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Perhaps I should have said Labour as a left wing party is dead as opposed to the left as a movement.

The left is dead. Labour is tory lite. The scramble for the middle ground has left the left isolated. The right found a home in UKIP.

I'm perfectly aware of how the English political landscape would look if England ever managed to lose the whinging Celts but the "left" in England is dead anyway. Sold it's soul to Blair and is lost forever.

That's because we don't give a toss about about the Welsh or Irish and very many Englishman wish they'd fucck off alongside Scotland giving us our independence.

I'm going the closed road rides around Loch Ness, South Wales & Manchester next year an MAY do the Tour of Flanders ride, but not the full distance. Will do some of the smaller sportives run by clubs. The MAMIL club Shropshire Hills ride is excellent, but hard and the Wiggle Cheshire Cat is good early season test. Two lads I work with are doing the Etape Extreme in Wales. 220miles and 20,000ft of climbing I believe and they are doing La Marmotte as well. Nutters.

In-laws live in Brough, 10 miles or so west of hull and I was married in South Cave and around there it's nice. Beverly, just up the road from Hull is one of the nicest places in England. Hull, however, is a 'kin horrible place and anywhere east is pure banjo plucking country.

Very much looking forward to Vienna. Haven't been for close to 30 years.

The lad and I have suddenly got dental appointments that day. Early out of school for both if us.

That was me and I'm doing great thanks. As for orchestrated, don't believe everything you hear. I'd struggle to arrange a piiss up in a brewery.

Manchester has really cool vibe about it now where as Brum is now an utter shiitehole.

. Just noticed my typo.

Some lawyer he had.

I don't like Barca either. Much prefer Saville.

Some are excellent some less so. Closed road events are FUCCKING EPIC. I'm planning on doing the 4 big ones next year. My club have an organised ride every weekend, often two. There is always a sportive running somewhere if you want to do one.

It's not the shorts, it's the saddle. Hybrid saddles aren't built for that sort of mileage. Mine wrecks me after 20miles but I can bang out 120miles in the road bike, same shorts, no problem. If you are after a really good pair of shorts though then Vermarc Tinto bib-shorts are well worth looking at or if you're riding through the winter look at their Roubaix 3/4s.

Berlin takes some beating and I love Copenhagen as well but Venice packs the WoW and Rome beats you over the head with history. My missus has just piped up with Florence & Parma. We are just sorting out a city break double header with the kids and it looks like Munich / Vienna is the plan.

Why is it we have such a vacuum of English DMs?

Let's be fair, he's certainly UCL quality so no surprise it's where he wants to play.

Blinkered blue who thinks everything tory is golden, or as they are known around here, cuunts.

Two well taken goals.

Beyond awful.

I wonder if the PM would face a vote of no confidence if the YES vote wins?

It was only when the only Burton fan I know said this morning that they'd beaten the skates that I even knew that they'd played. They've fallen so far they've becoming utterly unimportant to me.

She's saved all her pocket money & birthday money since Xmas. When I was 9 I wanted an Action Man tank or a Raleigh Grifter!

I know where DD is working at the mo' and what he does and I'm quite sure that he's correct allowing for his particular area of expertise.