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He won't. He thinks that a classic attempt at deflection will let him off the hook.

They appear to be dropping like flies at the moment, even quicker than pubs! One very good retailer, who I've been doing business with for a good few years, shut his doors for the last time today crippled by his rent. What I don't understand is why landlords won't drop their prices and get some money instead of seeing a business fold and then getting no money. Another one I know, who expanded into another couple of properties 5 years ago, is closing down 2 shops, again, due to rent despite having a very healthy order book. Only good thing is I got to buy £2.5k worth of stock at cost from the 1st one so silver linings and all that but soon we will be left with only the big boys and charity shops on the High St which would be a great pity.

Behave yourself. I work in the real world and run a business in the real world. You clearly have no idea of how FE works if you think we are just given money. I'm also bright enough to examine the evidence and draw a conclusion myself. Try it sometime.

He'll win, no problem.

And yet their economy is growing at 300% the rate of ours.

I would suggest that if you had children then you'd do everything possible to ensure their safety.

I'm sure you get up on your hands and knees, wave your arse in the air and take it willingly if you were told you had to pay 50% more to get 30% less back? No? Thought not.

I would argue that selfish, self obsessed people have kids then expect others to look after them, educate and socialise them and then complain that the kids have issues despite having abdicating responsability at every opportunity.

You are, of course, aware that the ECHR and the EU are two separate entities and aren't connected in any way? You are, of course, that the top European Court can only had down judgements on matters of precedence and cannot just overturn convictions?

Basically, yes.

We won't leave the EU in our lifetime but if the EU still exists in the form in currently does I very much doubt. I fully expect it to evolve into a northern European trading area with a common currency over the next couple of decades.

It won't and can't IMHO. It will become a nothern European currency. Perhaps, in the future, if that does happen, then it may be worth joining. Very long time off though.

Far too many parents put ther careers before their kids and far too may parents use childcare to raise their kids instead of doing it themselves. They then wonder why their kids are f**ked up.

I've always felt, despite being one, that season tickets holders should have no claim over away tickets. Those who go to away games, season ticket holders or not, should always get 1st shout.

The key point that there were/are, on both sides vehement pro and antis. Corky and I are both lefties, with me being left of his more centre based position, and we used to argue from B'ham to Newbury about joining the euro with me being totally anti and him being in favour and both looking at things from different perspectives. Now the argument is dead in the water and I can envisge a time when the euro is made up only of the northern, non PIG countries.

I can only judge when they played us and he was, well, average at best.

Strange, as a Cherries fan said to me "not good enough for the NPC".

Think my nipper and I are going to road trip it as well. Out Friday, back Monday.

Apart from the IMF payment or doesn't that count? We were never going to, correctly, join a eurozone bailout. Ireland is another matter as if they default we are f**ked.

Only class 1 idiots think we'd get 45K. 'kin mental idea.

We have no short term loans as do Greece & Ireland so it isn't an issue. Our debt is in the form of bonds and gilts. Drop Corky Morris a line, he's in that sector and can explain it in laymans terms much better than I but you are worrying about nowt regarding HMG debt. If Greece fails, and it leads to Ireland defaulting our banks, not the government, are seriously exposed! France is fooooked if Greece defaults.

Totally and utterly spot on.

Bloody hell, do you have any idea of how international finance works and how far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far away the very idea is? Yes our deficit needs to be dealt with, everyone accepts that, but to compare us to the PIGS suggests you haven't got a clue.

Drop Dawn an email. She's legend.

That maybe true but it's way more than I'd pay to watch football.