Lord Duckhunter

Im sure I remember listening to Bradford details on the way home from The Dell. Hillsborough I was working abroad with a load of scousers , so wasn't particularly pleasant when news came through. One lad lost a mate and if I remember a couple of others had family there, but were ok. We had a big fund raising weekend and all the expats dug very deep, including mancs. I was forced to sing ynwal in a Liverpool top and my mate sang owts in my drapper tools saints top. I think more went into the kitty to make us stop, than to hear us sing. I know the band that agreed to play for free were getting ****ed off with my roger dalwtry swinging of the mike.

I like the system, but I think its one that needs to be worked on preseason. I would think chambers could easily play right side centre half in that system.

You can't just change decisions because players "confess" , otherwise every time we get a red card all the players will be surrounding the ref shouting " it was Jos".

I hope you're joking. How much are these world class players going to cost, how much are we going to have to pay them to come to a non champions league club and what happens if clubs above us also add 2 world class players to their squads?

The "not enough notice" guff doesn't wash when labour are still floundering around trying to get their narrative right in response to the budget. On Daily Politics today the shadow chief secretary to the treasury Chris Leslie couldn't answer Wiggy Neil or jo Cols simple questions. One was " what specific measure do you disaprove of" and then it git even more pathetic when asked "what specific measure do you approve of". Quite frankly 24 hours after the budget and a shadow treasury spokesman is still throwing around class warfare is depressing in the extreme. Talk about ****ing playground politics, they're even starting to make the lib/dems look grown up. Pathetic, worst level of debate I've seen in 30 years of watching politics. Fair enough , the day of the budget includes some knockabout stuff (although ed way overdid it) but the next day should be serious forensic analysis on the measures and the effects they'll have on people. They've seriously misjudged their response imo.

But all the others have managed to present some arguments against the budget proposals. Being a bit of a geek I've watched or listened to well over 20 of them and Red Ed's response was by far and away the worst I've ever seen.Dan Hodges claims that had Kinnock's or Blair's aides given them that speech or advised that speech, they'd have been sacked in an instant.

Why do people automatically assume papers are making things up when clubs are linked with players. They then claim transfers not going ahead is proof of these lies. The fact is that with modern scouting methods clubs will have numerous potential signings for each position. They'll be grouped into short, medium and long term targets. I would expect chambers to be on every single top clubs radar, certainly on arsenals. That doesn't mean he'll sign, but it doesn't mean the paper is making it up. Its not as black and white as people make out.

That's exactly as my Dad explained in to me over 30 years ago. He said its the opposite of life insurance. You take out life insurance in case you die and an annuity in case you live a long time. There's a ticking timebomb and its people in their 30's and 40's facing a real drop in living standards once they retire . Browns vandalism of final salary pensions will haunt us for generations, and what for? So he could **** our money away like a drunken sailor on leave.

The opposition was based on the fact that it was "unaffordable", surely they'll claim at the next election that because they managed the finances well they found they could afford it. Anyway, raising it again this time is a political move from the Lib/Dumbs, not some sort of moral crusade to help the poorest workers. If you wanted to help the poorest then the best way to do that this time was to raise the rate they pay NI, not take more out of PAYE. Talking of their pledges, how did the tuition fee one go?

In must circumstances I'd agree, it's people's money and it's not for governments to tell them how they must spend it. However, it is the unintended consequences that concern me. I may be way off the mark and have no pension knowledge really, but some things stick out as a warning for me. If pensions are to become basically a savings plan that you can access at 65, over time will the work place pension die out. At the moment employers pay a contribution towards a "salary" when you retire in the form of an annuity. Will the moral case to do so still be in place if they're funding cruises, people paying off their mortgage, season tickets at SMS ect ect? What happens to the annuity industry, I always assumed that annuity rates were based on some people popping their clogs early and their pots contributing to the rates. If most people take their pots, wont that drive down the annuity rates still further as that money will be denied to the Companies as it's already been spent. The fact insurance companies share prices have gone down considerably today tells us that it's bad for the Insurance industry and at the end of the day, for all its faults we need a strong insurance sector. My main worry however is Government meddling. Once you brake the model of what a money purchase pension is and turn it into a savings account it is left to the whims and political decisions of future chancellors. It maybe I'm wrong and that this becomes a defining moment that improves peoples retirements, but I cant help thinking that it's the money that will be freed up and spent in the economy that GO has his eye on, rather than the long term future of the nations workers.

These things are complicated but at first glance the Pension announcement looks bad to me. Being a free market believer I instinctively believe that people should do what the hell they want with their own money, but not forcing people to buy an annuity could lead to real problems. Annuities are there to stop people ****ing their pensions up too quickly and have a consistent income coming in. The other issue that concerns me is when one Government starts dicking around with this, Balls or the next Labour chancellor wont be able to resist raiding our pension pots with some clever move in future. Brown killed off the Final Salary schemes, and I'm worried this move will have a harmful effect on money purchase ones.

