ArthurBottlesworth

Lets remember tory gov't in 80's spent 85% of urban renewal budget in London Nice for London but Not much left over for the rest of the country Norway has £90,000 IN THE BANK. For every member of the country because they didn't squander north sea oil Is europe really going to tell scotland to bugger off? Or is Dave and his mates Just bullying ? And rule is you never give in to a bully

As my great aunt wouls say " he's worth his keep for his cheek "

My son has picked up phrase from AbFab he uses when someone shouts at him "Bless you for your honesty" takes the wind out of their sales ........ Some people have very sad lives.......

An Update on Economics Explained by Cows * SOCIALISM: You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour. * COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. * FASCISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk * NAZISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. * BUREAUCRACY: You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, then throws the milk away. * TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. * SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons. * AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead. * ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Sell one cow to buy a new President of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull. * THE ANDERSEN MODEL: You have two cows. You shred them. * FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows. * JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'cowkimon' and market it worldwide. * GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. * ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch. * RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. * SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.You charge the owners for storing them. * CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the real situation. * INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship them. * BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. Both are mad. * IRAQI CORPORATION: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy.. * AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate. WELSH CORPORATION: You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.

Meant to say not keen on having county councilsticking TPO's on anything

Denbighshire CC tree guy showed up here few years ago Asked me "what's that tree" "Errrr bird cherry --- the valley is full of them" Not overly impressed

I imported snowblower from Germany a few years ago Reclaimed vat in normal way -- but they did query it My son buys stuff from holland regularily and gets charged vat in normal way too Haven't done vat return for that co yet,

Checked my pond at weekend Nothing here yet

Heaps of energy in a flywheel Four people were killed at brooklands in 1930's when a badly lightened flywheel exploded If its damaged bin it .....not worth the risk Uncle smashed two fingers to bits with exploding grinder

I think everybody is getting pi$$ed off with number of jobsworthies employed in gov't We need to clean out the dross, My fencer went to see jobsworthy in Ruthin - refused to put cup of tea on his desk for health n safety reasons ( did it with me too) This was to guy who is putting up fencing on wet ground with mf sliding all over the field Just a bad joke employing people like that

Somebody asked me last week if they could move the scottish border to just south of Manchester .........

Be nice if they spread the government ministries around the country How stupid ministry of fisheries n food ( or whatever its called now ) is in London How about relocating min of environment to say Somerset ? Loads of money --- for the South East How about decent train link for liverpool, manchester, bradford, leeds, doncaster, hull And four airports there too that could be linked Ever noticed motorways all point at London

I agree we are desperate for LESS GOVERNMENT but I did work "in the city" in London for three years The people are incapable of being straight, or doing anything " without taking a turn " and continually feel they can " blag their way through " so in my book not fit to run anything Problem is London sees itself as " head office " and the rest of us as underlings who are subserviant to them..... This attitude runs through the whole bloodyplace E.g. No-one gave a damm about floods in Somerset, but when they reached home counties the army called out immediately ......... Sorry but Not fit to be on the team

We have second biggest parliament IN THE WORLD Only China is bigger But then China is 20 times bigger than the UK so they have some justification I live in Wales I have parish council, county council, welsh assembly, uk parlament , eec parliament, I also have joy of contributing to the cost of running the royal family, who seem to be an alternative government in waiting..... i have met "representatives" from every levell & Frankly they are all crap If we met once a week in village hall, the village could sort 95% of what needs doing ......at a tenth of the cost I'd vote to bin the lot, if Scotland can walk away with their assets and no debts they would be stupid not to go for it.....

Don't care what he earns So long as they don't ask me to pay it.......

Must admit I think I'd go for it if I lived in Scotland Just fewer pigs with their heads in the trough

It comes down male line

I think really clever thing would be to avoid political parties 100% no one will explain to me how they help democracy I can see how they help politicians, but not how they help the country We wouldn't have gone into Iraq if we'd had true democracy Switzerland seems to be nearest to real democracy and they aint doing too bad , but it does mean binning aristocracy, royal family, petty politics etc

£12 ! Think I'll buy a weighbridge ........... Money for nothing .........................

Went out with girl whos dad was oil technician He knocked sump plug off his car and lost oil He said couple of pints of oil left so he rammed stick in to replace sump plug And topped up with water Said he knew oil emulsion would be good enough lubricant to get him home Not sure I'd do it with modern engine though

I walked through London past houses of parliament and to be honest it meant nothing to me, sorry but it doesn't represent me...... They have spent so much effort in screwing up democracy in the UK that its pretty well permanently screwed now Has anybody met anyone who thinks Cameron is any good ? Ditto the rest of them ( bar denis skinner who says what he thinks) Bottom line WE DONT LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY .........democrats dont vote for political parties

Don't give up hope yet I used to cover stolen cars in manchester in 80's Occasionally you get surprised Had one car stolen When recovered had been resprayed serviced valeted and given newset of tyres Owner was overjoyed to get it back Dont give up hope yet

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You could take Swiss approach ----- cap personal income tax at say £60,000 So rich can be officially resident in scotland and reduce theirtax But few thousand coughing up £60k per annum adds up Plus they would want lots of expensive luxury items Ditto companies with corporation tax ..... So expect companies with offices in london. Manchester and edinburgh Companies will Export their profits to low tax area ...... Governments have to realise they will be in competion for businesses Over charge them andthey will move Or thy could go albanian way Close the borders Live on what they make I think cameron and his mates are crapping themselves at option one For all their fancy talk governments really dont want competition

On second thoughts if insurer replaces that lot with new Get much more security ...... If they were brand new and got knicked you might not get insured again