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Well I missed this one while I was away. So the former Labour Peer Lord Sugar is now a Tory adviser? 

I knew he'd quit the Labour Party, but working for Cameron must have been quite a shock for some.

I suppose the argument is it is a non political appointment which can be filled by anyone, and he is seen as a captain of industry.

But it does seem a little odd/shallow/opportunistic IMHO.

Any thoughts?

Originally Posted by Barney

“I think everyone who wants to remain should be forced to wear a pink beret... . ”

Caught up with some of the debates over the weekend. Pink beret Eddie Izzard was completely painful to watch on question time! If that's the calibre of the remain campaign, then it really is all over

I actually do think our poll is going to be closer to the mark than expected, unless everyone who is chuntering about leaving either can't be bothered to vote, or it's a front and  secretly they'll tick remain!

According to the "EU Referendum Poll of Polls" the vote is still split 50/50??  Really?????

source: What UK Thinks: EU Poll of Polls

I've got to be honest, as much as I'd like to believe it, I don't believe a word of it. Who are they asking?? Average people or skewed data? How can our results be so different?

Daily Mail poll suggests 60/40 leave, but I think I will now be genuinely surprised (although happy!) if the remain campaign wins.

Thanks for the plug on the Mail, I shall be shouting it from the roof tops for the the remainder of the campaign as I reckon we were right from day 1!

Pennines! Blimey, from Londonville to that far North you can probably afford the whole Mountain Range

Sounds like a legal question to me, shall move it over to the legal section.

Originally Posted by Barney

“So your not sitting on the fence anymore then?

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Nope, I've decided, rightly or wrongly that I'm voting stay. The missus however and pretty much everyone else I know are voting leave.

I think we will leave, I don't think it will be as clear cut as our poll suggests but I reckon the leave campaign have it in the bag.

I genuinely think we will look back in 20 years and regret it, but I'll be 67 by then, dreaming off retirement with only another 30 years to go for a state pension...

Was in the States for a couple of weeks on my holls, and absolutely no mention of the EU Referendum over there, and no one cares

So been catching up with the leave/remain propaganda. Anyone see the Farage/PM debate on ITV? I missed it but apparently both gave a good account of themsleves.

Just looking at our own poll, it's been ticking over and is up to 7,645 votes. Current percentages are: 78% leave, 17% stay and now 5% unsure. I hope our poll is completely wrong, but it would be a buzz if it accurately predicted the outcome!

So a minor shift down, but still overwhelmingly a vote to leave 

Good to see MP's sticking with their convictions with the BBC reporting MP Sarah Wollaston switching sides from Leave to Remain.

I suspect there is going to be some serious political fall out for all parties after the vote, whichever way it goes.

Not long now till the big day...

Duly moved to name and shamed and banned 

Originally Posted by Barney

“Interesting article in the Daily Mail about box sets..... to be honest I'd never heard of them until this thread......”

Blimey! Last night we watched 3 episodes of Breaking Bad and it is addictive. I think it's the fact you can go straight to the next one without waiting a week, where as in reality if it was on the telly, you'd have forgotten about it or maybe not bothered.

Secret though is something both you and the missus want to watch, and you're not allowed to watch any episodes by yourself! On the upside the missus thinks I'm more sociable as I'm doing less work in the evenings 

If you start watching Breaking Bad, you'll understand what all the fuss is about  It's great 

Have you tried Klout?

It's a bit of a gimmick, tries to calculate your social score and let you know how windswept and interesting you are. But it also has some built in tools such as scheduling tweets.

Plus it's free 

https://klout.com

Have used it a couple of times and has worked ok in the past. 

Very frustrating. After finally getting it sorted out before I left the UK, I then had problems calling from the States  Spent ages trawling through the EE forums and seeing lots of other people with similar issues but with little to no help from EE reps, I finally resorted to my favourite customer service channel, twitter..

Guess what, in minutes I got a reply and access to EE support 

Let us know how you get on and the very best of luck