I was also on plan 1, graduated in 2011 so just missed plan 2. I paid it off last year, but didn't have the postgraduate loan. Was not a joy to pay, but at least there was an end in sight, movin… (View Post)

What's your evidence that the king contributed to the settlement? The palace, in a very rare act of clarifying the record, has stated that the King made no contribution to the settlement. (View Post)

Depends if we are including illegitimate sons. Charles II's son the Duke of Monmouth was arrested and executed after the Monmouth rebellion against James II. (View Post)

Begs the question, why are we paying to keep the base, almost exclusively for American use, if we don't want them to utilise it anyway. The deal becomes more and more bizarre. Either get rid, or… (View Post)

This is going to be a cracking episode of 24 hours in Police custody. (View Post)