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Reading about them in the "i" today, they all appear to hate each others guts.

One of the most barbarous regimes in the Middle East. But of course they've got lots of oil and buy lots of weapons from us so they must be OK.

Rather odd that the main informant in that case later received a very large sum of money from the CIA. Also the two forensic "experts" were shown to be incompetent on previous cases they had worked on in Northern Ireland (where there was also pressure to secure a conviction). There was also an interesting study done by "World in Action" about the shooting of Yvonne Fletcher. Employing ballistics experts, they showed that the shots could not have come from the Embassy but from a nearby office block. It appears that the floor in question had been rented by some mysterious Americans who rapidly disappeared after the event.

I'd put Maik Taylor in there somewhere.

My nipper did that as well. Probably on the same minibus.

I remember when a Premiership club called Southampton had a game called off because the toilets were frozen (the pitch was fine).

According to the ONS, at the end of 2010 there were 2.5 million unemployed and 450k vacancies. Where are the other lazy 2 million supposed to find a job? Off course, you're assuming that the skills of the unemployed match those required by the vacancies.

As others have said, looked lazy but always seemed to be in the right place at the right time, which is a skill in itself. ISTR that after notching up 18 goals by Xmas, he seemed to lose interest when the Chairman announced that some of our top earners may have to go in the January transfer window.

As said on Radio 4 this morning "Cameron saw middle England advancing on him with "Jerusalem" playing in the background so he turned and ran. I'm no Tory but credit to local MPs Julian Lewis and Caroline Nokes for voting against this proposal.

Can Puffed Wheat be wheat-free? Must be against the Trade Descriptions Act.

Can you still get Puffed Wheat (Sugar Puffs without the sugar)?

We got whacked at school (a state grammar) and I believe that corporal punishment still exists in private schools so I don't think that Muslims have the monopoly on hitting kids.

Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, but I don't see how you can say the bible is full of truth. It's mostly a collection of folk tales that have changed over the centuries and been interpreted by the various churches to reinforce their particular prejudices. If you want to believe what's in the bible, that's fine, but I wouldn't say that it's full of proven facts.

There are instances with birds where 2 males will rear chicks or a male will help to incubate the eggs of another pair. Mallards in particular are known to form same-sex pairs, especially if there is a shortage of females.

How can you say that the EDL are racist when EDL member Allan Hetherington-Cleverley spent four years in prison for smuggling Chinese immigrants across the Channel. Maybe the £20000 he received from a dodgy Albanian persuaded him to welcome them to our shores.

Richard Price - West Midlands Co-ordinator for the EDL has just been banged up for 3 months for violent behaviour. Also done for possessing indecent images of children and placed on the Sex Offenders Register. (Source - The Times).

They're a bit like an old married couple - constantly sniping away. Probably, deep down, they have secretly repressed desires for each other but can't bring themselves to admit it. C'mon chaps, you can't fool us, come out of the closet.

I would think that what the manager and players do in their own time is up to them. Can't see how NC can stop them attending if they wish to. They can be there as private individuals, not representatives of SFC. We don't know the full story as the article only reports one side.

If you do a bit of digging regarding the author and the organisation, you'll find that they're not entirely objective.

I would agree on the age thing. Anyone with kids knows that you need a lot of energy to keep up with growing children. As a wealthy couple, they'll have plenty of help, but EJ will be in his late 70's when his son is a teenager - it's a big gap. As for having 2 male parents, I don't see it as a problem. You only have to look at some of the specimens wandering about Southampton to see that having heterosexual parents is no guarantee of a good upbringing.

Just been watching a programme about Thin Lizzy, who he was with for a while. Great band. It was Phil Lynott's ambition to get Gary into the band and he really added something extra.

Probably because his ignorance, bigotry, huge generalisations and inability to put forward a logical argument are so ridiculous that it gives us a good laugh.

From dune's favourite paper: (so it must be true) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1338080/Special-Investigation-English-Defence-League-hooligans-spreading-hate-High-Street.html

Richard Price - West Midlands Co-ordinator for the EDL has just been banged up for 3 months for violent behaviour. Also done for possessing indecent images of children and placed on the Sex Offenders Register. (Source - The Times). Doesn't sound like a working-class Conservative.

I'm at the top end of Shirley and have had Virgin (phone, TV and 10mb broadband) for ages and have had few problems. Speeds are very good. They did some work in the green street cabinets before Xmas and my TV went all pixelly. Phoned them up and the 1st Asian gentleman didn't have a clue. Phoned again and got a different bloke who diagnosed the problem and sent an engineer who fixed it.