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Been called up twice, and got excused twice : first time was Southampton Courts when I was at Uni in Wales, second my work informed them I was on a critical time sensitive project and couldn't be given the time out.

So we are turning from a 'nation of shopkeepers' to a 'nation of shelf stackers' !

Touche ma cherie.

Dune :

Skindred - metal / reggae mash up from Wales

Maybe Mikey isn't looking for 'a new England' ? In any case, SM, ( and this is a very rare occurrence ), follow Dune's advice, and that of the others who have said finish the course, if only because it will save you having to explain in interviews why you didn't.

Trying to avoid yet another 'party political' bunfight / slanging match, ( as if ! ). This is more to do with the political process and how our Government functions in a 'democracy', and applies equally to the previous incumbents as the current bunch. I was listening to a R4 program late last night, and to condense what was discussed, ( hopefully I get it right ), they were talking about how Acts of Parliament are presented to the House of Commons for debate & voting. Much of an Act, when presented to the House, is in the form of 'the Minister will produce regulations to .....' or 'Statutory Instruments will be introduced to....', leaving out any detail of how what is proposed will look or work. These Regulations and Statutory Instruments are produced after the Bill has been passed, sometimes from the Minister and sometimes from one of his/her juniors, and are discussed in Committee instead of the main chamber. However, these committee sittings generally last no more than 2 hours, during which many hundred items might be presented collectively to the few MPs present, and to which any Opposition members of the committee will have had little or no advanced notice of what is contained within them. The question is, is this an acceptable method of scrutinising what Parliament is doing on our behalf, or is it a travesty of open and accountable Government ?

Octopussy is one of the weakest Bond films made, not much more than a 'Carry On'.

Saw them when they supported Maiden @ Twickers. I think "The Heart of Everything" is excellent.

3 or 4 wheels ?

"Money, money, money" "More, more, more" "OK, we've shafted Greece, Ireland, & Italy, who's next ?"

If Dune had posted that I would have believed it !

There is no junction 2 on the M55, there is apparently no junction 31 on the M4.

Human nature always requires that (1) we belong to identifiable groupings { English, Saints fans, protestant, etc ), and (2) that there is always somebody we can look down on and determine as being inferior { the French, Skates, etc }. Every country in the world is an artificial historical construct, it's just that some have been around longer than others. The UK didn't exist before 1801, Great Britain didn't exist before the Act of Union, England as a united entity within it's currently defined borders didn't exist when William the Conqueror invaded. The only common unifying factor is that we are all , ( regardless of creed, colour, size, IQ, sexuality, or religion ), members of a single species inhabiting a single planet.

Dunkirk, Above Us the Waves, Sink the Bismark, 633 Squadron, Battle of the River Plate, Cockleshell Heroes, - though not many tanks in there ! Among more modern films I would include Enemy at the Gates, but above all else avoid Pearl Harbor like the plague.

See, it's a standard Tory policy

"Damian Green, the immigration minister, then told the UKBA to relax checks on people carrying British passports and those from other European countries. The order, endorsed by Mrs May,....."

A completely unbiased source

"Mugabe's obscene regime"

Anybody with 'the brains', in seeking the truth, certainly wouldn't choose to loook in that particular publication. In, along with most of the press, has it's own agenda - which it the case of The Mail generally seems to support your point of view. in which everything is "swart en wit".

By the same token you could say it was that "idiot" Ian Smith who did so - as he implemented the political system that led to the rise of the black 'resistance' movement, and ultimately to Mugabe's obscene regime gaining power. That is where the blame lies.

According to the Beeb he was kept in custody for 4 months longer than the legal maximum, and that is what he got the compensation for.

Genuine question, is it really illegal to have a car that has neither MOT or SORN ? I know it is illegal to have a car with neither tax or SORN, and it is illegal to drive a car without valid insurance, and to drive a car without a valid MOT unless to a retest; but if a car is otherwise stationary, and displays a valid tax disc, is this not perfectly legal ?

A car has to be taxed or have a SORN, unless being kept off the road and untaxed for less than 14 days, it is nothing to do with being in a roadworthy condition. A car with a current SORN cannot be driven on the road except to a prearranged MOT test - provided valid insurance is in place. In this case it had tax,- but was not 'roadworthy' as it's MOT had expired.