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Everything posted by dune
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It's only a few weirdos that say so.
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They have 12 seats. So all of your post can be discounted.
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Tonga breaks serve, this is more like it. Be funny as **** if Murray loses from being 2 sets up.
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Just need Tsonga to break the miserbale jocks serve now and it'll change everything.
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Not seen you for a while Mikey, how's the film studies going?
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Just seen images of all the divs sat on the hill in the rain.
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Even I want Tsonga to win. Can't stand Murray.
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Have you been for any sessions lately?
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Dear ...................... In today's Daily Telegraph, I issue a direct challenge to Prime Minister David Cameron to debate with me on why he will not give us a say on our relationship with the EU. You can read the article in full on the Daily Telegraph online right here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/9378567/The-time-will-never-be-right-for-David-Cameron-to-hold-a-referendum-on-the-EU.html I urge you to do so. Please also leave your own views in the Comments section below the piece. Many thanks for your time. Sincerely, Nigel Farage MEP UKIP Leader
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I wouldn't know, i took a small hit and sold long ago.
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One of my favourite Tories. There are far too many bland nodding idiots nowadays and not enough people with their own minds and convictions.
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He's an idiot. Nothing more to be said.
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All the best for a speedy recovery. Keep off the pies in future and you'll be fine.
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No i didn't, that was Sour Mash.
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Has Craig David ever been to a Saints game? I remember him wearing a Saints shirts before the 2003 FA cup final.
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If nobody was interested last time why would they be interested this time?
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*Logs into Amy and suggests a meet outside turnstile A*
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It's not about protecting them, it's about about protecting us. I really don't think people like you realise just how precarious the situation is. There's a hell of a lot more sh/t that needs to hit the fan, i.e Greece exiting the Euro followed by Spain, Italy and the rest of the peasant farmers from the south. And make no mistake when these countries do exit they will do so without warning and the banking sector will face massive losses. I'm currently back in equities (which i'm nervous about) but decided to jump back in when the ftse was well down at the end of may, but the next crisis is looming again and i'm thinking i need to cash out again soon because more and more analysts are speculating that Greece is secretly printing Drachmas. I see De la rue have posted good results. A new contract perhaps, or perhaps the expectation for new contracts in the not too distant future. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL5E8GT1PT20120529 Then there's more pointers. Gold has stopped weaking. http://www.kitco.com/charts/historicalgold.html And corporate bond yields are still rising at healthy rate. Off the top of my head it's round about 9% in the past year and in the past month rises are strong contrary to the foolish advice from some that they were all their money at the start of the year. Oh and the incompetent ECB have just cut interest rates (as part of their too little too late strategy). So in summary all the pointers are pointing towards worse to come, but that needn't be a bad thing if our government does the right things to mitigate against the circumstances, and alleviating unnecessary strain on British banks with minimal fuss over the Libor "scandal" is within their power. And in any case I personally don't see it as a scandal because the action taken to essentially commit fraud was IMO the right thing to do at the time. If you think back to the situation with Northern rock and people queing up to withdraw their money - and the subsequent bailout that was needed - that could have been Barclays and those that did require bailouts (who also manipulated Libor) would have been in even deeper sh/t.
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moodys downgraded barclays after the resignation of bob diamond (although granted there isn't much risk with Barclays), but all the banks have seen their equity price go down which means we the taxpayer are further away from being in a position to recoup our investment. All this weakens banks and the next thing you know we'll be back to 2009. Greece will likely leave the Euro in the final quarter of this year and do we really want that to come on top of a full blown inquiry, especially given the fact that in all liklihood Greeces exit will be a sucess for them and the contagion of their exit will thus spread to Spain and Italy whose people see Greeces example and change their pro Euro stance. The sensible approach to investment banking is not punishment and retribution - that's a waste of time and time we do not have to waste. What is needed is a brief parliamentary chinwag to establish what went wrong, and then measures to ensure they don't happen again. This is what the Conservatives want to happen and it is correct way to go.
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Well said Griffo, although it would have carried more weight as Frank.
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Well i'm afraid you demonstrate the same lack of intelligence as the majority of the public. We're going through a 1920's depression in slow motion (the can keeps getting kicked down the road this time though) and people like you and the idiots in the Labour party want to undertake open heart surgery on an industry who's immunity to infection is extremely weak. Now is not the time for undermining such a vital source of revenue for the exchequer (which we own to large extent). Now is the time for raising the drawbridge and protecting our national interests.