Whitey Grandad

Be careful what you wish for!

Is the notice period shorter for 'undesirables'?

That's not credit, it's buying in bulk. Basically, credit is 'buy now, pay later'.

There were a few comments in The Times over the weekend from travellers who found that seats they had requested were 'not available' and were later found to be occupied by BA colleagues.

The removal of the instalment plan and half-season tickets are further disincentives to buying in advance. I shall renew my two seats because they are in a great position, but one is not used very often and I would expect to miss between 6 and 8 games over the season so it would be hard to justify the outlay if I were a bit srapped for cash.

Oh no it doesn't!

Religion is based on faith. If you need proof, then you have no faith.

They are called 'tokes'.

Yes, 'on the whole', 'all things being equal', 'comparable jobs', all that sort of thing. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=285 'The percentage difference between the median level of full-time earnings in the public sector (£539 per week) and the private sector (£465 per week) widened over the year to April 2009, following annual increases of 3.1 per cent and 1.0 per cent respectively.' But then there is this one: http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/01/public-vs-private-pay-no-comparison/ In reality, the days of the public sector being 'underpaid' but having better job security and pensions have passed. Now they are not underpaid.

That ceased to be the case some time ago. Public sector pay is higher than the private sector.

This is very poor commercial practice, in my opinion.

I salute all those who took part in such an audacious and heroic operation. I've not been much involved with these battlefields although I have crossed the Pegasus bridge many times, but here are just a couple of incidents: A couple of years ago I went over on the fast catamaran to Ouistreham and as I was going down the steps to the car deck a fellow who looked the same age as me looked out of the window and said 'Hmm, a bit different from the last time I was here'. He spent D-Day sitting in a LST that was stuck sitting on the beach waiting for the next tide. It was the first time that he had been back since the war. A fortnight later we took a day trip to Arromanches and the area on a Sunday and visited the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. It was full of French families walking quietly amongst the graves and was very moving and gratifying.

Try going into the Megastore and asking for one of these kits:

Not after that sitter he missed at West Brom.

That's what I'm aiming at. If they've paid their taxes when they earned it then I'm happy for them to keep their net earnings.

The question should be 'how did they become billionaires without paying a lot of tax?'

You forgot to add the NI !

Are you advocating a 'wealth tax'?

No country ever got wealthy by charging high taxes, and no billionaire is going to hang around paying high taxes when they can live where they like.

Some people still don't get it. I was doing a football quiz the other day and someone said they thought it was unfair for the club to be punished with a points deduction after they had gone into administration. He said that they were being punished twice. I soon put him straight.

I don't think it does, as it is written. Are you sure you've got it right?

Isn't 'not voting' in effect the same as voting against? Doesn't the CVA have to be approved by 75% of the creditors in total, not just those who voted?

Or made to pay for 'bribing' their electorate, like Dame Shirley Porter.

Ta, every little helps.

Great goal, I don't think the keeper had a chance. he would have had to have been standing on his goal-line. He only had two seconds to get across and save it.