Lord Duckhunter

I'll proberly get crucified on here, but I believe that Celtic is a massive job, compared to a League 1 Saints. 50,000 every week and guaranteed European football and Cup Finals. Saints in CCC is a different kettle of fish, but if we're still in League one you can see the attraction. If we're third in this League come Xmas people will be calling for his head. He'll be going there at the right time and not like WGS who had to follow Martin O Neil. Look at it from a neutrals point of view, Celtic or League 1 Saints? Personally I think they'd be better of with Avram Grant.

Clegg has an advantage over the others, and should come away with a easy victory. At the moment the political establishment is held in utter contempt by the majority of the population. Clegg can easily position himself to take advantage of this. He can say "their wrong", "oh and so are they".He can position himself on the side of one or the other depending on whose doing the attacking. If it's about Brown's record he can attack that, if it's about Tory cuts or the 1980's he can attack them. The most skilled Political speakers of the past 40 years have been Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. I suggest that if either of them were dealt the hand that Clegg's been given tonight, they would wipe the floor with the other 2.I'm not talking about policies, but the way they'll position themselves against the other 2 and on the side of the people. You only have to watch Question Time to see how the Non Politican on there, gets a fairer hearing from the public, even if they're speaking complete and utter rubbish. As for Cameron and the complaints about the format; the main thing the Tories wanted was to get the debates on at all. Tony Blair despite being far ahead in the polls, ducked them as did the Tories when they were in charge. An agreement had to be made and the format looks too formal and stale to me. I hope that the Chairperson is able to pull them up when their talking rubbish and present facts to them. Pretty much the same way Dimble does on QT. I just hope that Brown is not able to continualy evade answering the question asked as he does at PMQ's. I would think that Mandleson has drummed about 10 phrases into his brain that he'll keep reapting over and over and over again. One thing that depresses me about the whole thing will be the reaction tomorrow. The Sun will declare cameron the winner, The Mirror will say Brown. The BBC will try to stay impartial, but their anti Right Wing bias will show through and Sky News will declare Cameron the winner. Everyone will say Cleggy did well.The media in this Country seem incapable of reporting objectively when it comes to political debate, and I include the Broadsheets in that.

In 2008 he was asked about Mr Browns backing for the bank takeovers he said“We have no quarrel with what he did. That seemed the right approach",Yet a mere four months later that had changed , he admitted: “It’s fair to say I did change my position on that issue.” At the Lib Dem conference in September 2008 he said “The Government must not compromise the independence of the Bank of England by telling it to slash interest rates.”. Within weeks it had changed to “the Chancellor should urge the Governor of the Bank to make a large cut in interest rates”. In January last year he called the governments decision to print more money “The Robert Mugabe school of economics” Then just nine months later He backtracks by saying it is right by saying “there is a Robert Mugabe school but if I gave that impression I was wrong” He was also part of the Lib/Dem establishment that covered up Charles Kennedy's illness. He was quite prepared to allow someone with those health problem become Prime Minister.

He'll have to stick to the same line, rather than his present policy of flip flopping depending on who he's talking to. The Tories will not enter such a pact, in my opinion. As a PR supporter and completely against the "unfair first past the post system", what will Clegg do if Labour win more seats, but the Tories poll 1.5million more votes. Watch as he tries to justify doing a deal with Labour as they have the most seats. Surely a party as principled as the Lib/Dems who truely believe that "every vote counts", should deal with the party that polls the most votes.

That seems pretty sensible to me. You can, as others have pointed out, already do this under a Labour Govt.To me there's only 2 sides to take in this debate, either for or against. You can not say, we're for Labour's independent schools, but against Tory ones. Personally, I thought the Tory manifesto gave pause for thought. I am all for power being given back to the people on a whole range of issues. I would like to see directly elected officals in a variety of local roles, and more freedom for local councils to set local taxes ect. One of the great thing about American politics is the localisation of issues, from primary elections to directly elected Police chiefs and referundum on issues affected local people. The strange thing was it was the Tories that took away a lot of Local decisions because of the loony left wing councils of the 80's. My take on it is if the voters of Liverpool, London and Glasgow want the Derek Hatton's of the world to run their cities, let them. The whole thing about localisation is the local people get the officals they deserve and want.If they mess it up, then kick them out. It wont happen of course, there's proberly a EU directive making it impossible.

Shouldn't they hear Peter Robinson as well, because the DUP could hold the balance of power. If the Tories poll more votes than Labour, but fail to gain more seats, will Cleggy stick to his "every vote counts" prinicple, or will he abandon it in a rush for influence. Surely the Party that "leaves those sort of decisions to the public", wont prop up a Labour administration, with less votes. Or will they enforce my long held belief that the Lib/Dems are far and away the most hypocritical party of the whole lot.

