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Extended (10 mins) highlights: http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/20110117/magpies-draw-all-angles-covered_2264122_2269111/0,,10280~2269111~1,00.html

I suppose he could cover that one by saying he was already out of the building but was just popping back in for a few games, before getting back on someone else's bus....

I didn't hear the finer details on the news earlier but I believe this un-earths cases of tax EVASION rather tax AVOIDANCE. ISAs would fall into the latter category (i.e. a legal way of avoiding tax). I believe that Wikileaks have uncovered illegal tax evasion here (again not sure about the details.)

I could be wrong but I believe Dune was "delighted" that 2,000 jobs which, according to some people, were largely created over the last 13 years to help bolster the employment figures (as opposed to being absolutely necessary posts), are now under scrutiny. Yes, there is an inevitable human impact and, by implication, Dune was being unsympathetic about that, but I think Dune was looking at it purely objectively (long term big picture) rather than emotively (short term human impact). The coalition's theory (whether we choose to believe it or not) is that the majority of people whose jobs in the public sector are considered 'non-essential' will find jobs in an expanding private sector. Of course, that theory may work, or it may not. We don't know one way or the other yet.

FFS Sky. Why don't they quote Cortese and Adkins instead? i.e. "Chamberlain is not leaving (in January)" [Cortese, Dec 2010] and "No one is leaving the building (this month)" [Adkins, Jan 2011]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12205690 A former Swiss banker has passed on data containing account details of 2,000 prominent people to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. According to a report in Swiss newspaper Der Sonntag, the data covers multinationals, financial firms and wealthy individuals from many countries, including the UK, US and Germany, and covers the period 1990-2009.

Students: Take note. Here's a clever way of protesting as opposed to the ingenious tactic of creating random chaos in the centre of London..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12204369

Agreed. Thus he should get 10x greater sentence than the Fire Extinguisher student (rather than the student getting 10x less)

Just had an item about this on the BBC news channel

Either way, I anticipate there being a knee jerk reaction on here....

Would Lallana now be injured if he had been rested for the Blackpool game? Or was his injury something that would have happened anyway rather than happening as a result of too many matches? Who knows....

Erm...unless I'm missing something simple, "Chambo" could end the speculation at the drop of a hat if he so desired. Something along the lines of: "Dear Newspapers, I am not leaving Saints this month. Love, Chambo" HTH

Indeed. FFS

No.

Permission granted kind Sir. As long as I'm allowed to practice on myself every now and then....

Here's a "cup half full" view.... Lallana getting an injury now, that could keep him out for several weeks, could end up being a blessing in disguise.... To me, we were always going to be in danger of burning Lallana out over the next few months, especially with the FA Cup still on the radar. Despite having a squad rotation system (of sorts) in place, Adam was always going to be first name on the team sheet for EVERY game. Now he's got a period of enforced rest, him coming back in February/March for the final quarter of the season could well work out in our favour as he will be fresh again. Of course, this 'positive thinking' view on the situation is based on the assumption that the team will be able to stay in touch with the automatic promotion berths in the meantime. Every cloud....

Any indication on timescales? i.e. 'Imminent' or 'likely to go to the wire at the end of Jan'? cheers

3 months is "sooner" than 6 months...

But if it's speculation that may mean it's true, surely? If it's categorically "not correct" that makes it a lie rather than speculation...?

This'll teach us for not concentrating 100% on the league...

Anyway...we much prefer coming from behind....

Not anymore....I've just phoned every single one of them and there will be no more replies. Fact.

That's good news given our last couple of away results...