moonraker

What will be interesting is how small number of strong remain constituencies vote where their sitting MP was a Tory. Here in Bath it will be very tight, long time LD MP steps down Tories get back in. Very strong remain vote, 68%, it will only take a few such constituency’s, mainly LD challenger, to oust the sitting Tory based on Hard Brexit. It is these kinds of battles that no amount of national polling can account for in FPTP system.

So at what point in history do go back to to stop Islamic Immigration. Whilst there were muslims in England before the 18th century it was the openeing of the trade routes to India on a big scale and the British Empire that precipitated the first big influx of muslims, over 250 years ago, is this your starting point.

So at what point in history do go back to to stop Islamic Immigration. Whilst there were muslims in England before the 18th century it was the openeing of the trade routes to India on a big scale and the British Empire that precipitated the first big influx of muslims, over 250 years ago, is this your starting point.

Just for the record I categorically do not agree with any of your ill conceived, ill advised, vengeful reactionary responses. You have no evidence whatsoever that any thing you have suggested has the slightest positive effect. As many have pointed out to you, it reactions like yours that feed the evil of terrorism. There are no so blind as those who choose not to see. And just to be sure I had a lovely walk around sunny Bath today, spoilt by my thoughts for those murdered by the evil of terroism.

Your solution will not stop future attacks, you might argue it could reduce the likelihood, but stop them no. As to the immigration slant, the vast majority of those involved in the recent attacks are not immigrants form Muslim countries, so what is the point of your policy, it would achieve nothing, it just comes across as knee jerk vengeance, and it is vengeance that has got us where we are.

This is evil plain and simple, it may hide behind the mask of islam, but that misses the point, evil people will do evil. By doing nothing to curb extremism, not disrupting the fundnng nor openly and actively condeming these evil c**ts they are in my mind complicit in every act. Yet still western leaders suck up to them and take their tainted dollars. There are no simle soloutions but our strongest and most powerful weapon is defiance, I will not let these acts change my way of life, I will not walk in fear.

So a damp end to a disappointing season, that is apart from Wembley and not conceding a goal in four games to Corporal Clots mercenaries. I do not know what to do with Puel, my heart says get rid my head says another season.

The problem with this is that they are all self selecting, and thsoe who self selct normally have a drum to bang. As one who supports retianing Puel and is fully aware of mediocrity of our home performances have largely stayed out of the debate. I beleive he deserves another year there have been many postives this season . I also find it hilarious that the Puel out mob cant even decide on a replacement with a largely unproven relegation manager seeming to be favourite, based on this forum + 606 + Facebook and twitter .

Fully agree, I would not trust any of the current crop of political leaders to lead a dog let alone our country. Corbyn may get all the stick in the foreign owned main stream media but May is just as frightening a prospect and Farron is just irrelevant. I won’t spoil my ballot I will vote for the party with policies nearest to beliefs. My hope is that out of the political cluster F**k of the last 18 months a new political movement can emerge lead by people of quality and conviction.

Without Mane and Coutinho Liverpool struggle to score, despite dominating possession it took a wonder goal against Watford to win. I do not expect us to win but a draw is more than likely.

Just for clarity, and pedantry, the programme is to acquire a new continuously available strategic nuclear deterrent. Trident is the weapons system, and is the pointy bit of the capability, not the totality of the capability. The capability is a continuously available strategic nuclear deterrent, we have chosen to use a submarine based capability, other brands are available, and it is this that provides Continuous at Sea Deterrent (CASD). CASD comprises: The Delivery Platform (Submarines), AWE Aldermaston, much of the Clyde Submarine Base and its associated Armaments Depot, significant elements of the Submarine Training Programme and Nuclear Propulsion Programme, BAE Systems Barrow, command, communications and intelligence components, DE&S Acquisition and Delivery Team, and myriad of specialist suppliers.

What Pony, CASD is an ongoing cost, yes it has some years that have higher costs than others, but it is still an annual cost. Most senior military people would like to get rid of it provided the savings were spent on conventional forces. Cameron changed the rules on funding to the detriment of the rest of the armed forces, essentially a con to appear to be maintaining defence spending. So while the total spent through the defence budget appears stable, the fact that circa £3 bn pa is now channelled to CASD means our conventional forces have suffered, not least the RN and the number of SSN’s and escorts, where overstretch is causing severe pain. This on top of this the support for armed forces is continually being eroded by funding cuts to DE&S. To be clear I support CASD, in an uncertain world it is sensible to have such a capability even when it is impossible to prove it works. It is one of the key LD's, Greens and Labour policies I disagree. The Greens in particular are at best very naive when it comes to defence, at worst they are negligent. The LD’s Deterrent light is neither fish nor fowl, it does at least demonstrate they acknowledge a need. The history of Prime Ministers and CASD is interesting, all since Harold Wilson in 1964, fully understand its strategic significance and fully support it once they take up office. Writing the so called ‘letters of last resort’ focuses the mind.

