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Posted by: HonaloochieB July 10, 09:39AM I know this sounds unlikely, but from the top deck of the 176 yesterday I'm sure it was Dustin Hoffman I saw entering Mrs Robinson on LL. It was about 2:00 PM or so, can anyone confirm? Still making me laugh

Look, I don't want your sentimentality to interfere with my riling of the northern folk

As it happens I do support raising the basic tax rate by 1% (or maybe more) but that's been politicised now (largely by Gordon again as he cut it) and it won't happen. And, at the time i was opposed to the 50% upper rate but now think given the circumstances it's reasonable.

:)-D

like Slade at Christmas...

I'm staying with woods and watney...no laying for me this week, being brave.

Beatles or Stones Oasis or Blur Buzzcocks or Pistols Stone Roses/Happy Mondays or fooking anyone Gobby northeners with average music

In Highgate?

Interestingly in the Prince of Darknesses book extracts this week he said that Brown and Darling had a massive argument on this (VAT increases) as Darling knew absolutely that it was neccessary whereas Brown lives in fooking cuckoo land when it comes to economics - as we are all finding out now.

He's been in Surrey for weeks now...it's all subtle snubbing and revolvers in the study

Some of us have been trying to provoke him all night...don't just barge in with a direct challenge like that.

2.5% on VAT raises ?20bn annually with almost no extra implementation cost.... yes, at the margins it can be proved to be slightly regressive but the bulk of vAT will come from electronic goods, car sales, petrol, etc. Basics are non-vAT able and the increase isn't being applied to fuel despite your crap claims eralier. The EU largely has a 20% rate and Labour would have introduced it anyway. 2.5% increase on luxuries is NOT a big deal FUll STOP and the bleeting is the sound of politics rather than any grasp of reality....

So we need to get our imports down and exports up...er, this meens we need to be competitive...let's pay everyone loads more, that'll solve the defeciet and make everyone more competitive. It's simple isn't it. La la land stuff from you again DJ...increasing cost makes us more competitive??? How FFS?

Or UKIP

But what about the beer?

I do agree about a tendancy to bile though if you stroll slighlty off the 'rightouess path'. I'm not that interested in politics to be honest as I have a pretty low opinion of politicians, I'm far more interested in economics (although economist are a bunch of tossers too) and my interest in economics has to a degree taken me increasingly from the 'left' to 'right' as the traditionalists 'stuck in their boxes' ideologist would probably label it. Ultimately, if we can get our global economy balanced and prosperous then the whole world will be better off. The ohh so terrible forces of global capitalism has pulled millions and million of people in the 2nd and third world out of poverty far more than protectionsim and patronsing handouts by guilty liberals in the west ever did...us in the west will probably be worst off as a result and yes that means the end of retiring at 65, free bus passes, outrageous generous redundancy and pension arrangements for our public sector workers, huge non-means tested benefit bills, etc

Students - free tuiton and free grants, for those that are truly academically capable and up for it. IE reduce student numbers by say about a third. University education as a right is a symptom of pointless, wishy wash 'entitlement' ideology.

THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT......

Don't worry about Brendan, he's just grumpy..... 'cos he's moved to Surrey...right among 'em.

Tiger still there or there abouts

Ted Max Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I went. What do you want to know? Was it the policeman?

1) My northern mates down south (especially in the 1980s) "You southern tory tossers don't know what it's like oooop north. Thatcher blah di blah"...to a man/woman they were either Derbyshire farmers' sons or daughters of accountants in Harrogate. 2) Beer I want a pint. Not 3/4 of a pint then a whole load of foam. Tetley cream my A*rse. 3) Strangers talking on busses "Up north strangers actually talk to each other on public transport"....like I want to aspire to that? ...northern birds are alright though.

er...you mean like this. They're both two bets Mick, EW is just an quick way of saying it....you cant get away from this one.

"Look" at the beginning of politicians sentence (Obama started it) "Progressive"