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They were just saying on R5 that her election poster has been heavily airbrushed a la David Cameron.

Omar Sharif played cricket for Egypt at Lords.

I thought that sports quiz he did was utter garbage, although my son liked it. Maybe I'm getting old.

Did Greenidge, Marshall and Andy Roberts ever play in the same side?

I'm not suggesting anything because I don't know the full picture. The police have limited resources. How they deploy those resources will vary from city to city and it will also influence the crime statistics which record not crimes committed, but crimes reported. According to some studies so-called white-collar crime is massively under-reported but, because the Daily Mail doesn't create sensationalist headlines about it, there's no great pressure on the police to devote significant resources to it.

Forget stop and search. The numbers and types of people appearing in court are a consequence of how the police do their job. If they concentrate on a specific part of the population then they will appear more in the courts. If they totally ignored the Chinese, then, according to the statistics, they'd never have committed any crimes. I'm not saying that the statistics are wrong, but there are many factors that could influence them and we would need a lot more information before forming a firm conclusion.

No it doesn't. If the police only went after black people, then 100% of the prison population would be black. The reverse is true if they only went after white. The crime statistics depend a lot on police priorities and tactics. If they had a purge on drink- driving then the drink-driving stats would soar. You cannot make generalisations without knowing the complete picture. I can recommend some good books on statistics if you're interested.

Not at all. The figures show that more blacks are convicted. There are many crimes that go unsolved or are not reported. Maybe if police tactics were different, the results would change. Be very careful of simple statistics - they may not tell the complete story.

Cognis at Hardley (used to be BP Chemicals) test their major emergency alarm at 14:00 every Tuesday.

The problem as I see it would be finding a site. We're not in the North where there's acres of derelict industrial land and local councils welcome new development. Wherever they choose, the local nimbys will come out of the woodwork and it could take years. At approx £1000 per seat, I would have thought expansion would be the better option.

My apologies, you are correct. The Mail was owned by Viscount Rothermere, a personal friend of both Hitler and Mussolini. He supported Chamberlains's policy of appeasement and objected to Jewish refugees coming here from Germany. Not really changed much has it?

He gets his views from the Daily Express (which is slightly to the right of Genghis Khan) so everything he says must be true. This was the paper that supported Hitler in the '30s.

Yeah, worked really well so far. Bus services a mess and many services being withdrawn. Highest train fares in Europe. Increasingly dependant on imported energy, water companies foreign-owned. Lets have lots more!

As from tomorrow 95% of the UK will be available. Daily Mail readers will be up in arms (invasion of privacy blah blah)

Putting aside my own political opinions, I think that Cameron comes over as a triumph of style over substance. The Ashcroft affair has done him no favours, saying that he knew nothing about it until a couple of weeks ago. It had only been going on for 10 years. The Tories should have gone for Ken Clarke. He might be getting on a bit, but he comes over as a down to earth bloke rather than an old Etonian multi-millionaire.

If the latest polls are anything to go by, I should start thinking about it if I were you.

The Sunday Times printed the allegations about Foot which derived from a KGB defector, Oleg Gordievsky who, in order to accepted in the UK, had to provide as mich "information" as he could, a lot of which was uncheckable. Foot sued the paper and was awarded substantial damages.

The Iraq War was voted for in the Commons with Tory support. Most of the dissent came from the left wing of the Labour Party. Even now, you don't hear anything from Cameron opposing the war in Afghanistan.

If she was so wonderful, why did her own party stab her in the back and boot her out?

The above quaintly phrased post shows that we don't need expats coming on here and talking b*llocks. We're more than capable of doing that ourselves.

Strange that Churchill got booted out in 1945. You would have thought that he would be re-elected easily. It would be interesting to hear from someone who was around at the time what the feeling was in the country that led to Attlee's government.

Have you got any hard evidence for this vague generalisation. You sound more like the Daily Mail with every post.

Absolutely. Very easy, although if you look at the map the grid system falls apart somewhat in South Manhattan which, being the oldest part of the city, is not so organised.

We were told to be wary of Alphabet City (Avenue A, Avenue B etc) on the Lower East Side. This was a few years ago and I believe that it's been somewhat gentrified now.

The subway is cheap and efficient but walking can be interesting. I'd recommend the Empire State day and night if the weather's good. Statue of Liberty's OK but it faces away from the city so the views aren't brilliant. Central Park is a peaceful haven. New Yorkers are very direct but we found them friendly and helpful - the English accent helps. Never felt nervous either walking around or on the subway. Just be sensible as you would in any large city. If you like shopping, Macy's has everything and Barnes and Noble is the largest book shop in the world. The exchange rate isn't as good as when we went but there are still bargains. It's a great city, don't ignore the small districts like Soho and Chinatown - loads of interesting shops and restaurants. Be warned - New York meals are huge - forget your diet and enjoy.