Alanbrooke said:

Just listened to the charade with Hollande telling Cameron off like a naughty child.

Really a british PM humiliating himself and his nation before France ?

What ever happened self respect ?

taffys said:

Alanbrooke said:

Just listened to the charade with Hollande telling Cameron off like a naughty child.

Really a british PM humiliating himself and his nation before France ?

What ever happened self respect ?

I;m sure the Hollande intervention will go down well with British voters.

JackW said:

Sean_F said:

JackW said:

Michigan - Fox2 Detroit/Mitchell

GOP - Trump 39 .. Rubio 19 .. Carson 14 .. Kasich 12 .. Carson 9

Dem - Clinton 61 .. Sanders 33

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2016/Mitchell_Poll_FOX_2_GOP_Primary_3-2-16.pdf

Jack, what odds can I get on President Trump appointing Sarah Palin to SCOTUS?

Hilariously funny ones.

peter_from_putney said:

pbr2013 said:

I looked at my posts today and was horrified by typos, formatting errors etc. Mostly because I post from a phone.

I lurk here mostly. And I spend too much time doing that. What I have never understood is how so many successful professional/business types here find the time. How do you do that?

The same thoughts have often occurred to me - best epitomised by the late (not literally I hope) and much missed "tim" formerly of this parish who would post dozens and dozens of times each and every day, 7 days a week. How he found time to be a farmer and/or a wine merchant, etc at the same time is totally beyond me as is also the small matter of how he manages to fill his days since leaving us.

TCPoliticalBetting said:

peter_from_putney said:

pbr2013 said:

I looked at my posts today and was horrified by typos, formatting errors etc. Mostly because I post from a phone.

I lurk here mostly. And I spend too much time doing that. What I have never understood is how so many successful professional/business types here find the time. How do you do that?

The same thoughts have often occurred to me - best epitomised by the late (not literally I hope) and much missed "tim" formerly of this parish who would post dozens and dozens of times each and every day, 7 days a week. How he found time to be a farmer and/or a wine merchant, etc at the same time is totally beyond me as is also the small matter of how he manages to fill his days since leaving us.

That reminded me to check in on his twitter account to see how he was getting on. What a sad sad f*ckker he is. He is angry with:-
1. Remain people for being useless
2. Labour Leaders for being useless
3. Corbyn for supporting IRA bombers
4. A newspaper for the cancer drugs fund
5. People anti Heathrow expansion
6. Leave campaign
7. John "Homeopathy works" McDonnell
8. Priti Patel
9. Momentum

and that is just today.

TCPoliticalBetting said:

peter_from_putney said:

pbr2013 said:

I looked at my posts today and was horrified by typos, formatting errors etc. Mostly because I post from a phone.

I lurk here mostly. And I spend too much time doing that. What I have never understood is how so many successful professional/business types here find the time. How do you do that?

The same thoughts have often occurred to me - best epitomised by the late (not literally I hope) and much missed "tim" formerly of this parish who would post dozens and dozens of times each and every day, 7 days a week. How he found time to be a farmer and/or a wine merchant, etc at the same time is totally beyond me as is also the small matter of how he manages to fill his days since leaving us.

That reminded me to check in on his twitter account to see how he was getting on. What a sad sad f*ckker he is. He is angry with:-
1. Remain people for being useless
2. Labour Leaders for being useless
3. Corbyn for supporting IRA bombers
4. A newspaper for the cancer drugs fund
5. People anti Heathrow expansion
6. Leave campaign
7. John "Homeopathy works" McDonnell
8. Priti Patel
9. Momentum

and that is just today.

SeanT said:

MaxPB said:

SeanT said:

BRITISH AIRWAYS BIZ CLASS TO BANGKOK ABSOLUTELY SUCKS COMPARED TO EVA.

and it costs more.

Just had to get that off my chest. The difference really is phenomenal. The Asians are eating our lunch. How do they do it?

Their flight attendants earn half of the wage and have no pension rights.

It's not the staff it's the facilities. I'm basically in a DC10. No usb portal. Cramped. Wobbly chairs. Old plane. Just rubbish. That weird configuration where you sit opposite strangers. And they charge £3k for the privilege.

Eva air charge £2.5k and have fabulous individual podules, new planes, better departure times, endless food and wine.

Something is going wrong. And this is a major route. London Bangkok.

NickPalmer said:

flightpath01 said:

As I read it BA do not have DC-10s - I am not sure they ever had. The seats convert to beds. They make a big thing about the rear facing seats.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2013/03/07/radical-business-class-sets-british-airways-apart/#622d794130fa

As we're all swapping flying anecdotes, I will say I was impressed by Norwegian's cut-price planes to the US - unlike Ryanair and the like, they offer comfortable leg room, mass of seat-back entertainment without charge and ultra-modern aircraft with gizmos like button-operated cabin window shading. They are currently advertising flights to NY (one way) for £174... The downsides are that you pay extra if you have significant baggage, insist on a particular seat or demand airline food, all of which are meh as far as I'm concerned.

