Thoughts in your day

[unclebulgaria67]

The BBC news reader who thought that she had to mention the baby having the name Diana included, that of Williams mother. Who knew that Willams mother was called Diana !

[determindator]

In my heart was just a little dream of the middle names Elizabeth Diana. Charlotte in my family so a lovely surprise. Wonderful news:-D

[unclebulgaria67]

Are we seeing too much of politicians and is everyone looking forward to them going back to hiding in London until the next election ?

[snowdragon]

till Christmas as they say we will be getting another election then!

[caro]

I'm sure many of the candidates families, particularly those with young children, look forward to having mummy or daddy home more once things settle down - whenever that might be!

[determindator]

Mike Dailly has tweeted he will be voting Scottish Labour tomorrow

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Dailly

[snowdragon]

who????

[caro]

who????

 

A Scottish solicitor at the Govan Law Centre and absolutely tireless campaigner who, amongst other many other things is part of the FCA.

 

He is also staunch Scottish Labour and strongly opposed the independence vote in Scotland.

 

I don't generally have much time for the legal profession but Mike uses his talents to help people.

 

Termi has linked to wiki but there's not much on there for some reason.

[snowdragon]

that is why I asked, lol I clicked the link,

[snowdragon]

I just put the news on and they have said they are not allowed to mention the election yet for weeks now they have mentioned it at every chance they could!

[sillygirl1]

I am going to vote later on today, I've never voted Conservative or Labour and the local Lib Dems are killing the town, so I will vote either to save a local hospital (which I did last time) or something else - and it won't be the Green party either - I don't believe their policies are 'consumer friendly' and have cost a lot of money.

[snowdragon]

well rumours are going round the the Labour leader has already moved into number 10! :o I really hope not, run for the hills comes to mind lol

[ericsbrother]

They should make voting compulsory but have a box for "none of the above" and then you might well see some decent candidates

[determindator]

I thought LOL meant Lots of Love:lol:

 

Wonder if the cons will build affordable rented property or just let the private renting get out of control.

Wonder if they will keep the bedroom tax.

Wonder what the cuts will be in benefits.

[determindator]

There's been some pokes at the gen election outcome at the Bafta awards tnite.

 

Good contenders there for the next James Bond.

 

Stalkers

[Guest]

I thought LOL meant Lots of Love:lol:

 

Wonder if the cons will build affordable rented property or just let the private renting get out of control.

Wonder if they will keep the bedroom tax.

Wonder what the cuts will be in benefits.

 

i had thought it meant ?

the latter

prob yes

lots

 

and the rest under the auspice of 'austerity' lol

[determindator]

Yes we will start to see lots of con policies now and I understand it will be speedy so it won't be long before the people know whether they agree with it or not. I believe they will want to weaken the unions, they have a gripe with the BBC well it's not privatised is it and they're not in the cons pockets like lots of the media. A channel with the fear of adverts! It's the 80's again with Marge reincarnate Anna Soubry, same hair same voice. There's no free shares in Lloyds as far a I know, i'm being facetious, will hear about that sale soon.

 

Looks like the 85 people who own 75% of the world's wealth were bidding on a Picasso last nite.

[unclebulgaria67]

Yes we will start to see lots of con policies now and I understand it will be speedy so it won't be long before the people know whether they agree with it or not. I believe they will want to weaken the unions, they have a gripe with the BBC well it's not privatised is it and they're not in the cons pockets like lots of the media. A channel with the fear of adverts! It's the 80's again with Marge reincarnate Anna Soubry, same hair same voice. There's no free shares in Lloyds as far a I know, i'm being facetious, will hear about that sale soon.

 

Looks like the 85 people who own 75% of the world's wealth were bidding on a Picasso last nite.

 

It is a real eye opener when you see a painting being sold for $179 million, when there are thousand dying in the mediteranean sea trying to migrate to Europe for a better life. Also in Asia, there are about 8,000 migrants at sea trying to get to Malaysia, fed up with the poor conditions in Bangladesh and Burma.

