Whitey Grandad

More likely to be Ken Clarke. Cable has some ridiculous proposals on stealing pensions, but only from the private sector, and a 'wealth' tax.

And Callaghan?

The same could be said about Black Wednesday, but there is no argument that if you give away something cheaply you have lost out. If he had not sold the gold, and there was no need to at the time, then we could sell it now and get much more for it.

I've always thought it was CGT on the profit on the business part of the property. That's why if you're working from home you shouldn't claim relief for expenses on the business part.

Fabulous choice! We've been their four times. Lovely people and great beaches. We've always gone Virgin though.

Ta. Not very dignified, is it, being called 'other'?

Yes, interesting. I've always liked gold, especially the 24 carat sort.

Do you need a source to know that they are all selling their souls?

Does that mean that he has not been included in the figures?

Very true. There is a lot of discussion about the voting system not being representative but on average every 30 or 40 years the minority party gets to have a say.

He was. Don't they have to elect a new one for each parliament? Edit: yes they do but John Bercow is expected to be re-elected which leaves the Conservatives down by 1.

So, from which party will the next Speaker come?

Me too. Two Labour parliaments is about all that the country can survive.

But it takes one voting MP away from one of the parties.

Major did at least win a General Election.

Are you suggesting that Germany's economic prowess is due to them having PR?

Photovoltaic panels convert light energy into electricity which then has to be converted, stored or transmitted to somewhere else and does none of these very efficiently. Solar heating uses the heat energy to preheat water and reduces fuel used on the boiler.

Thanks for reminding me, for a moment I was worried. I always avoid BA but I've used up my airmiles for flights to Bermuda for our 40th anniversary in September. They are from Gatwick :-)

How does the choice of Speaker affect the arithmetic?

Fair comment.

Why don't you two get a room?

In which case there will be a country left in ruins.

In my view the most likely outcome is a minority Con government with 'supply and support' from the Libs, i.e. backing them in a confidence vote and budget bill. That way they can distance themselves from the nasty decisions and still claim that it's what the country needs at the moment. I still expect a re-run in October.

Sorry, but we all have to be careful of the pedants. We can only take account of those who voted.

No! Who else was in it?