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I watched the news conference from Berlin today, and though I'm not an expert on body language, it was obvious that far from being good friends, they patently don't even like each other.

The spectacle of the Old Etonian Eurosceptic with his begging bowl, and the chubby Hausfrau, a former communist from East Germany and now the most powerful lady in Europe made me laugh. While Cameron intently stared at Merkel, she never looked in his direction and frequently used the Spanish dismissive arm motion as though flicking away an insect.

I don't know what's going to happen next, I just pray for the pound going up, but to suggest that we are good friends with Germany is a myth.

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One newspaper today likened Cameron to Neville chamberlain...I fear they may be right:(

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Yet most reports and the body language suggests that the exact opposite is the case.

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Germany has a foreign debt to GDP ratio of 176%, it owes us over £140 billion, it has over £4 trillion Euros worth of debt itself.... People need to stop thinking that Germany is this perfect country, one that has shown the world how to manage its economy, its not.


Its an interesting fact that Italy has one of the largest gold reserves in the world, but because its all held within the European Banks as part of their Euro commitment they cant touch a penny of it to help bail them out.

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And yet again I say, I don't think anone has a sodding clue as to what is going on or what we can do to stop it.

I still think we sould have a campaign to wipe all sovereign debt now.

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And they're both Conservatives. And tomorrow Spain will get a Conservative government. Do the Socialists and Liberals disappear down a drain in times of trouble?

I think people will tolerate the dreamers and inept during the good times when it doesn't really matter who runs the country, but when austerity is needed to get a country back on track they turn to the upper classes, the people who know better.

Benefits get reigned back, house prices fall, people get evicted if they don't pay up (even if they can't), and the national flags start fluttering again.

We've got the Dunkirk spirit, the Germans remember when they couldn't even go to work on an egg (the few chickens who survived the war didn't live long enough), and the Spanish have started to grow things on their fincas again.

The upper classes will sort it, they're trained to lead us, it's their destiny.

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:rofl::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Well said - great post. Karma coming.

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Or is it simply that people seek to punish those in charge, regardless of who that might be?

Bear in mind that the Great British Public didn't exactly rush to vote in the Tories, did they?

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Yes, a few have been pointing out lately the Germany's debt is bigger than Spain's, but I fancy Germany is in a far better situation to pay it back. Unemployment levels dropping rather than increasing, triple A rating and those that hold the purse strings are still prepared to lend them money at the lowest rate, around 1.78%

http://www.publico.es/internacional/...-nadie-lo-dice

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Well said,sir

...and as soon as the Socialists get back in they'll be able to get back to doing what they really do best.

Spending OPs money. :cool:

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Gosh. So let's see, socialists spend other people's money? Then presumably all that the Tories are spending is their own funds? I had absolutely no idea they were so public spirited.

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Well the point is that the Tories generally know how to create wealth whilst that other lot normally don't have a clue.
Just cos most of it ends up in their own pockets,....well I suppose they're entitled to look on it as their own little reward .;) :sunglasses:

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Yes, nicely put. Doesn't that work on the trickle down theory? The idea that if you hose down the people at the top with huge amounts of money, some of that will eventually trickle down to those at the bottom.

That's a bit like saying that if you feed the horse enough oats, there will be some in its shit for the sparrows.

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Couldn't have put it better myself bil.
At least it's better than the poor little spuggies starving to death.

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They have to eat an awful lot of shit to get any oats tho......

Perhaps they should form a union.

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Unfortunately their meagre contributions would be insufficient to keep union leaders in the manner to which they've become accustomed.

Horses now,..thats a totally different kettle of fish.
Surely you've seen all these Range Rovers and fancy luxurious boxes running the roads,
"Horses on Board" !
Stand to one side and tip your cap !

Not too much mention of cows, sheep,pigs or especially spuggies, I'm afraid.

Seems they go unnoticed, buried in deep shit at the very bottom of the pile.:(

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Power corrupts

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

So how bad would divine power be?

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Are you lot pissed or something?

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Eh ?

