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I was going for AIDS but thought would he be able to sit?

It's cancer, isn't it? Has he got cancer?

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I assume because the Isle of Man want the money from the thousands who visit the island especially for the event.

Just like voting leave, I think many Labour voters are accepting that some things are worth it.

It's an old one but it still makes me smile: What did the cheese say to the mirror?

Are your acquaintances ghosting you?

Pigeon appears to have a black armband. Must be Liverpudlian.

Weirdly bookmakers don't offer fair value. For example if two teams are evenly matched to win the cup, they should both be at evens but instead bookies will price them both at 4/5. If Villa are 8/1 against to win the Championship, I expect the best you'll get for them not to win the Championship will be 10 or even 12 to 1 on, i.e. £12 risked for £1 gain.

My point being that Raikkonen wasn't asked to let Vettel win, as you wrote, Raikkonen didn't have the choice.

I don't think Raikkonen was asked.

You could drop the 'nowadays'. Monaco always has been a glorified parade but, as BOF wrote, F1 knows that. The world has a lot of people with a bit of money that love to look at those with a lot of money, so Monaco will remain on the F1 calendar until that changes, i.e., probably not in our lifetimes.

I've used BA loads of times, from Economy to First, and our business - customer relationship is nearly over. Once my next four Avios (air miles) flights are complete, I'll be looking to use pretty much any other airline. All down to a steady decrease in service over the last decade.

Perhaps Noel is on the 'no-fly' list.

I think there's lots of people who don't know what goes on behind what is immediately visible. Most companies have set security procedures according to the 'threat level'. Within minutes of the recent increase to 'critical', all our staff (several thousand) had emails detailing the additional security measures. These included a ban on visitors to all UK sites unless security staff had advance notice in writing, the visitor presented photo ID (passport or driving licence) and the visitor was escorted at all times. In reality most visits were cancelled. It's clear to see why strict security measures are eased back to more sensible levels when possible.

I have just googled the definition of 'public' in regards to the general population - "ordinary people in society, rather than people who are considered to be important or who belong to a particular group." As millions of ordinary people in society work for large companies whose security measures are directly affected by the government's decreed security level, I'd still say it has an affect on many of the public. In regard to the change in security measures and whether they should be held at the highest level whatever the government's advice, extremely high security can be very restrictive to business (as well as being an big inconvenience to the day to day work life of employees). If extremely high security is deemed necessary it should be used. If the risk has been deemed to have reduced slightly, then large companies usually move slightly less restrictive practices. High security instead of extremely high security, if you will.

In that it employs thousands of U.K. citizens and will be similar to many other large companies who together employ several million of the U.K. public, yes.

It certainly makes a difference to the security procedures across my company's UK sites.

Fake innit. No way taupe is a British colour.

So tempted to click 'reveal' but I'm watching it tomorrow so need to resist.

Indeed. Cults born out of some humans need to put meaning to things they can't understand or comprehend and/or to belong.

Totally agree. Teach children from their first year at school that some people follow beliefs that have no basis in fact and that as far as research can currently confirm, there is no more truth in such cults than fairies at the bottom of the garden. Teach that everyone has a right to believe what they wish but without basis in fact or truth, religion will not be taught in schools.

Amen. Or rather, I agree.

We all know God was fine once the game had started but to be the one who kept him upright before the game is some accolade.

I guess his Take That years earned him a few million fans, most of whom stayed with him and were suplimented by some older fans who enjoyed his less 'boy bandy' take on popular music, hence the track sales. He was also seen by many as a 'performer', hence the 375,000 fans over 3 nights at Knebworth. I don't think even a supremely confident RW would claim to have a great voice, but he can carry a catchy tune and can perform so he did make the most of his talent. There's a distinct lack of amazing voices in music so he's probably no different to 95% of successful pop artists in that respect.