PHILIPPE LE RAY, LE DEPUTE SEXISTE

Alors qu'une député écolo s'exprimait à l'Assemblée Nationale au cours de l'examen du projet de loi sur la réforme des retraites, Philippe Le Ray député de la deuxième circonscription du Morbihan, siégeant dans le groupe UMP comme "apparenté" s'est mis à imiter bruyamment les caquètements d'une poule, ceci sous les regards complices et amusés de certains de ses collègues.

Un tel comportement est pitoyable et inadmissible. N'y a-t-il donc pas une charte de bonne conduite à l'Assemblée Nationale ?

Monsieur Le Ray dont on ignorait le nom jusqu'à hier n'avait il pas d'autres moyens de se faire connaître ?
Il faut espérer que ses électeurs et électrices s'en souviendront lors des élections législatives de 2017 et le renverront dans son exploitation agricole.

DML

STRICTLY DANCING IS NOT "DANCING"' !

The origins of "Strictly Dancing" was Ballroom Dancing ! It has now become something else than "just dancing" !

Can you imagine going to a normal dance, a "hop" at a university dance or a Saturday evening dance at a social club in your community, and then having to perform accrobatic "flips" when "half dressed" to impress your partner ?

Going to a Dance used to be a way to meet potential partners for life.  It still is in fact !  It was never seen as an opportunity to impress partners with athletic abilities !   Older people can dance in a way which would surprise many a younger debutant !  

"Strictly Dancing" Competitions should be renamed and organised as qualification Competitions for getting to the Olympic Games ! 
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FARRAGE ATTACKS CAMERON . WHY ?

Why does Nigel Farage, Leader of UKIP (United Kingdom Independent Party) , suddenly "now" attack the policy that David Cameron has announced for the Conservative Party and Britain for the next coming years, 2016 to be more precise ?

Is it not because Farrage realises that he has to fight the EU elections for MEPs in APRIL 2014 ?  The reaction of Nigel Farrage is such that the Conservative Party and others must in fact  also "react" !  Must they not also organise their "voice" for the next EU elections of MEPs ? 

Not to react is to condone passively all the critical  attacks launched by Farrage and his Party against all the policies of Conservatives (and Socialists also) not to speak of the Liberal Democrats !!!  

David Cameron wants to fight in the EU to change certain "basic" principles in EU treaties which at present are concreted so fundamentally that they prevent easily any possible changes of a democratic or "revisionistic" nature.    

Farrage and his MEPs must set out and publish the details of the objectives they want to attain after their election as MEPs next April 2014 !

Conservatives and Socialists must fight these elections with a clear program !  What elected MEPs can do in the EU should be controlled in "Westminster".  Or has the centre of "GB Government" been delegated to "Brussels" ?
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GB NO LONGER HAS LAWS ON USURIOUS INTEREST RATES ?

Banks and International Regulators seem to have forgotton the basic rule in Britain that there is a law on "Usurious Interest Rates".

In Britain there is at present a problem on "Pay-day" loans !  Why ?

The problem seems to be that there is no longer anything which limits the interest rates which "Sharks" can oblige borrowers or repeat borrowers, to pay ? 

Should George Osborne not cover this regrettable situation with updated laws ?   Should "Sharks" not be prosecuted .  "Pay-Day loans " or any other loans at usurious interest rates cannot be tolerated and should never form the basic justification of any National political policy !  Not to act is condoning what "Sharks" are doing now !

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FRANCOIS HOLLANDE: DE COUACS EN COUACS...

Tant au plan international qu'au plan national, François Hollande semble avoir du  mal à se faire entendre et à atteindre ses objectifs.

Il voulait et le répétait haut et fort: il faut punir Bashar al Assad.  A l'ONU, il n'a pas été suivi...

Ses ministres de l'intérieur et du logement sont divisés sur la question des Roms et le font savoir ouvertement. François Hollande tente de ramener le calme mais sans arbitrer en faveur de l'une, Cécile Duflot, ou de l'autre, Manuel Valls...

François Hollande veut inverser la courbe du chômage avant la fin de l'année et les chiffres publiés le 25 septembre dernier semblaient annoncer une embellie:  50 000 chômeurs de moins en un mois, une baisse d'une telle ampleur n'avait pas été vue depuis 2000 !

Las !  Ces chiffres, vient on d'apprendre, résultaient d'un "bug " informatique...et le recul serait de 29 000 au lieu de 50 000...

DML

TAXING ONLY PROFITS IS INSUFFICIENT !

David Cameron and George Osborne lament the fact that large and small multinational "operations" can get away with paying just "nominal" tax on their results in Britain !  They can even invoke "tax loss carry-forwards" against a subsequent profit !

The basic rule in taxation is that "one cannot be faulted for avoiding legally to pay tax".  False declarations can lead to prison sentences !

The British press has highlighted repeatedly how important multinational "groups of companies" have "arranged" their operations so as to pay "pitiful" income tax on the results of their "controled subsidiaries" !

There are in fact two major ways to reduce the net income of group subsidiaries, -

     1)  - Invoice the purchase of goods which leaves a minimal profit margin on resales.

     2)  - Invoice "management fees" from head office or "Royalty Charges".

No amount of "audit investigations" on the validity of inter-company charges can substantially change the national problem which is to collect normal profits tax on operations in the UK by multinational companies !

The only way to tax correctly and to cover "suspicious" charges is to make a fundamental change in taxation laws.  

Should George Osborne not introduce a tax based on "turnover" which could be applied when companies blatantly report unrealistic "profit or loss" results ? 

This solution could lead to the question of "what is a normal "Gross profit on sales".  It does not mean that a change in  the approach of how to tax results is not already necessary !

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BERLUSCONI ANGERS MERKEL AND THE EU !!!

Can you imagine two EURO-politicians wider apart than Silvio BERLUSCONI and Angela MERKEL ?

On the one hand you have Berlusconi who has led a scandalous life in Italian politics for the last 20 years, to protect his salacious private life and to protect his business interests.  He is 77 years old, and a multi-Billionnair.  But he makes his money speak !  

He has now thrown a spanner into the Italian Coalition by obliging the "puppet ministers" of his party "Forza Italia" to resign from the "Coalition", with the hope that this will coerce, in the end, judges to decide favourably in any of the miriad of cases this former "Prime Minister" is facing !!! 

What can the Italian President do other than to dissolve Parliament ? This will be the next major decision !

On the other hand you have Angela Merkel,  who at present seeks a "Coalition" in order to retain her well earned place as "Chancellor of Germany" to continue her defence of the EURO and the EUROZONE !  

But, Merkel has less than 50% of the Votes and Deputies which she needs.  There is an opposition in Germany which does question "where does Germany really want to go" ?

Berlusconi has pushed the problem of the Italian National Debt of 2 000 Billion EUROS to the brink:  will Italy be obliged to ask for EUROZONE aid ?  Would Germany be prepared to underwrite "aid" in these circumstances ?  This now enters into all discussions Merkel has to undertake !  

Merkel has always been pliable in the past when recognising obvious boundaries but will she obtain the Coalition she wants ?  Or will she have to accept to redefine the conditions on which a EUROZONE country could leave the EURO ?

Only time will reveal the permanent new policy ! 

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