Lord Duckhunter

It happens all the time, as most singers get older they struggle, particulary if they had a few "lifestyle issues". The real great ones are able to adapt and mantain a really high standard. Look at Rod Stewart, his voice is a pale shadow of what it was in the Faces. That's why I admire people like McCartney so much, to sing like he does at his age is unbelievable, particulary when he had no formal training.

Would prefer Chris Baird

I disagree with the original post, Johhny cash has a great voice, like another Country legend Willie nelson, it's unique and not to everyones taste, but it's a great voice that fits many many songs. Bob Dylan is an obvious one to me, but I'd also include 3 of my favourite artists kris kristofferson, Leon Russell and Robbie Robertson, who all have pretty average voices. The difference with some of the clowns around today is that Dylan, Kristofferson, Russell and Robertson wrote some fantastic songs, they also adapted their voices somewhat.As someone said above, it's just pretty boys and girls singing karaoke nowadays.

Surely if your tax was used for polititicans to waste, for work shy lay-a-bouts to buy new TV's and have foregin holidays, then you have a right to moan. If tax revenues was targetted at the very needy and welfare was a safety net only, then you would get to keep more of your own money. You could then donate more of it to causes close to your heart, rather than the man in Whitehall spending it for you.

Cheap point, that you could fit to any arguement. It's a bit rich people complaining about their benefits being cut "whilst half of Africa starve to death", it's a bit rich people complaining about the price of beer, the SFC ticket charges, The poll tax, the coalition Government or the price of petrol "whilst half of Africa starve to death". Perhaps we could all live on £300 a week and thank our lucky stars we dont live in Africa.

Spot on, How on earth did we end up with a tax system that takes tax out of someone's take home pay, and then gives them some of it back in the form of "tax credits" (which is just welfare). If people need welfare, then dont tax them in the first place.

Claiming that cutting the top rate of tax takes money out of the public purse is too simplistic. When Thatcher reduced it from 83% to 60%, more money was collected in tax. Tax rates should be set at a level that generates the most income, not as some sort of punishment for earning too much money.

Looks like he's been out with the Bullingdon Club again............

It shouldn't surprise anyone that Lambert and AL are on £25,000 a week. But there is no way that NC would give out this information at a Q&A session,IMO.............

That reminds me of a story I read, where another teams keeper posted on a forum, and reveiled who he was. To prove it the posters asked him to do something he doesn't normally do in the game, and so every goal kick he arranged to kick the post with his studs before taking it. This he did, proving he was who he said he was. The keeper then claimed that another player was also a poster , and to prove it, he would also do something he didn't normally do during a game.He asked what he should do to prove it, what did they want him to do that he didn't normally do, and the reply he got was "pass to one of our players". Cant remember which side it was, but it made me laugh.

I dont believe for one minute that any players wages were discussed, that's totally unprofessional and say what you like about NC but he does not come across as unprofessional to me........

Yes, but he was very unprofessional about it. He seemed to lose his rag with the supporters and undermined his manager somewhat.

http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/A-Message-From-The-Owners-2522.aspx The owners have spoken

Mitchell is a right clown http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/9578747.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/9578747.stm I've only listened for 5 minutes and Mitchell is coming over as a right clown.

He had the chance to redeem himself at Rangers and Blackpool and scored the grand total of 0 goals. Hollowhead takes all sorts of waifs and strays, but not JB it seems. Living close by and giving 110% are irrelavant. Most of us fall into that category. If you cant r score a goal in SPL, what chance have you got? There are plenty of guys who've scored a hatful in the SPL or looked great, but struggled in England.We should not be a retirement home for explayers just because they love the club. If he'd never played for saints, not one person would want him signing on the back of his record the past 3 years.

If there's someone available within our price range and wage structure who wants to sign for us, then all well and good. Personally, I'm glad to see the end of signing people for the sake of it, or because they look good on paper. These people (Adkin's, Reed and Cortese) are professional's who know what they are doing. They'll have a plan B lined up in case of an injury crisis,they'll be looking at loan players and targets for Jan constantly throughout the season. The issue for me is if Lambert gets injured, because I think we can cover anything happeneing to DC. I've no doubt that the people at the club are aware of this and have loan options in mind if this should happen. There was no point adding to the squad with players that are no better than we have, who we will be stuck with.I'm glad those days are over............

Phillips is a better footballer and has kept himself in shape. He would have scored a hatful for Rangers and they would not have let him go. The past 2 and a half years he's scored 9 goals, got kicked out of Stoke after falling out with Pulis, didn't score a goal in the Scottish pub league or for Blackpool and is now without a club-That's why it's a no from me..........

Grace Slick was a decent singer and pretty fit back in her day.........

Would rather see Chris Baird back than JB. Was pretty hopeless for Hollowhead at Blackpool and now chucked on the scrap heap by Rangers. What's he going to add that RL & DC dont give us. Type of signing Burley would make, we've moved on now.

It's not a strange thing to say, Milliband and his family avoided some Inheritance Tax and his brother channels all non parliamentry earnings through "The office of David Milliband Ltd". The upshot meaning 20% tax is paid on those earnings rather than high rates of income tax.Perfectly legal, as I'm sure Philip Green's schemes are as well. You mention Barclays and Vodafone, yet The Guardians parent company use similar schemes to dodge tax.At least Vodafone don't put themselves up as the moral heartbeat of the nation whilst avoiding tax..........

What about people like Milliband? If we are asking Philip Green to stop his avoidence then surely the same should apply to him?

There is plenty of evidence that high rates of income tax stiffle the economy. If the answer to our problems was higher tax rates for the rich, then Thatcher wouldn't have needed to clear up the mess left by both parties in the 70's. The 50% tax rate was a purely political gimmick to appease the soak the rich brigade. When Heally tried to make the "pips squeak", we ended up in front of the IMF.

Tax aviodence by the Guardian's parent Company. http://autonomousmind.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/the-guardians-rank-hypocrisy-on-tax-avoidance/