Unbelievable that they got anywhere near us. We played in third gear, but still should have got 6/7. Poorest side to visit SMS this season by a mile. JWP gone backwards, Clyne done well, MS man of match.

I didn't pass information on to the Nazi's. According to Anatoly Chernyaev, the Soviet Union's contact man with the West during the cold war, Foot passed information on to help defeat the "common enemy" (The Torys) and Jones was paid by the USSR.

Leaving Nato and getting rid of our nuclear weapons unilaterally, was profoundly dangerous during the cold war.

Of course he was frigging dangerous. All this CND and anti NATO guff in the middle of the cold war was extremely dangerous had loons like him and Foot got into power. Add to that his economic plans and we'd have ended up a basket case of a country. Foot and Jones were borderline traitors, Benn misguided, but he'd would have had these commie useful idiots alongside him. Whose next for the Lady Di BBC tributes, who is the next great leftie that our esteemed state broadcaster bestows greatness upon despite being wrong time and time again. Skinner , springs to mind. Another "national treasure".

Spot on. Some of the posters could do with a life on mars experiance and be transported back to the early 70's. Wedgie Benn wasn't some sort of Owen Jones boy next door leftie to be indulged whilst the big boys get on with running the country. He was a dangerous loon, hell bent on changing our already ****ed society into some sort of socialist republic. People like him, foot and jack Jones weren't friendly cuddly national treasures at all, they were muddled loons preaching sheite at a very dangerous time in the world. Their ideology and politics was defeated and rejected by the British people thankfully. New Labour was the final confirmation of that. Benn even commented that the 1981 election result was a "start" and that rather than a humiliation for the party , was great because millions had voted for their socialist ideals. Luckily sanity ruled and even the old windbag Kinnock could see they needed to move on from the bennitte curse.

He was a conviction politician , the problem was nearly all his convictions were wrong. He was not the cuddly old granddad figure he became in the 00's, he was a seriously deluded loon, particularly in the 60's and 70's. Like Michael Foot, it's amazing how someone can be so wrong so often. He caused deep divisions within his own party and contributed greatly to the Thatcher success story. Very, Very selfish politician who nearly destroyed the party he claimed to love. No doubt the BBC will big him up and make him out to be some sort of political great. That said, it's always sad when someone passes , particularly for the family.

I've been to 8, Wba and palace no booking fee, Liverpool, Norwich, man utd, arsenal, Everton and Fulham had one. Strange, I just assumed somebody had cocked up and not loaded it onto website.

I was born in the city, but dads job took us away when I was 12, have not been back since except for football and the odd mayflower show. Very proud of the football club, but never really felt anything towards the city. Moved around a lot before finely settling in Poole about 20 years ago. Feel a Poole man now, and really love the place. Dad lives in the Forest and it is lovely, but I couldn't live there. Apart from the club, dont particularly like the city. Poorly laid out, **** poor for boozers , I can think of 20 cities id rather live in. I dont mean to offend anyone, each to their own. But its really not for me.

Shame, I know his old fella and was hoping he'd make the first team and boost my itk credentials. His dad was a really good youth player that never made it, one of the best around until about 16.I don't think some people realise just how good you have to be to make it at the top of the game.

The right to withdraw your Labour is a fundamental part of a free market economy IMO. I find it ironic that people moaning about Tubes not running on Boxing day (or having to pay the drivers a premium for doing so) are exercising their right to shop and spend money freely when and where they want to, yet these supporters of a free market want to deny others the right to withdraw their Labour.

"A modern unionist" passionately opposed to the EU. A man who spent his whole life fighting for working people, who realised that EU immigration has suppressed their wages and been disastrous for the employment chances of the unskilled British youngster.

Sad, especially for his children. To lose a father of that young age is painful and our thoughts should be with them. Always thought Crow was a decent lefty. Believed what he said, and did exactly what a union leader should do, he did his best for his members. It was the people who kept caving into him that were at fault , not Bob. A vehemently anti EU campaigner, he would have been an important voice from the left in any referendum. I'd rather see people like crow running the workers party than the present bunch of half wits that try to be all things to all men (and women), except "The Bankers". To see posh privately educated people like Harman, Hunt, Balls playing at protecting the working class is nauseating. People like Crow and Alan Johnson are the authentic voice of the working man, the rest are just middle class posh kids slightly to the left of the wet side of the Tory party.

Despite south west trains making me stand all the way from parkway to clapham and a ****e view (we were 3 rows from the back), a decent away day. Great to see us win a scrappy tight game. Thought back 4 did well , and Adam for 60 mins. Thought we lost it a bit up top when Rickie went off, but overall pleasing game. MP seemed up for it.

Do you see a conspiracy in everything? These people don't go around telling people " I'm into looking at naked kids" . How on earth can this be an example of Cameron's judgement. They don't have a big stamp on their head with nonse writtern on it. Nobody would suggest that Dawltry's judgement is flawed by being in a band with Pete Townsend. Yet mention the Tory party and you get a hard on.