Now if the £ could could just recover a bit........

[Sir C]

Do you ever actually play yours?

Very, very rarely, and very, very badly. Probably no more, actually.

Still, I like to have them to look at.

[Pokster]

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

A weak pound means a happy WES, what with me having a USD pension and shares in this marvelous investment bank I work for.

And on a slightly less selfish basis, the economy seems to be liking a weak pound.

That is the problem, lower pound means higher inflation, higher inflation leaves less disposable income, less disposable income leads to lower consumer spending unless they borrow more..... The BOE would love to raise rates but I can't see how they can for the next 18 months as the consumer spending bubble will burst, and that is what is keeping the economy afloat

[Burney]

The brass balls on the fellow. You have to sort of tip your hat at the level of self-confidence that gives not one single fúck what anyone says.

I have to say I quite like it. I think politics needs this kind of shake-up now and again. I mean you wouldn't want this sort of thing going on permanently, but a few years of it could be quite edifying.

[Pat Vegas]

Very, very rarely, and very, very badly. Probably no more, actually.

Still, I like to have them to look at.

it seems extremely fashionable to have a guitar in the corner.

Every bloody advert on tv seems to have one when showing a home setting.

[Burney]

it seems extremely fashionable to have a guitar in the corner.

Every bloody advert on tv seems to have one when showing a home setting.

Yes. Semiotically, it denotes that the person is talented, creative, artistic and hip, thus making them aspirational figures. It started in the 1990s, I think.