What is that "mate" of mine Sadiq Khan trying to achieve ?

 

You lost you demented little cretin, get over it and concentrate on your job you terrorist sympathiser.

14 hours ago, Sweep said:

So, do you think we shouldn't be going back into it then? - Even you must see this is something we need to be part of

Suspicious of anything related to burgeoning bureaucracies.

Another box which could be ticked by anti democratic types laying out their justification for overturning the result of greatest democratic process in UK history.

In short then - no.

Edited July 7, 20232 yr by bolty58

23 hours ago, Sweep said:

You'd be pleased with me today, I'm wearing a rather fetching Fred Perry polo shirt, some Levis and a pair of Gazelles 🙂

And a pastel sweater draped over your shoulders.

8 minutes ago, Traf said:

And a pastel sweater draped over your shoulders.

yes, a Pringle one

12 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

George Osborne, shagger (apparently)

Who knew?

Just read the email that's give our to ask the guests at his wedding.

Blimey. That's going to be awkward Gideon.

This is grim.

12 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

This is grim.

Twats

You've got to be some real evil, miserable tw*t to do that. Scum.

Thats a big Catholic patch 

3 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Thats a big Catholic patch 

It’ll be a ginger patch. 🤣

4 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Thats a big Catholic patch 

Great bunch of lads

4 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Thats a big Catholic patch 

Being colour blind as fuck I can't tell the difference between the Muslim and Catholic bits.

1 hour ago, mickbrown said:

Just read the email that's give our to ask the guests at his wedding.

Blimey. That's going to be awkward Gideon.

Cheers Whit. 

1 hour ago, Winchester White said:

This is grim.

I'm not sure even the most gammony of gammons could defend that sort of behaviour. 

11 minutes ago, Sweep said:

I'm not sure even the most gammony of gammons could defend that sort of behaviour. 

This is what I was on about the other day

Its resigning in disgrace tackle that

In normal times

14 minutes ago, Sweep said:

I'm not sure even the most gammony of gammons could defend that sort of behaviour. 

We should know around 3am

11 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Suspicious of anything related to burgeoning bureaucracies.

Another box which could be ticked by anti democratic types laying out their justification for overturning the result of greatest democratic process in UK history.

In short then - no.

It's your Conservative Party, who you usually claim can do no wrong who are pushing it through though 🙂

On a more serious note, us not being part of it, has damaged us a little over the past few years, not re-joining, now that we have the opportunity could set us back years. 

The big issue I guess is that some who voted leave, don't want us to rejoin, yet others who voted leave do want us to rejoin and are hailing it as a Brexit bonus (although they've probably not realised it will, to some extent, ties us back into the ECJ for a large chunk of our workforce) 

I do think it's potentially the thin end of the wedge to a creep back towards re-joining in a decade or so

51 minutes ago, Ani said:

Cheers Whit. 

Couldn't find my readers 😀

40 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

We should know around 3am

That's quite funny that 😃

On 25/06/2023 at 14:32, captainmed said:

I never mentioned “Govt” bonds and I said “approaching” 6%.

They are fixed rate bonds of varying lengths through banks etc….

The 6% deals will be available within a week or so when they pass some of the 0.5% rate rise from last week.

Lloyds are supposed to be raising their one year fixed cash isa to 5.45% at the end of next week.Very nice.

3 minutes ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

Lloyds are supposed to be raising their one year fixed cash isa to 5.45% at the end of next week.Very nice.

It is if you have savings and no mortgage. 

3 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

It is if you have savings and no mortgage. 

One of the benefits of being quite old.There are drawbacks

1 minute ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

One of the benefits of being quite old.There are drawbacks

Quite. Especially as inflation is still way over savings rates by quite some margin.

3 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

It is if you have savings and no mortgage. 

Some people have a mortgage and no savings. Some have a mortgage and savings. Some have no mortgage and savings.

Ive been in all three categories. In fact I’ve been in a position of a mortgage and in debt with no savings.

Both of the major parties having been pushing the banks to reduce the differential between savings rates and mortgage rates.

1 hour ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

One of the benefits of being quite old.There are drawbacks

Tbh, hes reet

No mortgage and weighing up when we can retire

But we are old

There’s a monastery in Brno. In the crypt there are bodies from the 17th century of previous monks. They are laid there for visitors to see. On the wall is an inscription.

"What you are we were, what we are you will become"
 

A bit morbid I guess but it’s true in life as well. We all work all our lives to have a comfortable retirement. Don’t knock those who got there before you. It will come to all if you do the right things. 
On that note, I’m going to bed.😊