I have taken into account people's views on the current state of the forum.
As you can see, I have deleted many postings over the last 24 hrs - and will continue to do so.
I was planning on shutting down the forum this morning - but events since then have made me decide to postpone that for the moment.
I have however started to use the I.P. banning option - and no surprises that Eddie is the first.
There are however 4 or 5 other people (who like to post under various names) who's I.P.'s I am watchinf very carefully, and may ban too if they contain to post abuse/libellous comments.
If anyone finds they have been banned accidentally - please email me.