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He lies, unless he is saying that the full amount owing under CVA2 will be paid up front on day 1. ( Plus there's the add-ons to Chinny, plus there's the bridging loan from the council, etc, etc ). Pompey approach to household finances - if you burn the bill you don't have to pay it.

Good stuff. ( I also appreciated the bit right at the end when the Speaker shot down that pompous Tory's complaint ).

Not sure about that. This is from the FL rules for clubs relegated to L1 from the NPC : " iii. Sanctions for clubs relegated to League 1 Clubs relegated to League 1 will not be entitled to any payout derived from the Fair Play Tax and will be required to comply with the FFP rules in operation in that division." There is no mention of an exemption for clubs relegated from L1 to L2 : " League 1 and League 2 League 1 and League 2, clubs have chosen to implement the Salary Cost Management Protocol (SCMP) first used in League 2 in 2004/05, although it will operate at different thresholds in each division. The SCMP broadly limits spending on total player wages to a proportion of each club's turnover, with clubs providing budgetary information to The League at the beginning of the season that is updated as the campaign progresses. Any club that is deemed to have breached the permitted spending threshold will be subject to a transfer embargo. Wherever possible, The League will seek to tackle the issue 'at source' by refusing player registrations that take clubs beyond the threshold. At the beginning of the current season, League 2 clubs reduced the permitted spending threshold to 55% from 60% and this figure will continue to be operated next season. League 1 clubs are currently operating a 'pilot' of the SCMP with clubs complying with a 75% threshold but with no sanctions being applicable this season. This threshold will reduce to 65% in 2012/13 and 60% in 2013/14 with sanctions (transfer embargoes) being applicable in both seasons" http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/FLExplainedDetail/0,,10794~2748246,00.html

Do we actually know what proportion of the club will be 'owned' by the Phew specifically, as opposed to the HNW ?

You cannot lose what you never had - points only count at the final whistle. If we draw a game, is that 1 point gained or 2 lost ?

"A Tomlin order is a court order in the English civil justice system under which a court action is stayed, on terms which have been agreed in advance between the parties and which are included in a schedule to the order. As such, it is a form of consent order. The order permits either party to apply to court to enforce the terms of the order, avoiding the need to start fresh proceedings. The terms of the schedule do not form part of the court order, so may remain confidential, and can include matters outside the jurisdiction of the court or the scope of the case in hand."

Possibly, but given the state of that shambles, it's going to be a hell of a drain on L2 finances.

Pompey have discovered principles ?

"Deal agreed in principle" - apparently

"This demonstrates, I suppose, that if you opposed Thatcher's ideas it was likely because of their lack of compassion, which is really just a word for love. If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one's enemies."

On the subject of a minutes silence for Mrs T, they could manage 90 minutes silence at FatPipes.

We haven't had one of those since 1979.

If they survive it'll be 'Down Down', and like 'Ice in the Sun' they're melting away. But that's what you get when you 'Break the Rules', whilst 'Living on an Island', a real 'Mess of Blues'.

France and Germany have lower home ownership rates than the UK. Compare the owenership stats on this map with the perceived relative economic strength :

But it was far better quality than the cheap crap we brought in from places such as Poland - less heat and more pollution produced. If we followed your logic BMW wouldn't sell any cars, we'd all be driving round in Dacias.

"The dignity of the individual and the demands of justice require, particularly today, that economic choices do not cause disparities in wealth to increase in an excessive and morally unacceptable manner.." "...it must be borne in mind that grave imbalances are produced when economic action, conceived merely as an engine for wealth creation, is detached from political action, conceived as a means for pursuing justice through redistribution." Pope Benedict XVI ( HTH )

That improves my opinion of him.

"Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope." I make that 0 / 4 on the retrospective scorecard.

For those asking how she got re-elected if her policies were so bad, this is the political map after the 1983 poll : And after the 1987 one : I think there is probably a clear correlation between the economic impact of the Government and pattern of voting.

1) 2) Friends in high places ? 4 weeks after we get an Argie for Pope.....

All the 'pundits' say it was a good challenge, other than thie quote in the OP I am struggling to find any news outlet that agrees with ALF - who cares about being top of the NPC last season, we beat them, are staying up, and he's a sore loser.

Que ???

There will always be 'winners' and 'losers' - the problem with Thatcher's Government, as with the current shambles, was/is the perception that a change in taxation is shifting the burden towards the less well off.

Have you ever seen Brassed Off ? A very thinly disguised tale of the closure of Grimethorpe Colliery. The facts about their economic status were ignored by effectively bribing the men to vote for redundancy. ( And whilst Major may have pulled the trigger, Thatcher loaded the gun ).

Rather than simply fling insults, this is the opposing perspective : "Protesters complained that the tax shifted from the estimated price of a house to the number of people living in it, with the effect of shifting the tax burden from the rich to the poor. Owner-occupiers paid because they could not hide; for those in the expensive properties it cost less than rates had but for many it cost more; some renters did not pay, knowing they would be long gone when the bills arrived. Councils of towns with highly mobile populations, such as university towns, were faced with big store rooms of un-processed "gone-aways". The initial register was greatly irregular. It was based on the rates register for "owned" houses with lots of other unreliable data such as housing benefit recipients. The big collection issue was the 20%/100% split. People in employment had to pay 100%, students and the registered unemployed paid 20%. The nature of the shared house market meant that not even the landlord knew exactly who was living there; tenants were replaced, and may have shared a "single" room with their partner. So the local council had no idea who was living where and when. "