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£80 million not much in the scheme of things. Nevertheless I am deeply suspicious of off balance sheet items because it always looks as if there is something to hide whether Govt or a company. Companies talk about off balance sheet but really it should be P ^ L. Of course Govt has no such thing. As far as Hammond who I thought was an organ is concerned would you buy a second hand car from him_

No nuclear in Europe_ I thought there were about 130 reactors. Strange comment about lightbulbs. I buy low energy ones in Italy. They give the equivalent wattage of the standard equivalent. They are just as bright as are the ones I get in England. In my sitting room there they dim on a rheostadt too! Some people have funny ideas.

Well I do not feel your exchange rate arguments are very compelling. When I left school in 1962 there were 12 swiss francs to the pound. Steadily fallen since now 1.3 The US dollar I remember at well over 3 to the pound when I was a foreign exchange cashier at Gatwick 1966&7.In 2003 it was 1.5 went up to 2 briefley in 2008 and then plunged. I can also remember it almost reaching parity. The Euro was 1.4 to the pound when I bought my house in Italy in 2007 It was above what it was now in 2008 and went almost to parity at one point. Italian life is generally good apart from the bureaucracy. The roads are worse than the UK pothole wise even some on the E45 dual carriageway. The pukka motorways have good surfaces but are usually toll roads. The snag here is that apart from the official economy there is the black one and the various mafia ones, eg The Mafia, Ndrangeta, Sacre Coronata, Comorro etc. On the other hand if a tech problem they say so and how it will be solved. Certainly their NHS is very good as we found out when my wifes melanoma took hold having been told it was nothing in UK. She died in January.

I am sure you are spot on. Wonder if we shall be in the Euiro elections._ I am having to get Italian residency under their guidelines but the app has stuck in the bureaucracy. I only have to prove I applied before 29 March. The way things are going I do not think that deadline will matter much. Does May really think you can vote indefinitely for the same thing. She really is completely nuts. I do not often agree with Bercow a self important little man "clear the lobby unlock" But on this occasion of course he is right. For the opast 2 and a half years she has stuck through thick and thin with the same useless plan. She would not last long in business. I heard a Tory MP say that 500 of the 650 MPs are remoaners so it is hardly surprising there has been so little progress.

Well the hedge fund did not accept the restructure and has lost its stake. Serve them right

A very good idea. Hope some ordinary sensible people take it up. I am party less now! In any event the May euro elections with or without us should prove interesting. With a third of the MEPs likely to be extremists should,prove difficult for Junker, e.g. al.

Strange how Corbyn did not support

NiCe to see proper debates with cliffhanger results. Makes a change from Blair who barely used parliament

Wonder how vote would go? Hope small parties do well.

Sounds like a rather superior firm of Roman lawyers! Agree with all of you. Watched Parliament last night. No loyalty no consistency and none of them gi've a toss about the public. Went to a photographer to get special enlargements of my late wife. Ready today at 9. Did exactly what I wanted. Not bad in less than 24 hours.

An issue of shares can be a bonus. This is free and the price is adjusted so you will be worth same as before. In a rights issue you arore offered shares to buy usually at a discount and no stamp duty to pay. Worth doing if the company is successful. But there are occasions when money is needed to stay afloat like interserve. Worth buying a good investment book explaining all these things

4 cops in a Citroen. Is that all the French can muster?

The overall unemployment rate in Ireland is 5.4% and is falling steadily

The latest figure is 24.6%

GReat stuff in the House of Commons. Gov't wanted to cancel amendment A The author withdrew but was put out as a co signatory did want to move it which is within the rules. I love it when people get caught out that way.I still can't see why May is still trying to get her useless system through. Unlike the referendum looks as if it will be best of 3 or rather go till they get it right. One of my English friends said how it show us up in a bad light. On of the Italians said the same - I had to agree

Well I learned all about Adam Smith at school. I had read most Orwell by the time I was 27. When my wife was dying in an Italian hospital in December the lead nurse brought me Down and Out in London and Paris (in English) The last book she read in fact.

Something tells me that Nicola Sturgeon would not be an Adam Smith enthusiast

Turnover of 20 million shares today plenty to trade with

No indication of suspension and no RNS. Your broker not uot up to the mark. Share centre at aylesbury very good reasonably priced and you can deal through a real person who can negotiate with the jobber on your behalf. I cannot imagine there is a shortage of shares with all this volatility

Of course the CBI isnoutnof step with small businesses and they always are.