Puggie

Try res-non-dom with nill-rate on WW income that is born abroad and pegged to the USD. We're both beneficiaries in very different ways

What ever happened to our police constables being smartly dressed whilst in public? They now wear these offencive [green fluorescent costumes] that makes them look like refuse collectors!

Can't wait to see him arrive in the UK next year!

Ey up L00b - I did ask someone on here where you had gone but they didn't bother to respond. A no-deal Brexit? Never gonna happen unless war is declared.

He should be replaced by someone with traditional conservative values.

Voted for Tom. PS. the poll at the bottom of the website was blocked on my browser (firefox). You'll probably get people saying "I can't see where to vote!"

This thread is used as a battleground for those who are entrenched in their respective ideologies. It would be nice if it was used for understanding but I don't think there's much appetite for it. Everyone is too busy slingshotting facts & figures to the other side in the hope of "winning" the battle.

There's a great clip being circulated at the moment from the HBO TV series called 'The Newsroom'. It's from 2012 so well before Trump made it onto the scene. I love the ending - it choked me up even though I'm not American

Am I the only person who likes to keep things traditional? Voted 'not a good idea'

We almost bought one of the apartments in Bluebell! Are you one of tenants/homeowners in that block?

Is it really necessary to have a "gay quarter"? We're not an endangered species in need of our own geographic quarter!

In 21st century Britain its all about tripping over yourself in pursuit of the ultimate status symbol - victimhood! It's why most liberals get out of bed in the morning. There are victims to protect and new "isms" to be found. Don't get me wrong they're lovely people with good hearts, but their approach to solving many of our social problems actually makes things worse. At this rate we're going to end up more like America and less like Scandinavia.

Good luck with that because neither the Tories nor Labour have any appetite of plunging the country into a constitutional crisis. We are leaving the European Union and there will not be another referendum. But don't despair - the vast majority of arrangements we currently have with the EU will actually just remain intact, albeit re-packaged and re-branded.

It's not going to happen. Our 40+ police forces do a miserable job of determining the immigration status of arrested criminals. It's a broken system that nobody has the balls to fix. Read the Telegraph article below. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/13/foreign-criminals-avoid-deportation-because-police-fail-to-carry/

You're talking about a possible outcome after one's immigration status has been ascertained. In this wonderful country of ours your immigration status does not form part of your identity. When you are taken into custody and charged with an offence, the custody officer will ascertain your identity (legal name, DOB, address) in order to create a new custody record and conduct a search of the PNC using your details. As part of that process you will be asked to state your nationality however this is nothing more than a self-declaration. It is at this point where an illegal immigrant will falsely declare themselves a UK citizen to prevent any further immigration checks being carried out. So if you're in the UK illegally being charged with a non-immigration offence (ie rape of a minor), the last thing you want are additional immigration-related offences being levied against you with the prospect of deportation to your country of origin.