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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/22/major-road-schemes-could-cancelled-david-cameron-rushed-11bn/ Beware Politico's "big bold announcements" because they won't be picking up the bill - we will! Most things Dodgy Dave did weren't properly considered, and his "shoot from the hip" style was all about perception.. May is fully aware of this, hence her frequent "politics is not a game" utterances. Cameron is rightfully gone, but Gideon is aiming to make a comeback. Anyone who votes for anything that will facilitate this needs be aware of Osborne's political games. The fact that Heseltine is now advocating that he's competent and capable says it all! We elect Eton bully boys at OUR COST!

He said "Oh no! Another political legacy gone west-land!".

Well, that's OK then! https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/government-and-public-sector/news/84311/labour-mp-ian-lavery-cleared-wrongdoing-over Doubtless an NUM investigative committee will give him "a fair hearing" too. ;)

This doesn't sound like a chancellor who should be buying any new furnishings for No 11! Next cabinet reshuffle?

It's pretty obvious what forfeiture must mean here. Forfeiture of the advantage which the Tory Party gained by deception - the election result! I've no longer any confidence in Hammond!

Yet another of Dodgy Dave's "cast iron promises" proves utterly worthless!

Right conclusion Eggy, but I'm a little confused as to how you got there! We took an archaic system (hereditary peers who gave their time for free) and replaced it with a system which encouraged cronyism on an unprecedented scale, then called it progress. Next time we need to a lot less gullible, and a lot more aware of the self-rewarding games our elites get up to! I'm told about thirty of these lords-a-voting enjoy fat EU pensions which are contractually tied to doing nothing which the EU even mildly disapproves of - yet, have any of them declared this fact?

It's the usual EU elitist tactic of keep on voting until we hear the answer we want to hear, and then stop for evermore - because you'll never be given a second chance to escape. If their senilityships REALLY cared about what the country wants they'd stop trying to dilute and emasculate what the public voted for. Dodgy Dave made it very clear (and spent over £9M of OUR money doing so) that a vote to leave meant leaving the so-called "Single European Market", so all the rest is pure waffle and obstructionism. I'm beginning to believe that abolition is too good for them!

...or NPL = Normally Propagandising Labour?

Was it the Blyth News or the Chronicle that font-paged the artist's concept of the redeveloped Bedlington Town Centre one exciting evening circa 1964? Whichever, I really think someone should make a start on it - whilst the children of the people who marvelled at that brave new Bedlington are still around!

From a friend who saw it recently with family: Pity, it could have been Eggy's fave film, apart from Singing in the Rain that is.

Which generation would that be?

31,027 signatures Still a bit pathetic considering the outrage against the will of the people currently being perpetrated. But, there's three months to go, so it will likely get to the magic 100,000. Heseltine getting up to speak is probably worth another 10,000 signatures!

I think you've given us info indigestion again CL! Maybe you can tell us what's wrong with this recent very readable article? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/23/wont-admit-stockholm-donald-trump-right-immigration-sweden/ It is written by someone who is allegedly there, and who seems to be - at very least - putting on a rather convincing act of political balance. Please have pity on everyone and do this in as few sentences as possible. It's good that Sweden has seemingly managed an 80% reduction in numbers. That's because the number of "refugees" entering Europe illegally looks set for a really bumper year (one wonders where all these new wars are!). Tolerance here is now wearing as thin as the Italian government's cheque book, and a lot of that tolerance was only ever due to far too generous payments to the stressed communities, plus - of course - the fact that the illegals are simply transiting and can soon be regarded as someone else's problem.

Isn't bedlington.co.uk "About Bedlington" ?

Oh! I rushed to this thread thinking that we must have attracted a new estate agent or solicitor's office!

Last time I glanced at the Johnston Press accounts they were akin to those of Greece (but without a compliant ECB) - something like £250M of debt which there is no possible way of repaying. This month's ABC circulation figures for their titles are also a disaster, and the group can't struggle on much longer. They've likely already lost the journos who ensured some sort of political balance. A yesterday post from the ADVFN financial board says it all:

Replace the unelected House of Lords with a publicly elected body The House of Lords is being abused by our elected officials by filling it with cronies. It costs our taxpayers around £100 million a year (probably much more) The House of Lords is the largest parliamentary chamber in any democracy. It is surpassed in size only by China’s National People’s Congress. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/170686/ 20,899 signatures (at time of posting)

I can confirm that this was The Oddfellows Arms by virtue of having handled the original deeds myself at some time in the mid 1970's.

Excellent! The Choo-Choo of The North - eat your heart out Gormley! P.S. We might want to avoid coining The Dog of...

Brexit boost for London as Bank of America Merrill Lynch eyes new City base

We'll have the 7 minute battery life problem solved real soon!

Not so sure the new logo is quite as stylish as the old one. Apologies to whoever put the time in on it.

Bank of England upgrades 2017 growth forecast -but pound tumbles as Mark Carney cautions Brexit still has consequences Well he would, wouldn't he? Wants us all to believe that he "saved the world" - move over Gordon. And, if he were ever to admit that he was badly wrong on just about everything on every occasion.. Ah, yes, he's pedalling this line already: Ahem... presumably this included Osborne's "emergency budget" which you went along with? Has anyone asked the obvious question as to why he lowered interest rates to depress the value of Sterling when many economists (and I suspect some MPC members) said he should have done the reverse? What's the betting that the UK growth forecast figures will need to be raised yet again?

Contrary to parliamentary belief, the British public are sovereign and they have no divine right to do what's in their own interests (under the guise of their alleged moral superiority). Gone are the days when they can pedal the line that we need them to do our thinking for us. We now need to remind them of this at every single opportunity. We've always managed to stave off bloody revolution in this country by the elites having the sense to give enough ground, but this collection of drones haven't got the basic horse sense of their predecessors, and still don't realise that their posturing impresses no one. The utterly pathetic "debate" in the Commons yesterday is a case in point.