Whitey Grandad

Yes, I agree, he's better that the last two, certainly.

I'm saying that there are plenty of fat cats in the public sector, some of the salaries in the local authorities and the NHS are eye-watering. Huge pay packets are not restricted to the private sector.

Puncheon wanted to go for personal family reasons.

Local authorities are a poor example of financial responsibility. Just take a look at the salaries of the fat-cat executives and the staffing levels over the last twenty years or so and try to justify that.

If we qualify it will be because of our performances over the why season irrespective of others.

Something special? Let's be honest, deep in our hearts we all knew this was going to happen, didn't we?

Indeed, you're quite right, it's just that the public sector has no concept of controlling costs. The rise of Lido and Aldi shows that prices can be reduced if competition is allowed. Rail privatisation is another issue though, I have understood how this was supposed to improve things. As now-gone MP David Price used to say 'How can you have competition when one train can't overtake another?'

I mean optional in the sense that commuting is optional. I'm sure that the cost of travel would have been considered in deciding where to work and where to live.

Well spotted. I hadn't forgotten that.

Petrol cost is mostly duty and VAT, the profit element is very small. Energy has several suppliers but would be cheaper without the green subsidy. Food can be a lot cheaper if you avoid the supermarkets and are prepared to do a little work on it. SWT is entirely optional.

I can't add to that.

Every player gets steadily better when they're not playing, but we do miss him badly.

They are not 'savage cuts' they are only taking us back to the levels of a few years ago. They are cuts in increases.

You were doing ok until the last bit. The inefficiencies may be in the prices but payment of these is optional as opposed to the taxes and borrowings needed to fund the public sector.

Our season was over months ago and ended when Forster was carried off. Who would have thought that overwatering the pitch would have killed off our dreams?

They are there to serve the public but they also work for the public and that responsibility extends to spending other workers' money with responsibility.

The overdraft hasn't been spent on these things. It has gone on supporting the State of Dependancy.

Good point. Interest repayments on our national debt this year will be £57bn which is half the NHS budget of £114bn. If the debt interest is reduced there would be more to spend on health.

The NHS is just over one year older than me and during its existence there have been governments of all shapes and colours. It will still be going after I've gone. Don't be such a melodramatic wussy.

Every politician spends other people's money.

The referendum was about independence. This vote was about who they wanted to represent them in Westminster.

What cuts to the NHS?

I'm sure I wouldn't. As a man I spend most of my time playing pocket billiards sow why should I be different as a woman?

We could do without that. More years of uncertainty.

American English is a different and separate language and we are all the richer for it. I think we can all understand each other.