Bigger balls

[slobodan]

So Mr. Cameron, you do own a set.

Well done.

[Bogus]

What gives you that idea ? Hes a politician, whatever he does , he does for his own good first. He was probably just less scared of the rest of Europe than of his own braying back benchers. Politicians dont have "nads" they have advisers telling them what they need to do to remain in power.

[slobodan]

Maybe you are right, but, I am so fed up with Boris Tadic over here doing everything but physically lick Angela Merkel, (only to have the carrot moved slightly further forward)it was nice to see somebody saying 'no' to Europe and it's stealthly domineering tactics.

[Vultch]

He was just doing what he was told to do by the City..they dont want to pay that extra 0.1% tax on each transaction to help bail out the mess they caused...greed is good.

quote C4
"One of the strongest proponents of the tax is Michel Barnier, the European commissioner responsible for financial services.

He has said it would be "technically easy to implement, economically bearable, financially productive and politically just", arguing that the finance industry should "give back" something to Europe after the bank bailouts.

Shares and bonds

The proposal is for a 0.1 per cent charge on share and bond trades and 0.01 per cent for derivatives, with assets owned by eurozone banks that are traded in London also facing the tax.

The political leadership of the European Commission, which is wary of the financial services industry and believes it should be contributing more to the public purse, has estimated £57bn could be raised."

[TonyN]

Yay for Cameron.

Loved the French reaction, "he's like a guy at a wife swapping party who won't bring his wife"



Any extra tax to pay will only be passed down to the lowest end of the food chain, ie Joe Public. It's all a load of shite.

[gwh200]

I also yay. The EU accounts haven't been signed off for years, as the auditors found fraud,(no way I hear you say). Countries who just broke the rules, and consider taxation something other countries do(hello Greece hello Italy).
And the answer is make the rules tighter...the ones that are roundly ignored now.

And I'm going to mention the Daily Mail...the Nazis must be jumping up and down, and wetting their pull ups!

[Rustinho]

I don't honestly think he has a clue what he's doing to be perfectly honest. From everything I've read about the guy he is nothing more than a career politician and is absolutely astounded when he works out that someone else has principals that they're willing to stand by rather than just climb the greasy pole of their career.

However, his smarmy "call me Dave" persona seems to be what appeals to the public these days since the likes of Mr Blair took the British political world by storm in the 90s.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Who's turn is it to get the popcorn?

[shokenore]

Who's turn is it to get the popcorn?

Politics AGAIN NOOOOOOO

Jeez next thing we know we will have people arguing over pensions

[slobodan]

It's not really politics. I'm not a lover of D.C.
I was just pointing out that he had a lot of balls to stand up to the other 20-odd countries and say 'Non'
I have read the Daily Mail, and yes, they were very moist about it.

[gwh200]

And as far as popcorn goes, and stuff and that....the one eyed tosspot or the grinning fool before him, would have nicked my wallet and handed it over, to be seen as the next el' presidente of Europe. This isn't the USA, we are not tangentially the same set up, nor will we ever be. Common trading rules are fine, but where does it stop.

For those of us who are not 17, remember the great de Gaulle (who spent his war elsewhere), tried to stop us joining the common Market. If only he had succeded.

[MWS]

It's about time that this country stood up to the E. U. In fact it's about time we got out, and stood alone. We don't need to sever links, or stop trading with the rest of Europe, but I believe that we would be far better off as an independent nation.......That may seem a little simplistic, but the landlocked Swiss seem to manage alright............

[BUSHWHACKER]

.... the landlocked Swiss seem to manage alright............

Isn't that because there banks are full of 'laundered' money?

[MWS]

Isn't that because there banks are full of 'laundered' money?

THEIR banks might be......................

[tavvi]

Scotland'll be ok - when we get 'independence' we will be told what to do by Germany instead .

We can then look forward to Salmond blaming Brussels (or Berlin) instead of Westminster when they set limits on the size of the public sector and don't let him spend money as if it's going out of fashion. So maybe not a bad idea after all then! Especially since we no longer have any financial services to worry about.