TopGun

I take it you have moved away from your previous pro-BNP rants and are now a Tory again Dune?

I do have the odd disagreement with TDD but it does seem to me that maintaining a good attack sub fleet should merit investment above many other areas in defence and elsewhere. And, as you point out SO22, we are good at that technology and that offers export potential in either component or completed form.

Possibly a further 20 points deduction in the CCC next year for Pompey!

Don't expect better services in education, transport, defence etc then benjii...

Interesting that all the boo boys on here are having a pop at Wotton. Same people who had a pop at KD no doubt two years back.

You really ought to read up about socialism Dune. Each time you accuse this Labour government of being socialist you make yourself look very dim to everybody else. No offence intended.

Project sea power with Hermes? I take it you are at least 55 and harking back SO22 or very young with no idea of modern sea power projection!

Why would we need a fleet? Surely you would be possibly part of a crew on one attack sub that is perfectly adequate to keep the rusty old Argentine Navy and any supply ships it might have at bay? Had we had an attack sub in the South Atlantic rather than a big red research vessel with no attack capability in 1981/82 then there would have been no invasion. I think we have about nine attack subs TDD??? Even if only three are at sea at any time, one can cover the South Atlantic west coast adequately enough to deter any Argentine aggression provided the message is made loud and clear. And some of the rest can get there quickly enough.

This is clearly a pre-election story stirred up by senior armed forces personnel and MoD mandarins. The Commons Defence Committee is made up of MPs who have an interest in the armed forces and their views will always be parochial. The same applies to other Parliamentary select committees. All government departments are feeling the strain at the moment. Universities funding is being slashed, NHS Trusts are under pressure to work more efficiently and local authorities across the country expect to make huge redundancies this year. I know TDD has a vested interest but there are other considerations as well. I very much doubt whether a new Tory government would give any extra special attention to the armed forces either, given they are calling for more spending cuts (Osborne) whilst Labour says it will continue to spend what it can (though increasing debt) to get the nation properly out of recession.

I had a Peter's Pie at lunch followed by a second lunch today of a grab bag of Monster Munch and a Twix and then decided a doner kebab would be good for tea :-) I feel fat, bloated and happy!

I feel that is on the harsh side just about. AP has demonstrated he is a promotion manager in the past and he has more go about him than Burley IMO. But it is still v. disappointing.

But there's no point looking at that as we all know he's a bonus player when he's fit.

Seaborne is an irrelevance to tonight as he has presumably been bought for the future, cost us peanuts in the larger budget and we didn't concede tonight. I think it is more worrying that the midfield and forwards managed about four shots all night on target. Where is the inventivity against teams that press us deliberately?

All very disappointing. I read a couple of months back that AP says Saints have two ways to play. Maybe he needs to think of a third against negative opposition on poor pitches although tbf you would expect the players to have a bit of nous and mix it up a bit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8527170.stm Apparently the PM has been sharp with people. And some quango boss in charge of the Anti Bullying Helpline has chosen to go public with the grievances she has received. Go make your own decisions...

Pipe dream.

This is the on field crux should they survive off field issues. It's virtually impossible.

Must convert a chance before long surely? Yay!

£26m if relegated.

Oysters are the spawn of the devil.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/portsmouth/7266635/Fifa-unmoved-by-Portsmouth-plea-for-flexibility-to-sell-outside-transfer-window.html Telegraph reckons FIFA will turn the Pompey request down.

Claridge has a good grasp of English also. Far better than the usual dullards.

So another £3m owed to agents on top of the rest. Storrie says they are being nice. They have no option. The court case is in. What an absolute c()nt that man is. Still spinning.

You slay me at times. Can't you bugger off and protect the Falklands?

Spot on. Non-regulation is always a short option and someone pays further down the line. Pure greed and now, guess what, we have a Southsea Bubble!