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any actual proper reasons, indicators that the economy is going to pick up, stuff like that? If you can't give me any, can you give me a good reason why the Government ignored a Parliamentary vote in favour of releasing the Breixt impact reports? I can only think of one and it worries me.

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Why are you optimistic?

big business had a huge representation at this years Labour party conference, much bigger than usual. Now they may have just been hedging their bets in case Labour gets in rather than making a statement of trust but they were definitely there. I said in another post, BAE were there and you can...

wasn't aware of that case. Terrible.

I understand the point, and if you were saying it about an adult I wouldn't bat an eyelid. It's just to say it about a child doesn't sit right with me. But then you think about what they did and it's horrific. It's one of those thankfully rare cases that the crime, and the reaction to it, really...

it's one of the most horrendous crimes I can remember but it still didn't sit comfortably with me watching crowds of adults chasing the police van that was taking them from court and screaming abuse at two children regardless of what they'd done. Having said that, you wonder if someone who did...

Would you shoot a ten year old in the head?

That's a horrible scenario JHFC. Mad thing with my in laws was the father in law had a bit of a temper when he was younger and was a bit of a brawler whereas the mother in law was a really sweet woman yet it was her who got nastier though she seems to have calmed down now. I think my father in...

I think you'll see an increase in people preparing for moving their parents back in with them, (Granny flats on the side of the house etc), I know some are already doing it. And I think our generation will be a bit more receptive to losing a bit of independence when we're older now we are...

You seem to be implying a bit of nimbyism and to be honest it did cross my mind when I was talking to the guy.

"I still feel guilty now that I didn't help him die earlier in his decline while he was still capable of helping himself to do so....." that would have put a whole new world of pain onto your missus and kids. You did the right thing, I'm sure your Dad wouldn't have wanted you and your family to...

and that's the difference with the tories. They are permanently at war with each other but they will put it all behind them during an election campaign and do anything, and I mean anything, to win.

Unfortunately it's an all too familiar story mate.

Would the HS2 budget, which is huge, be better spent on improving current infrastructure and training? I worked with a contractor who lived close to part of the route so he'd looked into it quite a bit and though HS2 was a massive waste of money that would be better spent in the areas I've...

hope she's OK B. My mates mum died quite young of an aneurysm. Probably a similar age to yours, hit him hard.

I won't like that post because a like seems inappropriate but it's a good post and I fully recognise some of the sort of things you're describing.

People living a lot longer as well. Both my in laws have/had Alzheimers so I've seen it up close hand. My family say it's a terrible disease, (which it is), but I think you would say that about any disease that you watch a loved one suffering with close up. I heard an interesting interview...

I read these are the lowest ever growth predictions over the course of an entire budget but it was on Twitter so may not be true. Lack of productivity is a double edged sword. It won't improve without spend on things like training and infrastructure but that means more borrowing or more cuts...

"OBR's dour predictions on growth" I wonder why that is? "borrowing will reach an apex versus GDP this year and start to fall soon." Good news, as long as the projected growth and revenues stay on target, there seems to be a lot of downgrading going on at the minute