bob_apples

It's not a matter of believing propaganda and I'm not too interested in whether people believe me or not. You will found out for yourself eventually. I'm from there, I know what goes on there and I won't be patronised by smug bleeding-hearts like you. I know you probably couldn't care less about a bunch working class kids in the north. Before you decide to scream "racist" I'll point out the victims can be any colour - it is happening to Sikhs in Southall and Afro-Caribbeans in Lozells and getting their support will be a necessary first step to fighting back and putting a stop to child abuse dressed up as culture.

An earlier poster has it right - white flight. If you don't want your pre-teen daughter to be gang-raped then you have to get out of Blackburn.

Surely no separate kitchen means it's "luxury open-plan living" for executives and the like.

You say it like it's a bad thing.

Spending it is theft and you will go to prison for it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...ire/7269507.stm

No, I'm not a major shareholder. Page 159 of the Lloyds TSB annual report reveals that there are a few hundred thousand people with stakes larger than mine. The same page also states: "Substantial shareholdings At the date of this report, notifications had been received that Legal & General Investment Management Limited had a direct interest of 4.11% and Barclays PLC and The Capital Group Companies, Inc had interests of 3.84% and 4.86% respectively, in the issued share capital with rights to vote in all circumstances at general meetings. No other notification has been received that anyone has an interest of 3% or more in the issued share capital." The report is obtainable from http://www.lloydstsb-annualreport.com/ All the other banks have this information in their reports - it's not a secret and they'll all have a similar breakdown of ownership i.e. the banks are pretty much owned by the general public. The fact that is so readily available proves that you are either so incredibly stupid that you need help dressing yourself or your playing the faux naif.

Well, actually, I own a little bit of RBS and Lloyds TSB. They're not the best investment I've ever made but I was acting on the orders of my superiors in the secret militant wing of the Church of England that I belong to. We're aiming to take over the world using the nice dividend. I wouldn't say that all of you were anti-semites - some of you are just useful fools.

I have hesitated to reply to this thread up until because it might seem as an endorsement of the gross nutjobbery taking place here. However, it is now moving beyond mere conspiracy lunacy into the most distateful peddling of old lies so it's time to step up and speak out. The answer to the question is simple - the Bank of England is nationalised so it is owned by the government. In principle it is owned by the Queen (like everything in UK is, theoretically), in practice it is a government department. End of story. The stupidity, or faux naif pretence, displayed here has been astounding. What is even more astounding is that the discussion of gold is banished to a sub-forum becuase it is "not relevant", mention of **** is banned, mention of GEI is not to be recommended, yet a discussion of one of the oldest libels against the Jewish people has stayed on the front page of the main forum for eighteen hours.

I tried it out a few weeks ago and it didn't seem to do anything more sophisticated than taking the last sold price for the same postcode from the Land Registry and adding the indexed increase to it. That's slightly dubious in a block of identical terraces. It's absolutely hopeless for a street with a variety of building types. Edit - just seen the post above this one. Seems it can't even get it right when the properties are identical. Looks like my theory of it just indexing the postcode isn't true.

Yep, the only way to get furniture in is to take off the roof and use a big crane. They might have got away with prospective buyers not noticing this small flaw if it wasn't for those pesky kids from Property Ladder pointing it out on national TV.

If he gets out of the job alive I hope he is hunted down and "dealt with" for his crimes. Within the law, obviously (for the benefit of any security types who drew the short straw of monitoring sedition on HPC). By alive, I mean before the drugs stop working.

I'm especially excited by the opportunity of living close to a derelict power station. Lovely. For exactly how many decades has that place been on the brink of redevelopment? Southwest London isn't exactly the cheapest of areas but for £300000 you can still buy flats where you don't have to sleep in your kitchen. I suppose we should be thankful that building regulations prevent them putting one of Mr Crapper's porcelain features next to the bed.

Knock a zero off and it'd approaching a fair price. Actually, no, it'd still be too much for a bedsit.

Nationwide International have a couple: http://www.nationwideinternational.com/acc...euro_glance.htm The Euro Tracker Premium looks a particularly good deal.

I see you avoided answering the question. I'll ask again, and spell it out a bit more for you - how can you justify the English being under-represented in the one parliament they can elect members too whilst the other nations can not only elect members to that parliament and vote on internal English matters but can also vote for their own assemblies which deal with their internal issues? In short, they get two votes whilst we don't even get one proper one. As for seething under Celtic domination, that would be rather difficult as the other nations aren't Celtic. Most of the population of the UK and Ireland are descended from people who migrated here from Spain immediately after the Ice Age. We're not Celts, Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes or any of the other tribes whose culture has influenced these islands. This country has two choices. We either admit that it only works as a unitary state with one parliament for the UK and no distinctions drawn between the components or we split up completely. Devolution cannot work if it isn't applied equally and applying it to England would render the UK parliament irrelevant. England has 83.8% of the population so there is no use pretending this is some sort of federation of equals. It's either the UK or it's England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Personally, I hope I one day see a Republic of England (Scotland can have its monarchy back - the Stuarts only ever been trouble for us).