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  1. chiefdave

    Ashes 17/18 Thread

    If you go to wisdenmag.imbmsubscriptions.com click have an offer code and enter 1FOR1 you can get the first issue for £1 including delivery.
  2. chiefdave

    Ashes 17/18 Thread

    Decent recovery. Aussie bowlers aren’t going to be happy with the pitch that’s been prepared. No play after lunch, rain.
  3. chiefdave

    Ashes 17/18 Thread

    That’s not the start we wanted.
  4. chiefdave

    Ashes 17/18 Thread

    Didn't realise Wisden monthly had relaunched this week. Will have to pick up a copy.
  5. chiefdave

    Budget 2018

    Why on earth are they questioning McDonnell on nationalisation, which would be years after a Labour win with no election due until 2022, on the day of a Conservative budget?
  6. chiefdave

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Where have you given your opinion rather than paste links from others? Its a simple question. There is a published EU position paper which shows their basis for calculating what is owed by the UK and what is due to the UK. What specific points in that do you think aren't correct?
  7. chiefdave

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    The UK is a guarantor to loans made by the EIB while we are members. Once we leave the EU we will also leave the EIB and won't have any further liability. The money that has already been paid out by the UK will be reimbursed once the loans are settled. If a recipient country defaults we share...
  8. chiefdave

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    What are you on about? I'm asking for your opinion and you've just copied and pasted an FT article thats already been posted on this thread.
  9. chiefdave

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Thats great Astute but its just a copy and paste from the FT. What is it you personally don't agree with that is in the EU's position paper?
  10. chiefdave

    Ashes 17/18 Thread

    The Australian stream (Channel 9) is free but you'll need a VPN as its geo-locked.
  11. chiefdave

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    So what is it you don't agree with? That the UK should fulfil the budgetary commitments its made or we should contribute our share on pensions?
  12. chiefdave

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Take a look for yourself: Position paper transmitted to the UK: essential principles on the financial settlement What is it in particular you are not happy with in their position?
  13. chiefdave

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    The EU's position is not for ongoing payments, they want a single payment to cover budget commitment, termination of membership of all institutions and already committed payments to specific funds. The basis for the calculation is Again what specifically in the EU's published position do you...
  14. chiefdave

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Reading the EU's position paper what they are asking doesn't seem unreasonable. The difficultly is we haven't published our own so its hard to compare and obviously its dealing with things that none of us are experts on. Don't really have a problem with them not giving a fixed figure given the...
  15. chiefdave

    Budget 2018

    I'm going to take a wild guess it means more money to Birmingham and nothing for us.
  16. chiefdave

    Ralph Little rips Jeremy Hunt on Twitter

    Brilliantly he's tried to respond to little and his evidence is a piece in the New York Times conveniently ignoring the fact they've since published three corrections after the article was shown to be totally inaccurate!
  17. chiefdave

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Good news, Hammond has found the magic money tree and there's £3bn to plan for a no deal exit from the EU.
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