CB Fry

Labour was centre-right under Blair? Fantasy fuc king island.

Would have loved to see the reaction of Wes et al if it was a different Prime Minister promising Scotland and the SNP "the strongest devolved government in the world" within minutes of entering No. 10. They've got Cameron by the balls they have. By. the. balls. etc. etc.

Strengths: swarthy Latin looks. Good hair. Weaknesses: Goalkeeping.

I can think, off the top of my head, three or four other options they could have progressed with so, again, to say they had no choice is nonsense. And, of course, you would never support a party with a stated aim to influence whichever party won out in the event of a hung parliament. You'd never support that, would you?

Utter garbage. Of course they had a choice. They made the right choice but paid a heavy price. And awfully sweet for you to deride a political party as nothing more than a "protest vote". I mean, heaven forbid anyone catching you ever supporting a one - dimensional protest party, right?

I believe that's called "projection". The whole team were awful yesterday. Maybe every single one of them wants out? #meltdown

Anyone want to celebrate the fact we are mathematically guaranteed eighth place? Me neither.

We have flourished, we're seventh and we don't need Artur Boruc. We may have needed a more reliable back up keeper right now, but that's not quite the same thing. Artur has done a jolly good job in the lower league this season so do give him a pat on the head and a little well done from me.

Absolutely. I'd never live in a nondescript East Midlands deadbeat city like Leicester. I live in Derby.

Walking back from the King Power Stadium today there was a shoal of Pompey fans waving a skate flag from an student block apartment window, laughing and making hand gestures at the (mainly Leicester, some of us) fans walking past. You could see our defeat had really been a highlight of their day. Should have taken a picture really for the ages but didn't. True story.

Box of frogs.

This. By far our most effective player today in the twenty minutes or whatever it was he was on for.

Perfect. LOL.

Look who's back.

He's something of a liability.

....is what no one would have said.

This. Kelvin has been playing for sentimental reasons as much as anything. I'd say the right thing to do to give him a crack before the end of the season, to see if he has what it takes [to replace Kelvin as third keeper next season].

Hypo is right. Just silly reactions from some. The election is over, the result (FPTP issues notwithstanding) is conclusive. It might not be my ideal result but big politics is usually about increments and the changes to come will be within those increments, just not quite in the direction I'd want them to be. In the same way a Labour victory wouldn't have brought about some Michael Foot communist state, neither will this administration bring about turnstiles on hospital doors. Life goes on. Let's hope her Majesty's Opposition get themselves a competent compelling leader to hold the government to account, and begin to articulate a decent, progressive social democratic vision for a growing, better Britain into the roaring 2020s.

How and why would you ever "come across" a highly paid, say, investment banker asking you for cash?

Agree 100%. Directly responsible for some of the best policies of the last government (£10k tax rate, pupil premium) and contributed well to a government that would have been far more dysfunctional as a wafer thin Tory majority administration (brace yourself, Britain). I think Clegg did the right thing, especially considering the alternatives - which were a) prop up a lifeless Labour administration, or b) bottle out of power to be a perpetual all-things-to-all-people protest vote dumping ground - would have both been far less satisfactory. Clegg and that team can be proud that they took their party into government to actually do things rather than spend a life time shape-shifting depending who they were fighting constituency by constituency. Achieved more than Paddy and Charlie ever did anyway. They will clamber back eventually.

Yep, It has escalated into sixth form silliness rather quickly.

Who? VFFT? I was agreeing with him.

Some people are so desperate to make the cheapest "they're all hypocrites" point they don't even think about what they're writing. Blair/Murdoch tie up probably angered more Labour die-hards than Tories back in the day.

Absolutely. I think she's only ever made one mistake that I know of, and he lost his seat at half eight this morning.

This. This was an election Labour could have won - we're talking about marginals and percentage point swings to do it, plus sitting duck Lib Dems - if they had a compelling, articulate and credible leader. They simply didn't. Personally would like to see the now free-to-run Yvette Cooper get the job, have always liked her. But she's up against the 2020 Boris bus so probably a poisoned chalice anyway. Welcome back the natural party of government.