the end of last season

Clown activity....hang on, that's not a joke anymore

Great performance from the Irons last night. :) Early worries about policing of high profile fixtures in and around OS confirmed :(

So, this morning. Quarterly GDP growth (proper first quarter read post-Brexit)= +0.5% above consensus (+0.3%)and way above the pre-referendum Treasury prediction if Out won (-0.1%) And, Nissan announces new models to be made in UK despite Brexit vote. Not so bad SO FAR

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37760562 No comment on this Blah Blah? Social Media's mobs of tory haters on are being strangley quiet on it too - just shows what a non-story this whole thing was in the first place as well as what a useless place Social Media is for spreading fact, although great for fuckwitted propoganda.... As most of us said (including Ratty, a solid socialist) this really was a non-starter in the first place, although the Canary etc were frothing with indignation thinking they'd found a way to overthrow the fcasists etc etc etc

siousxiesue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I didn't ;-( You need a fair bit of 'in' knowledge :) Ratty is from Portsmouth The Position is Head of Violence Google Portsmouth 657

I see what you did there RD

I don't think Seabag is in Law and Finance tho

I used to live in council tower block in Camberwell back in the 80s and there were pairs of them around then so probably their great-great-great-etc Grandkestrels!

Parkdrive - who posts on here is very knowledgeable and may be interested. I like a lot of NS but prefer the funk of the 70s more.

I haven't even got a suit and i work in the 'corporate' world - Tie (as compulsory)seems a bit over the top in 2016?

Bond markets - corporate finance - Europe needs London or it will be New York controlling it all and looking at sclerotic low growth Europe and saying, nah, our money's going elsewhere ...The City has more people commuting into it on a daily basis than the entire population of Frankfurt. We'll be alright......after some uncertainty. Some clearing may, may go to Europe - that's not a big deal. Not being in the Euro was going to make the City a backwater back in the day according to the normal suspects....

...you could argue it's a great demonstration of what the UK has escaped Loz. The negativity is unbelievable and I'm a remain voter. Half the leaders at that summit who 'snubbed' May won't be there for the negotitaions as their voters will have bunged them out. It's all a bit of a mess but if you don't think the EU is too you're pretty delusional (too)