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Littlejohn, speaking for the people there. What a c*nt he is.

So Robsk is ginger after all....

Franck Ribery...

The one behind the station was alright, think it's closed down now though. Called the Railway Inn or something. My local closed down for a couple of months while new tenants did it up also, and granted it looks really nice in there now (it was a bit grotty before), but the prices are crazy. I paid £4.50 for a bottle of Kopparberg in there on Monday, the pub up the road does it for £3.30 and they're on offer in Tesco at 2 for £4 at the moment! Absolutely crazy. It's the greedy breweries that are ruining the pubs as they dictate all the prices, driving them up too high and driving all the regulars away.

That's got my vote.

He'll be querying what somebody is conversing about in heaven with the angels right now... RIP Gary

Harewood has strong ties to Pardew as he signed him for West Ham, then he went on to be the highest scoring English player in the Prem that season (I think). Would be a quality signing up front imo, very bullish but also very skilfull. Another possibility is Warren Feeney, he's going on a free and is a regular Northern Ireland international. He's pacy and tricky around the box, like David Connolly. Worth a punt?

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And also, I wouldn't object against giving the USA handouts, although they don't really need it and have good governance. I'm sure we receive aid from other countries too, albeit not in the same form as a cash handout that is given to poorer countries.

I've not been to India, but I do know enough about it having studied the country as a case study at college. While there is wealth in the country, some of it massive, there are also absolutely massive levels of poverty. Take that Dharavi slum in Mumbai for instance, seen below: It's absolutely massive, it's estimated that there are over 1m people living there. You could then say therefore that it's about 1/6 of the size of London. The people living there have no money, no access to clean water, diseases run riot and on last count there was 1 toilet per 1440 people in the entire slum. These are the people that need the aid most. Now, while I agree that the Indian governemental policy is wrong and they should be focusing on helping these people before starting space exploration, the temptation to strive to emulate first world countries such as the US is too much for developing countries such as India. Instead of cutting the aid to India because they're apparently not spending it in the right places, we should focus on setting up some kind of influence inside the governmental sector in order to make sure that it's spent properly. It can't be that hard for the UK government to give the aid money to the British Embassy in India to dispense rather than giving it straight to the Indian government, and that way it will lead to fairer dispersal.

Led Zep would've been fantastic, but Plant has given up on that now. I think he thought it'd be a one-off, but such high demand has driven his band closer to a full reunion (obviously without JB) and him further away from one. Kylie is meh. Coldplay are awful. Gorillaz will be great, they'll have a myriad of special guests (conveniently most of the guest stars on their latest album were playing Glasto anyway) and any band with Damon Albarn in will never put on a bad show.

The Indian government aren't putting all of our aid into their space programme and other such nik naks, it's specified that some of it has to go towards helping the people living in abject poverty, which, as AndyNorthernSaints and I have both said, is unfeasibly high for a country which is on the verge of becoming a really big player in world politics with population, industry and economy growth. Stopping the aid completely would lead to the poorest becoming even poorer. We just need to make sure that what we give is used properly. And Lord Duckhunter, you can look at the gross GDP of a country and make vast generalisations on whether they're worthy of the aid that we give them, but figures can often lie. China may be regarded as a middle-earning country now, but that mainly applies to city workers. People living in rural areas often don't have two coins to rub together, there are still so many people living in poverty in China which people seem to skirt over, and these are the people who need the aid the most. Saudi Arabia is rich from it's oil exports, but don't think that every Saudi Arabian gets a slice of the profits. There are some exceedingly rich people in SA and some exceedingly poor people, often the ones doing the groundwork for the oil companies for a low wage. Unfortunately, it often comes down to the governmental handling of the aid again, which means that most of it is squandered.

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Would you have preferred Cliff Richard?

Yeah, Band of Brothers was a lot better, although The Pacific has its plusses as well. In BoB you got a much better sense of the company as a kind of family, and you were completely immersed in their lives and struggles on the front. The Pacific cuts away far too much from the actual lives of the soldiers on the frontline, it just muddled the story and meant long periods of inactivity, such as Episode 3 and 4, in which NOTHING HAPPENED WHATSOEVER. Episode 10 will be another non-started imo, slightly disappointed with the series but I guess I had high hopes after the masterpiece that was BoB.

54% What is the pass percentage!? :confused:

As a last-minute replacement they're top notch imo. Better than f*cking Coldplay anyway.

The Indian government haven't quite got their priorities sorted. They still have a large amount of the population living in abject poverty in rural areas and slums in large cities such as Mumbai, yet they're spending billions on a space programme. Most of our aid will go on government spending, but there will be some people that will benefit from it, and i'm not sure how well protected they'd be if we stopped giving them aid.

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs/Month of May This is their long-awaited new single, got to say I like it a lot. Bit of a grower, more like the stuff on their first EP rather than the tracks on Funeral and Neon Bible. More stripped back, less studio gloss. Can't wait to see them at Reading! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jG9lqa8Uvw

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Why should we stop it then TDD?