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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11992177 I've always liked the cut of Mr Reid's jib...

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Are you my wife?

"Oh no they're not!" (which end of the horse would you like to be sir?) ;-)

Exactly

The coalition policy is causing companies to re-think their intake policy - i.e. Consider more school leavers than university graduates. Surely that's making things LESS elitist....?

I send my daughter to private school but have had to sacrifice holidays and don't have any disposable income left. So, you're correct...it's not strictly true...

Me? Contradict myself? Nah, never....that would make me a hypocrite.... ;-) So, are we in agreement then that any money that you are compelled to pay the chancellor of the exchequer in the future can be labelled a "debt"? We wouldn't want to be inconsistent, would we? I'm currently £420,000 in "debt"...

Ssshhhh.....don't give the facts away just yet...we're having far too much fun with the mythology at the moment.... ;-)

Oops...I should have corrected the "debt" bit too while I was being helpful. It should read "small additional contribution via PAYE" ;-)

Corrected it for you. My pleasure

Two words: John & Prescott ;-)

I see what you did there... ;-)

In tonight's London Evening Standard: "Leading accountants are to target school leavers amid fears they will be put off going to university by the tripling (sic) of tuition fees. Companies including Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte and KPMG plan to increase the number of places for students who have not been to university." Surely this is the 'win win win' that I've mentioned before? i.e. It's the companies that end up paying to 'further educate' their new intake of employees rather than the state or the students themselves. Great to see this clever coalition policy starting to have a positive common sense effect so quickly. Everyone's a winner. Can someone give the students a gentle nudge to tell them they don't need to vandalise public property anymore. Many thanks.

If only you humans realised how funny you are

I know it's out of context and not a full measure of our performance but I didn't go to the game and have just watched the extended highlight and, as far as I can tell, we had some decent chances and on another day would have come away with something from the game. As I say, I don't doubt the overall performance wasn't good enough but when I then watched the Adkins post-match interview I could see what he was getting at.

If it's "only the internet" then there are just as many reasons for publishing the infractions as there are not. If it "doesn't matter" then it doesn't matter one way or t'other.... Shirley?

The "furthering of knowledge" isn't a domain that is exclusive to universities. I didn't go to university and look how clever I turned out... ;-)

What happened to the idea of publishing who has been banned and why? Transparency and all that. A good idea which can't do any harm IMHO

It's just a planet FFS

Come and drown your sorrows at the soul cellar!!!

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Tonight I'm off to the Soul Cellar. Southampton rock band COAST are playing there tonight - should be s good crack. Where do others tend to head for after a home game? Same venue every time or does it depend on what's on?

Ah...just realised I was doing the wrong rough calculation....just checked and it's £1400 per month (income tax + NI) ....so I'm only £420,000 in debt for the rest of my working life....phew! :-)

Quite. I'm a worker who contributes to the Exchequer roughly £2,000 per month. That means my "debt" (to coin a much mis-used word), in terms of mandatory future payment required of me by the exchequer, is approximately £500,000. Five hundred grand I'm in debt right now! Sheesh...Where's the next riot....let me at them....this is war....innit