Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

I didn't mind Thatcher turning polytechnics into universities. they were already granting degrees at the time. my complaint is with the technical colleges that became universities. These were usueally vocational colleges that taught metalwork, technical drawing etc and gave ONC/OND and a few of them HNC/HND. HNC/HND were roughly equivalent to a pass degree. Now they do media and business studies and give honours degrees in them.

I have an 'Art' colledge down the road from me.
It has about 3000 studens, on 3/4 year courses.
They seem to do it in shifts.
A vast crowd streams past my door about 9am.
Between 12 and 13hr, they all head back to the
railway station and are replaced by another crowd
heading to school.
That lot then return about 16.30.
Police are on duty at the station at these times.
I've had an official complaint from the council about
theamount of litter deposited in my front garden and
threatened with a two hundred pound fine(ongoing).
They then shift the litter bin next to the bus stop, outside
my house, five yards futher away from it.
A quick google gives 28 similar establishments.
That means about 28,000 come on to the employment?
markey every year.

It appears you're correct, Kayak, and Polys turned into unis sometime after an act was passed 1992 so it would have happened during a Conservative government, although I would've thought that was Major. When did Maggie leave? I've always thought it was a crazy idea, whoever was responsible for it.

"My parents, and the rugby club members, as I didn't have a grant for much of my university life."

So if you had had a government grant...

Hils - late November 1990.

Thought so, Skinners, ta.

In England, there are:

* Anglia Ruskin University, formerly Anglia Polytechnic, (located in Cambridge and Chelmsford)
* Birmingham City University, formerly Birmingham Polytechnic
* University of Brighton, formerly Brighton Polytechnic
* Bournemouth University, formerly Bournemouth Polytechnic
* University of Central Lancashire, formerly Lancashire Polytechnic
* Coventry University, formerly Coventry Polytechnic
* De Montfort University, formerly Leicester Polytechnic
* University of East London, formerly Polytechnic of East London
* University of Greenwich, formerly Thames Polytechnic
* University of Hertfordshire, formerly Hatfield Polytechnic
* University of Huddersfield, formerly Huddersfield Polytechnic
* Kingston University, formerly Kingston Polytechnic
* Leeds Metropolitan University, formerly Leeds Polytechnic
* University of Lincoln, formerly Humberside Polytechnic
* Liverpool John Moores University, formerly Liverpool Polytechnic
* London Metropolitan University, formerly City of London Polytechnic and Polytechnic of North London
* Manchester Metropolitan University, formerly Manchester Polytechnic
* Middlesex University, formerly Middlesex Polytechnic
* University of Northumbria at Newcastle, formerly Newcastle Polytechnic
* Nottingham Trent University, formerly Nottingham Polytechnic
* Oxford Brookes University, formerly Oxford Polytechnic
* University of Plymouth, formerly Polytechnic South West
* University of Portsmouth, formerly Portsmouth Polytechnic
* Sheffield Hallam University, formerly Sheffield Polytechnic
* South Bank University, formerly South Bank Polytechnic (in London)
* Staffordshire University, formerly Staffordshire Polytechnic
* University of Sunderland, formerly Sunderland Polytechnic
* University of Surrey, formerly Battersea Polytechnic Institute
* University of Teesside, formerly Teesside Polytechnic
* Thames Valley University, formerly Polytechnic of West London
* University of the West of England, formerly Bristol Polytechnic
* University of Westminster, formerly Polytechnic of Central London and the Royal Polytechnic Institution
* University of Wolverhampton, formerly Wolverhampton Polytechnic

.

Maggie Thatcher left in 1990. The conversion of polytechnics was done under John Major. The polytechnics being converted to universities is not a big deal. They had been awarding degrees since 1965 including Masters degrees and research degrees such as PhD.

Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that French president Nicolas Sarkozy had threatened to leave the euro in a recent meeting.

Maybe I was wrong to think that the Euro will last a few years.

Maybe we will have the French euro, the italian Euro etc. We used to have the Swiss Franc, the French Franc, the Belgium Franc.

I believe polytechnics being converted to universities was a big deal. Polytechnics were always for educationally sub-standard thickos, regardless of whether they offered a degree or not. In addition, their degrees were invariably for waste-of-space subjects like Home Economics. Anyone who wanted to learn to cook could've got a job in a restaurant.

:o)

We've still got a Swiss Franc by the way.

blame wiki
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dont ever believe anything you read on the internet
:-)

mnamreh - 14 May 2010 16:06 - 9189 of 9194

It appears that Wisteria is running away from Parliamentary Reform,

Reform of the House of House of Lords and providing the smoke screen with democratic process of dissolving parliament.

The Lib/Dem have sold themselves to the lowest of bidders.

Even some tory MPs are objecting.

I was told the Pound would strengthen and market go up.

What is happening?

If there is no CGT on spread bet's because its classed as gambling, why don't they make profits made on AIM shares tax free and just increase it for the main market ?

The companies would all stay on AIM.

Directors would start trading them.

Tax implications would have to be changed for bonuses etc.

Nice try.

Why would they want to stay on AIM just because of no CGT ? the avantage of being on the main market would be better. You could always restrict the size of companys on AIM.

And the other points could be overcome by tax changes. And it would help small companys to get more investers.

Then you are bringing more rules in.

Can't see the changes acceptable to even George Osborne,

I am surprised that they haven't had a go at Traders using Bets, based on overall income in the year.

Could see it happening in the next some years.

if they do fred, you may be able to offset your trading losses