Oh yes!

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Particularly public sector workers of course. I can't see them blocking all traffic from eg the NHS somehow.

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Yes. It seemed to me to be quite solidly middle class when I went around three months ago, but I have to admit I didn't stray far beyond the High Street and the area around the river and abbey.

Wonderful abbey, isn't it?

It's quite mixed- as is Cheltenham, despite its reputation.

I'm pretty sure the Halibut's a type of primitive firearm.
I'll check with one of my reenactor pals.

I have the death penalty in twelve start systems..

But I can't do the Kessel run in under twelve parsecs these days.

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Are we? I didn't know we'd all decided to watch the BBC all day instead of kissing the queen's arse all jubilee day, why did no one tell me?

As for us been the only ones left watching the BBC, how do you account for the other millions who tune in every day?

I've tried to sympathise with Wally due to his obvious mental issues, but anyone who honestly thinks that any TV station won't be saturated with dull jubilee coverage on the day is a thick cunt.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... icked.html

Amazingly, I agree with the basic gist of the main piece. Water privatisation was a poor idea to put it mildly. Although Littledong still seems to think that the other privatisations were fine and dandy, so sod it.

The rest? Pointless dribble in short drips. Possibly its most boring column ever. Expect Wally to be gushing all over it tomorrow.

(And yes, when I say "gushing", I mean like this. PLEASE BE WARNED: HIGHLY NSFW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_mOf4kJ7dE)

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Withnail's back. Still deranged. Still thinks he's some sort of anarchist libertarian and not just an arse.

Agree on the main article, although there are a few reservations.

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If he stripped out the second half and first quarter of that piece, it would be a relatively respectable column

As it is, it seems like one of those essays you did in first year at uni, where you spent 4 weeks pissing about in the pub and then at 3am the night before it was due had a session in front of Word, padding it out with waffle to get it somewhere near the word limit...

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I see he's sticking up for Clarkson at the end there. Littlejohn can only wish as many people paid attention to him as they do to Clarkson.

The privatisation of the water companies was one of the biggest con tricks of the last Tory administration. There were minimum water quality standards being imposed by the EU and our creaking Victorian water system was incapable of meeting the standards and we were facing huge fines. In this particular case the EU was correct, we were pumping raw sewage into rivers and the sea and our drinking water contained all kinds of nasties. The cost to carry out this work was multi-billions and the Tories decided the customers would have to stump up.

They privatised the water companies and handed them back £1bn to start the work and guaranteed year on year increase in customer payments at inflation plus 'K'. This was an agreed % based on what work was needed to be done and recognised performance. Meanwhile, water board managers were now directors and CEOs and trebled, nay, quadrupled their own salaries. We came under Welsh Water and directors and their wives were flown out to Hong Kong for corporate meeting and watch Hong Kong Sevens as the chairman was an avid rugby fan.

WW also moved into leisure and bought hotels and hunting lodges in Wales close to good fishing rivers and threw incredible amount of money refurbishing them. They operated at a huge loss. Guess what? The chairman when not watching rugby loved to fish! These halcyon days could not last forever and the 'K' increase was stopped. The water companies had to stand on their own and borrow money to make the ongoing improvements and in the end started making losses rather than big, fat profits courtesy of the user. At this point their share values had tumbled and the companies were picked up at ridiculously undervalued prices by forriners.

I have to disclose an interest... I used to design the Ofwat reports for a number of years that contained all this stuff and made some serious spondoola out of the contract.

Whilst Littlejohn makes some valid points on water privatisation I do wonder where he was actually sat when composing the article, was he sat with his feet in a paddling pool in Britain or was he sat next to a proper swimming pool in America?

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Couple of reservations in the water article - first, the dig at HS2. As some commentators have pointed out, the building of reservoirs or a water grid is mostly blocked by NIMBYs. The main objections to HS2 are from NIMBYs concerned about house prices over whatever economic benefit it may bring.

As for the contractual obligation police item, this is just more adolescent sniggering - hee hee, vibrators! Tee hee, dogging! Grow up.

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