What is a pity is that we don’t see more preserved airliners, the only aircraft which historic aviation buffs seem to care about are “war birds”. I have nothing against military aircraft, but I would like to see the same keenness attached to preserving civilian aircraft too.

To reduce my swearing and never book Eurostar again. The second one will be very easy to keep.

Those who smuggle drugs should face the consequences. If they knowingly carry drugs then they are not innocent. Many people have their lives ruined by drugs and so those involved in the drugs trade should be punished properly, not just given a slap on the wrist, a ridiculously short jail term or any other “punishments” we have in this country. The Chinese have the right idea. At least the death penalty is the only guaranteed method of preventing reoffending.

No surprise that criminal lovers Amnesty International object to drug smugglers being punished.

That involves brains and money :rolleyes: in the UK they do not synchronize :diablo:

Eurostar is FRENCH, it is derived from the TGV!!!

The Merriam-Webster Online dictionary defines fascism as “a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.”

“Forcible suppression of opposition” – sounds just like the “peaceful” demonstrators from Unite Against Fascism (those “charming” people who were demonstrating outside the BBC to try and force the cancelling of Question Time filming).

I have to say I loved Nick Griffin’s swipe at Straw about Straw’s father refusing to go and fight against Nazis. Why was that? Was Straw’s father a secret Nazi or something? Straw came across very badly, and I wasn’t impressed by Greer either – why is a fiction writer in such a high position at the British Museum? And she spoke a load of crap – not all Europe was covered in ice at the last Ice Age – the south of Europe wasn’t, and it was from there, not sub Saharan Africa, that people moved from into the northern regions.

And yes, I am a BNP supporter and have been since the attack on London on 7th July 2005.

I’ve got a golliwog, there’s a shop in my town which sells them and I don’t see a problem with them, I just have a problem with the PC brigade who try to lecture about what we should and should not have, think or say.

Another piece of PC stupidity is the probable renaming of Guy Gibson’s dog in a remake of the Dambusters. My Mum tells me that lots of black Labradors were called “Nigger” in those days.

Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.

I would argue with that one. What about hippopotomus, rhinoceros, snails, slugs, coral, anemones, barnacles, limpets, whelks, winkles etc?

Have you ever seen a jumping snail? Or any of the other animals I have mentioned? No, neither have I.

Hi,

My wife is shortly going to a conference in Manchester and I thought I’d go up as well. But as I don’t work for her firm I will have a day to spend there. So what is there in that city, or the outskirts, that will interest an aviation fan?

Tony.

The airport? That is a good place for an aviation fan I would have thought. I used to enjoy catching the train to Manny Airport for a day’s photographing the planes, going spotting is something I have missed this year. 🙁