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Bignok?

And that comment goes to show how well Jeremy has succeeded.

9 year old article.

So, clever business people. Giving their son, what they perceived, as a good start in life. Not entitled bigots.

The son of a teacher and travelling salesman. Cut his teeth as a journalist at a local paper. Made his fortune turning Top Gear round from a boring show offering MPG comparisons to a fast paced TV program appealing to many people. Hardly entitled.

I wasn't being channel specific, Jeremy Vine is on Channel5. I was commenting on TV as a whole. No, I'm not suggesting all TV should be politically balanced. Just suggesting news articles suggesting bias should be balanced.

Not to mention breakfast TV, is Ed Balls biased?, Adil, Naga and Jeremy Vine?

Actually, another poster mentioned the EU. JonnyF was responding to that post.

Anyone with any common sense, including lenders, know it's imperative to look at how borrowing would look with a, circa, 3% increase in interest rates. Anyone who maxed out their limits when rates were 2%, thinking they would stay at 2%, was foolish. It is that simple. May, possible election, won't change a thing. Labour will not be able to change anything anytime soon.

Those who overstretched themselves only have themselves to blame. If they change the way the are/were going to vote because of being overstretched, they are being narrow minded.

I'll take that bet. How about 1 000 000 baht? Tell me where we can meet for me to collect the money. Thanks.

In my long experience of being both a borrower and a saver, I just feel 6% is a happy medium. Of course, interest rates are not and cannot be fixed for ever and will vary. 5.25% is not far off and probably a decent rate for the current economic climate. I wouldn't raise interest rates right now and I certainly would not think about cutting them.

You clearly haven't followed the thread. Your comment is inane. If you were getting less than 1% on your money, you should have moved it.

I agree. I've never said they do.

Farang refers to white foriegner. I would say that's a race.

Government's what?

You said it first. I just agreed.

I'm speaking about government spending. Governments make money from taxes. Brexit was voted for by the electorate. The government acted upon that.

Interest rates have been artificially low for too long. Right now they are still a little low. 6% base rate is about right.

Did they say "foreigner" or "farang"?

That would depend on the wording. If the rule is "No prize money for Farang", then it is racial.

Interest rates were raised. However, current interest rates are not high. They are not even at average levels over the past 50 years.

Exactly. Meaning your post was irrelevant to the discussion.

It's doing better than some countries in the EU.

Yes. To be precise, you are correct. However, I believe the general working public generally relate tax rises or tax cuts to income tax. That's why I was less specific.