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Recent content by NickyBoy
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General election quandary
FPTP works fine when people take the long view and understand the pressure their votes apply, even when their party doesn't win. Just look how the successes UKIP have had has resulted in a swing towards their policies by the Tories. Many people who voted for UKIP are now starting to get what... -
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Would you want a tube driver who has epilepsy?
They may have a point. The DLR is a fully automated train line in London, but they ended up having to re-introduce staff to the trains to deal with the daily little problems that crop up on them. If staff can be removed from trains completely, then replacing drivers with automated systems makes... -
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Actress Emma Thompson and her husband refuse to pay 'a penny more' in taxes until HSB
The important thing you need to remember about meritocracies (and the reason they are not an acceptable replacement for democracies), is that you might not always agree with what counts as merit. -
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Green leader Bennett sorry for 'excruciating' interview
Yep. Their hearts are in the right place, but their brains are in their arses. -
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Should divorced wives stop sponging?
This thread is a spotters guide for dysfunctional men. -
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Eurozone crisis
/Greek accent Cunning Greeks spend borrowed money on plates, smash them, then not pay back. Is part of giant plan destroy German economy. Not so smart. Plate company German. -
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Eurozone crisis
Yeah I agree. That's why its an all or nothing affair. If they had gone the whole hog and opted for a full European superstate along with the Euro, then this kind of wealth transfer would have occurred under taxation, the same way it does in any country with areas of disparate wealth. Greeks... -
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Eurozone crisis
You always have wealth transfer between regions of differing economic strength under the same currency. In the UK, for example, a lot of the tax paid in London is transferred out to less affluent areas. If we didn't do that there would be some severe economic problems that would dwarf what we... -
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Lets talk about sex baby
With children as young as 11 getting pregnant in the UK, opposing sex education at ages 9/10 is foolish to say the least. To put it plainly, some of our children are having sex at 10. Your 10 year old may have already had sex. This is a hard fact of reality. Your inability to deal with that... -
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Website To Introduce Contractors to Clients
Apparently you hate your agent enough not to pass on new business to him.- NickyBoy
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Peter Oborne quites Daily Telegraph.
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Buying Shares - first time, advice needed
Take the graph how you like. Use dumb tulip about pint prices to determine your investments too, if you want. Suckers on the market are what make money for everyone else, so its all good. I picked up shares near the bottom of the dip after the credit crunch (I didn't get it quite right, it... -
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Eurozone crisis
This is a lot of noise about nothing from an economic point of view. The European markets have already altered their prices to reflect the assumption of a grexit. That's why good news about the negotiations causes a spike in the markets and bad news negates that spike without dropping lower... -
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Buying Shares - first time, advice needed
My chart shows real value, altering later values to account for inflation. In other words, it assumes that £2.57 today is the same as £1.70 in 2000. -
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Buying Shares - first time, advice needed
I wouldn't buy shares at the moment. The prices are spiking up to the same amounts they were at during the .com and credit crunch collapses. This is a good time to sell shares and invest in something else. Wait for a year or so after the next crash, then buy!
