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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 14, 2016 14:58:26 GMT
Sport reflects life. You have to experience the lows to appreciate the highs. Warning - some viewers of a delicate disposition may find the following clip distressing. [br I love these what happened next videos....the goalkeeper has caught the ball what happens next? |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 11, 2016 12:36:35 GMT
Undoubtedly Harry
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 9, 2016 13:29:09 GMT
It was the Big Bang of 1986 that led to the belief that all regulation was bad, everything that followed is part of history. Pensions fraud, Savings & Loans in the USA. The labour victory in 1997 was against a backdrop of this and a party intent to show it was not anti market nor anti business. The whole political atmosphere was driven by this. As late as 2006 Osborne was famously saying that the UK should follow the model in Eire, and Greenspan had already disastrously loosened credit in the States. But ultimately it was an untamed asset bubble that created the collapse, not public debt, not government action, but Government inaction. Both Tory and Labour are to blame for piss poor governance. But the ultimate blame lies with the financial companies gambling with our money, unchecked, right up to and including fraud. We are still paying for this in the degree of public debt that had to be created to bail out the financial system or face absolute collapse.Nothing to do with the EU (although the central charge of inaction applies equally). This time, if it happens, its from a direct choice of this referendum. Fortunately, despite the naysayers, Carney has a plan it seems. So far it appears to be working and the impact is restricted to property based investment funds and the currency ie GBP. If it holds at that then all well and good and thank you Governor. If not and the contagion spreads, god help us. As a footnote I see the Chinese are deliberately devaluing their currency and rumours of wholesale dumping products. Personally I'm not directly due to Gordon Brown's incompetence I've been paid more than ever. In truth I should love the bloke rather than looking forward to dancing on his grave. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 9, 2016 12:43:29 GMT
Perhaps we should't pile all the blame for 2008 on Blair after all we were then a member of one of the greatest organisations the world has ever known, I mean surely the EU were doing something weren't they?
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 9, 2016 10:38:00 GMT
Glad to see we are finally agreeing that markets panic inside and outside of the EU. Didn't you also blame Margaret Thatcher for the 2008 financial crash despite her not having been in power for 18 years? No, but I did blame her for thoughtless deregulation, and an atmosphere that ALL regulation was an infringement on the free markets. An it was that process that led to the financial markets running amok Well it wasn't her process it was Tony (scumbag, war criminal) Blair's process, he either agreed with what had happened before he was Prime Minister or had the power to change it (admittedly he had neither the intellect or backbone to change it). |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 8, 2016 12:35:56 GMT
Not happened since 2008 when we were firmly ensconced in the EU. Indeed. Whilst one could argue more effective regulation might have prevented the banking collapse, the cause in 2008 was exactly that. This time it is entirely self inflicted by the Brexiteers Glad to see we are finally agreeing that markets panic inside and outside of the EU. Didn't you also blame Margaret Thatcher for the 2008 financial crash despite her not having been in power for 18 years? |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 8, 2016 10:06:05 GMT
This is an absurd situation. 52-48% not a clear enough result to legitimise taking such a nuclear option. A margin of 60-40 should have been required, it wasn't because CamoMORON was so overconfident he was bragging he could secure a 70% in vote. IMO there should be another referendum once we know EXACTLY what our new relationship with the EU will look like. By then the devestating short to medium term economic concequences and brutal austerity should be painfully clear and might focus a few million minds on the reality of what they actually voted for. How is that going to happen? The EU have said no negotiations until Article 50 invoked, once Article 50 is invoked then you have committed to leave the EU. So the next referendum would have to be about supporting a bid to rejoin the eu at which point the EU would undoubtedly say here is our offer it's the euro plus political integration etc. As to referendum voting percentages I never heard anyone proposing limits before they lost the referendum, nor did I hear the SNP calling for those limits in the Scottish referendum. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 8, 2016 8:37:29 GMT
With only 21 clubs with grade 1 academies and Man City on the cusp of declining as well there could be a real problem in fulfilling the 16 required So after being snubbed by Grade 1 Academies they'll move on to Grade 2 Academies, if it goes on long enough there maybe a chance we'll be drawn in the same group as our own youth team. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 8, 2016 8:34:11 GMT
All going well so far Shopping centres, office blocks and warehouses worth up to £5bn could be put up for sale as the turmoil in the UK commercial property sector prompted by the Brexit vote forces fund managers to revalue their portfolios or temporarily prevent investors withdrawing their savings. With the pound under pressure on the foreign exchange markets, fund managers Legal & General, Foreign & Colonial and Dutch-owned Kames cut the value of their property funds on Thursday. L&G cut the value of its £2.3bn fund by 10% – following a 5% cut last week – while F&C and Kanes both cut by 5%. Not happened since 2008 when we were firmly ensconced in the EU. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 7, 2016 7:17:10 GMT
