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Sorry for getting technical here. Iraq/Afghanistan/the Middle East isn't as salient an issue as most people think -- it's just that the people who are bothered by it are really bothered, and make lots of noise. People are far more likely to change their vote to a candidate or party who promises...

Spending at home is massively higher than spending on foreign policy and defence stuff. While the issue of pulling troops out of Iraq/Afghanistan might be interesting if put before the electorate, previous opinion polls show that policies seen to be anti-defence are generally vote-losers.

Quite right

Parts of the Christian system of morality have been codified (loosely) into English law. Example: it's not actually punishable by law to commit adultery. Or indeed, to covet your neighbour's ass.

My dad has some of that aftershave

Yes. And I've used the word "whom" incorrectly, I reaslise. But I've adjusted what I can now.

Just thought I'd canvass NSCers on who they think has the longest to go before the inevitable "stable and orderly transition".

The 1832 Reform Act also made it possible for ginger haired people to play association football professionally.

Anyone going to sit at the NACKINGTON ROAD END on Thursday? Think I might be...

That's exactly what I did... I worked in Carlisle for three-ish years until January, and bought a small house for £60Kish (which I lived in) two years ago. Am now working in London, and while my lovely public sector relocation allowance has just come to an end, I still haven't got a tenant...

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BISCUITS SACRIFICED TO CULL SEAGULL POPULATION By Nick Foley, PA Councillors have become so fed-up with the growing seagull population in their city that they are giving up biscuits and spending the money on tackling the problem, it emerged today. Bristol City Council is hoping to save...

Word.

Interestingly, Little Eva was from Brighton Beach, Florida

Indeed. The stadium will hardly be visible from Beachy Head. Or indeed Winchester.

spelt should be spelled "spelled"

"The Loco-Motion" was a hit for Little Eva in 1962, and then for Kylie in 1988, fact fans.

So get writing, everyone.... it does work. I remember when Bill Archer was named in the Mail on Sunday's Rich List as a high-flying DIY magnate. So many Brighton fans wrote in to, er, "correct" them, that the next piece on Archer they published was entitled "Is this man fit to run a company?"...

"The obscure Today programme" is Britain's most listened-to breakfast show, with a daily average of 5.87 million listeners in the last quarter. Five Live breakfast has an average of 2.26 million listeners, according to the last survey. And Martin Perry was on it anyway -- at 0858 :thumbsup:

The Daily Telegraph is not the sort of paper in which you expect to find the truth about government decisions, gazwag :rolleyes: