badgerx16

Surely that reads that the budget was actually £7.3Bn, but they set aside a £2Bn contingency as costs inevitably increase to exceed available funding, so it isn't 'under budget', it's 'over estimate'.

Not the first time this sort of thing has hit the news, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1343959/Driver-flashed-headlights-warn-motorists-speed-trap-fined.html

If you don't speed you don't get fined, and don't need to be warned - simples !

But then again, good old Tux trumps them both :

Thomas Peckhart has just come on for the Czechs. how many other non-English ex Saints are at the Euros - I know Anders Svensson played yesterday.

Why bother trying to have original ideas when you can get elected by merely slagging off the other side. As you said earlier, all as bad as each other.

The 'bust' was a GLOBAL phenomenon, fuelled as much by the bubble in the US housing market as by the arcane derivatives trading and incestuous repackaging and reselling of 'debt as an asset'. It would have been beyond the control of whoever was in Government. There are possibly arguments about whether the economy could have been managed better in terms of it's ability to ride the storm, but they are moot, as I doubt Tory financial policy towards the City would have differed much from the Nu-Lab 'light touch' - the illusion of easy money would have been too tempting.

OK, let's put it another way - how many Conservative MPs in 2004, especially the front benchers, opposed the knighthood ? How may concurred ? How much of the media questioned the logic ? If the didn't argue against it, does this make them Tory 'thickos'.

And how many people in 2004 opposed or even questioned it ? Who was predicting the meltdown that would happen 3 or 4 years later ? Hindsight is a most wonderful weapon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city This is the squad that won the title, English players are definitely in the minority. More of these players are at the Euros for other countries than are representing England. Compare to Man Ure's 1996 double winning squad : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Manchester_United_F.C._season#Squad_statistics

I'm flattered that you chose to grace this new alias with a capital letter whilst missing out on 4 others in that statement, ( assuming Toadx16 and Rattyx16 are of equivalent status to Weaselx16 ). I guess that this leaves me free to use Toad to refer to yourself, particularly when appearing in the Washer Woman disguise.

Presumably the Football League is not a capitalist organisation then ?

The only weasel around here is you, forever starting snide trolling threads to satisfy your lust for attention. Now trot along and try to find a suitable YouTube clip to justify the opening gambit of this one.

As anybody making a major donation to Tory party funds might say, "What's tax ?".

Yes, but the pub gave her back.

Come on June old girl, fess up - how much of your JSA do you donate ?

I make the decisions as to which charities I donate money - Guide Dogs for the Blind, for family reasons, always get a donation when I pass a collection, and I have a 'Give as You Earn' deduction at source for the Marie Curie cancer trust. I also support the Lifeboats and some local animal welfare charities, such as Lurcher Link and the Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Trust. So yah boo sucks to you, June.

If you cannot hold up your side of a debate, you have run out of 'copy and paste' opportunities, and there are no YouTube videos to hand, you can always hide behind your keyboard and throw in an insult. ( Before anybody points it out, I realise that sometimes I allow myself to be drawn down to Dune's level. It makes me feel used, but sometimes you cannot avoid spontaneous reactions ).

No, "he has 'learned' to post cheap attempts at point scoring like Dune". Comme ci :-

Maybe he's learned it from Dune ?

That line is so old, Ernie Wise rejected it.

Rupert Lowe ?

Nor do I, ( basically because it's untrue ), but as Dunce views anybody to the left of the grocer's daughter as a pinko commie subversive, it's something I've had to learn to tolerate. At least it distinguishes me from the fascist imperialist ****. ( That was deliberately typed as four asterisks so that you, dear reader, may substitute a four letter descriptive of your choice ).

No, were you ?

But you wouldn't, because that would mean having to go to work for a living.