Guided Missile

The governing party that is democratically elected get to chose their leader. Whilst they are in power, their leader is then the PM...simple, really and why the election is referred to as the leadership election. Democracy happens when you get to elect your local representative.

Easter Fun Fair still going strong: The fun fair was set up quite close to the old race course. (Southampton had horse racing years ago ...and greyhound and a speedway track)

The Albany Hotel, a free house, which stood on the corner of Winn Road and The Avenue, was known as the Stafford House Hotel from 1925 until December 1962, when it changed to the Albany Hotel. At the same time it was modernised and greatly extended to include a bar the Venetian Bar that was open to non-residents.The hotel closed for good in the spring of 1989 and the building was demolished to make way for luxury apartments.

In 1959, Folland was absorbed into the Hawker Siddeley Group who eventually dropped the Folland name by 1963. Latterley, the facilities on The Hamble became part of British Aerospace (Aerostructures) concentrating on fuselage design and construction. My Maintenance Engineer worked there. Your Gnat is still there. Check it out on Google Maps, here. Titchborne Park Cricket Club is still going strong. Check this out. Wallow in the nostalgia with this image.

Today's news here sounds like I was bang on the money. This money:

Great News....

Making America Great Again: Almost 4 million jobs created since election. More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history. We have created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since my election. Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than THREE DECADES. Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent. New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low. Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded. African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded. Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded. Asian-American unemployment recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded. Women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years. Youth unemployment has recently hit the lowest rate in nearly half a century. Lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma. Under my Administration, veterans’ unemployment recently reached its lowest rate in nearly 20 years. Almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election. The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans. We are committed to VOCATIONAL education. 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future—the highest ever. Retail sales surged last month, up another 6 percent over last year. Signed the biggest package of tax cuts and reforms in history. After tax cuts, over $300 billion poured back in to the U.S. in the first quarter alone. As a result of our tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years. Helped win U.S. bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Helped win U.S.-Mexico-Canada’s united bid for 2026 World Cup. Opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines. Record number of regulations eliminated. Enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions. Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE. My Administration is providing more affordable healthcare options for Americans through association health plans and short-term duration plans. Last month, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. And thanks to our efforts, many drug companies are freezing or reversing planned price increases. We reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone. Signed Right-To-Try legislation. Secured $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic. We have reduced high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16 percent during my first year in office. Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care. Increased our coal exports by 60 percent; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high. United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957. Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord. Cancelled the illegal, anti-coal, so-called Clean Power Plan. Secured record $700 billion in military funding; $716 billion next year. NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016. Process has begun to make the Space Force the 6th branch of the Armed Forces. Confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration. Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal. Moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. Protecting Americans from terrorists with the Travel Ban, upheld by Supreme Court. Issued Executive Order to keep open Guantanamo Bay. Concluded a historic U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal to replace NAFTA. And negotiations with Canada are underway as we speak. Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports. Imposed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to protect our national security. Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices. Net exports are on track to increase by $59 billion this year. Improved vetting and screening for refugees, and switched focus to overseas resettlement.

Thought provoking, as in, "What kind of cretin believes everything they read online" What was worse than this was the US faking the moon landing...

One thing is certain. However we leave, it will not be with no deal. Deals are already happening: No need for Herbert to comment, as he knows f*** all about science. He's an economist, FFS

...and bang on cue, Herbert Von W@nkstain turns up to demonstrate why he earned that sobriquet...

Meanwhile, for those that are interested, the OP of this thread looks bang on the money if, God willing, we leave with no deal, as this article explains: Girls, I hoped, but never thought, that three years ago my thread would look so spookily prescient. Back to the future....

Here's another one, ladies:

Correlation does not equal causation, matey boy. Here's a graph for you. Germany Manufacturing PMI plummets to 80-month low of 44.1 (47.6 - Feb), levels not seen since Eurozone sovereign debt crisis. Weak demand continues to harm German goods producers: I could say Germany is adversely affected by its membership of the EU, but that would be total cr@p, like comparing the UK's real GDP growth with Germany, Luxembourg and the US. I mean, what a crock...

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Trump's yearly salary is $400,000. Article II of the Constitution requires the president to be paid, so Trump modified his promise to donate his whole salary so that he accepts just $1 per year. Trump has donated his quarterly salary since taking office. Recipients include the National Park Service, the U.S. Education Department, the Transportation Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Imagine that happening in the UK? Even our socialist heroes, the Blairs and the Kinnocks have their snouts in the trough. The only charitable donations Blair makes is with other peoples money. A true socialist...

Enjoy, mate...

I am so glad we are all jumping into the lifeboat...

Thanks guys. Tickets sold to a good home. Feel good about this game.

I don't want to be left with one, TBH. If you have two mates that want to go, let me know...

Sort it out, guys...

I've two tickets available for this match in the away end, due to unforeseen circumstances. Available at face value. PM me if you're interested.

...and I'm a terrorist because I voted leave. Mate, you're totally certifiable...

He sounds like a mirror image of Jeremy Corbyn...