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That's good of you Fred. Let normal service be resumed!

13 May 2016

Fred, I believe I owe you an apology. It was intemperate of me to accuse you of sniping. That was going for the man not the ball. I may disagree strongly with what you say on certain subjects but these are your opinions and I must respect them. You will understand however that I would wish to respond and this should have been done using well constructed argument or illustration rather than ...

13 May 2016

I take it then Fred you will be standing against me at the next election. Or are you just happy to snipe from the sidelines?

I don't have the words of Vladimir Putin to hand, Burneside. I thought those of one of his most eloquent and intelligent rivals in the 2008 Russian presidency race was fair comment.

13 May 2016

An interesting thought, Farty. Better a partnership of super states that bitter rivalry? How does the song go? "We share the same biology regardless of ideology..."

13 May 2016

And this dire prognosis from the same website, Burneside: http://www.politico.eu/article/gary-kasparov-brexit-uk-vladimir-putin-news-politics/ I quote: “The Kremlin was in mourning when Scotland narrowly voted to stay in the U.K. Putin sees Europe as his enemy and wants his adversaries to be divided, smaller and weaker". “Putin has done a good job of picking off the ...

Thanks for your feedback on our replies, Jelly. Some  final points: While I do not agree with much that Fred has said above (nor elsewhere on this website for that matter!) it is true that currently commuter trains get packed during peak times. But good news! More modern rolling stock (with extra carriages) is scheduled by GWR over the next 2 years,, as the electrification of the ...

12 May 2016

I think what Purrrrfect is trying to say, Jelly, is that Dawlish is a lovely seaside haven and many of us want to keep it as our little secret! There are new homes coming, with 500 built over the last four years and another 1000 over the next twenty in the new Local Plan. If new-build is something you would consider, take a look at some of the Dawlish Estate agents on-line. Good ...

Mars, natch.

12 May 2016

You quoted Churchill for your argument, Burneside and that demanded a reasonable response. The point as I see it is that with the EU in some difficulty this is precisely the wrong time to chose the open sea option. With Britain in Europe we would continue to be a force for stability, prosperity and democracy at the EU high table. If Britain was to leave the EU, not only will Britain's world ...