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When you hear me personally denigrating someone for their political views or calling politicians names, then I would be hypocritical and disingenuous. I can only be held responsible for my views and my own behaviour. in any case, my post related mainly to people being blocked from voting for using lets say, non approved language. Right now, in the Labour Party people are being blocked from voting for calling someone a "blairite" yet the Labour deputy calls Corbyn supporters "Trots" or "Rabble" and that's ok. It's the double standards I'm and complaining about

This are the numbers of the last labour elections: Electorate: 554,272 Votes: 422,664 Corbyn: 59.5% (251.485) Andy Burnham: 19% (80.306) if 1/4 of Corbyn votes were from "infiltrates" that's 62.962 votes. That's a heck of a lot of votes and I'm sure such a huge operation would have been noticed at some stage. I'm not saying there were no disruptive voters with a secret agenda, I'm sure that happens in pretty much every party, but their numbers would be mostly anecdotal, If Mrs May doesn't call a general election it won't be out of concern for Corbyn or the labour party, If i were a betting man I would bet my house on that. Since it's "one member one vote", how are the unions using him? sure, some unions endorse him, and so far, one union (GMB) has endorsed Owen Smith, does that mean he is in the pockets of GMB now? why is it ok to be endorsed and backed by millionaires but if you are endorsed by a workers union then it all becomes dirty and dodgy? Of course, as you say, Labour have to convince ordinary people, otherwise all this is pointless. And despite facing internal opposition from day one, Jeremy Corbyn has yet to lose an election since becoming leader of the Labour Party, some with even bigger margins than before. He has even won over CLC's that voted against him at the last leadership election. Will he win a general election? I have no idea, but it would be unlikely in the current state the labour party is in. As long as majority of the PLP remains preoccupied with getting rid of Corbyn rather than being a proper and responsible opposition, I highly doubt Labour will win a general election. The whole thing become a self fulfilling prophecy, the Labour PLP will keep underminding Corbyn for being unelectable which, not surprisingly, will make him unelectable. As an aside, some Labour members have been blocked from taking part in this leadership vote, for things like sending tweets vaguely supportive of other parties, even before they joined the Labour party. Lord Sainsbury is a Labour Party member. He donated £2 million to the Liberal Democrats. He hasn't lost his vote. Make of that what you will.

First off, he was never a member of any labour cabinet, shadow or otherwise. He was always a backbencher. He never courted the press to voice his opposition to the labour front bench. As for the Brexit vote, that was a convenient excuse for the PLP to throw a coup. In the words of Angela Eagle, Jeremy Corbyn travelled up and down the country on a daily basis, there was nothing else Jeremy Corbyn could have done and no politician worked harder than him, She later retracted this, so she was either lying when she said it or she was lying when she retracted it. No one has bothered to ask which one it was. if you have a look at the labour brexit vote, it turns out this is not where the overall vote was lost, you need to look at the tory party for that, not that anyone will bother of course. As for how he personally voted, I have absolutely no idea, and I guess that applies to anyone who isn't called Jeremy Corbyn. As for everything else you point out, I think his stance has been made abundantly clear. In any case, and since you mention it, have a look at how the Northern Ireland peace process unfolded and how an agreement was reached. As for ETA, the then Spanish Prime Minister Aznar, made no secret of having held negotiations with them In case you don't know it, Jose Maria Aznar was the leader of Alianza Popular, now Partido Popular, the spanish equivalent of the conservative party, he was also the third person on the "trio of the Azores" entente, (the other 2 were Bush and Blair), hardly a left wing radical. In any case, what I'm saying is, support or attack the man and his policies, lets not play silly games or denigrate and belittle people, and that goes for any and every politician. I don't suddenly become a hard left radical trott just because I happen to support Corbyn anymore than another person becomes a filthy burgoise pig just because they happen to support the conservatives.

I know a lot of people in here are absolutely desperate to attack Jeremy Corbyn for anything and everything he does or doesn't do, but seriously, get a grip! Yes, he may have screwed up with what seems a PR stunt gone wrong, although it's still not totally clear what really happened, but please don't try and equate that to his capacity to run this country, lets have a little perspective please. Not sure backfire is the right word. Labour does not allow members of other parties to join and that is what the first "purge" was all about. There was even a prominent tory who boasted about having joined the party. It is only on this second election when new rules have come up, mostly to be applied retrospectively. Funny how Corbyn supporters can be called trotts or even nazis as a labour donor called them on a DM article, yet call someone a blairite and you are out. .It doesn't take a lot of political analysis to work out what this second purge is trying to achieve. Even in your post you call Corbyn supporter's cronies. Why is there this need to try and denigrate or cast a negative shadow on anyone who happens to support Corbyn and on Corbyn himself? If the man is such a hopeless clown as some claim, then why does he keep gaining support? Like or hate the man, play by the rules and apply those rules evenly and consistently, not when it becomes convenient.