The most fun airline was in Kenya - forgotten their name now, but the pilot safety announcement was full of wisecracks like, "If you've not figured out how seatbelts work yet, you shouldn't be on this plane, so I can't be bothered to tell you".

Scott_P said:

@jamesrbuk: The Scottish parliament just had a formal debate about how rubbish the free coffee they get is. https://t.co/27j9ZJMKzj

Alanbrooke said:

Just listened to the charade with Hollande telling Cameron off like a naughty child.

Really a british PM humiliating himself and his nation before France ?

What ever happened self respect ?

AlastairMeeks said:

I guess we can take it that Mitt Romney isn't particularly fond of Donald Trump.

watford30 said:

Polruan said:

Alanbrooke said:

Just listened to the charade with Hollande telling Cameron off like a naughty child.

Really a british PM humiliating himself and his nation before France ?

What ever happened self respect ?

Cameron's willingness to play the Maria Schneider role when heading off for his last tango really is selfless.

He probably butters himself up as well.

watford30 said:

Polruan said:

Alanbrooke said:

Just listened to the charade with Hollande telling Cameron off like a naughty child.

Really a british PM humiliating himself and his nation before France ?

What ever happened self respect ?

Cameron's willingness to play the Maria Schneider role when heading off for his last tango really is selfless.

He probably butters himself up as well.

watford30 said:

Polruan said:

Alanbrooke said:

Just listened to the charade with Hollande telling Cameron off like a naughty child.

Really a british PM humiliating himself and his nation before France ?

What ever happened self respect ?

Cameron's willingness to play the Maria Schneider role when heading off for his last tango really is selfless.

He probably butters himself up as well.

MarqueeMark said:

rcs1000 said:

Also, if you're in the market for a private jet, can I recommend the Dassault Falcon. Really nicely made, and pretty quiet. You'd never guess they started making them over 20 years ago.

Dear Santa....

FattyBolger said:

Yay.!! Totally unexpected declaration for Leave from a bloke in our office. A fluent Spanish speaker who has lived and worked in Spain. Aged about 30. Thinks it will help bring down house prices. There is hope. Not one other person has mentioned the referendum.

Sunil_Prasannan said:

FattyBolger said:

Trying to build up courage to tell the missus i wany to join the Leave campaign. Posters leaflets etc. The trouble is that our Guardianisa neighbours will be horrified and she wont want that. Tips?

I can't stand this emotional violence!

rcs1000 said:

OldKingCole said:

NickPalmer said:

flightpath01 said:

As I read it BA do not have DC-10s - I am not sure they ever had. The seats convert to beds. They make a big thing about the rear facing seats.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2013/03/07/radical-business-class-sets-british-airways-apart/#622d794130fa

As we're all swapping flying anecdotes, I will say I was impressed by Norwegian's cut-price planes to the US - unlike Ryanair and the like, they offer comfortable leg room, mass of seat-back entertainment without charge and ultra-modern aircraft with gizmos like button-operated cabin window shading. They are currently advertising flights to NY (one way) for £174... The downsides are that you pay extra if you have significant baggage, insist on a particular seat or demand airline food, all of which are meh as far as I'm concerned.

The most fun airline was in Kenya - forgotten their name now, but the pilot safety announcement was full of wisecracks like, "If you've not figured out how seatbelts work yet, you shouldn't be on this plane, so I can't be bothered to tell you".

Many years ago I was on a Bulgarian airline where the (large, grim) stewardess announced that “part of this flight is over water, but due to the excellent construction of this airplane you will not need lifejackets!"

Also, if you're in the market for a private jet, can I recommend the Dassault Falcon. Really nicely made, and pretty quiet. You'd never guess they started making them over 20 years ago.

FattyBolger said:

Trying to build up courage to tell the missus i wany to join the Leave campaign. Posters leaflets etc. The trouble is that our Guardianisa neighbours will be horrified and she wont want that. Tips?

watford30 said:

Polruan said:

Alanbrooke said:

Just listened to the charade with Hollande telling Cameron off like a naughty child.

Really a british PM humiliating himself and his nation before France ?

What ever happened self respect ?

Cameron's willingness to play the Maria Schneider role when heading off for his last tango really is selfless.

He probably butters himself up as well.

Richard_Tyndall said:

OT l think the PCSOs involved in this affair should lose their jobs.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12181819/Taxi-driver-loses-business-over-split-second-decision-to-take-2.30-fare.html

Richard_Tyndall said:

OT l think the PCSOs involved in this affair should lose their jobs.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12181819/Taxi-driver-loses-business-over-split-second-decision-to-take-2.30-fare.html

flightpath01 said:

watford30 said:

Polruan said:

Alanbrooke said:

Just listened to the charade with Hollande telling Cameron off like a naughty child.

Really a british PM humiliating himself and his nation before France ?

What ever happened self respect ?

Cameron's willingness to play the Maria Schneider role when heading off for his last tango really is selfless.

He probably butters himself up as well.