 

I am not a fan of right wing economics which seems to be about worshiping wealth and hoping for some trickle down effect to everyone else. When you have so much money in so few hands, the world is going to become very unstable and there will be another major economic collapse. In the EU, Greece will default on debt by the Summer and you could see Italy struggle later in the year. Would not surprise me if the Tories were recommending to come out of the EU by the time of any referendum.

[determindator]

The way I see it is we are all at different levels of the pyramid. Building the pyramid keeps us all busy.

[unclebulgaria67]

The way I see it is we are all at different levels of the pyramid. Building the pyramid keeps us all busy.

 

So we are all part of a pyramid scheme, where only a few will get the money ! Sounds about right.

 

What I do not understand is a financial system that has broken and is now being supported by governments who I thought were capitalists. The cost of the Bank bailouts, providing help to buy schemes and quantative easing etc. Does not make any sense to me. It is not just a UK issue, but it is now worldwide. Australia is now struggling with debt and they have a huge mining industry. But when China starts to slow down, in the new world we are in, then it affects the world. The US is no longer as dominant as it was and globalisation has led to a more fragile world.

 

Go back 10 years ago and listen to Gordon Brown and other talking about globalisation, as if it was going to lead to prosperity for a lot more people. That is only ever going to be the case, if they expand the world money supply and to increase the pace of development. The world has to adapt to the rising human population and the demands that come from it. If you don't meet those demands in many countries, then you will see a lot of migration and it is very difficult to deal with. You will also see a lot of conflict, as we are seeing now, with rebels/terrorists taking over parts of countries.

[determindator]

The secret bankers, pharmaceuticals, we all know profit before people. The financial gurus investing so much money over time in them i.e pensions. You get a hand in glove situation. It seems they want $36 bil which is to be raised globally, to get interested in producing more efficient antibiotics. Personally, it seems to me their whole business needs a good overhaul as questions need to asked if drugs are being held back and is mankind being compromised by them. IMO there's plenty of private money which can pay them, people don't want to hear it's a UK tax responsibility. UK want China to take a lead roll at the meet up next year. Interesting, the news says £1 bil, wonder if that's the amount the UK is expected to raise. I expect this will all become more clear during the day. Panorama covering this next Mon.

[unclebulgaria67]

The secret bankers, pharmaceuticals, we all know profit before people. The financial gurus investing so much money over time in them i.e pensions. You get a hand in glove situation. It seems they want $36 bil which is to be raised globally, to get interested in producing more efficient antibiotics. Personally, it seems to me their whole business needs a good overhaul as questions need to asked if drugs are being held back and is mankind being compromised by them. IMO there's plenty of private money which can pay them, people don't want to hear it's a UK tax responsibility. UK want China to take a lead roll at the meet up next year. Interesting, the news says £1 bil, wonder if that's the amount the UK is expected to raise. I expect this will all become more clear during the day. Panorama covering this next Mon.

 

It can take a long time to produce new drugs and they may have some in development, but they have to go through trials, before they can be licenced for use.

 

I think that plant Earth naturally controls some things and population is probably one of them. Scientists are always trying to stay one step ahead of bacteria and they sometimes don't keep up.

[unclebulgaria67]

Can some of the old world country companies compete with new world country companies ?

 

When was the last time you bought an electronic product that was not made in China or South Korea ?

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1483752/sharp-slashes-5000-jobs-in-1-7bn-bailout

 

Go back 20 years ago and you might have seen a made in Japan sticker on a product.

[Guest]

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When was the last time you bought an electronic product that was not made in China or South Korea ?

 

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my tv, made in slovakia

[unclebulgaria67]

my tv, made in slovakia

 

Did the manufacturer have a factory in the UK about 15 years ago ? Some companies set up factories in the 90's/early 2000's in places like south Wales. The government have them grants. That when countries like Slovakia joined the EU, some of these companies moved their production to where they could obtain better grants. The EU helped new members attract companies, even if it meant factories/jobs moving from one EU country to another.