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[emoji38] 2-2!

Labour would certainly do better in that scenario but 'her' policies would come under far more scrutiny than they did last night. For example, she banged on about the NHS being 100% public sector in Scotland which is an outright lie as several services have been outsourced to private companies under the SNP's watch (indeed, IIRC, it may even be at a greater pace than under the coalition on a per capita comparison). The SNP have also not passed on the full amount of NHS spending increases in England to the NHS in Scotland (as per the 'Barnet Consequentials') so where has that money gone? To subsidise one of their populist giveaway policies one would venture. Also, she plays the crowd-pleasing/vote-winning "free universities" card at every opportunity yet, as I understand it, this has been at the expense of significantly reduced college places (the figure of 144,000 rings a bell). Sturgeon had the advantage last night of knowing that her opponents and the TV audience know less about the specifics of devolved Scottish policy than she knows about the policies of the UK wide parties, and she used it to great advantage. Delve beneath the "everything is wonderful in Scotland under the SNP" mantra and you get a politician who is as economical with the truth as any of the others. Also, the complete lack of irony when she said to Cameron: "Don't act like a petulant schoolchild, threatening to leave if you don't get your way." about his stance with the EU was amusing.

37%

Almost.....we're twins... separated at birth

Damn....I was thinking of popping by....

Doesn't make them wrong either. There's no such thing as 'right' or 'wrong' when it comes to personal taste in 'the arts'. (Said trousers stating the obvious for once)

http://talksport.com/football/premier-league-trio-chase-caen-star-ngolo-kante-150402141964 Caen? Kante? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrDxAg8iVBM

It's tinpot time fellow nutjobs.... http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/video-andy-awford-press-conference-1-6670385

Steven Davis confirmed as doubtful, but not totally ruled out....Koeman: "he has a groan problem" (cue confusion from the lady journo! )

Any time now....

(starts at 9 mins 20 secs)

People already have the option to do that though. Or are you suggesting a cutoff where the opt-out should become mandatory?

Pap suggested it, not me

The Tories don't have a monopoly on perpetuating myths.....

Sounds like a good model to me.... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada "Health care in Canada is delivered through a publicly funded health care system, which is mostly free at the point of use and has most services provided by private entities."

Martin Freeman....? http://order-order.com/2015/04/01/freeman-at-the-point-of-use/#_@/js9_LV9eGQYWwQ

Cheers. So, in summary, tinpot accounting by a tinpot football club....

As per the ONS link I posted I'm sure some are, but I don't have the stats to hand on the new jobs. I'll have a dig for them later (not that anyone will believe them of course, unless it turns out a significant percentage are zero hours upon which the figures will be revered) The NHS isn't being privatised and never will. Yes, there are services being outsourced, under both labour and the tories , (and always have been - GPs for example) but the NHS will always be "free" at the point of use. My wife had a cancer scare last year and we had an excellent experience when going through the screening process, a service which happened to be run by Virgin Care. Sorry to hear about the number of ops you've had. Puts life, and these forum debates, into perspective. All the best.

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lmac/contracts-with-no-guaranteed-hours/zero-hour-contracts--2014/index.html http://www.cityam.com/212637/general-election-2015-was-david-cameron-right-about-zero-hours-contracts-during-paxman-clash

What, like the c.2m that have already been created you mean?

Nominated again for March.... http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/12865392.Koeman_nominated_for_manager_of_the_month___again_/

Awful: "There aren't any easy games in this league, as we've found out"