But the trouble (in my opinion) with this freedom of movement of labour is that it is seen ideologically by our EU lords and masters as being completely unfettered and untouchable. Which can lead, for example, as has been tragically shown in the recent past, where health professionals are allowed in and language barriers and different levels of qualifications provide tragic outcomes. In ASEAN countries, for example, which is trying to mirror the EU single market model they only provide freedom of movement of labour for certain professions and even then these "movers" have to take a licence test in the language of the country to which they are moving. A sensible degree of governance to maintain standards. They also do not have any appetite, it seems, for this Federalist malarkey, which goes back to the simple point of "In Europe, not governed by Europe". That is my fundamental sticking point about the EU - happy to work with them, happy to have the freedoms and yes, happy to have some degree of legislation but why, oh why, does it mean we have to have this oppressive federalist union foisted on us? There is a degree of sense in working closely with your neighbouring countries, there is a line stepped over to go beyond and foist a Federal Union on millions of people across a continent of so many different countries with different economies. It is a recipe for disaster in my view and if pushed to the ultimate limit will provide for more unrest rather than less. Accept your points. I think my worry is the leaders of the Leave campaign simply did not have a plan of what to do post BREXIT. BREXIT is not an end in itself, it is a means to an end. The worry is none seem to know what the end is (Boris and I believe Andrea Leadsom supported Leave purely for personal political reasons), I do think Gove may know what he wants the end to be, but that will not be very attractive to many who voted Leave, it will be an ultra right wing economic outlook. However, before you even start negotiating on what trading relationship we want with the EU, we have to decide what economic structure we want at home. Unfortunately I think we have been told to get in the car, got in the car, but have no idea where we are going. Maybe I am too cautious but I preferred to say in my warm bus stop. Anyway it may be an exciting ride, but potentially a dangerous one. We live in interesting times. Unfortunately we have no Atlee or Thatcher at the wheel who has a map in their head, we just have a lot of political pygmies (on both sides). If the Leave camp didn't have a plan (not easy for them as largely the government was on the Remain camp) what was the Remain camps plan - will negotiate further reforms but the EU were saying absolutely no more reforms, will control immigration from within the eu ignoring the fact that no-one has been able to control immigration in the EU, trade did they have a plan for more trade well know because that is in the hands of the EU. So exactly which camps didn't have a plan? As to an internal market & the four pillars. Well it's the EU that you are believing there because that's the only way that has been tried. On that basis had we had the EU in the stone age I doubt we'd even have wheels today. And let's not forget our good European neighbours are selective on how they apply those four pillars, the French for instance (remember they never wanted us in the EU in the first place) routinely stand aside whilst their farmers destroy imported goods. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 6, 2016 21:51:04 GMT
If it is school holidays middle of summer why don't they run it from say 5pm to 9pm? Stupid. Stupid choice
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 6, 2016 15:23:56 GMT
hopefully he will get time to bed in before he's slated. Of course he will. At least 3 games  Hope he doesn't waste his first one against Mangotsfield |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 6, 2016 14:27:17 GMT
Was looking forward to taking the godchildren, not going to happen on a workday.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 6, 2016 11:12:41 GMT
I am not making that that claim, I fully understand the consequences on the fishing industry. However whole swathes of the country voted out who have no contact with the fishing industry, In fact Scotland, where the impact was felt the most, voted Remain. I am asking the person, Bristolian I presume, to articulate one rule passed in the EU and ratified by our government that has affected that person directly and adversely. Is it that hard? the uk is more than just Bristol/london Europe is more than the EU but listening to anyone from the EU or Remain you'd think Europe was the EU. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 6, 2016 10:59:00 GMT
And when did membership of the EU ever stop all the things you mentioned above from happening in the past? Change does frighten a lot of people irrationally though. Not sure what your point is? I was responding the point that there is no market panic because of Brexit The point, that you can't accept, is that markets 'panic' outside or inside the EU. If panic only happened outside the EU the country would've voted Remain and Greece and other countries wouldn't have crumbling economies. But actually the EU is very poor at providing stable markets, so I know let's stay in it & no-one need fear change, oh but later they will look back & see there was change anyway and not necessarily for the good. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 6, 2016 10:27:13 GMT
