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I didn't say it had to be sub-minimum wage. 15k would do nicely. Anyway, I don't think it would be such a bad thing if the country was run primarily by doctors and businessmen. It would certainly raise the standard of governance dramatically over what we have now - where they quite literally...

I'd prefer that to the current situation, as at least if they're already rich they don't have any incentive to screw us over for all we're worth. I'd rather have the country run by successful professionals and company directors than a bunch of unqualified and useless imbeciles such as we have...

Dude, where the hell have you been? It must have been months. PS. in 8 months time I'll be in Oz! Don't have any Christmas trips to Sydney planned by any chance, do you? For good measure... Dartmoor Politely pretending to understand what the hell the drunken Polish guy is talking about.

Planning is the key. Even budget hotels can be really expensive if you book last minute. Cost us £75 for a twin room in Newquay last summer at the Premier Inn, and I recall seeing prices around the £89 mark for a Travelodge room in Glasgow. So we stayed in the one in Dumbarton 20 miles away...

First Burnley, then Belfast. You seem very drawn to places known for their multi-cultural harmony. :)

While I'm not a runner, that sounds very similar to the pain I get in my shin when I overstress my leg which I broke in several places two and a half years ago. I definitely would get that checked out for a stress fracture.

UK Independence Party: 62% British National Party: 49% Conservative Party: 48% Liberal Democrats: 27% Labour Party: 18% Green Party: 12% No surprises there, then. :)

I think exactly the same is true of someone who has spent their entire life in politics. It's not just Brown either, it's the majority of politicians nowadays. Politics used to be something people did as a civic duty, alongside their usual career. What better way to give them a grounding in...

So they did something wrong by being born into wealth? I don't see how that's any different than any of the career politicians we have these days, who go straight into a political career after university, and never have any real understanding of what they are doing or the impact of their...

The Conservatives never were a "party of privilege", but a party of opportunity and self-reliance. Why should people be punished for success? And why should failure be rewarded at the expense of the successful? I grew up in various council estates and my parents have lived off handouts for...

Perhaps "irrelevant" was not the best choice of word. The EU is a far more pressing concern than our own electoral system. Of course it's not impartial, much like anything supporting the EU is not impartial. There's a whole website to explore, go nuts. So it's economic blackmail then...

Touché. :) I've actually noticed I find the place stressful nowadays whenever I go there - I never used to. After a few days it starts to irritate me and I just have to get out. It's just so... unnatural. Unfortunately it gets worse before it gets better as you have to go through Hayes...

Blergh, I'm glad I now live far away from the place and its insiduous effect on everywhere within a 50 mile radius of it. Don't get me wrong, whenever I get to spend some time in Central London I enjoy it. It's a good place to visit. And I miss the climate, which is much better than that in...

http://www.brugesgroup.com/mediacentre/euconstitution.live Not really. Equally important, The way it's been forced upon us when most people want nothing to do with it (hl2.net's Marxist bubble aside) is not only undemocratic but sinister. Since 80% of our laws are dictated by the EU, and EU...

Yet any kind of national democratic reform is irrelevant whilst we are controlled by the EU.

That's not really a convincing reason to vote for someone. Unfortunately there's no convincing reason to vote for any of the idiots. The Monster Raving Loony Party have a candidate in Exeter and I shall be very tempted to vote for them! In seriousness I will be voting for the Conservatives as...

Travelodge often do super cheap deals if you book in advance. My relatives from Australia stayed in Covent Garden for a week for £9 a night last summer. It's probably a bit late to jump on that bandwagon now but check it out anyway, you might be lucky with £29 rooms. Travelodge deals aside...

Without wishing to turn this thread any more into an argument about the value of degrees, because that's besides the point entirely... Required by who, exactly? All that proves is that your boss was a muppet and you were cheating yourself out of placements. Did you work for Hays or one of...

Then we invoke the time-proven concept of letting adults make their own choices and take care of their own responsibilities as they fit, rather than having big brother to step in and make those choices for them. Not in minicabs, and minicab drivers don't have to wear seatbelts either.

I'm not arguing whether or not it reduces the economic cost to society. Of course it does. I don't see that as a relevant point in a free country. I always wear a seatbelt anyway (although it generally seems very overkill after riding a motorbike), doesn't change the fact that it should be a...