“Doesn't work like that . Apparently it was a non binding vote, so it was a complete waste of time.”

“Another waste of time is when they mp's vote against their own party alongside the opposition to make a point, but they know that it wont be a majority /count for anything.”

“Cameron should be asking why the EU development bank gave an 80 million Euro loan to Ford to modernise a factory outside of the EU (Turkey) only for Ford to close their factory inside the EU at Southampton at the cost of 500 jobs. The hole thing reeks of corruption, typical EU really.”

“bt13jz,
Another waste of time is when they mp's. Glass houses and stones Professor!”

“Professor Foodlove

Touche ...Was you offended by that time I pointed out mini literary Irony? I put a little smiley face and it wasn't intended to cause offence.

I apologise and you have learned me to check my posts also. Do you have any English books you can borrow me? I will never win a grammar war so i will throw the towel in now..

Must dash I have greenhouse with a brick in it to repair :)”

“'s funny how the posters who protested so much about the 'sensible posters' complaining about a certain other poster's spellings, grammar, punctuation etc. like to have little digs themselves.

IMO of course.”

“bt13jz,
That letter what you writ weren't offensive, I saw the smiley what you put in, couldn't resist though.
Having the ******** of **** weeks so it made me smile,thanks!”

“steveodore - enlighten me please. Why was the vote on the EU budget a 'non binding vote'. Is there such a thing? If it was I'm surprised that it was taken by MPs so seriously and if there is such a thing what a complete waste of time and a further illustration of how useless party politics are.”

“http://tinyurl.com/dxp688h”

“ghostwriter69 - thank you for the pointer. However, I cannot really accept "He can go to Brussels and say: Look, the British parliament has demanded a budget cut but all I'm asking for is a freeze: I am being as reasonable and accommodating as possible." from Ogaza. Who is he to make such an interpretation on Parliamentry procedure? I have to admit that I will not be surprised if Cameron fails to get a reduction in the budget, but if he doesn't and then doesn't use the veto, he will never get my vote again.”

“mutton8

Unless you live in Whitney he has never had your vote and if you live in Hull and voted Tory, then your vote did him not a bit of good anyway as we don't have proportional representation.”

“The EU budget should be slashed, the amount of fraud and waste is staggering. Auditors have refused to sign off accounts for the last 18 years in a row!!”

“steveodore

I have started to watch Lilyhammer and I like it. Will watch the full series.”

“g69
You obviously have no taste..... kidding like, each to their own.
Did you watch the Soprano's?”

“I live the sopranos and badhirs bro is just like fat tony, but turkish”

“mutton do you dress like lamb? People say that to me and my m8's I dont fink I am sheep - I am leader thou not a followah”

“mutton I av looked at all your posts and I fink you are well serious,,,, you need to take a chill pill m8,,,, honestly right,,,,, sandra my neighbour finks you might be the mayor wiv all them gold chains and that. Av you fought about tatting em in and saving some bin men jobs.

when you go to hull city and the crowd chant EU Know,,,EU Know,,,Euuuuu Know,,,, do you fink, yer i do and that they are chanting to you?????”

“steveodore

Saw some of it and even bought the CD but I went off it. Didn't like the bit about him killing the wolf though. A wolf wouldn't half kill a sheep and leave the body. It would have killed it to eat so either dragged it off or started to eat it there.”

“Don't remember a wolf being killed.”

“Are you sure you watched it? Episode one, a massive chunk of it was about the wolf.”

“g69,
Are you sure you watched it, there is no wolf in episode one, or any other episode of the Soprano's as far I can recall. Are you sure you've not got it mixed up with something?”

“sorry steveodore. I have changed from discussing the sopranos to lilyhammer mid paragraph. Can't remember a thing about the sopranos.”

“"...summit of Eu leaders scheduled for later this month may have to be scrapped because of David Cameron's threat to veto an inflation-busting increase in the Brussel's budget." Daily Express.
g69 - Yes, I was in Cameron's constituency before moving back to Hull.. I was using 'vote' in the general sense meaning 'support'.
I see that the veto does not apply to the e7b that the EU want to fill the hole in the current budget and to bget it, it would only need for a majority of the members to vote for it. But at the summit that will vote for the 14/15 seven year budget a veto wil work. It seems that the Germans are now losing their rag and want us out of the EU. Good news.
I can understand that some on this forum find that having to pay Eurocrats £500 per UK household is not a serious matter, but I certainly do.”

“mutton8

Well if you are living in Hull then Cameron won't lose any sleepless nights worrying about your vote. The only voters they care about are those in marginal constituancies and then only around election time.

You seem to be of the misbelief (common with many posters) that our opinions on here actually matter. Maybe we are all not jumping up and down on here about this £500 because whatever we post won't change a thing.”

“I`m sure, if we put it to the vote on the forum, the majority of us would want to come out of the EU and object strongly to the amount of money we, the tax payer, is giving away year on year.
But if Cameron thinks he knows best and wants to do things his way, there`s not a lot we can do until the next election.”