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I seem to remember we reduced the size of our armed forces after reunification of Germany. Supposedly a 'peace dividend'. Expansion means more money is needed for the new countries which frankly have a better claim than France. So either France must lose some, or find more money elsewhere...

Poles do not qualify for benefits unless they have already been working here for a year. On the other hand there are agencies who get poles over here, stuff em in appalling accommodation and then hire them out to unsuspecting firms. For a fee, of course. Quite sure your friend was not being told...

Um, remind me to tell the current prime minister what I think about spending my money in Iraq next time he and I have a chat.

The next prime minister?

Ok Freddie, if you are ever down on your luck and begging for the price of a cup of tea, remind me not to give you anything.

Did sound like if you have a wall which you don't want but are lucky enough to have a footpath, then you can knock down the wall so long as you dump the stone on the footpath. Curious sort of rule. Conservation, that's what we pay for.

Brown, Blue, Red and Black are all supposed to be regarded as potentially live conductors. Just that normally two of them are somewhere near earth potential.

No, If you did overload it you would trip a breaker or fuse. This does not often happen, so experience says it is not so easy. 32A is generally enough for what one person or family is likely to want to plug in at one time. A bigger house or more recently wired may have two or three rings.

You would be correct in saying that the things connected to the circuit determine how much current is drawn. However, the maximum is limited by a fuse or breaker which automatically disconnects when the limit is reached. So a 6A breaker is one designed to allow 6A to flow but to trip out if the...

Just checked your stone walls. GAEC13, that the one? Says you may not dismantle a stone wall on your farm without prior permission unless it is either to repair a different wall or to repair a footpath. But it doesn't say you have to do anything to maintain it :D

Goodness what a lot of ruffled feathers over an aside on distant history. Don't know why Pedro goes farming, but Piotr in poland goes out to his 1 acre farm because 5P a pound for whatever is not much, but its better than absolutely nothing. It is not that people expect western wages for...

Are you suggesting that the British (more specifically mostly the English) never invaded Ireland? I think one reason there is rather more fuss about the British budget rebate now is exactly because several countries realise they will be next having to make contributions unless they can rake...

I'm not sure about your stone walls. Most of the things they would like seem to be leaving things to grow wild rather than cutting them back. But as far as I remember the new scheme didn't compel you to do very much if you were farming something. If you were just 'maintaining the ground' then...

You mean that place the British have been trashing for centuries? Sounds ike poetic justice. No, not really. Irealand used to be one of the poor countries but now it is not. Money has already been diverted to the countries which joined recently and this will go on. Ireland will have to expect...

I think Blair would be rather foolish to give up the rebate until the other countries are willing to come up with an alternative which gives out money fairly. It is not a bad thing that we are subsidising the poorer EU countries because they have got richer, do contribute more into the EU and...

I make that about 35 acres? Now some people would consider that a lot and very much worth the hassle of filling in a few forms. I think some more people will be giving up real farming under the new scheme. Our neighbours fields are right now a loveley sea of grass. Guess he will make hay. All...

Freddie, you put your point of view on issues and I put mine. I think at least as many people would think that I was correct as would agree with you. I never post anything which I believe to be untrue. As to 'twisting' facts. From time to time I DO take a fact and present it in a different...

I saw something yesterday about farmers in third world countries committing suicide because they could not cope with their debts. So we have something in common with them then.

Not if you planned to vote conservative. But anything else would have affected the confidence interval somewhat.

Shame, which way would you have swung?