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A whiter shade of pale sounds good. Then this can be mine and bungles song.:smt060

And I think he'll do a very good job. The control freak Labour regime has eroded so many civil liberties and even sought to rip up Magna Carta! Under a wise head such as Kens it'll be a sea change from the Socialist Big Brother approach. When George Orwell wrote 1984 he should have called the book New Labour 2004.

Yes, the Conservatives are no longer the "nasty party", but the "nice party". I notice that the Tories have made sure the Home Office has no lefties in it though...

Conservacrats has more of a ring to it.

In the spirit of our new found friendship I need to clarify what we are to call ourselves. Are we ConLibs, ConDems, LibCons, Libservatives, or do you have another suggestion?

I don't think he is a good politician in the accepted sense because Ken Clarke is the role model for a good politician, I think George Osbourne is more in the mould of a Peter Mandelson - he'll never be liked but he's a very astute behind the scenes schemer. GO will never win the Conservatives votes based on his own popularity, but he's certainly smart and calculating. Many members of the Conservative parliamentary party are currently not happy about the concessions given to the Liberals, but the Osbourne plan is a plan for the long term. Unlike some on the left that wishfully think the Conservative party is going to implode over the concessions I disagree, I think that they'll see the bigger picture as I have and will realise that the 5 term parliament and the Liberal concessions are all geared towards the creation of several terms of Tory rule. I love the way the Liberals have been granted a referendum on AV particularly - they see it as a step towards PR, but I see it as a minor inconvenience - if the Tories lose the vote it could help the Liberals, but I don't think the referendums conclusion is to be taken for granted. I've looked at the AV system and it's bonkers and I don't think the public will vote in favour. 18 years of Thatcher rule started during difficult times and she was unpopular during the first term, it will in my opinion be the same this time and providing Cameron plays it smart and has his Falklands moment (not a war necessarily but wouldn't it be an irony if the Argies get put in their place over the oil dispute!) the future can be very bright for the Conservatives. Be afraid my Socialist friends, be very afraid.....

I was watching Politics weekly last night and Michael Portillo revealed that the intricate details of the deal offered to the Liberals had been worked out, by George, weeks ago. If this is true then I take back a lot of my criticism, although I still don't like him, because the way the Liberals have been got on board and a situation created that should last 5 years is brave and nothing short of genious. If the coalition was weak it would only have lasted 2 years tops and that would be electoral suicide, but George has given the Liberals fair concessions and has knitted them into the cabinet. Not only this but when 5 years is up the Liberals are going to be ****ed making it a Tory v Labour race again, but I envisage that due to the closely tied nature of the coalition the country will have pulled through the worst in 5 years meaning that this shaky start could well be the beggining of another Conservative generation of power.

Precisely. If Rupert Lowe had made those remarks he'd have been crucified on here and rightly so. The fact that more fans aren't put out surprises me, perhaps they're too young to remember MLT not just as a great player but as a loyal servent of the club.

I'm not suggesting the Hughes rumour was true, but I still think Cortese had planned to dump Alan Pardew. SOG has it bang on in my opinion and if that's the case it puts that pathetic statement into an entirely different context.

Spot on. There has been lot's ot talk about NC being arrogant with the staff at the club but i'd chosen to ignore that because it didn't affect me, but he has now made me think I was too quick to brush aside these comments because he has now had a dig at Matt Le Tissier and because Matt is such a hero to me I take that personally. I know that sounds stupid but that's how I feel. That's the honeymoon over for him as far as i'm concerned. The more I think about it the more ****ed off I feel.

Scotland , but this time the Edinburgh area.

He had a dig and in my book that's the same thing. Just forget it, I can't be arsed to say anymore on the matter.

Quality post. It's obvious Cortese is an utter bastard, but that's not a problem as far as i'm concerned so long as he know's the boundaries and slagging off MLT and Lawrie MacMenemy is crossing a boundary. Some might not be put out, but some will.

I was talking about myself.

It takes one to know one.

Agree, but it should be for the fans to point out, not for some jumped up Italian whipper snapper.

I am a massive fan of NC and have backed him to the hilt, but he was wrong to have a dig back. There was no need for it.

No he hasn't, he's done a Rupert. This thread should be all about saying welldone Nicola. And that's it. He talks about the old days and the club politics and how he's put all that to rest and then he issues a statement like this. In future he should use his brain a bit more that's all i'm saying.

Le Tissier was in the wrong, i'm not disputing that, but that doesn't mean Cortese has to have a dig back. In his position he should rise above such comments.

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Is that colonel sanders?

A good article spoilt by having a dig at Matt Le Tissier. If you're reading the Mr Cortese you'd do well to remember that MLT is a god as far as we're concerned so shut the **** up in future. Apart from that welldone and thanks Nicola for everything you've done.

A day at the seaside and a local derby is a recipe for trouble.

I get 800 miles out of a tank in my audi 2.0 tdi. Admittedly the tank is 70 litres so costs about £100 to fill from empty but it's far more efficient than a petrol.

It's been bugging me for a while now but every time I see him on TV I think I've seen that face before and I've just remembered where... He's Mr Bean.