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Only Germany can't live without it due to their stupidity backing out of modern nuclear. If there really was any nuclear risk then it's still there, it's just that the nuclear is now on the other side of their borders, run by people they can't properly monitor. Pure politics! And - in burning dirty opencast lignite - how are they going to meet their pollution targets? There still is a place for coal, but it's too valuable to blow straight up a chimney.

Well, when you find out how much they did cost then be sure to tell us! It doesn't appear to be in anyone's interests to give us such basic digested information, and it no longer matters anyway. The first police authority I looked at had seventeen members not counting the hangers on. So multiplied by the 41 police forces that would be 697 country wide. Replace those by the 41 elected commissioners and you'd have eliminated 656 unelected political appointees overseeing the police. If only we could do the same for the 800 plus unelected paid political appointees in the House of Lords - most of whom contribute nothing at all to national life!

Do you know how much police committees and thier secretariats were paid? Plus, of course, all their expenses and jaunts? I suspect a lot more than that. Notice that big-mouthed Yvette never actually mentioned whether she supports the substance of what the government is doing, only attacked the cost of ONE election. The Tories wanted to do the deed at general election time to save money, but the LD's insisted it be done now.

It's actually an elimination of jobs for the boys. It replaces undemocratic police committees that really had no authority anyway. Do you know how those were chosen, and who chose them, or what they were paid? Plenty of paper involved there for sure! I think it's the chief constable that's probably unnecessary. Surely the present senior officers know enough about policing to just get on with the job, and not be told what to do other than matters of general local policy? They'd be a lot easier for a commissioner to demote/sack than the friction that would/will be associated with removing a chief constable. Selective amnesia is all part an parcel of the political process. Perfectly illustrated by the pictures of Miliband surrounded by (largely young) supporters claiming to have the solution our economic problems. Balls wasn't there, but Mrs Balls was acting as his mouthpiece on TV last night - and what a mouth!

Nonsense! Those that got off their backsides and voted got their choice - it's called democracy! As I predicted Prezza got another bloody nose, and the media is surprised?! Same answer the North East gave him in his referendum: on y'er bike Mr deputy PM. He'd be out of the HoL too if that was even remotely democratic. Nice to see lots of independents got elected though - those that had the sense to stand. Sensible people don't want party hacks overseeing the police. They want someone who is accountable to them, and they can re-hire or fire without considering political allegiances. A slow but satisfactory start to proper local democracy. Nice showing by UKIP. They could very easily decide the next general election.

http://www.apple.com/uk/ - but you have to scroll down! This still does not place the apology on the homepage, only a reference to it. Apparently even this was hidden by Javascript - which, for one reason or another, has just been removed. And... it's only on the UK page, whilst the judgement applies to the whole of the EU. None of the other EU pages I've checked carry even this reference. Once again the implication of this is that it's solely a UK being out-of-line thing. And what is your average user to make out of "There is no injunction in respect of the Community registered design in force anywhere in Europe."? It should say there is no Apple Injunction in respect of other manufacturer's products...

Only in his late 40's I think when he started played Corporal Jones. Good make-up, and good acting! The actor who really was old was Arnold Ridley of course. But few people knew that he'd gone through it for real in both world wars as he never talked about this, even to his own family. As well as an actor he was also an accomplished play-write. http://www.telegraph...ar-heroics.html

Get BBC Newsnight on the case - they will make all the right calls! BTW as a keen observer of Paxo I have a strange feeling that he's going to dissociate himself from all the shenanigans before too long! And - on a three strikes and you are out basis - the program itself could be heading for the last round-up.

An ultra-expensive distraction - unless you happen to have been one of the very few in the South East who derived some temp benefit. If it had been assigned to one of the UK's regions of high unemployment it might just have had some point. Did wonders for the Greek economy! The French may have been gutted to lose it, but they should be smiling now. So many things so much taxpayer's money could have been spent on, even if just mitigating some of the present massive public service cutbacks. Though, I suspect that many of those who were celebrating the "win" are now amongst the most vocal opposition to the "cuts".

Might have something to do with the Bebside sewerage works! If you are talking about what I think you are, it was just to support utility pipes and not an actual bridge. Probs built by Tynemouth Water - the original water authority.

Their Lordships answer my question in what must be record time! http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-20165664 I reckon we should apply to have Tim Cook extradited. Probably not a good swap for Gary McKinnon though! Same contempt for the Italian consumer watchdog a few months back over restricting customer's rights on faulty goods, and refusing to pay fines. That one seems to be ongoing.

I do believe you are half-serious there; sad times! Hope this board isn't going to add to the witch hunt, particularly when JS isn't around to defend himself. An Esther Rancid speciality that one! By pure chance just happened on an old download of JS telling his life story in his own words an hour or two back. Do you think BCOUK dare stream it? Actually fairly relevant to the current hysteria, and something you certainly won't hear from the Beeb for many a decade to come. If the answer is no then maybe we should form a Savillophile ring to distribute it?

