Sergei Gotsmanov

I would contest that I am being silly here. I don't think it is that companies have something to hide it is more the fact that smaller producers and suppliers do not have the resources to meet all of these new requirements. Why should a small cheesemaker in Devon have to spend money packaging his cheddar with a sticker that tells people not to eat it? I am sorry but more labelling inevitably means more packaging. I cannot see why 6 tomatoes or three leeks or five slices of ham etc etc are packaged in plastic containers. It is lunacy and justy creates more waste. I do not think people are stupid. Lazy yes.

I think as a nation we tend to forget how much support Moseley had particularly in the higher echelons of society.

I am sorry Buctootim but call me naive or not but I believe that 99.9% people who are obese have managed to make the connection with their diet and their weight. We do not need to be patronised by expensive think tanks puuting traffic lights on our food.

Thats fine by why should this be compulsory. If it gives retailers a competitive advantage then that is great for them, they can introduce the labelling and people like yourself can shop there and buy products with the appropriate labeling. I will be then able to shop somewhere else where because there is less labelling the products are cheaper and because there is less labelling there is less packaging and I can then lower my carbon foot print. The trouble is, as Buctotim's post highlights, this is about pointless but expensive Think tanks creating red tape and regulation to handicap business and to justify there jobs.

All of it is nonsense based on the assumption that most people are stupid. Tell me when my food goes off do not tell me what to eat.

and the language of a bigot.

You must be on a different intellectual level.

Its a shame you have been to a couple of funerals recently - you could have doubled your attendance. Just joking. I assume that you are not being that serious.

That is very good.

This amused me.

In fact democracy has facilitated Europe's downfall because to get elected you have to promise more than mob you are up against. To achieve that you have to borrow more and the spiral continues. How long do people really think that China is going to sit back and let their people slave away for next to nothing when the people they have effectively lent the money too are working a 37hr week, have six weeks holiday a year and are retiring at 60.

My god you are right. Can I add no celebrities.

We should be cutting back on politicians.

If I saw 2000 beers on offer then as I say I would check the sell by date. Drink Leffe because when in Rome and all that.

I do recall he did at one point relent at admit that England could not leave him out.

I would check the sell by dates. Drink some Leffe. It may be owned by one of the global players but it is very nice.

I think you misread my response

Well they were pretty spot on with the Euro.

Not sure how closely you follow current affairs! I would say that UKIP has been the biggest thorn in the Tories side in the last decade.

I like the concept but can I move my debts!

So we should screw the city into the ground and frighten off all of all the foreign operators who ply their trade. I think they call that cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Well I am a small business and no they would'nt even give me a small loan the other month. I hate banks and bankers for that matter but unfortunately we will not get out of this mess until they are back on their feet. As for big corporations, tax ratesa are just a tool to get them to come and set up business in our country and employ our peoplr. Why do you think Google went to Dublin.

In the background which should always remember that whatever its faults the city and the banking industry is a major financial asset and we should make sure it works for us. Long winded enquiries serve very little in getting us back on the road to recovery.

The multi millionaire Class warrior who fights his battles from his mansion in sleepy Dorset.

I thought he was pretty toe curling.