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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq_6e1A7gzA Look at Merkels face at the end.

Gordon brown is currently visiting an ASDA store in Weymouth live on SKY news. He keeps saying the same things to everyone. "Good to see you, it's a lovely day, aren't the prices cheap in here"

To an extent it could work if just the strong countries were in it. How it is at present is like the US Dollar being the currency of North and South America. If this happened countries like Argentina and Brazil couldn't function with a strong currency and equally the US would suffer because they'd have to prop up these countries. Greece is costing Eurozone nations such as France and Germany Billions in loans (that could be defaulted on) to keep the economy on life support and if we had joined the Euro we'd in the same boat as france and Germany. However this is just the begining -WATCH THIS SPACE- because if and when the troubles spread to other weak nations the Euro could collapse and then Britains woes won't seem so bad in comparison.

Yes. It's just common sense.

In the circumstances Greece needs to devalue it's currency to make itself more competive, but because it's in the Euro it can't devalue. If britain was in the Euro we'd be stuck with a strong currency and that would mean our exports would be more expensive. It can argued that our economy doesn't have a strong manufacturing base, but the weak pound has fuelled exports and this is the reason why we are just out of recession. Looking to the future who's to say we won't start manufacturing more in technologies such as wind turbines or other hi-tech industries - this seems to be the direction we're going in - and by being in the Euro we'd be stuck in a static exchange rate. The Eurozone is in big big trouble and if the problems spread from Greece to other weak nations such as Spain and Portugal you'll thank your lucky stars we're not in it.

Describing his sex life, Mr Cowan 35 wrote "Why limit it to just one woman? I would prefer one for each day of the week!" and "Whats (sic) is it with Working class English Women for a start most of them are not very attractive and all they seem to be interested (sic) in is ripping of nice gents like myself whilst getting ****** and ******* factory workers."

An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has revealed messages left by Mr Cowan on online forums since 2005 in which he: * Admitted illegally paying his cleaner cash-in-hand; * Speculated on the death of Lady Thatcher; * Boasted of his sexual exploits in graphic detail; * Advertised for people to pose nude for his photographic portfolio; and * Said he would not want his children to marry a Muslim. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7628849/Election-2010-Labour-candidate-posted-offensive-and-explicit-messages-online.html

To be honest (i hate this phrase and it normally preceeds a lie ) i was more concerned a week ago, but the Tory vote has recovered a bit whilst the Labour vote hasn't. I firmly believe the Tories will have the most MP's, and it's all to play for as to whether they reach the magic number 326. Taking the fight to the Lab-Con marginals needing a 8-10% swing could prove to be the difference because it's going to be tough to win seats from the Liberals, although i'm sure Eastleigh will be blue come May 7th.

2 years does seem extreme, but it'd be a detterent to others i'm sure you'll agree.

News is scetchy at the minute but I gather it's the candidate for South Cambridgeshire and involves sexually explicit material... Anyone got any news on this?

Dave Cameron on SKY News in Southampton NOW.

The state of our public finances means that we have got to take strong action or we'll end up like Greece.

The polls would suggest that the consistent Conservative message has got out. The Conservative vote has recovered since the first election debate, whilst the Labour vote has remained split. Mandelson made a tactical error cosying up to the liberals and his recent U-turn is transparent in the extreme. As to the VAT rise you have to understand that we as a nation are not far behind Greece. It's only the fact we still have Sterling as our currency that we're not in that position because the Greeks should have devalued their currency under the circumstances but couldn't. We need tough measures to reduce the deficit and we need strong government to see these measures through and we need to start sorting the mess out now. Only a conservative government will deliver on these 3 key areas.

They won't go mainstream in this election, but under a PR system they can become a player in a coalition with the Tories and thus move the Tories to the right which is what i want. Lord pearson of rannoch (the new UKIP leader when Nigel Farage retires) talks a lot of sense. http://www.lordpearsonofrannoch.co.uk/my_video.html

Yes i changed my mind. Voting BNP was a means to an end, i.e bringing the issues i care about onto the mainstream agenda, however with electoral reform looking likely why make a protest vote when a vote for UKIP could mean (in 2015) it's a vote for party that will be a part of a government. Voting UKIP potentially is a much more powerful vote for moving politics to the right.

Has Gordon brown even been on the election trail yet? All i've seen of him is fleeting visits from safe house to safe house.

It's not a matter of IF Vat goes up, but WHEN and by HOW MUCH. You can thank old mother hubbard Brown for the rise because it was Brown that spent all the money we accumulated during the good times and left the cupboard bare. If it was down to me i'd increase VAT up to 25% for the next parliament and hammer down the deficit.

No I don't give a ****. I'm a member of UKIP and should electoral reform follow the election it would mean that in 2015 a window of opporttunity will arise to take poltics away from the centre ground. UKIP would be king makers and will always ally with the Tories and all i've ever wanted is for the tories to move back to the right. UKIP are the best the way of achieving my objective so they are the party i'm supporting.

I couldn't really give a **** about the BNP. This is a general election and the priority is getting a Conservative government because if you want change only a vote for the Conservatives will mean that on May 7 we're not still stuck with Gordon Brown.

With the Labour vote splitting and turning to the Liberals, and the Conservative core vote remaining strong seats such as the Southampton constituencies are now firmly on the radar as possible Conservative gains. I hope you all give Mr cameron a warm welcome.

Andrew Brons MEP was once leader of the NF.

I'm shocked.:shock:

Obviously you don't follow political events as closely as me. Up until a day or so ago Mandelson and Brown were quite content with things as the constituency boundaries strongly favour Labour. For example Labour could finnish on 28 points to the Tories 34 points and Labour would still have the most MP's. However recent polls are suggesting a Tory recovery which would mean the Tories would not only have the most votes but the most seats. This has forced Labour to think "****, now we've gotta get back on the frontfoot and win our core vote back". We are clearly seeing that David Camerons message of "vote Liberal and get Gordon Brown" (as advised by Dune in emails to local Conservative constituency offices ) is winning back the Tory swingers wheras the Labour swingers are still dogging with the Liberals. In another development Dave (Cam back kid) Cameron has revealed that the Liberals bubble has presented his party with opportunities in Lab-Con Marginals that were up until a week ago requiring 9% plus swings. With the Labour vote collapsing and going to the Liberals it opens the door to the Tories (again as i predicted in seats such as Luton South).

There never used to be.