Make your crude mind up. Either he is supine before the French or he is using them as suggested in the Times to play at bad cop spreading scare stories. Meantime in the real world UK and France have sealed a $2bn deal to build next generation drones (multi use unmanned aircraft), which is exactly what our future armed forces and our tech industries will need.
They were meeting at a WW1 war memorial, so keep the crudities coming.

MarqueeMark said:

flightpath01 said:

watford30 said:

Polruan said:

Alanbrooke said:

Just listened to the charade with Hollande telling Cameron off like a naughty child.

Really a british PM humiliating himself and his nation before France ?

What ever happened self respect ?

Cameron's willingness to play the Maria Schneider role when heading off for his last tango really is selfless.

He probably butters himself up as well.

Make your crude mind up. Either he is supine before the French or he is using them as suggested in the Times to play at bad cop spreading scare stories. Meantime in the real world UK and France have sealed a $2bn deal to build next generation drones (multi use unmanned aircraft), which is exactly what our future armed forces and our tech industries will need.
They were meeting at a WW1 war memorial, so keep the crudities coming.

So, the drone deal will fall apart if we vote to leave? We would stop making "exactly what our armed forces and our tech industries will need" - because of what, French spite? Is that really your best shot at making a valid point?

taffys said:

Romney's intervention is interesting.

Those republicans who have already voted for Trump in droves.

Are they misogynistic racists?

Or are they just morons?

taffys said:

Romney's intervention is interesting.

Those republicans who have already voted for Trump in droves.

Are they misogynistic racists?

Or are they just morons?

rcs1000 said:

Richard_Tyndall said:

FattyBolger said:

Yay.!! Totally unexpected declaration for Leave from a bloke in our office. A fluent Spanish speaker who has lived and worked in Spain. Aged about 30. Thinks it will help bring down house prices. There is hope. Not one other person has mentioned the referendum.

I have lived and worked in Norway and France and worked for a French company all over the world for 18 years. It is the difference between Europe and the EU. Lots of us love Europe and its people but hate the EU.

Let's not go too far with this Europe loving. No true Brit can love Paris.

Danny565 said:

The most interesting part of Romney's speech was probably this:

Still, Romney vowed earlier in the speech not to endorse any particular candidate for the Republican nomination, and encouraged voters to use their vote wisely, relying on current polling to determine who they should support.

“Given the current delegate selection process, I’d vote for Marco Rubio in Florida, John Kasich in Ohio,” Romney said.

Wanderer said:

taffys said:

Romney's intervention is interesting.

Those republicans who have already voted for Trump in droves.

Are they misogynistic racists?

Or are they just morons?

Who said it had to be either / or?

Richard_Tyndall said:

FattyBolger said:

Yay.!! Totally unexpected declaration for Leave from a bloke in our office. A fluent Spanish speaker who has lived and worked in Spain. Aged about 30. Thinks it will help bring down house prices. There is hope. Not one other person has mentioned the referendum.

I have lived and worked in Norway and France and worked for a French company all over the world for 18 years. It is the difference between Europe and the EU. Lots of us love Europe and its people but hate the EU.

TGOHF said:

MarqueeMark said:

Speedy said:

runnymede said:

'Sajid Javid looking even worse in explaining his volte face'

Just as a thought experiment, were Leave to get say a 10% poll lead, I wonder how many of these broken reeds would switch round again.

Javid finally found out that backing Remain was the wrong thing to do.
However he could have executed his partial U-Turn much much better.

Javid fell for the "Leave will only be a handful of loons and fruitcakes" line. But 140 plus Tory MPs later, and with the polls perfectly balanced....it is rather different to the pitch he was given.

Muppet. He has put his career plans back a decade.

To be fair this shows his poor judgement up at an early stage - saves messing about thinking he's a serious option later.

Pulpstar said:

Wanderer said:

Not sure about this:

@DPJHodges
To give some sort of context, the GOP are now in an even worse state than the Labour party.

They're not, Trump actually has half a chance.

NorfolkTilIDie said:

Pulpstar said:

Wanderer said:

Not sure about this:

@DPJHodges
To give some sort of context, the GOP are now in an even worse state than the Labour party.

They're not, Trump actually has half a chance.

But even if he got in he'd have two opposition parties in Congress.

MarqueeMark said:

FattyBolger said:

Trying to build up courage to tell the missus i wany to join the Leave campaign. Posters leaflets etc. The trouble is that our Guardianisa neighbours will be horrified and she wont want that. Tips?

Start by canvassing the neighbours. Tell them you were firmly for Remain - but then, you started to learn about the horrors of TTIP.... Remind them that John Hilary, Executive Director of War on Want, said: it is “An assault on European and US societies by transnational corporations.”

Public services - the NHS included - are supposed to be outside its remit. But UK Trade Minister Lord Livingston has admitted that talks about the NHS were still on the table.

Worried about GM foods? The direction of travel after TTIP will only be one way: 70 per cent of all processed foods sold in US supermarkets now containing genetically modified ingredients.

Then say you have to go, but as you do, get them to Google "Investor-State Dispute Settlements" (ISDS) - then you'll talk some more.... Should do the job in getting them all het up and confused.