Whitey Grandad

It was 12 months for a period, in practice 11 months because of the notice period. In cases of redundancy it must be remembered that it is the job that is deemed redundant and not the employee. Yes indeed, the whole process must be followed precisely and if it isn't then the dismissal is 'automatically unfair'. The problem is especially difficult for small employers who don't have the resources to make sure of this.

The problem is that many employers will reach a settlement in order to reduce the potential costs.

I'm genuinely surprised at that Please, please, pretty please...

Is this good news? Will the next manager be as Awful?

An interesting question. I think they decided not to make the remaining programs and just let his contract run out.

All good points, but you forgot to mention that we are also above both Liverpool and Tottenham and if it finishes like that then you know you've had a good season.

My apologies.

They have plans (see above) for an extension this summer but from reading the Premiere League rules it seems to be more about media comfort and ground safety.

It's the threat of the tax that people hate. The reason that so few properties fall under it is that the occupants haven't died. Yet.

You're confusing me with someone who gives a toss. That I don't is one of the very few advantages of getting old. My detailed questioning of you as to the details of the incident are to demonstrate how little any of us actually know, and you in particular. The questions I ask are very often rhetorical, asking people to examine and test their views. My wider concern is with the rush to judgment, sometimes based on individual prejudices. All I am urging is that it is better to stand back and take a wider view and wait for the dust to settle before throwing the stones. Just think of me as the voice of conscience whispering in the background.

Indeed they should. One indirect consequence of exempting the family home will be a freeing up of the housing market. Anything else that discourages moving house, such as stamp duty, should also be removed. One of the reasons for transport congestion is the reluctance to move house because of the high cost of changing. 50 years ago people used to move if they got a job much more than 12 miles from their home, now they can drive up to 40 miles or more. One other interesting proposal I read was to make it more attractive for older people living in big houses to sell up and move to somewhere smaller. They argued that we needed to build more retirement homes rather than starter houses and that anyone downsizing should be exempt from stamp duty.

It's a result of following Saints for a couple of decades. These are uncharted waters for most of us, we are more used to expecting the worst.

If he joined in the summer I'd be very happy.

Carlsberg in Denmark is different to the stuff sold here, but I preferred Tuborg myself. My (later) wife and I went on a free tour of the Amstel brewery in Amsterdam in 1969 with endless free samples and I've always been partial to the stuff ever since ?

I'd like to think so. Until next weekend, at least.

? very good, like it!

I read it as 'for the Crystal Palace game'.

Oops ?

Not 'moving towards the goal'? I was surprised there wasn't a yellow. Besides, perhaps Friend saw that it was Long and therefore not an 'obvious goal scoring opportunity'

Good call. I was impressed with Burnley's attitude when they visited us. QPR seem determined to go down, Sunderland are taking lessons from them and Hull just don't seem to have the required quality, plus a nasty set of fixtures. It's all rather refreshing looking down on the relegation scrap from our lofty perch.

...and accepted being overruled without argument.

I felt a small twinge of pity at the final whistle when several of their players were down on their haunches and clearly dejected. Their body language during the later stages of the game was also revealing, dropped heads and droopy shoulders by some of them. It seemed to me that they think the game's up already. If Bruce can rebuild their confidence now then he'll be doing well. They don't play for two weeks so he'll have some time on the training pitch with them.

None of our business? Then we might as well delete the whole thread and do something more rewarding. An assault is an assault, with or without provocation. That only comes into play during sentencing.

He played one long ball early down the wing to Long that was way over-hit and then didn't try it again.

Might have. The goal he set up at Liverpool was on the right.