bridge too far

Perhaps if some of these companies and individuals paid up, we'd all be better off http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jul/21/global-elite-tax-offshore-economy?CMP=SOCNETTXT6966 Still, at least some people are getting under the skin of tax avoiders http://www.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns

Indeed - and it's obvious to everyone just how 'bestest' they are. I mean look at the huge number that turn up, week after week, at their 'ground' (I use the word carefully)

Here's an interesting article I found whilst searching for something else http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/mar/19/brits-buy-germans-rent

And there's the female swimmer, Natalie du Toit. I suppose some might argue that, because she's only got one leg, there's less water resistance? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_du_Toit Wiki informs me that there are quite a few paralympians who have also competed at the Olympics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_athletes_who_have_competed_in_the_Paralympics_and_Olympics

Put the 'other end' of society to one side for a moment. People that are very wealthy will have as many or as few children as they want because money will be no object. It's the people in the 'middle' and 'bottom' who are struggling. My daughters waited until they were in their mid to late thirties before having children because they wanted to be secure and to develop their careers and because, quite frankly, they couldn't afford to have children any earlier. They'd both love to have three or four children but time, as much as money, is against them. They're both expecting their second (and final) child because their biological clocks will be running out very soon. People at the 'bottom' sometimes have large families for religious reasons and some of them probably thought they were secure in work, only to find they weren't. Quite what we do about people (and, more importantly, their children) who find themselves in this unforseen situation I don't know. The government obviously feels that taking benefits away from them will suddenly reverse the irreversible. Problem families present a real challenge. Since there has quite often been a generational history of unemployment and crime (and I'm talking two or even three generations), it's tough to think of a quick fire solution. However, if we're not careful, we'll have a country full of people at the top and in the middle and very few at the lower end (I hate those phrases!). Who will do the jobs that require little or no education or work ethic? It would sound very much like social cleansing to me!

including a baby!!!! Dreadful situation

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/20/royal-yacht-patriotic-distraction

Probably your caller would have rung off by the time it would take to extricate your mobile.

Ah ha! I have mine on vibrate as well so I can feel it ring too. Should I be pocketless, I tuck it into my bra

My ringtone is the sound of a telephone ringing. Why would anyone want anything else?

Speaking as one who knows ............. If I hadn't bought my house, now paid off thankfully, I would really struggle to pay rent out of my tiny fixed pension. However, if there was only property to rent and the rents were controlled, I guess supply and demand would mean that rents would be cheaper for everyone.

My name is Bridge because I'm (still) a fan of Wayne Bridge My surname is Too Far because I live too far away from my beloved Southampton

Excellent email Wes!

AKA Plan B - but never will those words issue forth from Gideon's gob

What? Surely not! Not Socialist France FFS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18854396

Gordon Brown read History at Edinburgh (started his degree aged 16, two years earlier than is the norm). He got a First and then a PhD in History also at Edinburgh.

There you go - perfect Tory leader

This man is considered to be a future (Tory) PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Stewart

Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said: "We welcome this investment, it was actually first announced under the last Labour government... but this won't help jobs and growth now, as there's not going to be a penny spent until after 2014."

Other population data showed: there were a million more women than men in England and Wales - 27.6 million men vs 28.5 million women the median age of the population in England and Wales was 39, with the median age for men being 38 and for women 40 there were 406,000 more under-five-year-olds than in 2001 one in six people in England and Wales in 2011 was aged 65 and over this percentage of the population aged 65 and over was the highest seen in any census - at 16.4% there were 430,000 residents aged 90 and over in 2011 compared with 340,000 in 2001 and 13,000 in 1911 This will continue to be a high growth area I think and a good reason why we need more people in this country - to pay for old people like me!

Went once and was bored to tears

whisky (Glenmorangie) brandy (Remy Martin) but don't drink spirits very often these days I did find a bottle of raspberry mead the other day (in Wales) - very nice

This - my flight was a birthday present (June) but I didn't do it until late September.

I did this a few years ago and it was one of the best things I've ever done! Don't know any companies in Hampshire - mine was over the Chilterns. I'd do it again - you really don't feel as if you're high up and everything is so quiet. The only thing you really hear is dogs' barking. Nice bottle of bubbly when you land completes a great experience. I'd do it again for sure.