Pugwash

So the fans have 'single'-handedly saved their club. (and £48m - plus an extra £3m - of Parachute Payments didn't help a bit...)

So what happened to Chinny's 'fixed and floating charge' on all assets? Or have they just forgotten about that?

Morgan and Shaw

Avast. Currently seems a bit better than AVG.

Hmmm. There are no doubt many similar views expressed by Tories about Labour ideologies; and therein lies the problem. The 20th century was defined by extreme politics of all colours. Most of the wars were 'political' wars from WW2, through the struggles for independence, Vietnam, Iran and the Falklands. Bevan was a reaction to pre-war Tory governments. The Unions were inspired by his political views. Thatcher, Reagan and co were polar reactions to those Left-wing 'de-stabilising' influences, and probably did as much harm. Surely by now, in this 21st Century, we should be enlightened and educated enough to reject old tub-thumping politics and actually get behind reasonable people who actually want to manage and grow the country? Call me a cynic, but the views (by both Left and Right) being expressed on here, together with the clear lack of empathy and understanding from our current batch of politicians leads me to despair...

Blimey! Salmond says something sensible for once.

Sorry Jack, but that is just not true. The Manufacturing index of production fell by nearly 40% between 1979 and 1982, the steepest decline since the war. Less steep declines also occurred at the end of the eighties/early nineties and between 2000 and 2003, but none as bad as those first 2-3 years. Some years ago, after Maggie resigned, they interviewed her old cabinet members and every one of them said how disastrous those monetary policies were. Even Milton Friedman was less than positive. Having said that, this is an interesting article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/22/manufacturing_figures/ Makes some good points, but kind of misses the point when it states that 'Maggie didn't eviscerate the manufacturing base'. Yes GDP has continued to increase in general terms, but we're all in service industries. Whilst it's nice to think we've all gone up the food chain by writing software code to design Rolls-Royce's latest jet engine, the computers that we use are all designed and built in Taiwan and the machine tools in Japan. And when we drive home in the evening in our German cars, we watch our Korean TV, put our clothes in the Italian washing machine and switch on lights that are powered by a French company.

Mixed feelings about this. Some rather ridiculous eulogising going on here. Yes she was a strong, outstanding leader and she was the type of leader the country needed at the turn of the eighties to rebuild Britain's self-esteem and get a grip on industrial relations. However, her disastrous Friedman monetary policies in her first two-three years nearly bankrupted the nation and was only averted by the combined rebellion of virtually her entire cabinet. The Falklands conflict was a huge morale boost for the country at the time and enabled her to be a major influence on the international stage. The unfortunate consequences of the subsequent landslide election victory was an utterly amoral and corrupt government through the mid-eighties. For those that can remember, the scale of dirty dealings dwarfed anything in recent years from Blair and Brown. Her management of the economy during the eighties wasn't the great 'rise in prosperity' that her supporters regularly trumpet. Much of it was built on the release of capital from privatising industries, the North Sea Oil revenues boom and the de-regulation of the financial services industry. Black Monday anyone? A great leader, yes. But as with so many long-serving politicians she thought she was untouchable, whereas she actually became more and more out-of-touch with reality. Ultimately it was this arrogance and her autocratic attitude and own dogmatic sense of self-righteousness that got her dumped out of office. I won't be cracking the champagne. She deserves recognition for giving us back our self-respect as a nation and for changing the work ethos of the common man. However, the damage her policies wrought to our manufacturing base and the fabric of our society will continue to disadvantage us for a generation. So, no - I won't be mourning her passing either.

How is the SD card formatted? If FAT32 then maximum 32GB, so does phone support NTFS? This is the reason some phones only work reliably with 32GB cards.

Somebody will start comparing him to Merson soon, just you wait and see...

2-1 FT. Came back well after 1-0 down with Arsenal the better side for the first 25 minutes. Sinclair equalised before half-time, with Harrison Reed putting Saints ahead with a 25-yard belter. Good performance from Saints, with Isgrove, Turnbull, Rowe and Sinclair turning in good performances. Now up to 3rd in the Elite League.

So it would appear that Factless Allen was factually incorrect when he stated that King Kanu took the Cheats to an FL Tribunal for the £3m, when in fact he waived the money because the club was in trouble. Does that constitute lying, or just incompetent journalism?

Saints 2-1 now, Harrison Reed with a cracker.

And we all know why he shaved off his 'tache...

Factless Allen in another "Here's another poor sap we've mugged off for £millions" shocker...

Indeed they are, thanks in no small amount to the Marshall Plan and British post-war industrial management. However, they certainly are not the most inventive or creative, especially when compared to the innovation coming out of this country - which unfortunately usually ends up being developed by other nations (like Germany and the US). Anyway we all know Sepp and his mates have the whole thing sewn up.

Isn't this all old news? The six months in the Prem: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?43668-Saints-financial-figures&highlight=ACCOUNTS

Surprised that it's a German company....not.

Love this quote: "This meant there was an "over-emphasis" on short-term financial performance, reinforced by a bonus and pay culture that rewarded money-making over serving the interests of customers and clients." That would presumably have included financially-prudent clients and customers who were reducing their overdrafts in agreement with said bank?

'coz we keep beating all their rivals for the title...

St Marys has got four ends??!!

What's the news on Boruc? He clearly doubled back on his way to the dressing room to go see the coaches at half-time. The guy who came out to explain the change of keeper seemed to point to his head.

Interesting comment that Beatts just made about Sir Clive getting Jonny Wilkinson in to teach the squad how to kick a football! The senior players just ignored him and went home.

Whereabouts was this nonce? What stand/block?

And SRL has scored the same number of goals as the three of them put together.