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I'd take that bet, but would you pay up?

So you just give up making the rich pay what they should? What utter nonsense. You close the loopholes. If they won't pay 50p in the pound, they won't pay 40p in the pound so the issue will always be there unless it is dealt with. Do you just give up and pay slobs benefits?

november looks potentially fruitfull.

I wonder how many people will post exactly the same thing at 9.0...

What a defeatist attitude. If loopholes are being exploited then close them.

My money is on all these ITK rumours being b/llocks.

I'm really staggered as to why so many Greeks want to remain in the Euro. A return to the Drachma would be a huge stimulus for investment. They have been fed so much b/ll**** on this issue. There is no light at the end of the tunnel on their current path.

Exit polls show... New Democracy 27.5 - 30%, Syriza 27 - 30%

I used to be a bit against veal, but the fact is that calves are a by product when it comes to dairy farms so we should eat veal rather than waste good meat.

What is ******?

Far too much information.

Fair taxation is what is needed, and the 50p rate of income tax (bearing in mind 50P in the pound is only paid over and above a generous threshold) was fair. The argument given that it was a bad tax because so many avoided/evaded paying it was a disgraceful argument to support a reduction. If people aren't paying it then make them pay it, just like benefits slobs should be tackled. In that one move the government lost the next election. The whole line of "all being in it together" was shown to be a lie and they won't regain that trust. That is the mood I detect among most of the people I know.

I don't need to read articles.

Clearly written by a tree hugger. Personally I prefer to deal in facts and the west (our standing in the world relative to poorer countries) was not built by liberal sorts.

Please don't say you actually go in these shops. The fumes choke me when I walk past them and I'd never dream of going in.

When are the first tranche of sky televised games released?

Never have two words been less compatible.

Shower gel, shaving gel, a flannel and some water does the job. Fook poncing around with creams and lotions.

800k is a snip if he stays fit.

He'll be a cracking signing for them and It'd be a good move for him.

I bet they all wish they lived in Coventry.

The west was doomed the moment we started adopting socialist/liberal policies in international affairs. In the old days we were an exclusive club that exploited the rest of the planet and this enabled us to achieve a high standard of living, and the wealth accrued simply sloshed about to and fro between us. Once that changed and the finite resources started being distributed more evenly our weakness was always going to replaced by a stronger power - namely China, and thanks to the Socialists they have been allowed to stealthily build an empire and usurp us. And make no mistake they are building an empire, and they are doing so in the same manner that we did. We had the east india company, and the BASCo - they have state sponsored mining companies exploiting in the same regions. So all the Socialist/Liberal do gooders have achieved is to relegate us, and promote them and nothing has changed aside from us ceasing to be the beneficiary. Expect China and Argentina to ally in public in the future (millitarily to conquer the Falklands - with China arming the Argies). They are obviously allied behind the scenes already. Just like the communists were behind arming and agitating the nationalist terrorists in Africa against us. It doesn't take a genius to work out that the Repsol nationalisation has China written all over it now does it... http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/05/18/argentina-seizes-repsols-assets-in-worrying-signal-to-exploration-firms/ We in the west are now on a knife edge, and i'm afraid we do not have the political leadership to succeed. We could strike back, it's not impossible, but we won't because we have weak leaders and weak ideologies. The West is on it's knees and it will fall like so many great civilisations fell once they stopped doing the things that made them great in the first place.

Use what you know to identify the drilling company then buy some shares...

You can't have fiscal union without political union, and to achieve political union you need dominance from a centralised base along the lines of all empires throughout history. Andy666 for all his enthusiasm is very naive to the practicalities and what they really mean. Andy is essentially supporting Imperialism, which in this instance is the creation of the 4th Reich via the back door. This is completely at odds with localism and institutions such as the welsh assembly and scottish parliament.

Less waffle but just as boring. Must try harder.