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Perhaps this is mainly wishful thinking on your part? p

Massive tax bills can only ever be due to massive profits so that's not a convincing excuse for going bust. Wonder what the real reason is? You should ask your brother-in-law, sometime, but not now. The embarrassment at failing in business takes a very long time to get over. Some people never get to accept their total personal responsibility and they carry on blaming everyone else e.g. bank, customers, suppliers, credit crunch, tax man, weather, unfair foreign competition, etc. etc. (I accept that, sometimes, there can be massive tax bills for other reasons. For example, a proprietor han

Yes. Ombudsman for Estate Agents p

I couldn't have put it better myself. You're a credit to this forum, CL. p

What's that, PM? Bump? Is that the Citizen Smith that's still Home Secretary and will stay there despite the joint efforts of Tory Central Office and the Daily Fascist? (What great friends you lot keep! ) Bump. p

Great! Will you shoot me first or when I'm hanging there? The latter would be more exciting, don't you think? Get back to your comics. p

Sure! In the words of Denis Healey (I think) "Like being mauled by a dead sheep." 'Laying into Brown' ! My @rse! The words 'p|ss-up' and 'brewery' rush to mind. p

'Yes', then 'no'. Yes, you can get hold of the rules; no, you can't waste people's time with an action for a wrong that hasn't been committed. Simple. (Have you enquired about Anger Management Treatment? You can probably have it on the NHS. Unless you'd rather 'go private'. The surroundings would be nicer if you go private although evidence suggest that all private medical treatment is inferior to that provided by the state.) p

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Smith Expense Complaint Dismissed So, the Daily Fascist will have to think up some new pack of lies. They never change, do they? p

I thought it was a criminal offence to offer 'Key Money' to residential tenants. Perhaps it's different for council housing. p

One word from me and it was gone! p

Did he go on to explain the mechanics of such action? I can think of no method that government ministers, or anyone else, can 'crash share prices'. I haven't heard such absolute total b0||ocks for about a week! p

The Italian contractors are employing more Brits in Italy than they're employing Italians in the UK. So, what's your beef? p

Why give up his peerage? p

You're a little selective with your quotes, Redalert. I thought that Gordon Brown had said that the government would be "drawing on the talents of all to create British jobs for British workers". Now, that sounds neither racist nor protectionist to me but wholly to do with the "drawing on the talents of all" to create work in this country. British workers would obviously benefit but only a fool would suggest that he was speaking of creating jobs in the UK that only Brits could apply for. It's not likely that Gordon Brown, of all people, wouldn't know that that sort of action would be illeg

The cheek of it! Mervyn King, himself, should have replied to you! Get on the phone to Gordon Brown, straight away - they can't expect to get away with ignoring you, MP! Do they realise who you are? p

Yes, most probably. Both protectionism and xenophobia are constantly just below the surface and are encouraged by certain interests. Visit any Con Club any day of the week if you don't believe me. Or any BNP meeting. In any case, you'll probably meet the same people, anyway. p

Was he self-appointed? Check up who appointed him and who he's working for. (You're not one of those Saddam apologists, are you, who supports dictators who gas their own people and invade neighbouring countries? You sound like it. You should hang your head in shame.) No, not 'FACTS', Xurbia but OPINIONS! Your opinions. Not quite the same thing. Screaming 'FACTS' at the end of all your claims doesn't convert your blinkered views into anything better. p

Apology accepted. p

Is that the Royal 'We', Xurbia? Whoever the 'we' were, you concluded wrongly. I work for neither the party nor a public service. I realise that it's probably hard for you to understand but I'm one of those rare people (in your narrow little world) who doesn't read the Daily Mail every morning. p

About as 'fine' as your opinions, by the look of it. p

No, E, our best calculation/guess was that a crash was coming. None of us knew it was coming. Offer your views on the exact progress of the economy over the coming months, if you like, but don't expect me to think that you know what the future holds. You don't and neither does anyone else. I don't expect you to agree with me but my view of the current position of the parties is that the Tories should be much further ahead - historically, a consistent lead of 20% by the opposition at this stage of the parliament is needed to remove the incumbent party at a GE. At the moment, the Tories hav

Less! I'd have thought you'd offer much more! p