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  1. There has never been a bar on MPs presenting current affairs on TV. What is in question is that MPs are not allowed to present news or specifically interview politicians about policy, it seems obvious that GB news have broken the code where other platforms have not. It is really very simple, and no amount of whataboutary will justify GB news actions wrt to serving MPs. PS. ex MPs don’t count😉
  2. And Canadians, Americans, Poles, Czechs, Dutch, Indians, Australians ………
  3. Good to get to half time without conceding and hopefully it takes the sting out of WBA domination. RM to reset and get them back at it.
  4. Eastville was never owned by the Gas, the owners soled it for development now it is IKEA, they played at Twerton for ten years before ground sharing with Bristol RFC at the Mem. Then bought the Mem. When the Rugby went bust. Rugby now shares with City and get comparable crowds. As for tonight’s game I can’t see them ending our run, 2-0 Saints.
  5. As has been said not much near the ground and what 5here is not friendly. If you have time go to King Street great area.
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    Russia

    So you do not address my key statements, not unexpected. Sea harriers were deleted from the inventory by Cameron nothing to do with Blair, I don’t understand your T45 reference. Under the Tories we were committed to Project Horizon with France and Italy, to quote a senior U.K. rep on the design team “The French wanted a comfortable ship, the Italians wanted a good looking ship, and the RN wanted a ship that could fight”. To many compromises, the Tories were happy to continue with this as it meant no serious budgetary commitment, the Blair government took us out of this intractable arrangement and we now have T45.
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    Russia

    This old excuse. The reductions in capability and numbers from the Cold War peace dividend were mainly instigated and taken by the Major Government ( I had a lovely redundancy package). The Blair government did reduce numbers but did not notably reduce capability, indeed they increased it, as an example the Carriers which Cameron came very close to cancelling. No matter how you argue it the Tories have always cut defence more than Labour, John Knott was about to gut the RN in 1982, reducing it to an ASW only Navy. The Falklands and Admiral Leach saved it, and Knott was never heard of again.
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    Russia

    Your record on predicting, assessing , analysing ,military capabilities intentions and outcomes is woeful. I can't be bothered to trawl through the hundreds of posts on the subject just to provide evidence.
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    Russia

    There are a number of factors that have created the woeful state of our armed forces. Primarily the defence cuts of successive Tory governments since 2010. They hollowed out many and removed entire capabilities in the 2010 Strategic Defence Review, it was neither strategic nor a review, simply an exercise in austerity. The corresponding manpower reductions and poor recruitment campaigns have left our forces woefully undermanned and unfit for purpose. Political dithering, interferenceand lack of understanding by politicians on major procurement projects is a significant contributor to overspends.
  10. The how are we going to pay argument does not stack up. Post WWII the most radical government of modern times created the NHS and delivered multiple other social benefits. The USA new deal in the thirties was based on a government spending money “it didn’t have”. Provide your spending is focused on longer term infrastructure and social improvements it is an investment and you will get a return on it.
  11. If you’re a twitcher there are some interesting species, not just penguins. The only place I have ever been where they had darts commentary on the radio, including the impromptu bar fight that broke out during the game. It is certainly a one off and if you are genuine world travel worth a visit. Don’t miss the Cathedral with the corrugated iron roof.
  12. Yes but City have more money than Liverpool and make it soooo hard for them buying all the good players.
  13. Yes, and I would recommend them. PM me for more info.
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