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I bump into him occasionally in South Africa. It's great talking with him about his playing time.

But do you agree that they should each have their own kitchen? Or should all your wives be made to share the same kitchen?

Absolutely right. Who could ever forget their crowning glory, the Fixed Term Parliaments Act

Let me add my congratulations to the skates on here. Only two leagues below your local rivals now. How are things down in Hove these days?

#haveyouseenthepriceofcurrythesedays

Margaret Thatcher

10 minutes without even a nibble. You need to up your game if you want to keep up with Glasgow

At us?

They're too close to Sunderland.

How far have we come, that a 3-1 home win against Crystal Palace feels like a towering victory?

Tell him to send me his details. I'm running a new initiative. It's called "Friends of POL". The way it works is he can buy a share in FOPOL for a grand, and he'll get a regular transparent newsletter about all the top secret private stuff going on at Pompey. And he'll also get a very transparent share certificate.

I reckon we should just do a straight swap. Tenerife is nice at this time of year.

Oh yes they can.

Sorry, I was replying to Tim before his edit.

Where does it say anywhere in my post that I run British companies? I don't fwiw.

Not really, pal. I live in the real world that exists on the outside of your goldfish bowl. For more than 20 years I've been running companies in the property development, construction, tourism & leisure, infrastructure, utilities and oil & gas sectors across Africa and the Middle East. In that time I have seen the successful growth in EU business in the areas that I know. There are Spanish, French, Irish, German, italian even Dutch players galore. Much of it funded by EU loans. Where does the EU get its funds? During the same period I've personally watched the former British operators in the region shrink or disappear. But what do I know? What is Apprentice by the way?

I thought the Prime Minister's letter to the other Donald was a pretty disappointing piece of work, considering the wealth of intellectual talent that is available to the government. I'll be very interested to see the text of Sturgeon's letter to the PM. It is trumpeted as a demand for a referendum, but is that what it is? Or will it be a veiled demand to transfer the Constitutional control of the nature of the British Union to Edinburgh. I doubt if it will contain any commitment to hold a referendum next year, but it will likely be a demand for the SNP to be given the right to decide if and when to hold any future referendums, and on what terms. And I fully expect Sturgeon's toys and dummies to be flying in all directions when the British government rightly declines.

The United Kingdom had (has) absolutely no bargaining power to tackle non-tariff barriers with non-EU states while a member of the EU. None whatsoever. Now it will have some, and good international traders and entrepreneurs that will put it to good use. I'm talking about real businessmen with proper jobs, not half-ar$ed consultants and think tank academics that sit around all day spending EU grants pontificating nothing very useful and virtually high-fIving one another because they got another piece referenced in the Guardian. Or the Huffington Post. I'm sure you know the sort I'm thinking of don't you Sherlock?

They could always dip in and use a bit of the Tesco millions that they've got ringfenced for future stadium redevelopment.

Looks like Orient might be available too, so let's hope they've got Mr. Disney well and truly on the hook.

I would say touché, but I think we have to say clever now.

Swaythling?

Right, so that's the fit and proper person bit done then.

So, £4m to keep their safety certificate. Desperate times at FP.

Are they about to be taken over then? We could have a thread about that.