We got the car back on Friday, apparently a new Body Control Module has been fitted. Then on Monday an amber light airbag error came up. Took the car back to the dealer on Tuesday and waited while they did their thing. While it was obvious there was a fault somewhere, they couldn't trace it. They told me all airbags circuits were tested and no fault was found, so they reset everything and all is back to normal now. I don't wish to be unduly harsh on them, but given the short length of time they had the car this time (2 hours), and their track record, I have a feeling it was one of those "disconnect battery and wait half an hour" jobs. Only time will tell i suppose. In the meantime I've asked for a written copy of all work carried out on the car since day one. Nine months old car and it's already spent more time at the garage than the 12 year old car it replaced spent in the 6 years we had it. We'll see how long we manage to stay away this time.

Loved the rugby 7, didn't even know that was a thing. Wish there was roller hockey, i thought it would be as an exhibition sport?

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to put a downer on what is, without a doubt, a great sporting achievement. We can't, or shouldn't, just ignore everything else though. Just a sample. Rio got a new golf course, despite not needing it. Refurbishing the existing one would cost about USD 25 million, instead they decided to build a new one, on protected land. funny enough, the builder also secured permission to build luxury accommodation on the course, with a potential return of USD 800 million. By all means lets celebrate our athletes achievements but we can also ask for transparency and responsibility.

I really have no idea but my guess is that the BBC would be obliged, as part of the bidding contract, to show at least some coverage on either BBC 1 or 2, or both

BBC 3 is online only BBC 4 usually starts transmitting from 7 pm onwards but for the games it was on through the day as well, I believe. BBC1 and 2 were alternating coverage On top of that there was the Red Button, which had a ton of events on different channels Wife was complaining about missing Casualty and I'm sure a few programs were cancelled or re-scheduled but I don't think it was a major upheaval really.

I have a growing moral dilemma when it comes to the Olympics or Football World Cup.. While I admire and respect every non-cheating athlete, I find it increasingly difficult to accept everything else that surrounds almost every major sport event nowadays. The trail of corruption and devastation left by the IOC is only matched by FIFA, and for me that tarnishes everything else. Most of the venues in Rio were nearly empty, which is no wonder when you consider the average salary is 880 Reals and the cheapest tickets were nearly half that. I find the whole thing just shameful. There is no other legacy except debt for most and extreme financial gain for the very few. I greatly enjoy the sports part but I despise everything else.

Facebook seems to be the place to sell at the moment. WBAC made a risible offer on my daughter's old Polo, After a month of being there, there was no real interest on Ebay (got a couple of offers but way off what she wanted). She put it on FB and it went in 3 days for the asking price. I guess it goes to show you never really know with cars. My son's car sold on Ebay within a week, for the full asking price too. My 2 cents worth of advice; get a junk email address, PAYG sim card and advertise the car in as many places as you possibly can.

I think you need establish what information you are legally entitled to, if any at all. Once you have that information you can proceed accordingly but otherwise you may leave yourself exposed to being accused of privacy infringement or unfair treatment.

Well, it looks like they are trying a little harder now. Apparently they raised the central locking issue to factory level, whatever that means. As a result of that, they are going to replace the body control module. They are waiting for the part to arrive so we need to wait a few days still. As for the other issues, they haven't reappeared whilst the car is with them so they can't do anything about those. I was initially told that the Spaceback never had hill hold control, which led to a minor exchange of opinions. I think, (hope), they now know the car does have this feature, after all, it was fitted, and paid, as an optional extra. Hopefully things are moving in the right direction now.

The trouble with that is that experiences vary greatly from customer to customer. My local dealership came highly recommended, I personally know 2 people who have bought cars from them for a number of years, and they swear by them. They have been in business for a fair while, so surely they must know what they are doing, even if, to me, it doesn't look very much like it. At all. In any case, if anybody has any info about Border Skoda in Dumfries, please let me know

Been thinking about that for a while, only problem is that the nearest alternative dealer is 40+ miles away and I haven't got a clue how good or bad they are. I'd say they couldn't possibly be worse than my local dealer but I may jinx it.

