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Amazing how often that happened. The large village I live in didnt exist until the railway line was built. The licence to build the line from London to Brighton stipulated there should be a set number of stations. The fields near where I live were very chalky and full big tough tussocks of grass and empty - so cheap. The ideal place to build your contractual station. The town / village built up around it after.

last 100,choice of sizes, still on the hanger, unwanted gift. Please come and arrest me.

Fair enough. I agree its a dull circular argument with entrenched, well worn positions. I'd rather discuss the complexities of resolving the situation than lumping everybody with the same religion into the blame pot. Re surveillance. I used to find it more threatening and intrusive than I do know - something along the lines of "well it might be acceptable with the current government but what if we got a an authoritarian government - how would they misuse the information". Now I think we have given away so much personal information to social media and companies it doesn't actually matter any more. Personal confidentiality is pretty much dead. Part of my job is to do due diligence on peoples backgrounds. I can find out where people live, who they work for, income, friends, interests, pictures of their kids etc within 30 minutes without leaving my office. You might as well use the information for public good as use it for posting selfies or selling shampoo.

If it aint simple to understand it bores you. Yeah we know.

Some kind of separatism or apartheid you mean? like those nice Western European Protestant folks did in the American south and South Africa till recently. I flew back New York last week. When I got to my row an orthodox Jew was sitting in the aisle seat and his wife in the middle, mine was the window. He was fat and would have been more comfortable in the aisle but made his wife swap seats so she wouldnt have to sit next to a man. There were muslims in the row in front, the wife was sat in the middle next to a white guy. Terrorism has no more to do with core Islam than various rebel miltias in Africa like the Lords Resistance Army have anything to do with core Christianity. Educated, professional Muslims who were born in this country are far more similar to the UK 'Christian' middle class than they are to Bangladeshi village born labourers who have three years of school at a Salafist madrassa funded by Saudi Arabia. The problem is we import too many uneducated, unskilled, non English speaking immigrants from very closed and dogmatic cultural backgrounds - not that Islam is inherently violent.

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Exactly. Nearly always there is a history of previous mental health issues or with anti social criminal activity. Its misfits jumping onto Islam as get out of jail card for things they wanted to do anyway. There is a problem with violent Salafism being spread through Madrassas - which are often the only place poor people can get a free education in countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan. But who funds those? Iran? Iraq?, Syria? nope its our staunch allies the Saudis.

and his marriage

Just so we're clear. At today's prices there was $1.5bn worth of Jewish families assets and $5bn of national gold reserves stolen - some $6.5bn in total. For context the PPI scandal has involved over $30bn so far. You are claiming that the comparatively modest crime by the Swiss private banking system 70 years ago is a bigger deal than invading Egypt over a canal, overthrowing the democratically elected Government of Iran and imposing a dictator, invading Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, killing over 1 million locals and British soldiers and then leaving again with the countries in a bigger mess than before, and a bill for the US and Britain of $1.5 TRILLION? Go you.

Nobody? A neutral country which doesnt make a habit of going to war or invading people - unlike Britain.

Last I heard the Lindt Easter Bunny had been lynched and the Swiss people were launching an invasion of the dictatorial 27 countries. After all they really, really, really 'want their freedom back', so they're bound to get it.

Betrays your ignorance of insurance. Its got nothing to do with derivatives or trading, its the antithesis of that culture. As the old cliche goes "actuaries are people who find accountancy too exciting". Britain is a leader in very very few fields globally, but financial services is one. I agree we are over dependent on the sector and there should be a long term cross party approach to widening the UK's income base. That is very different to kissing off a key industry with nothing to replace it.

Lloyd's Insurance moving out. Its all going swimmingly so far. http://www.cityam.com/255686/lloyds-london-set-out-plans-eu-move-new-year

The Trans Pacific Partnership has taken eight years so far and will take at least another three to be ratified and enter in to force. Assuming Trump doesnt cancel it on day 1 and everyone is back to the start line. 11 years tsk. Makes the EU seem nimble. I guess the US, Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore etc are all really inefficient bureaucrats - which is a shame because they are exactly the people Brexiteers have promised us we can have a wonderful warm future with - trade deals ready to go 2 years after triggering article 50.

But it does mean the EU is more democratic and more representative of its citizens than the current UK Government.

Currently the average size of constituencies in Wales is 56,628 and in Scotland 65,475 and in England 71,858. We didn't elect our Prime Minister or ministers nor vote for their manifesto (not that they have one or will tell us their plans). We don't vote for House of Lords or the Queen. But its the EU which is undemocratic.

Anti gentile surely?

Its going to save 18 million women paying a total of £15m in tax - 83p each a year. GM gets to the heart of the big issues.

Aaah more of the "the 27 will have to do what we want because we import their cars" theory - except this time its 180. Who knew we were graced with a beknighted intellectual Colossus on this thread.

But we are in charge of our own destiny and can dictate terms to Johnny Foreigner dontchaknow?

European Conservatives and Reformists Group Conservative Group for Europe. Tory Reform Group

I used to work with / for his Dad. Quote "yes, Jacob has rather a lot to learn"

Mane started well, had some bad spells, got immensely slagged off on here, finished well and people were crying in their beer when he left. Redmond has started okay and will get better. He's getting slagged off now and those same people people will be crying in their beer when he leaves.

Two PMs and me bracketed together. My mum would be so proud.