OldNick

the old yellow belly has returned. Not a peep during the dark days lol. I don't care how you dress it up the club you spout about have twice robbed small businesses. I still feel bad that saints did so, but to a degree they took the bank and so not quite like charities and schools. Pompey are tainted and you will still come on and tell world how wonderful it is seen but more and more neutrals are starting to see what your club is all about. On sunday i saw a WBA fan and he was very much against the way the club has conducted itself and cheated the tax payer. You dont care of that im sure but your 7 years will always be looked on as robbery.

news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/.../2459167.stm - i can't be ar### to find these things normally BTF but on this occasion as it's you. If you don't think that self interest never is used in power then you are naive I also point to your wording in this sentence to underline that indeed you know that Blairs decision was to her gain. 'I'm sure loads of other Chambers benefited too - indeed the Mail article says as much.' other Chambers benifited TOO

i read that link, but it was not relevant as it is not about the starting date., but how Blair was in power when legislation was passed that helped his wife. i think you should look up the dates of when we entered the EEC, decimal came in in 1971 and so we would have joined earlier than that

also what Green does is not illegal wheras benefit cheats is. I believe Green should pay his tax as he has made his fortune form the nation

I would have thought that Reading may have been happy to have put a fee of say 100k. not in their wildest dreams would they have expected him to perform so well as they would not have run his contract down.Saints seem to have had an option put on Waigo that they did not exercise

So you are saying that the UK's opt out in the EU started in 2009 and that we joined the EU in 1961. As far as Im aware we have had the power to veto legislations from day one and that we didn't join the EEC until the late 1960's under Ted Heath

we have for customers, panel beating is my hobby for non -customers.

i agree but they had let his contract run down and so may have been happy to agree an option

Amazing Harold Macmillan has a lot to answer for, he managed to get us into the European Community years before Ted heath did, very forward thinking in fact did he let anyone else know we had joined at the time?

I would have thought that it would be sensible to put that in however short period he was coming to us

The original Human Rights legislation would be far removed from what has evolved including the discrimination laws. You are saying that the law was not changed/amended during Blairs premiership?

this splashing of big money is no good for us. NC will see that being in the PL will cost a fortune to get any semblance of success. WBA's directors seem to have got the balance right for their own wealth. Yo -yo club and take the rich pickings

Iam amazed that the club did not have an option put into the loan deal in case Antonio shone. They would have known he was out of contract in the summer and so Reading were there for a taking, now they have the whip hand

Iam sure that ML would have had the attitude 'the king is dead, long live the king' you can't dwell and I'm confident Marcus would have felt the same as it seems we were a project important in his life/death

Yes it was Europe wide but some of it we could have opted out of, but it was to Blairs advantage not to.

Wasn't the 11+ elitist and i suggest more costly to run as I think you will find class sizes were smaller and facilities better

Yep like the ambulance chasers on Claims Direct and Human rights lawyers who cost the taxpayer fortunes, who have had the laws tailor made by their husband. Yes lawyers are very important but sadly i have no time for many if them, as you no doubt can tell.

Their attendance was OK. Although when you factor in the opposition bringing a large support and they still have the feelgood factor of the cup final and getting away with robbing the people of the nation etc

it depends how you look at it. Running the human rights scam is not that hard

i still believe in NC and his shrewd handling of our finances but Iam a tad alarmed that the lack of good signings to guarantee our success is a worry. Either NC is keeping his powder dry for a new manager or the 5 year plan has been put to one side.

I won't hold my breath about that. Although he has made more than he will ever require add to that the gold plated human rights laws for his wife to earn from.

It has yet to be ascertained exactly how much of the books proceeds are to be given. Like all things Blair look through the spin. Is it all the royalties worldwide and not a penny going his way including the advance? He is just damned in my household much in the way you despise the great Margaret Thatcher

If we have a 5 year plan that is to be implemented, then we do need some more players in various areas. IMO the squad is weaker than it was at the end of last season and has not been truly addressed in the vital areas.