Sandro Raniere

I don't know much about Spotify, have never used it or been a subscriber, but any commercial business should do whatever it takes to protect their commercial interests if they are not being paid for their work, this sounds like a test case more than anything else, which they will probably lose as it sounds like a legal grey area, but I applaud them for sticking up for their commercial interests

Whether someone likes MOS or not or whether they are value for money is down to individual taste but MOS are not a charity they are a business out there to make money and Spotify are preventing this

I am with MOS on this one They invest a lot of time and money into their compilations so it is not right that people should steal their work without paying them, Spotify are not paying MOS for MOS material being streamed on Spotify so I hope MOS win this case.

What was going on with Hitler and the jews was almost on our doorstep and was about a mentally unstable man, the stuff in Syria is about religion - 2 different variations of islam fighting each other, same as happened in Iraq With Hitler it was about creating a master race with anyone who didnt fit his vision exterminated, with Syria it is an internal islamic thing and not a place for christian nations to interfere

I would support any action the israelis took in self defence provided Syrian civilians were not directly targeted by them 'Shock and awe' deliberate targeting of residential areas of Baghdad was a crime against humanity and should have resulted in Bush and Blair serving life sentences for genocide, I would want any israeli leader deliberately targeting Syrian civilians to face war crimes charges too

Only way that could happen is a full blown invasion using soldiers, I think that that would be a major mistake and not one the public would ever support in UK and rightly so

We should not get involved If we do we have learned nothing from Iraq and Afghanistan What is happening in Syria is dreadful but over 1m died in Rwanda in the civil war, Mugabe has presided over the genocide of white farmers in the name of reclaiming land and thousands of other deaths yet where were the debates in parliament and urgency to bomb Rwanda or Zimbabwe? Not our problem, stay out of it

I am going Sunday :D Good friend of mine managed to blag 2 tickets off someone in the Haus so we are spending the weekend 'stalking' Gaga at her hotel and seeing her live <3 Can't wait 3rd time seen her after seeing her twice at Twickenham

I think 'guesstimates' are fine, which is what I use and readily admit to I use facts when they are readily available and quick to find, like the CBI predicted growth figures in this very thread, but finding out the exact number of vacancies in the UK job centre and non job centre is a long time consuming experience, if I was doing an economics dissertation for sure I would spend the half hour or hour it takes to research that, for every day debate i go by 'guesstimates'

Oh come on Tyron This is an internet FORUM It is not a court of law or a session of a commons select committee where you hold a bible up in your hand and say 'what i am about to say is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me god' It is not about 100% accuracy and 100% facts it is about OPINION with some facts thrown in for good measure I do not have the TIME to do detailed research nor the inclination to do so either, research and reading drives me insane enough in my paid employment let alone my free time If I am 50,000 out or 100,000 out or 200,000 out does it really really matter? the FACT is that the vast majority of agency jobs are not on UJM, the company I work for uses Michael Page for our recruitment for management and executives, Driver Hire for drivers and Manpower for our warehouse staff, NONE of the jobs, we have hired 47 people this year, appear on UJM/job centres so trust me there are lot more than 450,000 jobs in the UK, whether there is 600k, 750k or 900k I don't know and cba researching but you are wrong about the 450k For someone that has ambitions to be an MP your debating skills are appalling, long winded posts are fine, abuse is not

Interesting insights, I am at work atm so don't have the time to reply fully atm but the riots you talked about in 1981 were not about jobs or unemployment etc, they were in areas like Brixton, Toxteth, Moss Side, Broadwater Farm etc, areas which were heavily populated by young blacks, the riots were caused by police actions and heavy handedness against the black communities, Brixton was caused after police shot a young black man in a drugs raid, Broadwater Farm was revenge for a black woman dying at the hands of the police so it was not about jobs tbh Plus burning down shops/looting shops etc does nothing but put people out of work in those communities

There are 400k vacancies registered with job centres, job centres probably represent about 50% of jobs if you take into account agencies etc so in real terms you are probably talking in terms of 750,000 jobs on the market, the company i work for never use the job centre we purely use specialist agencies and we are not alone

Even some growth, 1-2% although I suspect it will be more thanks to the housing market, would still give the tories the ability to say at the next campaign 'the economy is growing, don't let labour wreck it' and this would cause many people to think 'hmmm better the devil you know.....'

It is not just me though Mark Carney one of the worlds most respected economists thinks the already solid growth will gather a head of steam The CBI who are an organisation of business people who run businesses large and small say growth will reach 2.5% in 2015, 2.5% while not a boom is a pretty robust performance and one which Cameron could use as a trump card in the election

Agree, needs to be a progressive thing over time without damaging the recovery so a medium term aim

I watch PMQ and the guy is an embarrassment at the dispatch box, I don't need to read the DM or Sun to realise the guy is hopelessly out of his depth Cameron chews him up and spits him out every single time Robust to me is anything over 2% and that is what the CBI are forecasting for 2014 and 2015, nearer 2.5% infact

I don't think it is the not applying for jobs that is the issue, in order to qualify for JSA they have to show they are applying for jobs and supply proof plus I read somewhere recently that a site called Universal Job Match is mandatory for benefit claimants and that the DWP can track what effort the claimant makes so I am sure they are applying for jobs but because of media smear campaigns against the young employers have it into their heads that they are only going to get a good shift out of an immigrant, young brits aren't getting the chance. I do think wages should be higher as that saves the taxpayer forking out on tax credits to top up wages but on the other hand the minimum wage in UK is only a recent thing, about 15 years? and there was not the levels of youth unemployment pre minimum wage that there is now so I think while it is a problem it is not the be all and end all of why British youths are not getting jobs

