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Yep, agree with that, although Hunt was being 'Paxmaned' at the time and you could see that he was trying desperately to squeeze a controversial soundbite out of him rather than ask objective questions. But that's the hallmark of a good interviewer I guess.

More irrational left wing reaction to a common sense statement by a Conservative minister I see this morning. Funny how "don't have loads of children if you can't afford them" gets twisted to "nasty Tories tell poor not to have ANY children" That's not what he said. I stopped at two kids because I couldn't afford any more. Why shouldn't "poor" people follow the same logic ? Sigh

2:30 ?

Noooooooooooo! http://mobile.saintsfc.co.uk/runtime/southampton/article?articleId=2178071

Ah, cheers. I have to admit that the last time I studied consumer law academically was 1985 and they didn't have the interweb then :-)

You're not legally entitled to return a purchase for refund and/or exchange unless the goods are faulty. The retailer can of course offer a 'no questions asked' returns service if they choose but they are under no legal obligation to do so.

You don't have to keep it. That's the beauty of conservatism (with a small 'c') - it puts choice in the hands of the citizen rather than the state. I assume pensioners who don't need this handout give it to a charity of their choice? Or, of course, we could always get the government to deploy an expensive and beaurocratic means testing system for it....

cit·i·zen (st-zn) n. 1. A person owing loyalty to and entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation. 2. A resident of a city or town, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there. 3. A civilian. 4. A native, inhabitant, or denizen of a particular place: "We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human community" (Franklin D. Roosevelt). [Middle English citisein, from Anglo-Norman citesein, alteration (perhaps influenced by dainzain, denizen) of Old French citeain, from cite, city; see city.]

Ah, though it might. Just saw it in today's London evening standard and assumed it was a fresh slant on things.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-23885251-now-abramovichs-not-even-the-richest-owner-among-the-capitals-elite.do First time I've seen us formally listed in rich clubs chart. I guess it doesn't offer any reassurances about the Leibherr family's future intentions as I suspect the list compiler simply replaced 'markus liebherr' with 'liebherr family' at the last minute. For instance, wasn't the £3bn they quote markus's wealth alone rather than the family as a whole? Edit: more here: http://fourfourtwo.com/lists/thefootballrichlist20102011thefull100.aspx

Shame Pulis didn't qualify for selection by the Faroe Islands then...or perhaps he did... but didn't quite make the squad? Re: cancellation vs postponement... Fair cop.....I know what i meant but have 10 points all the same for a good spot... ;-)

How many players does a lower league club need to lose due to international duty to effect a cancellation? I thought it was 2 but obviously not.

Is this just a ploy to detract our attention from the Michael Owen signing press conference being arranged for the same time?

About to be bought by 'New England Sports Ventures' apparently.

When are Labour due to announce the cuts they were planning for this parliament had they won? Genuine question.

Leonard Coming Never understood why 'he' was banned in the 'Paul Allen Takeover' days....

Chicken and mushroom?

Change the rules to only allow sensible rational human beings into football games. Problem solved.

Anyone ever thought of getting sponsorship for these quotation-a-thons? The national debt would be wiped out quicker than you can say: "lol at those who benefitting from the banking boom now slagging them off" *big wink*

Might be more of a challenge to come up with a 'never been arrested' 11...???

Matt Le Tissier. He was always Hungary

Any good streams today? cheers

Bloody Tories!! That's me a grand worse off a year then. Since when did I vote for robbing from the supposedly "rich" to give to the "poor"? FFS That's it, I'm voting Labour next time....

Indeed. I was fully expecting to logon this morning to find only chief detective constables logged onto the Saints forum..... ;-)

Good to see the Saintsweb Forum breaking the news 12 hours before the meeja....