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I flew the other half to the Maldives for a romantic two week holiday for my 40th..... It went like this, Heathrow duty free shop, Dubai duty free shop, Sri Lanka duty free shop, Male duty free shop... Meedhupparu sun lounger and food for two weeks, Male duty free shop, Sri Lanka duty free shop, thankfully we bypassed Dubai on the way home and went straight to Heathrow...Never again. Now if she wants a holiday I get her to collect the coupons from the Sun newspaper and get the

Just enquired about the londonplumbers.com domain as it's been floating around for ages now......They want $15,000 for it, or nearly

Are going on strike in Camden for more pay and they want the motorists to support them And pigs may well fly

Other peoples child care, is not and never will be on my list of priorities. I have had this arguement many times over the years, but I'm a strong believer in that, if you are responsible for bringing a child in the world, then you are responsible for the care and upkeep of the child. I have no issues with free education, even through University, healthcare. But when it comes to paying to look after the child whilst the parent(s) go of to work, family allowance, tax credits etc. It kind of gets my back up. I see no good reason why I should pay or contribute to another persons child's upbringing than I would expect them to pay for my cats dinner and medical bills, I took them on, so I took responsibilty for them.
If the social welfare was fair in this country and everyone was entitled if needed to use it, I might have a different point of view, but if I were to break a leg an unabled to work for six months or so I'd be entitled to nothing even though I've paid into the system for the last 34yrs. This point of view may not be everyones cup of tea, but we can't all be the same...

Yes it is, however I don't think for one minute any would be terrorist will be either flying or sailing into London, nor if they have any sense will they be using the gridlocked roads. They are more likely to be on foot blending in with the general public and using public transport, which kind of makes all this a bit over the top. And the thing is with a terrorist is, they always strike when you least expect it. It wouldn't suprise me if the gun-ho USAF air bases in the UK aren't on standby too, not much cop if the terrorist has entered the tube network at one of the smaller stations say like Anerley and they end up 200ft beneath Central London....

Yes, and the amount of tourists who swear blind that they've seen an otter bobbing up and down on the Thames is quite remarkable... Their not otters, we are still using victorian drainage systems in London designed to cope with around 2million people... Now we have around 8million and with a little bit of rain the sewage system overflows and the only place to go is in the river Thames, other factors that cause the problem is people block paving front gardens to park their 4x4s which creates more surface water to go down the drain instead of soaking into the ground, which in turn makes the reservoirs run short of supplies, which then creates hose pipe bans, which then in turn cheeses of those arrogant 4x4 drivers

Just read this in the Daily Mail at a cost of millions. I'm not sure how it will prevent a group of terrorists from travelling on the tube network.

Let's just hope those cable cars float on water, should the cable ever snap, mind you with the amount of sewage floating down the Thames, it should be a very soft landing...

One of the best ways for youngsters to get away from troubled backgrounds use to be, being able to join the forces, as a toe rag kid and always up to no good this was my way out. When I left school in 79 with no qualifications there were 3 million unemployed and it was rising. Coming from Devon work was either seasonal or non existant, only way out was to join up all I had to do was to keep away from police stations for 2 years. Having managed that I got into the Junior Leaders system, which gave youngsters like me the chance of a new life, if nothing else it helped reduce the crime rate in my local area. It wasn't all rosey but with most of the boys who joined, joining for the same reasons as myself it did offer a way out, it turned us boys into men, those like me who flunked school got re-educated and eventually got to learn a trade of our choice, during the early part of my career I spent many a weekend banged up in the guardhouse, polishing brass and scrubbing floors with a toothbrush for my serious attitude defect, which I'm glad to say I still have to this day
Now they are closing these doors to new entrants especialy youngsters who are probably no different to what I and many other of my army pals were like in our youth. In doing so we will eventually all pay a heavy price, what people also don't realise is, is that many of those in the armed force being made redundant will when they return to their home towns, end up jobless, feeling worthless, end up homeless and no doubt a fair few ending up in prison. However should the UK find another major conflict to stick it's nose into again, there will no doubt be another recruitment drive for hero's albeit untrained.... And then you have the situation of a young soldier who has had 6 weeks of fast track training being put on the front line.....Used and abused I'd call it...

I went to the Post Office 2 years ago.... and it wasn't there and nor was the other one I knew of..