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@timmy , then you also had the old common wealth countries , who could rock up and claim citizenship. the UK was booming late 90's (and not because of blair, but despite him)

Timmy, there is not one single answer to that question - its a multiple of issues.

Blairs government were in during the opening of European borders - so they actively encouraged it from eastern Europe - hoping the new comers would vote labour and keep them in power .

Europeans who came - were motivated - demonstrated by the fact that they up sticks and travelled here - In every country you have motivated people who will travel- its normal. They were generally clean and tidy and displaced the lower workers here ; by starting off in cleaning jobs etc, while rapidly moving up the scale to office work etc.

Then you had those from outside of Europe who either came directly , or via Europe.

We have a wonderful welfare state - which attracted people ; added to that - a government which wanted them.

Back in the 70's Labour didn’t want to join the EU - because they knew it would replace workers; it was the conservatives who took us in deep, ,, then Thatcher realised the mistake and tried to back track - that was when she got shafted by her party

@retirment, youre not wrong the expectation in life is to be better off than your parents - but the housing bubble of the last 20years has knackered so much. it has so many ramifications which we are now seeing - i don’t just mean young people not being able to start a family - but also young gen-x not having savings or pensions - while also having to undertake child care and then also care of elderly parents. life style creep and not being able to generate a finacail buffer means events like now - have a bigger impact.

inviting 10 million people here over the last 25 years has been the biggest mistake in recent uk history - its pumped the prices. – i’m not ******; just see the numbers. its feeling worse than the 70's

ps – minced beef for the dog ???, can i be your dog lol

I'm in smug mode today - I moved over to Utilita (energy) yesterday - only using 11p /day now electricity, £10 a month gym membership (for showers and gym). My little solar pannel is in the back garden charginfg my battery for the day (1Kw) -usually last three days per charge. I've bought one of the those sim cards from Amazon prime - which cost £40 one off payment ; yet gives me 80gb download for the next 16 months each and every month. Cutting costs the yorkshire way tee hee hee. I've not yet started using both sides of the toilet paper lol yuk ! ,,, but I might start hanging my tea bags on the washing line :)

Pants !

Reported. please all do the same. Why these people sign up and within less than a month start abusing people is beyond me

@borg "Because he’s been on the magic mushrooms😂😂😂"

LOL, It was a joke , but you are right , I'd had a couple LOL.

Just got in and seen the share price - OMG, Timmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy - what did I tell you !

This is going to open at £15 on Monday , and we will all praise Svend, and Retirment will sulk.

It's pub time ! - have a good weekend Royce rollers. Timmy, you guessed, don’t touch a thing. see ya :)

That's where all his money goes - down the loo's

@retirment, thats stumped ant it LOL, I dont supose they have a 'Surraaaaay Party' LOL

The Yorkshire party - of course !

I wish labor had made more noise about SMR's - since they were the ones to move it along (the Tory’s kept dragging their feet) - The reason I wish they had made more noise about it - is because it would bring the left with them; If Reform get credited as the party which moved SMR's along - the left voters may fight it more. (I don’t vote for any major party any longer , and mention this in a purely tactical sense - we need SMR's)

The best party that could have been singing the praise of SMRs would have been the Greens – James lovelock ,a green hero - who identified the ozone hole back in the 80’s, became a great advocate of nuclear in his later life. Unfortunately the greens have been taken over by tree huggers since 2000, who have little engineering or science knowledge.

my 10p worth

Wheres oil today,,, anyone know

^ Obi-Wan Kenobi LOL

@furry65 , It was a complete flook today - I think I had bi-Wan Kenobi whispering in my ear. I too have been wanting to swing trade it - but lost sync with it in this mad market :)

Quite pleased with me-self today , even if me jokes failed to amuse. I predicted sell top at 13:23 actual top was 13:29 and then predicted that it would fall back to 12.74 for close - actual close was 12.79. Pennies out. Maybe I should start charging for my services. Aint got a clue about the rest of the week, and doubt I’ll be this close again anytime soon with predictions – smug mode off

Two nuns are in the bath. The first nun says, "Where's the soap?" The second nun replies, "It does, doesn't it?"

Two nuns cycling down the road, one shouts to the other 'I've never come this way before' ,, the other replies ' That will be the cobbles dear'

Time to get my coat and go to the shops

LOL, still waking up and not cuaght up with the threads lol. glad thats one prediction I got wrong. hahahah you got ya self a poop machine :)

Im glad shes giving you grief :)

Im having a neurotic day - This morning the number 13.23 kept jumping in my head, (near on high so far), then 12.74 kept jumping in my head, (sell it will close at 12.74 was the thought). When I sold - I had the thought - 'trump will still be in bed, get out before he gets up'

I've just had a lay down - and wow - its like Christmas when I predicted the silver price spot on, rr within 1/2 pence and that Badland would have his cat taken away by the RSPCA - and we've not heard him talk about his cat recently lol :)