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Having gone to the trouble to Google, I can report that whilst the breasticle question is still in doubt, the more election-underpinning "who you would" is almost certainly not.

It'll be VERY interesting to see how he does in the election with all this free publicity (and what happens on the next Election Day with media spin if the incident launches his popularity rating).

Erm, Thatcher got rid of milk when I was in 3rd year infant school, which would have been about 10 years before you would even have been eligible for it. By the time you'd have qualified for your milk, it was only 3 months before she left power,and she was in for 11 years ! Pretty sure Britain was used to not having free milk in schools by then... The 80s were ok if you were interested in buying your own council house or screwing over the poor - or elasticated jeans with zips on. Quality of life is about the same based on all UN indicators, though we are a lot less likely to get blown up by Commies or terrorists now...

What's Paul Wotton done to you ?

Interesting theory, but surely decisions by consensus for the benefit of all with no prospect of following party agendas, and with no fear of single-party voter retribution over difficult decisions is the best way to get effective policy made ? Of course if they can't achieve compromise and instead go and have another election as with 1974 then that all goes out the window... From a general perspective, polls (even exit polls) mean nothing, anyone who lived through the 1992 debacle would tell you that - thousands of people telling the polls they'd voted Labour and voting Conservative.

Hate crime.

So you'd rather that the kind of people who'd be put off by rain vote if it stayed dry then ? :smt077

http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/uploaded_files/code_of_practice_on_racial_equality_in_employment.pdf 4.13 To reduce the risk of unlawful racial discrimination, employers should follow the guidelines below; smaller organisations may adapt these to their particular circumstances. a. The section of the application form requesting personal information (including information about racial group) should be detachable from the rest of the form, and not made known to members of the selection panel before the interview. b. The question about an applicant’s racial group should include a clear explanation as to why this information is needed, and an assurance that the information will be treated in strictest confidence, and will not be used to assess suitability for the job, or in the selection decision. As for Ethnic Group, well up yours Welsh people who claim to be "racially" discriminated against : Ethnic group Defined by the House of Lords as a group that regards itself or is regarded by others as a distinct community by virtue of certain characteristics that will help to distinguish the group from the surrounding community. Two of these characteristics are essential: 1. a long shared history, of which the group is conscious as distinguishing it from other groups, and the memory of which it keeps alive; and 2. a cultural tradition of its own, including family and social customs and manners, often but not necessarily associated with religious observance. Other relevant characteristics (one or more of which will commonly be found) are: a. either a common geographical origin or descent from a small number of common ancestors; b. a common language, not necessarily peculiar to the group; c. a common literature peculiar to the group; d. a common religion different from that of neighbouring groups or from the general community surrounding it; and e. being a minority or being an oppressed or a dominant group within a larger community. Both a conquered people (say, the inhabitants of England shortly after the Norman conquest) and their conquerors might be ethnic groups. Although the House of Lords emphasised the need to interpret the word ‘ethnic’ ‘relatively widely, in a broad, cultural/historic sense’, it also observed that ‘the word “ethnic” still retains a racial flavour’. On this basis, tribunals and courts have proceeded to rule that the English, Scots and Welsh, among others, are not racial groups by virtue of distinct ‘ethnic origins’ (see also ‘national origins’ below andExample 1, p 16)

Give them back the -9 and they are still only above Burnley by a point - thanks to beating Wolves last weekend when neither side had anything to play for. And they'd STILL be 6 points adrift of safety with one match left... ...deluded mentals.

Corp Ho.

I haven't quite felt the same since he inserted it half way up my body in the first few seconds...

I cancelled Sky HD in July 2009 when I moved, and haven't missed it for a second, saving myself about £70 pcm in the process.

Have to say, the presentation and all that kind of stuff is wonderful, and CYC is great fun - though I'd still prefer to see points being added for various skills on-screen. The lack of being able to allocate stadia to countries annoys me (as you can do it in FIFA10), the match itself is almost identical to FIFA10 (not a bad thing, but for £40?) and EA's laziness on kits (especially for keepers) is astounding and annoying. I haven't got anywhere near a World Cup match yet - not likely to playing as Wales either!

Yeah, this.

Blatter's the only one to blame for not using technology, and I'm with him on it. All of the evidence from "additional refs" in the Europa League this season has shown that they are an absolute waste of time, they never make rulings on the very thing they're supposed to anyway, and 95% of the time they're not involved. Frankly I'd rather the game went on with 3 competent officials. That kind of stuff would happen from time to time but so what ? The problem is people trying to deliberately cheat, not the officials failing to detect it. The second you put football ruling in the hands of technology you give it to the big money self-interested parties at Sky (or the international equivalents) forever. Who's going to pay for the World Cup qualifiers in, say, Kiribati to have goal-line technology ? If no-one, who's going to judge which games should and shouldn't have it ? And how is that fair to the smaller countries/clubs, who can then still be cheated (and in the same competition) in a way big business can't ?

We were in the same pub pre-match at Swindon, the one on Southampton Street. I have photos on FB with you in the background. Took about an hour to get served. I don't remember the Paterson thing, I do remember Lancashire screwing up a stepover 40 yards out and accidentally conceding a corner. And I have video of him finding touch when in 10 yards of space. And people say we haven't come far since...

It was very consistent from October onwards, won loads, usually comfortably drew a few and lost one or two here and there. Without -10 and without giving some teams a 24 point head start in August/September that's promotion form.

Yes.

That'll be the Beattie that went on that hot streak because his manager got him fit enough to be able to do the kind of things he otherwise would never have been able to do ? The Beattie that's not come close to that kind of form under any other manager in 6 years since ? Fine, put it down to "luck"...

Having been to both, Wycombe was much worse than Swindon for me, no pub, missed kick off, crap seats, rubbish un-performance and generally terrible conditions all round. Swindon was just the embarrassment of some people racially abusing Mellis with his family in the row behind me and Pardew hanging the dregs of last summer out to dry against a side who turned out to be pretty decent in the end. PS You're barred from aways !

Tranmere for me. Flew up and back, contrived to get engaged, go to a double-gig at the MEN Arena, ar5e around in the Trafford Centre for half a day, pitch up at a Chinese in Manchester at gone midnight post-gig and get served, spend a night out in Chester, a day at a retail outlet buying random stuff and hugging a massive Lindor chocolate bunny, and despite the worst refereeing performance ever in the history of football, Saints losing had absolutely zero negative effect on the whole thing.

Surprisingly useful Mr Stevo. Now has anyone actually got the thing and wants to bang on about what it's like ?

If it has, it hasn't happened on this thread.

I have no idea which one you mean, weirdly (as I must still have it). I did used to have a horrendous purple Stoke city Asics shiny polyester Carling sponsored shirt with white sleeves that I got from JJB for £5 in about 1995, but I got rid of that years ago. The matching shiny purple shorts (£3.50) and socks (£1.50) with white turnovers were bladdy hideous, the kind of thing you just couldn't wear as a full kit. My sky blue and black striped Hearts Asics "Strongbow" away kit was pretty bad too. Ten quid full previous season irrelevant kits were the nuts.

I assume you'll all be buying this today... anyone found any bargains in the local area ? Please specify if Xbox360 or PS3 version for clarity. Ta.