In the British elections they got under 10% of the seats. Clegg will never be PM, so should not be in the debates.

So is Lord Pearson, Caroline Lucas, and Nick Griffin. In fact Lord Pearson's party polled more votes than Clegg in the PR European elections. Only a potential PM should be allowed in the debates and I've got as much chance as becoming PM as Cleggy.

The last elections in this country they got 13% of the vote, just over 2X's the BNP's vote.The last general election they got under 10% of the seats. Clegg will never be PM, so what he's doing on the Leader's debate is beyond me.

Perhaps the pledge not to raise income tax in their last manifesto was a grammatical error like this spelling mistake. Perhaps it meant to say "we will raise income tax", instead of "we wont" because that's what they did. They also promised us a referundum and went back on that and I believe they also went back on their word over tuition fees in an earlier one. Dont forget in the words of Mandy, this manifesto is "Blair plus".

The Lib/Dems are like those Sports reporters who pick their England teams before a big match, their sides never have to play. Same here, they could say what they want, as they'll never get to govern. The fight seats on the basis of which area they're in. Right wing agenda in Tory area, left in Labour. We had them in power locally and the Council Tax went through the roof, luckily they got kicked out. They need to make their position on any hung parliament clear. Clegg keeps saying that he'll leave it to the British people to decide.Seeing as they're are all for PR and every vote counts I presume that if the Tories get more votes than any other party, they'll refuse to get into bed with Labour. The electrol system in this country means that the Tories could get 1.5 million votes more than any other Party and still not have a majority. If this was the case how can the party of "every vote counts", prop up a Labour administration that got so many less votes. They are getting way too much airtime for such a minority.

It's not as simple as that, all I want is what the Irish people were given (twice, because they voted the wrong way the first time), what the French were given, what the Danes were given, a say in further intergration. Most people want us to be in the EEC. They do not want further intergration, they do not want laws made in Europe to over ride laws made in Westminster, and they do not want more and more treaties rammed through Parliament and a EU Superstate. The ruling classes know this and that is why we are denied a say, denied a referendum and Countries told they've got it wrong, vote again, when voting against the EU. For years and years this corrupt body has not had it's accounts signed off. I can be arrested in my own home for doing something that is legal in this country, yet illigal in Germany, without even setting foot in Germany. If you really believe that is right, then put it to the British people. I dont, and I have a feeling that they wont either. Hense why we were denied a vote (despite a manifesto promise).

If you think MP's expenses are a scandal than what about the European Parliament, let's open up their expenses. How many years has it been since the EU's accounts were signed off by auditors? The people of this Country entered and voted to stay in an Economic bloc, not a super state with it's own President (unelected), anthem, Currency, flag and laws that overrule soverign parliaments. I can now be arrested for something I've done in this Country, which is not an offence here, but is in a fellow EU member state. How can that be right? There's no doubt the British people would not have voted to stay in had they known the route the Euro Loons were going to take. It has all been done by stealth and by lies and deception. Every time a member state gets to vote on Europe, they vote against it. From Denmark voting against the Maastricht Treaty, to the Irish against Nice and Lisbon, even the French voted against the original constituation. But the views of the voters make no difference to the European project. Voters who deliver the wrong verdict are told to vote again and again until the right decision is made. Deals are done and promises broken, to get the project rammed through, nothing is allowed to stand in the way of the European Superstate. In the last European elections UKIP received the second highest amount of votes after the Tory party. This suggests that the British people are more in tune with the right's mistrust of the EU, than the European leaders want to admit. Anyone who thinks France, Spain, Germany and Ireland would stop trading with us if we left the EU is clearly deluded. We can make trade agreements with these countries, without being tied to them, without being governed by them. However, if the British people want further intergration, then so be it. Let us have a referendum on every new treaty, then we can see.It wont happen of course, like the Lisbon Treaty we will be lied to and denied a say. The reason they wont let us have our say, because their project will be derailed by the British people.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/pensions/article.html?in_article_id=398317&in_page_id=6 The majority of people over 60 get their fuel payment automatically, as long as their circumstances haven't changed since they received last winters payment or they are in receipt of a State pension or other social security benefit. But people who are not receiving the state pension or other social security benefit, or who did not receive a payment last year need to make a claim before 30 March. Claim forms are also available at http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/winterfuel

That's right, the forms for winter fuel allowence and other elderly benefits are so complicated (delebrately so in my opinion), that a large % of people dont take what their entittled to. Added to some elderly people's dislike of being on benefits, means the take up of benefits targeted at the elderly is quite poor. It is quite disgraceful, but nobody on either side of the political divide seems willing to do anything about it.

