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The Transport Secretary has said that there's "no blank cheque" while Dave Cameron says that "money's no object". Good to see a clear policy from the Government.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/mail-demands-foreign-aid-to-be-spent-on-replacing-british-carpets-2014021183451

Don't confuse foreign aid with actually helping people in need. Foreign aid is about political influence.

Probably more Tory voters too.

My dad took me to Swindon on one back in the early 60's. The bonus for a young 10-year old was that the team travelled on the same train. We had to stand all the way there but we walked through the team coach and I was made up when Terry Paine said "hello nipper " to me.

Under-active thyroid can creep up on you over a couple of years. Your metabolism slows down so that your circulation suffers so things don't work as well as they should, also you feel the cold and put on weight. My GP said that I'd be amazed at the difference the thyroxine would make and he was right. Worth getting it checked. Just a simple blood test.

Done. The wife's got a friend in Kenilworth so when Saints were at Highfield Road, she'd visit her mate and me and the nipper would go to the game.

I believe that the law has recently changed in so far as, if the driver is not identified, the legal owner becomes liable. This applies to speed cameras as well as car parks. They may say in their letters that failing to pay will affect your credit rating. This is only true if they get a CCJ and you still don't pay.

That's odd. I logged in at 8.58 and was number 107. Got my usual ticket at about 9.10.

Arsene has been singing our praises: “They have done a remarkable job with their academy,” said Wenger. “If you look at the quality of the [players] they have produced in the last 10 years it is absolutely amazing “They are a club that have produced [Theo] Walcott, [Gareth] Bale, [Luke] Shaw and [Alex Oxlade-] Chamberlain. That explains why they have come up again. They have produced excellent results. There is also [James] Ward-Prowse and [Morgan] Schneiderlin — they have lots of young players. “They are more stable in their philosophy than you would think. They are above [where people] expected and the quality of their displays has been very good. “Everybody who goes today to Southampton knows that they will get a difficult game. “That’s why we want to focus on being at our best because Southampton is a game where you want to take the points but you know we need to fight to get them.”

The Dell was called The Dell because it was in a dell: ie a small wooded valley with a stream running through it. The stream was exposed when a bomb fell on the Milton Road goal area during the war. The stream runs from the Common parallel with Hill Lane and into Southampton Water.

A quiet, intelligent man, but probably too cautious. When he went, the word on the street was that we were getting Harry Redknapp from Bournemouth with Jimmy Case as player/coach. Unfortunately, we got Branfoot and Casey was shown the door. I think that, after the first few months, the majority of fans would have welcomed CN back.

Imagine a scenario where Rupert Lowe never existed and we were stuck with Guy Askham and his biscuit tin. With a capacity of 15000 the dear old Dell could never have sustained Premiership football. Also, Stoneham was to be a 25000-seater so it was fortunate that we ended up at St Marys, much the better site. It's been a rollercoaster ride but we're now in a good position both on and off the pitch and I think that Rupert Lowe and Andrew Cowen deserve some credit for starting the process off despite the darker days that we had to go through. Personally, I really enjoyed the L1 and Championship seasons - more honest football and fewer prima-donna divers.

Back in the 80's a friends Mum (who was a big Saints fan) was in Southampton General feeling a bit poorly. He sent a get-well card to the club and asked if they could get some of the players to sign it. A few days later in walked Danny with a large bunch of flowers. Really made her day.

Herbie was also instrumental in organizing the yearly visit of the Chernobyl kids. These are youngsters from the Chernobyl area who, due to their exposure to radiation, are unlikely to make it beyond their teens. Herbie arranged for the Club to give them a tour of St Marys, a number of items from the Megastore and a party in the Club. Apparently, even a couple of weeks away from their home and being given good food can increase their life expectancy. He's a true gent.

UKIP do seem to have more than their fair of looneys (unless the other parties are better at keeping theirs quiet).

And the Albion Band

If we get a day off, I'm all for it.

They had intelligence that he had a gun in the car. That's not the same as being certain. The officer who fired the shots said that he saw a gun hidden in a sock in Duggans hand but forensic examination of the gun and expert evidence found that this could not have been the case. In spite of it being bright summer's evening, no one saw the gun being thrown. More worryingly, the sergeant in charge of the stop instructed 3 armed response officers to secure the gun on the grass as soon as they arrived but, at that time, he could not have been sure that there was a gun, let alone it's location. All 11 officers involved initially said that several shots had been fired. It was only when they were at the inquest that they admitted there were only two.

“Artur is fit and he may play or he may not play,” said Saints boss Mauricio Pochettino. Well, that's clear then.

Would be interesting to see a breakdown of these new jobs. How many were full-time or zero-hours contracts. How many were minimum wage? The tabloid media seems to delight in demonizing people on benefits, implying that the unemployed are the main problem. In fact the spending on unemployment benefit in 2012 was roughly £5bn. Spending on work-related benefits (tax credits etc) was £43bn and pensions was £88bn. The taxpayer is subsidising employers who pay low wages and for, the first time, the number of working families below the poverty line exceeds those not in work. Osborne says that he wants to reduce benefit spending by £25bn but doesn't mention the similar amount lost to corporate tax avoidance and cosy HMRC deals with the big corporations. But that might affect donations to the Tory Party.

Makes a change from "can reveal that......"

Gove criticizes the portrayal of WW1 in programmes such as Blackadder and the film "Oh What a Lovely War" as left-wing propaganda. The latter was largely based on the book "The Donkeys" written by military historian Alan Clark, the onetime Tory Minister who could in no way be described as left-wing.

The Isle of Wight appears to be adopting a similar approach...... http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/01/02/isle-of-wight-to-relax-rules-on-herbal-teas/

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