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Not yet, but I'm working on it. I have an appointment to have a crown removed on Monday, the tooth reamed out for the second time as there is a abcess under it, and best of all there's only a 70% chance of treatment being successful. Oh how happy I am at the prospect.

Antibiotics three times a day, and painkillers to hand.

One useful trick. When being prescribed antibiotics, ask for an extra day's supply and double the dose on the first day. If you take the prescribed dose, it will take a day or so before the levels in your body build up to the level needed to start hitting the basterial swine.

I got that handy hint forom a bacteriologist.

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I can't take antibiotics. Even Brie makes me feel queazy!

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It's better when it's squeazy!

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I've got fed up with politics too. I went to the dentist last week because a front false tooth, I don't know the technical term, but I've had it for 20 years, a sort of crown fitted on a gold stint, had come loose.

My dentist, a money-grabbing, highly qualified Scouser with no heart, took it from me and quoted me 900 Euros for a crown, or 250 Euros for a 'plate'. I've now got a gap, which doesn't bother me too much, and I'm debating whether vanity will make me spend a grand to fill it, I'm not having a plate.

The Scouser kept the gold stint and I didn't realise it until after I left. I know Scousers usually vote Labour, but this one's got a posh Mercedes parked outside his surgery so he might be an exception.

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Ouch. Was that a bridge?

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Highly qualified in robbing people by the sound of it.
BTW did you tip him ?

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I've got no idea, Bil. It was a false top part cemented into the root of the tooth which was still there.

18 years ago, around two years after it was fitted, I got involved in an afternoon drinking session in Benidorm, in the company of two stunning ladies, one who looked Marilyn Monroe and owned the bar we were in, and one who looked like Rita Hayworth and owned a leather shop next door.

To my horror, my tooth started to come out. I stopped smiling and arranged to meet both ladies in the evening.

On my way home I bought a tube of super glue. With some trepidation I applied it to my loose tooth and went to meet the ladies in the evening.

The super glue lasted 18 years. I got a few abscesses along the way, but that evening with Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth made it all worthwhile.

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Jeez, the things you do for love !

....or the prospect of a leg-over. :sneaky:

Must admit you got me drooling at the chops thinking of making up a threesome with those two. :rofl:

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That's a crown OK.

You mad bastard, did you really superglue it in?

That must have been one hell of a night.

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The threesome didn't happen, but Marilyn worked our all right. I went back to the CDS to sort things out, which took a few months, and when I came back to Benidorm, she had met a bodybuilder from Liverpool.

What can you say? She was a marvellous f'uck, the best ever, but sometimes in life you have to settle for second best.

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Drugs... thats the only explanation for it.

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The funny thing is that it's been giving me gyp for 18 years, but so have other things. I've got screws and other things in my leg, inserted by experts, and they give me even more gyp.

I'm able to control the pain, and it isn't that bad; at weekends, like now, I call on my friend to help me.

His name is Jack. He's got a Russian surname. Smirnoff.

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He snorts superglue. What else could it be?

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Who is "us"?

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Who do you think "Us" is? Seriously? Is that your question?

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I've got a mate who superglues his crown back on every so often. Doesn't seem to give him a problem. Mind you I have to drive him to the doctor every now and then to get his meds. He buys beer on the way, the doctor tells him to.

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This article explains the Spanish situation far better than I ever could:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...nt-euro-crisis

I struggle to understand the Indignado movement, why do people sit around quietly to protest? Everywhere else they smash up things to show their anger. It seems Spanish people are bewildered by what is happening to them, as evidenced by the 60-year old women on a brick laying course!

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"Vicente Ruiz, owner of the El Buyí bar, will vote for Rajoy. "When Caritas is the biggest employer in town, things are really bad," he says. "It is shameful to have to ask for charity. What we need is a Mrs Thatcher."

Read it an weep Bil!!!! Ha! God rest her sweet soul!

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Interesting comment about the Pura Razol horses, IF thats true I know several people who would be VERY interested in that. IF being the operative word.

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The article says that they have to find another 41bn euros of savings. Anybody any idea where the savings can be made?