Malcolm Robinson

Fact of the matter is that Cyprus wasn't bust until the ECB made them so with their Greek debt holdings. This looks to be a geopolitical play involving recently found Cypriot gas reserves. They either back a plan involving leveraging Cypriot gas futures or come out of the Euro. With their parliamentary vote on a knife edge and the banks closed until whatever is decided on is in place the plan is now to leave deposits under 100K untaxed. This is how they do things in the great democracy that is the EU! BTW, anyone seen Mario?

Aye, fine straight man.

Listen to the Germans saying they didn't have anything to do with the Cyprus raid............. This is a litmus test! Beware Spain, Portugal..... If the EU implodes will Farage and UKIP disappear?

What a great idea, impose a special tax on everyone who has a bank deposit and give the resulting cash back to the banks? That what is going on in Cyprus and has already resulted in a slide in the Euro and stocks. Greece is about to sell its bad loan stock, anyone hazard a guess what fraction of a euro to a euro of debt they will get for it? Might as well use it to heat the empty Tavernas. Who is going to jump the Euro ship first………. (I would still have an each way on Italy and Germany!)

All VPs before being President?

Good day Mr C, you are in Bedlington, now remember that, questions will be asked later, and the reason you are lost is that you turned off that 'wagon way' arterial route to another country that bisects our great county! You know the one that stifles our economic development and tourism, but then we are the back of beyond. What's that you say, oh yes there's nothing in it for you in terms of elections so you can afford to ignore this part of the world. Problem is the other lots do the exact same for the same, if inverted reasoning. Has there ever been a government which had done so many 'U-turns' as yours? I know it's a coalition but anyone would think you hadn't worked through the ramifications of what you were trying to bring in. Talk to me about your new 'Troubled Families' initiative. How come you were so cosy with Murdoch and your ministers seemed to bend to his will? Making a public enquiry almost teethless had nothing to do with your closeness to the criminals did it? Have you ever had a 'real' job? As a multimillionaire did you really need the public purse to do the roofing work on one of your houses? Propping up clearly incompetent if not criminal bankers at the expense of the least fortunate and OAP's would seem a difficult 'circle to square', care to try? Giving away the public sector to private sector friends instead of re-educating and rationalising it would seem to replace one incompetency with another? There are two basic ways to repay debt, one cut expenses and repay out of savings, the other grow and bring in more income and repay out of the increased income. Why are you only going for the least ambitious option, is it because you and your cabinet have never had to earn a living in their lives and so have no comprehension of how to really manage a real life budget? This I may come back to time allowing…………

Happy Birthday Brian.

Close to my heart Keith, close to my heart!

V

Sometimes he gets to dance with them too.......

Says it all really...........

One of them is in one of my favourite films....

All played themselves in films?

Guinevere?

Merc, One of them was in Night of the Iguana! Is that your favourite film?

Vegetarians?

Sanding down and polishing an oak floor.

Bet you have a laugh............. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIyQn9jRjP8&feature=player_embedded

Seems an apt title to post this on.....watch out environmental evangelists the evidence is stacking up against! Core part of the NCC economic policy....making the county zero carbon production.

What did you want with the Gowk?

The book I read said the horse was buried next door to the graveyard. Vicar Coates also seems to have played a part in awarding apprenticeships to paupers in Ashington? Now where did I file that bit?

During my physical examination, my doctor asked me about my physical activity level. I described a typical day this way: "Well, yesterday afternoon, I took a five hour walk, about 7 miles, through some pretty rough terrain. I waded along the edge of a lake, pushed my way through brambles, got sand in my shoes and my eyes. I avoided standing on a snake, climbed several rocky hills and took a few 'leaks' behind some big trees. The mental stress of it all left me shattered and at the end of it all I drank eight beers". Inspired by the story, the doctor said, "You must be one hell of an outdoorsman!" "No," I replied, "just a rubbish golfer".

You're never too old to learn something stupid.

Not sure this is the best option for inner city personalised transport!

Not on this site m8!