Park Life

Renton is probs still registerd as a student anyway (goes on like one).

Yeah but in the case of rented property each separate home is class as a property, is it not? So you're still wrong But only the landlord was liable for rates as against it moving over to occupants under the council tax legislation. IMO the bigger the house the bigger the local tax should be, everything else is UNDEMOCRATIC.

My point being that when it was rates it was just the house and location that was levied against and IMO we should return to that. A lot of people don't register to vote to avoid all the 'attention' and financial liabilities that might come their way these days. Microphones in bins an all that...Put the green bottle in the wrong bin and whipped away to Gitmo etc...

Also bear in mind that before it was just RATES which was paid by the landlord, regardless of the tennants. Now of course the tennants (if they don't avoid registering) are liable. All significant changes that IMO has affected the number of people who register to vote and that of course was the initial intention. The truty is that they don't really want the have nots taking too much of an interest in politics never mind vote...ha ha

That would require the assumption that councils have any kind of functioning communications between their various departments. But I can understand why people think that way, obviously. If Council tax was levied against houses rather than people then the number of voters will rise drastically. Dame Thatcher used the poll tax (re-named council tax) to wipe out some of the lower levels of voters who traditionally don't vote Tory (sneaky)... Erm, as far as I am aware Council tax is levied against the property, not the person? What are you on about? Obviously don't pay it. It's calculated by how many adults are living in a residence and the size of the residence and the working status of those adults. Whereas before it was levied against the house alone (iirc down to size and location). I've owned poperty since 1995. It's my understanding that council tax is based on a valuation band which in turn is based (loosely) on the value of the property. The number of occupants is irrelevant (but actually perhaps shouldn't be). There is ONE bill per home (usually paid by the owner unless agreed otherwise). I don't see how this will affect voting. The more people that live in your house the more council tax you pay, can't really make it clearer than that bro.

Is it just Liverpool fans you have a problem with or does your xenophobia stretch to all fans who aren’t Newcastle fans? Our foreign fans wouldn’t have been able to get there last night, so what? West Ham only brought half their quota and many LFC fans started off for Madrid yesterday morning if that helps. I wouldn’t mind the attendance staying at 37,000 for a season or two, it would mean that all the locals who aren’t prepared to spend hours on the phone trying to get a ticket for their home town team would be able to go to as many matches as they want.. One of my mates who isn’t an STH has to pay 30 quid to be a member of the PTS scheme, which allows him to spend anything between 30 minutes and two hours on the phone applying for a ticket. It wouldn’t be so bad if being a member allowed you to drop in to the TO and buy a ticket from there but there are no window sales anymore. Don't all fans think they're the best in the world? Your view is so full of bile it ceases to have any real meaning. Stevie is excersing his Nietzchean erasure and the result is that muppets don't get his post-Hegelian dialectic. Hope this helps.

Her own lot fucked her over when she (to her credit) refused to tow the line on the EU. When she made that speech in Brussels it was basically all over for her. She knows now that she was but a small cog in the grosse machina. I hate the mad bitch but I'll agree she was right in that regard. Not that I'm against the EU, it just needs to be reformed and all those on the gravy train need a kick up the arse. Make our own MPs look like upstanding chaps. Oceania.

That would require the assumption that councils have any kind of functioning communications between their various departments. But I can understand why people think that way, obviously. If Council tax was levied against houses rather than people then the number of voters will rise drastically. Dame Thatcher used the poll tax (re-named council tax) to wipe out some of the lower levels of voters who traditionally don't vote Tory (sneaky)... Erm, as far as I am aware Council tax is levied against the property, not the person? What are you on about? It's calculated by how many adults are living in a residence and the size of the residence and the working status of those adults. Whereas before it was levied against the house alone (iirc down to size and location).

Her own lot fucked her over when she (to her credit) refused to tow the line on the EU. When she made that speech in Brussels it was basically all over for her. She knows now that she was but a small cog in the grosse machina.

That would require the assumption that councils have any kind of functioning communications between their various departments. But I can understand why people think that way, obviously. If Council tax was levied against houses rather than people then the number of voters will rise drastically. Dame Thatcher used the poll tax (re-named council tax) to wipe out some of the lower levels of voters who traditionally don't vote Tory (sneaky)...

Outrageous interview, but funny.

Ah...You've seen through my cunning plan.

Basically most in London who aren't registered to vote are avoiding council tax, no mystery.

Will be a nice summer looking for to Pl footie again.

He was meant to have the dodgiest knees on the planet...Seems to have done him no harm.

and invariably loses.

Two players I think we should have a look at.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. © CT

You might think those two are particularly random for a christian political party....but the leader of the party is an ex-producer of stars such as Sinita and 5 Star. A homophobe who wrote "So Macho". It's precious.

I'll accept an IOU then Cheque coming via Air mail.

All else being equal, Labour should hold it comfortably enough. Although I suppose there's a rather ironic possibility that the Lib Dems taking votes from Labour could let the BNP in. I think the locals are clued up enough to know how best to vote tactically though. Even if they don't get an MP though, I reckon the BNP will have some pretty big local council scalps to boast about come May 7th. They are leading the local council in B&D iirc and have kicked some arse on housing issues. Think it will be closer than peeps think.

That's how these stictly old school mo fo's role. Remember "eye for an eye". None of this "turn the other cheek" bullshit. Jesus was soft on crime and soft on the causes of crime. See Nicos my interest in this is that both parties candidates roll upto the door and go on about a Christian Britain and both have a pop at Islam.... They both know their demographic sure enough. Griffin was quite proud about having 3 sikhs a day joining the BNP. Washed his hands of the muslims though. Agreed. His new mantra is that Asians (hindus and sikhs etc) are more like us and more willing to subscribe to our values.

That's how these stictly old school mo fo's role. Remember "eye for an eye". None of this "turn the other cheek" bullshit. Jesus was soft on crime and soft on the causes of crime. See Nicos my interest in this is that both parties candidates roll upto the door and go on about a Christian Britain and both have a pop at Islam....

The BNp are throwing everything at Barking, I think it will be close.