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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.

..and not too many strides from the Post Office for mail order! If only I was 50 years younger!

Literally just a stone's throw from the exchange, so does this mean there's FTTC there? The major complaint of many small business is lousy Internet.

Donald Trump should make a State Visit to the United Kingdom. It's going up faster than any one I've ever followed. Pity the petitioner can't spell! The interesting thing for me is will the BBC ever mention it; they've been doing a magnificent job of promoting the Corbynista one for days now.

A friend in East Anglia just messaged me about his switch to BT Internet a short while ago: He's a very senior citizen so not prone to switching for the sake of it.

I've pinned the thread for now Sym, though maybe we can find a better way.

Unemployment falls by 52,000

Is that anything like Skype?

Post-Brexit vote, UK leapfrogs Sweden and US in allure

You'd think that as a (fat cat?) lawyer Emily Thornberry would be an expert communicator, after all that's what she is paid a lot of money to do. But boy was she struggling to communicate on Peston on Sunday! Peston quizzed her on Labour's immigration policy saying ""There is so much confusion about your position. What is it exactly?" After much talking around the issue ("The economy is most important thing. We have to be looking after the economy.") he was reduced to a "You have not made it clearer", to which she replied "I've done my best." Well your best leaves everyone - including it seems Labour MPs - highly confused Ms Thornberry. It's simply not good enough for a professional communicator, so I'm offering you a bit of help borrowed from none other than a former adviser and speech writer to Tony Blair, Jack Straw and David Blunkett. He was faithfully reported thus:- "The economy is most important thing. We have to be looking after the economy." - Well, of course it is Ms Thornberry; that's made very clear in those notes from your spin doctor!

How could the Robinson family bible get it so very wrong?! From misty memory the authoritative "Gee" family bible has it at 4400 years. but of course that was about 100 years ago right now, so maybe we can split any remaining difference?