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/man-claiming-facebook-ownership-arrested-on-fraud-charges/?src=recg Though, pity you have to be a filthy rich US megacorp to get real justice.

This is true - snow choice! Need some crusading independents, else simply more jobs for the boys! Time to change the SSID on your WiFi to alert the neighbours to the stitch-up. http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/passive-aggressive-wi-fi/?utm_source=nrel1

Oh, almost forgot. It's implemented through our Drawing Realtime Overlay Processorâ„¢ component. So anyone using the words drip and/or drop (including plurals) without acknowledging our significant intellectual property and simply huge investment in R&D will be hearing from our lawyers! It's intended that our licensing policy on this will be very liberal, so every company who is not a US megacorp will be granted a free licence. Google can have one too as they are such nice guys. Microsoft will be able to use the technology, as they've hit hard times and Steve Balmer is now wondering where the next luxury yacht marina is coming from. BUT we have to draw the line somewhere, so - without mentioning any names - fruit and nut marketing companies who make ludicrous IP claims, produce grossly overpriced products, and consistently claim other people's ideas as their own whilst actually spending a miserly proportion of their revenues on R&D, need not App-lie.

Eat your core out Apple, we claim prior art on this one! Dynamic Retina Induced Precipitation System â„¢ Local weather overlaying your screen as it happens. Note that the flakes/drops don't bounce when they hit the screen edge, so you can take your claim for a billion dollars and [removed by moderator]!

As Symptoms says; but my first port of call would be that nasty piece of Thatcherite privatisation BT - where it costs nothing! http://www.thephoneb...ngton&x=48&y=21 And, where #7 looks interesting.

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So Apple is forced kicking and screaming to place an a notice on their site stating that Samsung did not copy their designs. And - in the process - they tell even more lies! "Apple's far more popular iPad" - are the UK courts going to let them get away with this blatant lying propaganda, which certainly isn't in the spirit of the apology they were required to tender! They know full-well that the patents they are talking about have already been ruled invalid by the US Patent Office, and so the compliant US jury award of "one billion U.S. dollars in damages to Apple Inc." will inevitably be overturned. The European Patent Office is now also looking at the validity of Apple's European patents, and so the German action they crow about is also more than likely dead in the water. They pick jurisdictions where the initial standard of proof is lamentably low - a strategy which came badly unstuck in the UK - and ignore the vast majority of countries where their ridiculous claims and half-truths would be laughed at. The fat-cat Apple lawyers can't even spell wilfully, but maybe they are using an Apple spelling checker?

Probably easier to bash one in a wall than have one retro-fitted to a custom factory unit. Ask Keenleysides, if they don't have a solution it's a sad day.

Really! Where does it say that?! I - in common with the Russians and Chinese Communists these days (and, of course, the UK Labour Party) - think that industry should be controlled by the best most competent people who get there by their own abilities, and not by political appointees. But that has nothing to do with how government is run. Your thus doesn't follow on from your thus, and that doesn't flow from your so... - even if your "are/will be" was right, which it likely isn't!

So how do you feel about the present Police Authorities? Are they a glowing, and cost-efficient, example of democracy in action? Who appoints them, and how much do they cost? You don't know? Maybe you were never meant to know! I fail to see what this has to do with privatisation/nationalisation of industry, please explain? Sometimes, you know (actually, quite often!) politicians do the right thing for quite the wrong reasons. Think it's meant to mitigate against it being a place to retire failed and non-performing "public servants" to. Wouldn't do to give the House of Lords any actual competition in that regard. Not so much widening it as deepening it. The present system couldn't be any more undemocratic! I think it's a close run thing between Blair 1 and Blair 2 in the credibility stakes. Have to agree with Grayling on this one. If MPs have to stand down first then why don't peers? This could be positively beneficial for the public purse if people like Slugger Prescott fancy their chances!

Yes, but how many of them can read English!

About fifty years overdue! I never understood why the public tolerated such an archaic system. We need more democratisation, and - particularly in Bedlington's case - a lot more common sense in voting for our own interests! That means not being dupes for long outdated class-driven politics, and exacting a high price from BOTH main parties for our votes.

Ryanair is actually a pretty good example of private enterprise and the diversity it throws off. At least when I'm being treated like a sheep I know that I'm not being fleeced as well. When it becomes too unbearable there are more expensive alternatives. Also, there's alignment of interests in that Mick O'Leary is using the same take-it-or-leave-it strategy on my behalf against (often state sponsored) monopolistic suppliers to keep costs down. People still flock to Ryanair because it is actually what they want from all the real-world alternatives. Not what they say they want, or what they would like to be offered. When it isn't what they want then Ryanair will fail, and there's going to be no rush to pick up the pieces and pour taxpayers money into it. ( Of course! Is there ever anything but good-spirited discussion of the issues on here? Let this be an example to you Boss Class at Westminster! )