Goodness me The ONLY reason the FTSE is trading so high is because of the remarks by Mark Carney. You remember him, the one that bore the brunt of the animosity of the Brexiteers for daring to indicate what might happen. So when he says that interest rates might be cut, when he says he will strongly consider boosting liquidity by further Quantative Easing, when he loosens the Capital requirements on banks, whats not for the Markets not to like? Asset Bubble is a danger, but not as dangerous as the situation that Brexit has led us to, or more specifically, the farce of not knowing what to do if the vote was leave. In the midst of all this uncertainty, which markets hate, stands Mark Carney. Thank god As for the one eyed view of the £ falling from the sky being good for exporters, true except a) Imported raw materials will be more expensive b) Oil and therefore petrol and gas will be more expensive C) Imported food will be more expensive D) Airfares will be more expensive Then add the mild, so far, panic in the fund markets where property based funds have frozen withdrawals causing consumer concern and a sharp knock to confidence, you can see private demand collapsing which will have a knock on impact on jobs etc. Even Georgie boy gets this as he has abandoned his own fiscal rules, and has a Road to Damascus conversion and become a disciple of Keynes. You couldn't make it up. But its alright, at least we wont have our "culture" eroded.   And when did membership of the EU ever stop all the things you mentioned above from happening in the past? Change does frighten a lot of people irrationally though. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 4, 2016 10:08:12 GMT
Is that an americanised dri they use? |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 4, 2016 8:26:14 GMT
not disputing his scoring achievements at all, IF he has been made an offer by BRFC,which i believe he has,and pretty soon after the season ended, and also from another club then surely he should be in a position by now[or his agent anyway] to say where he is going for the coming season, DC well i have said already , but these things happen,like it or not, not saying it will/could, but just an opinion,time will tell ...................... not sure whats happened here!! but not intentional
but you believe dc will mess him about because he messed us about,really ?? the club announced he had until the end of the month to make his decision so monday is the 1st working day of july,maybe we will know monday? also we dont kow if any other factors have delayed a press statement on this issue. Can I have your job? You seem to have a lot less working days than me. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jun 28, 2016 9:55:09 GMT
Indeed Epping, from the many 'experts'. Anyway as Gove said the British Public have had enough of 'experts'. My general politics is free market liberal, socially liberal. I was strong REMAIN as stated above. If we leave the EU personally I think the only way to get the full economic benefits of being out would be to go down being effectively Hong Kong floating off the coast of the EU, and indeed the cut in regulations and the reference to free trade deals mentioned by Farage and Johnson herald that (although not sure many leavers released that BREXIT was means to achieve that goal). Now I wanted to stay in the EU and was willing to temper my free market free trade instinct for maybe a slightly less cut throat European model. However, now we may be out I think we have to go to the free market/free trade model, otherwise what is the point? I really do not want to be out the EU, potentially in the EEA, paying money in, having their regulations imposed on us and having no say. I am fine with that, are many who voted leave, I dont think so. Full sovereignty comes with a price. Its now time to pay up. Interesting choice Hong Kong as according to the head of the WTO it is one of only 2 territories / countries that fully trade freely with the world, the other being Macau. I guess the only conclusion you can draw with that is that just about no-one actually believes in truly free trade. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jun 27, 2016 8:59:26 GMT
As for future negotiations, as CGH said, there is no real reason for the EU to cut off their nose to spite their face, it's all about business, and business cares about what is best for business, and absolutely nothing else. They may well play hardball for a while, which I do think will cause us some problems, I'm certainly not looking forward to the 'challenge' of fighting it out with rival companies for whatever business is around, especially when experience tells me people will fight for work on price alone, which drives down profits and quality. The one real reason I could never have voted leave, is that none of us can now how it will pan out (but probably very similar to where we are now), however, pretty much everyone agrees that , in the short term we are in for a bumpy ride. Why anyone would vote for a situation that causes grief, followed by getting back to where we are now, is beyond me. But hey ho, what's done is done, but I do have one question for 'leavers'. A week ago the leave camp wanted out, now they seem to be saying 'let's not be too hasty' , when do you think article 50 should be invoked? Now? In a couple of months? Years? It's a good question but currently it's a bargaining chip we hold in any negotiations with the EU. Had there been any foresight when the Treaty was drawn up then the EU could've been in control of that bargaining chip. But because of it's own pomposity the EU could never comprehend that a country would choose to leave so the timing remains in our hands and not theirs. Personally I would wait to see who is going to set the negotiating stance for the EU hopefully someone who is slightly level headed like Merkel rather than an idiotic Juncker before invoking Article 50. |
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