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Brentford away in league 1. Sat with my feet in a two inch deep puddle with the water gradually freezing during the game. Not only was it the coldest but it felt like the longest. We were dire, couldnt break them down. Eventually we got a goal, I briefly thought it was all worthwhile, but Brentford equalised at the death.

They were deselected as candidates. Most politicians are pragmatic and aren't interested in ideological posturing. They want power and to get power you have to be popular.

I doubt it. Ultimately most politicians want to get elected, not just be a pressure group who let the other party win elections. Momentum used the rules to gain a foothold in Labour just as Militant Tendency did in the 1980s. Militant were kicked out and became the socialist party. Whatever happened to them?

Not really. There has always been a battle between the 'hard' left and the political middle in the Labour Party, just as there is one between the middle and right in the Tories. Left leaders have been elected in the past - like Michael Foot, and to some extent Kinnock. After they had their chance and failed to get elected they were dumped for someone more mainstream.

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The mainstream print media are far more partisan and less interested in truth than ever before. They have abandoned informing in favour of echoing whatever the majority of their readers already think. You really have to search for unvarnished facts now.

I'm pretty sure most of the leading figures in the original Brexit debate didnt really understand the complexities involved. It might have been possible to bring about hard Brexit if it had been properly planned and phased in over a 10-15 year period. Crashing out into a black hole is economic suicide, especially when we already have massive debts and a budget deficit

In this case dithering might have served him well. The hard Brexiteers have backed a weak May into a very blind and very dead end cul de sac. If Labour had set their stall out earlier arguably the Tories wouldn't have jumped off the cliff in the same way.

Regardless of what you think of them Anna Soubry and Ken Clarke are doing what they believe in - despite what must be some horrendous party pressure

I used a heating engineer with a 9.79 rating (out of 10) on checktrade and has so far failed to fix the problem - including replacing an expansion vessel in boiler. He now insists the problem is the pump - despite the water being pumped efficiently round the radiators and the boilers own fault code showing something totally different.

Isn't it more the case that Celtic have a lot of Irish fans? (as do Liverpool)

No idea. But these people offer an online valuation and seem reputable. https://www.tooveys.com/rugs-and-carpets/

The was an interesting piece on the BBC about this woman who grew up in survivalist home in Idaho. Her parents are convinced the government is out to destroy them and that even people like schools and doctors were government agents to be avoided. All were gun nuts. She has a book out on Feb 22 that I want to read. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43038598

Means of Killing - Netherlands "Men were mostly shot or stabbed to death and mostly in their own home or on the street. Among female murder victims, 75 percent of the killings happened in their own home. Women were most often stabbed or strangulated to death" https://nltimes.nl/2016/07/29/netherlands-murder-rate-20-year-low That article say the Dutch murder rate is at a 20 year low so currently it is lower the the UK. But the UK is safe. Murder rates are very comparable with Germany and Denmark and lower than France or Belgium.

I imagine (but dont know) it is different for adults. Knives are used for murders because guns are so difficult to obtain. The murder rates for the Netherlands are similar. I'd be surprised if the method of killing is much different between the two countries

Its almost exclusively in two cities, London and Manchester. A sub group of kids think it is cool to carry knives. That doesnt make it better of course, but its not a genersalised thing

I was in Florida this year and went to a gun range. We walked in and said I wanted to rent a gun. They asked for ID and I said I'd left in the car and offered to go get it. They said not to worry. They asked me if I had shot before, I said "yes" and 30 seconds later I was in a booth with a .45 pistol and 100 bullets, unsupervised.

Its a simple numbers game. We dont build enough houses to keep up with two factors: 1. population growth (and more than half of population growth is not immigration driven) 2. Households are getting smaller - there a fewer people per home. The major cost of new houses is not building them but the cost of land. Typically two thirds of the cost of a new house will be the land and one third the actual building. We need around 3 million new homes by building upwards and by compulsory purchase of farmland at farm land prices, not building land prices.

What German parade organisers think of Brexit

He's out of date and out of touch, as always. Italy's economy has been growing for three years and youth unemployment is falling faster the EU average. Their budget deficit is smaller than the UK's

Really? All 65 of them are happy to roll over the exact same terms to the UK as to the EU even though the UK is in a much weaker position? Seems odd. Where is the quote, send us a link.

We need to renegotiate / replicate 65 trade deals just to stand still. Absolutely impossible in the timeframe allocated by the government http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-trade-deals-lost-eu-liam-fox-caroline-lucas-theresa-may-latest-a8201596.html

You should follow his approach. Read the evidence, come to view, act on that view. Having a view and trying desperately to find something to substantiate it doesn't seem to be working for you.

Aah Nolans modules. Always a powerful argument. So you didnt read the article then? How about Oxford University? Robust enough for your HE lecturer? https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/Brexit

Talking of Project Fear- thats called a lie https://www.ft.com/content/202a60c0-cfd8-11e5-831d-09f7778e7377