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Woo hoo Let down only by being unsexy and having a crap climate. Who knew? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/20/these-are-the-worlds-best-countries-sorry-america-youre-number-4/ http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/united-kingdom

You know that do you? Do you seriously think the President personally briefs his press department on what to say? You should watch more of these things live. The formula is always the same. There will be a routine press conference about dull stuff with no story in it. The assembled press hacks will try to harry the press officers into interpreting or putting a new angle on to what the President / Prime Minister / Head EU etc said so they have a front page. The story will then either be 'President shrugs off concerns about slayings' or 'Oval Office in total disarray as staff scramble to cover up'.

You'd have to be a sad ****er to try to make political capital out of innocuous remarks like that.

We should only ban people who present a direct security threat to the UK. Banning people for expressing political views is a really sllppery slope.

My son accidentally wrote 'God pooed' instead of 'dog food' at school. He's fortunate to have not been beheaded for apostasy.

The Austin Allegro. Could be hard to find words for it though. [video=youtube;RQJExT1OA-g]

Fair deal. Thats exactly what hes been saying, it was never an evens bet.

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It is, as I'm sure a lot of them are - but its much better to have the right than not. I'm glad he wasn't banned as it would have looked as though we followed an IS style ban on free speech. Hutch I suspect wants that right taken away if it can be shown that shock, horror, a petitioner could in theory not be British.

The British people. Best to answer questions rather than avoid them.

So you're saying we shouldn't have the right to petition Parliament? or that every signature should be individually vetted before the debate?

A fire?

Hes not the one who bought a house in Chertsey that needed shed load of work and still hasnt increased in value Leasing is best if choose whatever is cheap at the time rather than choosing a specific car and seeking to lease it. Manufacturers have certain numbers they need to sell to match production schedules, to get in Top 10 charts or just to clear a car before the new model is launched. The price of leasing the same car and model can vary wildly throughout the year. This time last year Ford Kuga Titanium Xs were being pushed out at £170pm inc VAT, much, much less than lesser spec models like Zetec were being leased for. The old model Mercedes E class 220 blue motion were around £220 if my memory serves me correctly.

Psst. No -one is talking about leasing a Mercedes. Try to focus. To repeat. If someone has £4,000 of damage done to their car it is covered by insurance, regardless of whether its a lease or owned, its an irrelevant point. Brakes and tyres need to be legal when the car is returned, which is why leasing for two years makes more sense than three. You are advising people to spunk £12,000 on a car with no guarantee that it wont need major repairs, just a hope and prayer. Since we are trading stories a friend of mine had to shell out for a new engine at a cost of £12,000 (eventually reduced to £6,000 when the manufacturer paid half ex gratia) on a five year old car recently. It was a Mercedes E class. Perfect.

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Even if he gets £100,000pw its still a bargain if we sell him in two years time for £15-20mn.

Given a set of new tyres is around £400 and will last not much more than 20,000 miles and a full set of brake pads and discs is around £600 and will last around 40-50,000 miles and the clutch is c£600 - factoring in £400 in consumables over two years and 20,000 miles is conservative. You are still paying for financing somewhere if you put down cash for the car - through additional interest on other credit cards, mortgages or loans you could have paid off with the money but didn't. The cars in question, Qashqai and X Trail come with three year warranties. You get basic breakdown cover, not European or home start, with some bank accounts when you pay a monthly fee - typically £120 pa. If someone dings your car its the same result whether you lease or buy - its still costs the same to repair. The fact you make that substantially cheaper says more about you than maths.

Jeff struggles with the idea that a 2013 car is not the same as a new car and that you have real, hidden and also potential repair costs of buying. The main advantages of leasing (technically contract hire) are that get a brand new car, dont pay for road tax, its under warranty so no worries about repairs and you have free breakdown cover. Again because its new you also aren't paying for consumable costs associated with a used car like new tyres, brakes etc. You also dont have the credit costs of borrowing purchase money - the interest over two years on borrowing £12,000 at 7% is c£1,390 - or the hassles of trying to find a good car to buy and then sell it again at the end. Contract hire brand new X Trail for two years £4720 all in Costs to buy 2013 Qashqai £3,005 depreciation and tax £1,390 interest paid in two years based on borrowing £12,000 at 7%pa over five years £700 repairs insurance eg Warranty Direct at £350pa £240 European breakdown cover (c£120pa) c£400 tyres, brakes, wipers etc (average cost over two years on a three to five year old car) £100 driving to find a car at start £50 selling on Autotrader at end Total £5,885 So buying a three year old Qashqai and driving it for two years costs over £1,100 more than leasing a brand new X trail (which is a pricier car). You also get the buying and selling hassle and an inferior warranty to the manufacturers one.

It has been for a while unfortunately. There is much less middle ground / floating voters than in the UK. Politics seems to revolve around stopping the other party doing anything.

I got a Qashqai after test driving the Yeti, in part because the Qashqai was wider. I think it would be a no. Maybe the X Trail is slightly wider? Honda CRV should be good for what you want or a Ford Kuga. Personally I wouldnt buy a car of that age, more cost effective to lease imo. You could get a brand new X Trail all in for £4740 for two years http://www.whatcar.com/car-leasing/car-leasing/deals/nissan/x-trail/station-wagon-1.6-dig-t-visia-5dr/business/624830/#prices http://www.whatcar.com/car-leasing/deals/honda/cr-v/?body=4x4&from=150&to=250&type=personal&transmission=manual&doors=5

Dan Gorski is a fruitloop

Bit bizarre. I'm ambivalent about the nuclear deterrent - but one of the arguments for it is that it makes conventional aggression less likely. Keeping the expensive subs and missiles and using them for only conventional warheads seems to be the worst of both worlds - if he actually said that of course.

Probably just as well, unless there is some kind of workaround. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35320436

Oh dear. You should vote for Trump

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