I think she'll win Brighton Pavilion tonight.

Quote: Paul Youane "Not sure of best place to post this however this thread is as good as any. I remember the Gulf War being dismissed as being over oil whilst the Falklands war was to do with defending our Commonwealth. I always believed that the Falklands war was primarily to protect any claims the UK have to teh minerals to be extracted from that area of the globe: PY Actually it wasn't about the Commonwealth, it was always about defending our rights under the Antarctic Treaty concerning territorial claims over the Antartic land mass, and by inference, our claims on mineral wealth revenues deriving from them. We have a claim as it's based on "coastline" in the vicinity. Las Malvinas has a really significant coastal length despite its small size. This was never a secret. We can't drill there now for at least 40 years (Madrid Protocol) but when the Arabs run dry*, and run dry they will, we will be all over it. Furthermore we will all be thankful to a historic PM figure in Margaret Thatcher, 70 years after the conflict. More here. strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/1 ... fferently/ *I really think that when this happens we will see an end to Arab-Isreali disputes as the Arabs won't have a pot to in then. Anyway I voted tonight. Blue and Blue. May make a difference to the council, but Helen Jones could be a child abusing crack whore and still get voted in, sadly.

Quote: Paul Youane "Not sure of best place to post this however this thread is as good as any. I remember the Gulf War being dismissed as being over oil whilst the Falklands war was to do with defending our Commonwealth. I always believed that the Falklands war was primarily to protect any claims the UK have to teh minerals to be extracted from that area of the globe: PY Actually it wasn't about the Commonwealth, it was always about defending our rights under the Antarctic Treaty concerning territorial claims over the Antartic land mass, and by inference, our claims on mineral wealth revenues deriving from them. We have a claim as it's based on "coastline" in the vicinity. Las Malvinas has a really significant coastal length despite its small size. This was never a secret. We can't drill there now for at least 40 years (Madrid Protocol) but when the Arabs run dry*, and run dry they will, we will be all over it. Furthermore we will all be thankful to a historic PM figure in Margaret Thatcher, 70 years after the conflict. More here. strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/1 ... fferently/ *I really think that when this happens we will see an end to Arab-Isreali disputes as the Arabs won't have a pot to in then. Anyway I voted tonight. Blue and Blue. May make a difference to the council, but Helen Jones could be a child abusing crack whore and still get voted in, sadly.

1. I find the Death penalty abhorrent. The state should never have the right to execute a citizen. I'm with Churchill. "you can measure the civilization of a society by the way it treats its prisoners ".

2. The BNP policy on refusing asylum seekers entry to the UK IF they have passed through a "safe" country does indeed have some merit. Most have passed through France for example but wish to come to the UK for a variety of reasons but none because they are not safe in France.

3. If we cut fuel duty which tax would you like to increase?

4. Big society, small state. Parents decide how to raise children.

5. This is so small beer. Evidence does show that they have reduced RTA's and resulting deaths. If you don't speed you don't pay. Simple.

6. Council spending needs a seriously looking at and a re-focus on core council activity.

I have just voted for Labour.

I agree with your asertion however the populist belief on this forum was that the Falklands war was about the "liberation" of members of the Commonwealth.

We could have both stayed at home and just agreed to off-set each-others' votes in a true House of Commons parliamentary way.

There's always one.

I would have done PY but you are in leafy South Warrington no doubt, whereas I muck it behind a gated community in the wild west of North Warrington.

Anyway the upside is from the ballot paper I now know where Helen Jones lives. Least I know where she flips from anyroad.

No - we share MP's and local councillors.

Then, kind Sir, we have indeed cancelled each other out. Honour is served.

Could somebody clear up the following.....

I had a card which stated where and when I could vote, however, it said I did not need to take the card with me when I went to register my vote.

What is to stop somebody walking into the polling station and saing they are me, as long as they know my address, and casting my vote??

Probably an answer to this, but could somebody just clear it up??

Good point.

Also I realised today that one's votes were not anonymous. Indeed the ballot paper is linked to your name ad address.

My dad used to say that about me

That'll be those brave fox hunters when the Tories repel the hunting with dogs laws....