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All supporters of the big London clubs are the same. It must be a capital thing

Fantastic showing at Wembley last Saturday. Shame sound is so poor there

My misses is not going to be happy, moved our holiday from Sat to Sun so I didn't miss the Man Utd game at great expense now I am going to miss it anyway. Bloody tv games

That's the difference between the 2 councils, love or hate the spinnaker tower it is a landmark that brings people in to Portsmouth. Would we have something similar I very much doubt that. Doesn't matter who's in charge the other parties just knock back any ideas. its nothing to do with what is the greater good for the city its about petty points scoring and rising up the internal political ladder for what ever party they represent. Historically yes Southampton is the more affluent city but I believe this is slowly changing. Take Saints v Pompey out of the equation and Portsmouth is on the rise. They are getting great help from the Government. Again I believe this is due to better communication and bidding between the council and the depts. in Whitehall. We have lost Fords, Vosper's and other major employers but get very little development funds from Whitehall due to poor quality bids.

I think the biggest problem is the quality of councillors, they all put petty politics in front of what is a collective good for the city. I go to many conferences and seminars with local Architects, principle contractors etc. Not one of them has a good word to say about Southampton. Its always 2 steps backwards and 1 forward if you are lucky. I was privy to the schemes put forward to the planners and the council for the replacement of the Eaststreet and Bargate shopping centre areas. One of the schemes was fantastic, it opened up the spaces and allowed for a much better feel and was within budgets. What did they do, went for a easy simple no thrills grey Morrison's and we got another bog standard scheme which has now hit the buffers. They have absolutely no vision what so ever. Its all take with absolutely no vision for the city. The reason the Meriden site has taken so long to sort out is the costs for the Section 60 the developers were having to pay for, I believe this has now been reduced hence the new planning scheme has been approved. One of the other problems is that there is no accountability at a high level in the council, cock things up and nothing happens, I cock up and I am down the road. Believe you me if Liverpool get more funding they will try and prise Carnival away.

Went to a corporate event the other day and had a chat with someone high up in Carnival. They are getting pretty ****ed of with Southampton council, it seems every time Carnival want to do something the council just moan. Carnival see it that the ships bring in money and employment to the area but view the council as money grabbing with no input or help. If the council are not careful Carnival will pull out. There are plenty of other docks and office sites that would welcome Carnival with open arms. The flyover from the Red Arrows was brought up, Carnival asked if Southampton wanted to advertise that the Red Arrows were coming to Southampton and they just said we have no money. Surely an influx of visitors would be good for the economy even if its one day. Bournemouth and Portsmouth seem to be able to spend money on events but Southampton is a joke.

Its definitely asbestos, i have done enough awareness courses now and have worked in shipping a few years, Its the blue that's the real killer nasty stuff. The whites ok if its not broken or flaking which the garage behind has. I have lost an aunt a while back, she got asbestosis just washing my uncle's overalls when he worked at the docks. The death rate for asbestosis hasn't reached peak yet but at least we are all far more aware now. I will call Environmental health tomorrow and see what can be done. No point in asking the neighbour he will just ignore me.

The property owner at the rear of my garden has a large dilapidated garage. Half of the asbestos roof has collapsed and is cracked and broken in several places. Knowing that white cement based asbestos is harmful to health if it is damaged what can I do to make him clean it up. Can I make a call to the council, to be honest he has upset a number of our neighbours in the past and we have been inundated with rats in the garden all coming from his property but he never does anything about it, had to get pest control in.

no doubt to reach the BBC equality rules the presenters need to be black, gay, lesbian, disabled,push bike riding, tree huggers and do not need to own or ever had a car

Watch this on ITV 4. New lap record 132 mph average . F1 is ****e compared to this. Maximum respect to all the riders on the IOM

10 of us going to Foo Fighters at Wembley, looking to go by private hire mini coach instead of rail, can anyone recommend a company to use, Pannache booked up and Airlynx want nearly £500 ouch

One of the funniest things ever at half time, james got destroyed

On now BBC sport web site great racing, proper road racing. These guys are mad 175mph on the straight on public roadshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/motorsport/32544001

Fight it, unless they can prove the this you are innocent until proven guilty that is law of the land. I know a few young guys and girls that work for the DIY Black and Orange shop and they have complained to me that there is a fair amount of bullying from the 20 plus age group. If my son was pulled up on this I would be straight round to see the manager. Don't kick off though but be straight to the point and keep the moral high ground and explain that you will seek legal advice.

Watching a pathetic display, cant pass, no passion, no guts truly awful

A woman is at home when she hears someone knock at the door. She goes to the door and opens the door to see a man standing there. He asks the lady “Do you have a vagina?” She slams the door in disgust... The next morning she hears a knock at the door, it is th e same man, and he asks the same question of the woman Do you have a vagina?” She slams the door again. Later that night when her husband gets home she tells him what has happened for the last two days. The husband tells the wife in a loving and concerned voice “Honey, I am taking tomorrow off to be home just in case this guy shows up again”. The next morning they hear a knock at the door and both run for the door. The husband says to the wife in a whispered voice, “Honey, I'm going to hide behind the door and listen. If it is the same guy I want you to answer yes to the question because I want to see where he is going with it.” She nods yes to her husband, and opens the door. Sure enough the same fellow is standing there and asks the same question. “Do you have a vagina?”........ “Yes” she says...... The man replies “Good! Would you mind telling your husband to leave my wife's alone and start using yours?”

The goal should have been disallowed, the stoke player receiving the cross before adam got the ball clearly came back from an off side position to get the ball, poor officials again

I have just leased a Fiesta ST3, £250 per month instead of having the company car, should be better off by £50 a month taking into account tax savings

Got a mate who has 2 tickets for sale as he has now been invited into corporate up there, send me a PM with your contact details and I will put you in touch with him

Just watched the 1st Moto GP of the year and what a fantastic race. Puts F1 in the shade

Woy is a joke

If Morgan goes to Barca I will be very happy for him.

There is a god after all

The stupid thing is that all those idiots including the MP and Labour councillors by stopping the program are yet again stifling free speech. If you don't have a reasonable discussion about immigration then it gets taken over by bigots. The 1st 30mins of the program was very good and showed just how good the area is culturally. Its the bigots that ended up causing trouble, strange the people the program was trying to defend ended up just giving ammo to the far right and other anti immigration groups. I do think the name of the program was wrong

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