Following the grease around switch "Fix" the car has developed a few other minor faults, - Hill hold control doesn't work all the time and then only on very pronounced inclinations. - The sat nav has lost its bearings a couple of times, having to take the sd card out then in again to get it going. (never had this problem on the Tom Tom, despite getting knocked about all over the place) - After stopping at traffic lights and when the engine turns off, it has required a key re-start - The remote control one door opening feature (driver door) doesnt work when left for a couple of hours. i.e. all doors open when only the driver's one should, but it will work fine if unlocked/locked and then unlocked. The car is at the dealership so they can have a look at these issues. I spoke to them yesterday and was told that following Skoda procedure (disconnect battery for half an hour ?!) all was fine, only to be told, in the same phone call, that the car was actually faulting again. I have little faith in anything being found, let alone put right. I'm no car mechanic or electrician, but the way they work (grease on switch, disconnect battery, rain sensor testing) doesn't fill me with confidence. My question is, Can any of you knowledgeable people think of what may be causing all these issues?. To me, it's clear there are some gremlins in the system since something, somewhere, got wet and produced the first fault ( parking sensors). Trouble is what , if anything, can they do to fix it Any help would be appreciated

I agree with what you say except about not voting. Vote!, please do, even if it's for the monster raving lunatic party, but vote. My father in law has started to ask my children who he should vote for, as he says he has no longer any interest in politics, plus whatever or whoever he votes for will have a bigger repercussion on his grandchildren than on himself. Not entirely sure I agree with that principle but if it means it gets him to exercise his right to vote then i'm all for it.

Nope. Politicians have got used to saying anything they like, true or not, safe in the knowledge that there will be no consequences for their lies whatsoever. When you have someone actually signing a pledge saying they will oppose something, get elected on the basis of that pledge only to renege on it as soon as they get a sniff of power (Clegg), Or someone else saying they will not resign whatever the result of the referendum, because the country will need stability, only to resign within hours of losing said referendum (Cameron). I could go on and on but the sad truth is that all politicians of all colours and flavours, lie. the.whole.lot.of.them. yet absolutely no-one holds them to account Unless some sort of accountability system is introduced, this is the way politics will keep going . Lets not forget the role the media plays in all this, which sometimes is nothing short of aiding and abetting.

I would say it has, but it is a very subjective opinion, like almost all things in football. You have arguably some of the best players in the world playing in the Premier League and I have no doubt all players, not just English ones benefit from it; If that doesn't translate into the national side then you need to look at other possible causes. They have the talent, they have the experience, how that is used is another issue.

I couldn't disagree more. The way i see it, it's competition, we thrive in competition, it's what makes us push boundaries and look for new ideas/horizons/solutions. To achieve that, we need people with knowledge, the more people with knowledge the better. This will only drive competition and in turn improve our lives.This applies to any area, whether is academia, art, craftmanship, sport, anything. Not long ago, and i'm talking less than 40 years, in some european countries not everyone could read or write. Would you consider it a worthless achievement that illiteracy has been eradicated from some countries?. When I was born hardly anyone had a degree, owned a house or a car, had a TV or a telephone or access to health care. All those things were way too expensive and even if you were one of the lucky few who could afford them, choice was almost non existent. What do you think has changed? To paraphrase someone wiser than me, Education, Education, Education. (Julio Anguita circa 1986). Don't know if the phrase is his, but I heard him say it way before Blair did. As for tuition fees, a certain Mrs. May was only too happy to vote for a three fold increase, but only after she, like everyone else, got her education for free. Apparently now she is going to look after the poor though.

All I can say to that is that you can be an engineer and work as a waiter but you can't be a waiter and work as an engineer. A degree is no guarantee of success but it will no doubt help you open more doors.

The trouble with that scenario is that instability works both ways. Once people living in Wales and in the north of England start to notice that the funds from EU projects aren't being replaced by central government, that the NHS isn't getting the promised weekly £350 millions, that immigration isn't being cut down to the levels they were lead to believe, then it could well be the UK facing instability. That is without taking into account the cuts that even the government admits will need to be implemented or Scotland deciding to hold a second independence referendum. in my view, a long drawn out process will only benefit parties outside the EU/UK

My daughter's Spaceback is meant to have its service done at 12000 miles/ 1 year, whichever comes soonest. Same type of engine and BHP as yours too, hers was registered in Nov 15.

They left a different union, with different treaties to the one the UK belongs to. On top of that, the economies of the UK and those of Greenland and the Feroe Islands couldn't be any more different, in every single aspect. Greenland hasn't really left, they are still part of the OCT (Overseas Countries Territories) and they still allow free movement of labour, something I keep highlighting as, cutting down in EU immigration was one of the major points in the Brexit campaign. They also still receive monetary contributions from the EU. If leaving a much simpler union, with much fewer implications took 11 years, i dread to think how long it will take the UK I really do not think you could make a like for like comparison. Incidentally, and this maybe completely anecdotal, but it seems that there has been talk of Greenland actually rejoining the EU.

In that case I stand corrected. Greenland however left in 1985, when the UE didnt even exist as we now know it. They still implement free movement of labour though. It's obviously a matter of opinion but I don't think, for better or worse, that the cases of Greenland and the Feroe Islands are comparable to that of the UK..