What about the mess Ed Balls, Peter Hain, Tony Blair and Harriet Harmen have made, or do their public schools not count in your version of class warfare?

My personal opinion is that the Tory's will poll better than the opinion polls . A lot of people dont want to be seen as Tory but when alone in the booth, they'll put an X next to them.This is not based on any sort of sceintific data, just my gut feeling.

I agree, she looks a right dirty.

I consider myself to be English British, they consider themselves Jamaican British. The vast amount of immigrants now, just want their home Country and their customs transported to this country. The first wave of immigrants adapted to British life and culture whilst maintaing certain aspects of their own culture. Some of this then merged and became British culture, Two tone music, (which personally I dont like) being a prime example. Curries being another one. The point is they now consider themselves British and it is in line with the American way. American immigrants as a whole, take on vast parts of the American culture and values , whilst describing themselves as German American or Irish American. I can't see the next Trevor Macdonald, John Barnes or Meera Syal coming out of the present generation of immigrants.

I despair when I see The Red Lion and The Kings Head in Spainish holiday resorts. Me and my Mrs are seroiulsy considering retiring to the South of France, not because it's hotter (although that's a plus) but because we like the French way of life and their culture. When I lived in the States we English had a football team and a bar we drunk in (an Irish one). However the guys who'd been there years had American wives and kids and had fully acceptted their way of life, they just played football and socialised with us once a week. In some instances they become citizens. The ones (like me) just passing through for the craic,tended to be Englsihmen working abroad, so didn't embrace it as much as we should of (something I regret now)

There are many people worried about immigration in this country and it is a legitimate concern. It is not racist to talk about it or be worried about it. The problem with the BNP is that they are a bunch of racists hiding behind these fears and playing on them. If anyone thinks it's about immigration, then they are sadly mistaken. Immigration is the thin end of the wedge when it comes to the BNP. My view is that Wayne Thomas is as British as me, but I bet that's not Nick Griffin's view. They consider anyone not white an inferior person. They wont say so of course, but that's the underlying message. We seem to have a real problem in this country of people coming here from their home country, but being unwilling to adapt and accept our culture. They seem to want to live here but retain the culture and standards, including the language of the country they came from. 20 years ago I worked for 4 years in the States and although, they've a long way to go in terms of racial tolerence, found that most of the immigrants I met (I worked on Building sites and met a lot of immigrant labourers) wanted to be American. They were proud of their roots and their country, but still wanted to aspire to American ideals and freedoms. I just dont get that feeling nowadays in The UK. You only have to look and see how the West Indian immigrants settled into the UK, and through music and Sport and a work ethic, became as British as you and me.I would welcome anyone who wants to be British, wants to live and breath British ideals and contribute to British society, but too many want to transfer their homeland to Britain.

If I was a neutral watching yesterday, I would have been impressed with their support and the way they played. Grant clearly out coached Redknapp and although Spurs had 70% of the ball, The Skates had some great chances before they even scored. I certainly changed my opinion on Wilson, Mokenea and Rocha, none of who I rated, as all 3 were superb yesterday, with Bale head and shoulders above any other Spurs player.I think it would be a bit churlish to say they were lucky yesterday, as luck has always played a part in football. They were lucky at O/T the last time they won the cup, but yesterday I thought they just about edged it. It was nice to see Rednapp shown up as a poor coach, something he showed us week in week out, but something the rest of football seems to ignore. In the long run, It's not going to make too much difference to the club and it's finances, although extra exposure is always going to be a plus rather than a minus.

Caroline Flint is pretty fit.

It's not really about the money for her. We struggled for 3 years on a bursary, with only my wage coming in, to enable her to qualify. I know how much dedication she's put in, and do think she's under paid. However, I still think there are savings to be made in the public sector, and I think that the pensions are very generous when compared to the Private sector. Anyway, off to the game now.

I never once said that she didn't contribute to it. I said her pension is pretty much the same as mine. If she joined the NHS now, she would have a far better pension than if I joined my private companies one now. Luckily, we have both been in them for years, however as I said my Company is considering freezing it and transfering all members to a Money Purchase scheme. I understand that a lot of private Companies have or are considering doing this. I doubt for one minute that this will ever happen to Public sector workers. I note you didn't comment on the generous pay rises she's had, as opposed to my pay freezes. My wife is like a lot of Public sector workers in that she geniunely loves her job, and would proberly do it for free, however she is well rewarded, well provided for in regard of a pension, gets a pay increase every year and has a lot of job security.