I know the Bath constituency very well, and the Tory partyrecognise the risks in stong remian areas, what are you basing your arrogance on!

Generally agree, however the LD's will also gain from the Tories, remember Richmond, centre right Tory seat, same here in Bath Ben Howlett is toast, and the Tories themselves have identified 30 plus of their seats that are highly vulnerable to tactical remain votes going to the LD's. Also while Labour are in a mess they still have circa 180 – 200 cast iron seats. Big risk, as we have seen polls are not what they once were. I also think remain voters are more likely to vote and vote tactically. UKIP will struggle to mobilise, they are in a mess and effectively bankrupt. The distribution of parliamentary seats means a GE is a very different situation to the referendum and the much beloved FPTP system may just favour tactical voting. If May has called to increase her majority I think she is going to be disappointed, it could even result in another coalition admittedly with the Tories the biggest party but NOM.

Generally agree, however the LD's will also gain from the Tories, remember Richmond, centre right Tory seat, same here in Bath Ben Howlett is toast, and the Tories themselves have identified 30 plus of their seats that are highly vulnerable to tactical remain votes going to the LD's. Also while Labour are in a mess they still have circa 180 – 200 cast iron seats. Big risk, as we have seen polls are not what they once were. I also think remain voters are more likely to vote and vote tactically. UKIP will struggle to mobilise, they are in a mess and effectively bankrupt. The distribution of parliamentary seats means a GE is a very different situation to the referendum and the much beloved FPTP system may just favour tactical voting. If May has called to increase her majority I think she is going to be disappointed, it could even result in another coalition admittedly with the Tories the biggest party but NOM.

25000 a week! Be lucky to get 25, and then only if it had a wet fish counter.

While I welcome the intervention as a proportionate response to Assad's evil, I continue to worry about Trumps and his apparent instability his flip/flop approach is not a good feature of the POUS.

Great win last night, this season was always going to be a big challenge to improve, league wise any where from 8th up will be a good achievement. It has been a season of contrast a Cup Final (we was robbed) to our poor performance in Europe, being the two extremes. What last nights performance like many this season demonstrated is that we play good football, we lacked one major component, a top class finisher, Gabbi came in and addressed that in part, but with no back up we are back to good football with no end product. I have 2 priorities for the close season, keep VVD and get another proven goal scorer.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The quitters wouldn’t know bias if it bit them on the arse, their real gripe is that a world renowned broadcaster will not demean itself by following the rabid right wing press in demonising everything EU. Wes’s demand for optimism in their reporting is nothing more than a simple demand for bias in favour of the quitters charter. No news media is 100% reliable or accurate but to claim some institutional bias because there articles do not spout quitters propaganda is yet another example the quitters myopic view of the world. Most quitters posts are just a load of old pony from a bunch of snowflakes who favour autocracy over democratic debate.

The UK and NI is only a sovereign nation so long as the peoples of constituent parts want it to be. The UN charter specifically addresses self determination, whilst its is not clear cut, the right to self determination for the peoples of Scotland and NI even Wales cannot be dismissed and the UN would have little problem in recognising them either as new sovereign states or in the case of NI as new territory of the Republic of Ireland. The fact that as of today the UN recognise a single sovereign is merely a transient point in history, they used to recognise Yugoslavia, the USSR where are they today. Antrimsaint is correct quitters are swapping membership of a multi national beneficial union for the break up of our historical union and the regression of England to a bit part player on the international stage. The so called Conservative and Unionist party are complicit in this tragedy, behaving more like a Colonial than Sovereign Nation government. Sadly many of those who voted for this act of national harm will not be around pick up the pieces, I am sure our future generations will be ever grateful for their vission!,

Responses to Antrimsaint, what the f**k has his being NI and supporting saints got to do with anything, illustrates only to well the small mindedness of rabid brexiteers. Do you all shop in a Local Shop for Local people! I am sure he is in far better position to assess the mood in NI than most of us on here.

And this time project fear wont work, if the Scots can have a 2nd referendum then whose to say the UK wont, politicians are oppertuinists if the tide turns they will as well. There is long way to go and if as seems likely costs to joe public keep rising and tory infighting spills onto the streets May will be done for. Leave support will dwindle until only the swivel eyed loons will be left parroting their inane chants.

That graph can not be correct it shows that the highest period of taxation was under a Tory Governemnt led by Saint Maggie, its fake i tells you!

Are you for real? The House of Lords has not and cannot usurp the Commons, what it has done is to act in a mature, reflective way and advised the commons that might want to think again on the substance most significant piece of legislation in my lifetime. Whilst I to believe that the House of Lords has its faults, however I am not convinced that being unelected is one of them, more party apparatchiks just following the party Whip will not improve what we have.