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We went into admin because George Burley splashed our remaining cash on expensive (wages and fees) players who were ****e. Morgan was always signed as one for the future but was forced to play prematurely because of the lack of decent other options, and got unfairly slated.

****hole surrounded by some nice places though.

Thats the way it mostly is on t'continent though - young players break into the first team much later. Morgan has said so himself thats one of the reasons for him coming to England. .

You counting ther vicar and pall bearers in that?

Im genuinely not that enthusiastic about going back to the EPL. In many ways I'd prefer it if we focussed on doing really well in the cups each year and having an occasional UEFA run. some kind of european cup for lower leagues (like the paint pot) would be perfect.

Where have I said the UK should unilaterally introduce a fuel tax Phil? Straw man argument, must do better. I was simply pointing out that aviation is not highly taxed. Im happy to see the 'departure tax' at around current levels. Heathrow will always be a major hub, simply because its the first major city you hit when you travel over the north atlantic. If it loses a little bit of traffic around the margins that isnt a big deal imo as the economic benefits of having millions of transfer passengers flying in, spending two hours in transit and flying out again are minimal - especially in an airport which is already struggling with capacity and night flight problems.

No he doesnt actually own it - but the loans he made to Pompey are secured on the ground. Just as if you buy a house with a mrtgage or a car on finance and donrt keep up the payments, they can take possession and force the property to be sold.

She needs to live close if Dave is going to ride her horse at the weekend, the one she got on a free loan from the Met ('Dave rode me hoarse' sounds like a NoW headline) . What a sorry mess.

I accidentally quoted stats based on european hops (less cruising, more takeoffs) -admittedly long haul is more efficient. However even if your burn rate is correct, based on an 11 hour flight to SF and 1.4 litres of kerosene per kilo that still gives a per passenger fuel use of 513 litres. If taxed at 59p per litre as for petrol /diesel this would add £302 to the price of each ticket. So it is true to say that if you abolished all existing aviation taxes and just put duty on fuel at the same rate as cars the price of a London-SF ticket would rise substantially - by about 30% in the case of economy. The whole premise of air travel being unfairly taxed and a rip off is nonsense. What is true is that some airlines are deceiving their passengers.

So unless someone is going to kick your head in you ignore what the locals are doing and do what feels right to you. Pretty much what the Japanese fans were doing then......

Tbh it does sound quite a lot of money - unless you're going premium economy or higher! http://www.kayak.co.uk is a good price comparison website I use a lot, worth checking out.

Great pictures, and totally agree with you. Getting into the real life of somewhere, especially doing something you love anyway is the best way to travel.

Not really. Im not saying the tax burden overall should be higher - but its clearly anomalous that we pay, for example, VAT on nearly all purchases but not on airline travel. We pay duty on car and private yacht fuel, but not on commercial shipping and aviation.

Exactly. Tax free aviation and shipping really distorts the market - not least making imports artificially cheap.

Why should anything be taxed? Lets scrap all public services and have a feral existence killing and robbing each other.

The tax for economy is £65, about half the amount you quoted. http://cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/as2011_rates_and_thresholds_201213.pdf (in reply to Phil)

But so what? Yes they looked a little bit cheesy but at least they were up and happy and enthusiastic. I'd have rather have been sat near them than the moaning git who droned on negatively (even during really good spells) in the seat near me. Or the bloke who stank of BO. Live and let live. Its a weird mindset that says people should always wear approved labels, drive the right car brand and behave in some approved way.

Why not post up a picture of you on Saturday then we can all pass judgement on your hair, clothes and belly.

Nice story, let down only by being not true. Total tax per person round trip to US is around £115 - around £65 UK and £50 US. You have more likely been suckered by the airline who want to try and make out that a big proportion of the fare they are charging is a tax - by using euphemisms such as fuel surcharge, air facility fee etc. In reality it is just money going to the airline to pay for things such as fuel and use of the airport - who'd have thunk it? Its like a taxi driver claiming their fare Southampton to Glasgow is £10 then charging you additionally for fuel, use of car, driver, tyres, insurance etc. The Chicago Convention made aviation fuel tax free globally in an attempt to develop civil aviation in the post war period. One passenger's share of the fuel for flying from London to San Francisco is around 350 gallons (1450 litres). If you scrapped all current and future airline ticket taxes and just taxed aviation kerosene at the same rate as petrol or diesel for cars the price of tickets to west coast US would rise by £800. Aviation is incredibly lightly taxed compared with cars or even public transport. Time for the real cost of flying to be levied imo.

Spot on. If people want to come and see Saints play for any reason its okay by me. I doubt those decrying football tourists see any inconsistency with going to watch a match at the Bernebeu or San Siro.

Gay couples should be able to get married in a civil ceremony if they want. I have no time for organised religious beliefs of any sort - at best its just misinterpretation and translation of the culturally bound ramblings of some semi literate recording events he wasnt present at 100 years after they happened. That said many people have genuine beliefs and faith and no religious organisation should be compelled to conduct gay marriages if they dont want to.

Bit out of my league Im afraid - a one house building plot maybe, but definitely not in Fratton Just interested to know the economics behind what will be driving Chanrai's and Gayadamaks decisions. If the site is worth a fortune it makes the clubs survival less likely.

How big is the combined Fratton / car park site? Would be interesting to have some kind of idea of value.

Love that username!

You should really try and google a conviction and stick to it, otherwise you just look like an empty vessel.