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[leedskier] 10/7/2015 12:15

Australia skittled out for 308 this morning. Fine bowling and fielding by England.

[leedskier] 10/7/2015 08:32

I agree. Apparently with the roof closed Centre Court becomes a Turkish bath, making the balls swell and slows down the game.

[avatar333] 10/7/2015 08:27

Not looking too clever for Sunday though, leedskier; a wise move putting a roof on Centre Court, I feel.

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[leedskier] 10/7/2015 08:19

In other news .... in an action which resounds of the days of the USSR, Russia exercises its veto ...




NEW YORK: Malaysia has asked the United Nations Security Council to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine, but Russia dismissed the move on Thursday.

Malaysia, a member of the 15-member council, distributed a draft resolution late on Wednesday, which it hoped could be adopted later this month, diplomats said.

It is a joint proposal by Malaysia, Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium and Ukraine.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down in July 2014 with 298 passengers on board, two-thirds of them Dutch. It crashed in Ukrainian territory held by Russian-backed separatists.

"I don't see any future for" this resolution, Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said in a statement translated from Russian. "Unfortunately, it seems that this is an attempt to organise a grandiose, political show, which only damages efforts to find the guilty parties."

Russia is a veto-wielding permanent member on the 15-member council - along with France, Britain, China and the United States - and therefore it the option of blocking the proposal if it is put to a vote.

[leedskier] 10/7/2015 08:18

Better for the Brits in play today then ;

[avatar333] 10/7/2015 08:15

The weather is set fair for both SW19 and Cardiff, I note, leedskier.

[avatar333] 10/7/2015 08:14

135204

LOL

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[leedskier] 10/7/2015 07:51

Chancellor George Osborne will today put housebuilding at the centre of his plans to reverse Britain’s poor rates of productivity.

Alongside business secretary Sajid Javid, Osborne will argue that “sweeping new changes to planning laws” can boost productivity by allowing people to live – and businesses to be located – in more efficient areas.

The plans include a so-called zonal system to give “automatic planning permission on all suitable brownfield sites,” a move aimed at speeding up the development of disused land.

The government will also punish local authorities that fail to make planning decisions on time, and work with the Mayor of London to make it easier to build extensions in the capital.

The measures will also require higher-density development around key commuter hubs.

“The reforms we made to the planning system in the last parliament have started to improve the situation: planning permissions and housing starts are at a seven-year high,” Osborne said.

“But we need to go further and I am not prepared to stand by when people who want to get on the housing ladder can’t do so,” he added in a statement released last night ahead of the launch of the productivity plan in Birmingham today.

The measures form part of a 90-print blueprint – in effect the second half of this week’s Budget – that also includes proposals on higher education, transport and trade.

Jeremy Blackburn, head of policy at the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors said introducing measures to boost productivity through planning was “a forward step in guaranteeing property led growth.”

“While these new measures build on the National Planning Policy Framework and are welcome, the system needs to really pick up speed in order to deliver the vibrant property sector on which the success of our economy depends.”

[leedskier] 10/7/2015 07:30

Data in focus:

08.30: UK, Trade Balance

[leedskier] 10/7/2015 07:26

Markets | Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:59am BST Related: UK MARKETS, GLOBAL MARKET DATA, REGULATORY NEWS
UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Friday July 10
LONDON, JULY 10 | BY LIISA TUHKANEN
Britain's FTSE 100 is expected to open 46 to 54 points higher, or up as much as 0.8 percent on Friday, according to financial bookmakers. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on

* The UK blue chip index closed 90.93 points, or 1.4 percent higher on Thursday, moving away from the six-month lows touched earlier in the week.

HOUSEBUILDERS - Britain will announce on Friday an overhaul of rules on how and where new houses can be built as it tries to address a chronic shortage of homes and put its economy on a sounder footing.

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO - The Chilean unit of British American Tobacco said on Tuesday it will close various plants in the South American nation after Congress stiffened an anti-tobacco law.

[jwe] 10/7/2015 06:47

It will be interesting to see how the new Greek proposals play out at home seeing how they pretty much mirror those that were rejected less than 2 weeks ago in the referendum and the current govt totally rejected
Inept does not even to begin to describe their woeful record

[jazza] 09/7/2015 22:38

Pesto probably bored himself to sleep intra-journey.

Interesting that some still consider the Trashygraph a decent source of info.

I still maintain Greece is too well-flagged and too small to cause much external pain.

[leedskier] 09/7/2015 22:32

The US has clearly lost patience with the Europeans is now bringing its huge diplomatic power to bear, fearing that mistakes in Greece could lead to a geostrategic fiasco and serious damage to the Nato alliance.

[maxk] 09/7/2015 18:11

On the sauce more like.

[sarahbudd] 09/7/2015 17:40

hair in his eyes?

[avatar333] 09/7/2015 16:20

I note Robert has had an accident:

Robert Peston ‏@Peston · 1h1 hour ago


Sorry was late to pick up wonderful award. Fell off bike. Very sore. Though pain eased by joy at lovely prize

[avatar333] 09/7/2015 15:53

135198

I put it you that most avatars, on most AIM threads, would consider themselves to have been 'victims' of 'vindictive short sellers' at some point.

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[ramco] 09/7/2015 14:58

Nigel Farage speaks to Tsipras at EU meeting...

[marketeer4] 09/7/2015 14:07

Careful you only have to look at GRPH for evidence of vindictive short sellers on AIM as Leedskier will confirm.

[ramco] 09/7/2015 14:01

Initial jobless claims have surged almost 30k in the last 2 weeks and are nearing the Maginot Line of 300k (printing 297k vs 285k exp).  This is the worst claims print since mid-Feb and well above the levels that occurred at the end of QE3. Of course, some will claim that there are likely holiday distortions in this data.

At the same time, continuing claims continue to rise quite notably, now at their highest since mid-March having missed expectations for the last 7 weeks.

[careful] 09/7/2015 13:43

the police in China are investigating 'vindictive' short sellers.
why cant we have good leadership like that.
the thought of short sellers acting in concert to crash a market being lined up and shot amuses us all.