Labour were gambling on going into the next election with a flatlining economy preaching about 'cuts', that was their trump card and pretty much their only line of defence, with the economy powering ahead now all the talk of 'nasty tory cuts' is going to fall on deaf ears among most voters, there is little likelyhood of a recession or flatlining economy this side of 2015, indeed the CBI forecast growth well over 2% next year. There is also the fact that Ed Miliband is a figure of ridicule, a hopeless bumbling Mr Bean type figure, would voters trust him with the likely strong economy he would inherit in 2015? the guy is a joke and Ed Balls is as bad if not worse..labour or should I say UNITE chose the wrong Miliband Labour have peaked Tyron, the only way is down and as the economy and house prices surge ahead down is where they will go and fast mate, a 4-6% lead in the polls when the economy is only starting to improve is a joke, 2 years of robust growth is ahead so labour have well and truly blown it I am not going to make any wild predictions like I did in 2010 and predict the actual result/majority but the 100% certainty is that Cameron will still be PM after the next election either in a coalition with Lib Dems or preferably a majority tory government. Ed Miliband will not be PM in 2015, more chance of Susan Boyle topping the FHM Worlds Sexiest Woman poll

Youth unemployment is far too high but until the main reason for it is addressed, the flooding into the UK of migrant workers from the EU then it will continue to rise. The jobs that were being taken by British youths are now being snapped up by Poles, Romanians and Bulgarians for example, jobs that require little experience or are unskilled menial / manual work which a decade ago would have been done by Brits are almost the exclusive preserve of EU immigrants, this to me is the reason for the unacceptably high level of youth unemployment, far more of a reason than coalition policy. Go to a warehouse, building site, restaurant, hotel reception, cafe etc and chances are these days, certainly where i live, you will be served by an immigrant. Youth unemployment will only go down significantly by us either withdrawing from the EU entirely or by withdrawing from the free movement of labour parts, with more and more countries joining the EU youth unemployment will go up among Brits Aswell as withdrawing from the EU or at least major major reforms I would also bring in a law that a company has to prove there was not a suitably qualified Brit applying for the job before it was given to an immigrant, thus Brits get priority in the employment market Tax breaks should also be given to companies that employ a young British worker I don't subscribe to the Daily Mail garbage that young Brits are lazy buggers, the problem runs much deeper than that, the problem is EU immigration

Ronald Reagan was the master of trickle down economics and is widely hailed among Americans as the greatest post war president, if i remember correctly he had the highest approval rating of any president and a poll for the year 2000 put him the 3rd greatest president ever, so he must have done something right. The more money the wealthy have the more cars they buy (jobs for car factories, jobs for suppliers, for car showrooms etc) the more holidays they buy (jobs for travel agents, jobs for airlines, jobs for hotel chains) the more property they buy (jobs for household goods companies like John Lewis) I am in favour of a 'living wage' in principle but am against the idea of screwing over the 'wealthy' to pay for it as if they close their wallets then the more 'poor' will lose their jobs altogether

Someone in Doncaster or Swansea will feel less secure about their future than someone in Guildford or Chipping Norton yes, the massive house price rises are very South East centric but as someone who believes in trickle down economics i believe the benefits will eventually find their way to other parts of the country albeit at a much slower pace. It is a risky strategy by Osbourne but Carney is a proud man, could have picked any banking job in the world but he chose BOE, the fact someone like him has confidence in our country should be a good sign You can't pull the wool over the eyes of someone like Carney

You can though by remortgaging, people seeing the value of their house can remortgage to buy a top of the range car or to start a business or whatever Increased value of a house is a bit of an illusion as people have to pay more for the house they buy next but it makes people FEEL they are in the money, when they feel they are in the money they are more likely to buy a new car or a new iamspamamispamwhoamspam or a new 60" 3D tv all of which helps the economy and the job market First time buyers have more help that ever before to get on the housing ladder

The value of their house going up and the rate it is doing so more than makes up for depressed wage levels It is a housing market lead recovery

Great news and a strong vindication of tory policy Housing market is booming therefore people feel they have more money and are more prepared to spend in the high street, plus more people are in work than ever before and have more money to spend. A tory victory at the next election with a healthy working majority is a 95% certainty right now i would say Housing market booming Car sales best for years More people in work than ever before Exports booming Employers more confident Record low mortgage rates One of the worlds best economists running the BOE Only tories can be trusted on the economy

Higuain had no realdesire to come to England though, according to an Arsenal ITK with a good track record it was Higuain who had no interest in going as opposed to Arsenal not making a serious effort to sign him, he had playing in the Premiership down as a last resort and simply held on till someone else, in this case Napoli, showed interest. Higuain simply doesn't seem to fancy England, when we made CL we tried for him and he said no, when Modric joined Real we were offered him in a swap deal plus £ and again Higuain said no so it was a pure cash deal in the end You are essentially right about Cazorla but due to the fact he is a midget i did not think he would handle the physical side of the Premiership but he proved me spectacularly wrong there, amazing player, I thought he would be a massive gamble at £15m