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Lol

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One of us on a wind up or a deluded Pompey fan....?

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Yet another Pompey relate website that returns 'server unavailable' on my iPhone.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3958678/Mobbed-in-a-Moscow-McDonalds-and-bombed-in-Brightonthe-amazing-life-of-Maggie-Thatcher.html

To be fair, I had a hunch that I was talking nonsense (just for once)

I'm liking the look of Convers Money's headquarters.....very classy: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=159a+Chase+Side,+Enfield,+Middlesex,+EN2+OPW&hl=en&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.127023,28.256836&vpsrc=0&hnear=159A+Chase+Side,+Enfield,+Middlesex+EN2+0PW,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=16. Next to the Funeral Services too... And, does the Office of Fair Trading logo on their website indicate that they are endorsed by the OFT....?

An inconvenient and unpalatable truth (for some) If this country had privatised it's manufacturing industries a decade earlier than Thatcher we'd still have a thriving manufacturing sector to this day. There again, I could be talking bow locks

Here's hoping it's the court I walk past every day (Southwark Crown Court). I feel a souvenir photograph opportunity in my waters...

"and we'd have got away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids..."

Without wishing to detract from the excellent intentions and achievements of this visit, i'd be interested if you ever got an explanation as to why Mr Cortese reneged on his "committed to attend" promise?

The OP is an utter disgrace. Don't you realise football is more important than life itself? FFS. I've called Social Services.

My iPhone safari browser is telling me the server is unavailable. Other websites OK. Oh well, probably an innocent explanation....

That link isn't working for me...

Indeed. Another myth about Thatcher. People naturally assume she cut the State savagely when in fact she grew it for a significant part of her tenure.

I'm no expert on EU laws (does it show?!) but are the rules about letting people wander freely from one EU 'state' to the other realty as unconditional as people say? Surely there must be some basic qualifying criteria? If not, when on earth did I miss the vote on that one...?

Relaxation? Interesting choice of word. My understanding is that it was a shift of focus from low risk categories to high risk categories of people. I believe they managed to trap more high risk people that way (I think the oft used phrase at thus juncture is: "no s**t Sherlock". But, by all means continue to use the rather more emotive interpretation if that makes you feel better. ;-)

Without having a breakdown of the 2010 figures quoted it's not possible to deduce whether they were "lying" or not. And if you think that the policies of an outgoing government can be unpicked and unravelled at the drop of a hat then some might venture that is as naive a view on the mechanics of government as it is naive of prospective governments to claim they can turn things around on "day 1". There's a difference between "starting to tackle" a problem on 'Day 1' and "fixing a problem outright" on 'Day 1' I agree that we shouldn't necessarily dwell on the politics on this issue but if one is going to mention the political side of things lets at least ratify and/or establish the underlying facts first. Just an observation.

Why mention that "it happened on the Tories watch" if it was intended as an a-political statement?