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He's probably holed up with Michael Gove saying "What the f*ck do we do now?"

As someone who would vote Labour in the right circumstances, I found it amusing (and a bit depressing) to see John McDonnell talking to Andrew Neil and saying that they should all unite behind Corbyn as there may be a General Election before the end of the year. Corbyn hasn't a hope in hell of winning an election. Don't these "activists", Union leaders and party members realise that you can't change anything in opposition so you need a leader who will appeal to a broad spectrum of the electorate. Tony Blair may have turned out to be a bit of a tosser but he won 3 elections by getting the votes of middle England as well as what used to be Labour's traditional support.

This is where problems could arise. About 75% of MPs are pro-EU and there is also a majority in the Lords. Any new legislation will have to get through the Commons. At that point, the referendum is irrelevant. The Government would have complied with the result, but we may end up with new laws that aren't a lot different to the present. I see that the backtracking has already started. Farage has disowned the "£350m which will go to the NHS" claim and now MEP Dan Hannan and MP Nigel Evans (both from the leave campaign) have said that they couldn't promise that immigration will come down.

Reminds me of a remark made by Nigel Farage when asked why UKIP*always did badly in London despite it having very high immigration. He replied that Londoners were generally too young and well-educated.

No, but with all the lies and deception put out by both sides and papers like the Mail and Express, it needed a fair bit of digging to find out any reliable data. The Independant's sister paper, The i, adopted a strictly neutral stance and did a good job of trying to present the facts behind the various issues as well as having contributions from both sides.

Seeing that Ashcrofts's survey showed that remain voters tended to be younger and better educated, you could be right.

So, in Victor's case, we keep a player who doesn't want to be here until his contract runs out next summer and he walks away for nothing.

I heard an interview with him just before the final game of the season and he spoke about the situation when he was at Feyenoord. He had a 1 year contract and simply renewed it at the end of each season for 3 years until he left to come here. Apparently, this is quite common in Europe and he seemed a bit bemused about the practice of signing a new contract a year before the current one ends.

There is another explanation - money. Both managers have gone to clubs that have significantly more financial resources than we do. So, what are the board meant to do? Ms Leibherr has always stated that the club has to be self-sufficient and we can only spend what we earn. Unlike other owners, she is not going to throw money at the club with no prospect of getting a return. If you do that you end up like Leeds. The club owes her around £40m although that is in the form of soft loans ie. very low interest and no specified payment terms. I'd rather we were run with a degree of financial prudence than risk spending money that we don't have. Unfortunately, in today's game money talks and with the honourable exception of Leicester (for 1 season), the richest clubs tend to be at the top of the table. We can give them a run for their money as we showed last season but I can't see us having the financial muscle to do it every year and any ambitious manager will follow the money. Everton's new owner is an unknown quantity so Ron's taking a (well-paid) risk. He may manage Europa League next season, if he doesn't, I wouldn't be surprised to see him leave.

Mrs ecuk268 gave me my Omega as a wedding present over 40 years ago and I still wear it virtually every day. It packed up once when I wore it whilst swimming in the Med but my local watchmaker in St James Road restored it to full health. I have it cleaned and the oil changed every 3 or 4 years and it still keeps very good time and looks as good as new.

I was told that on a real Rolex, the second hand moved in increments whereas, on a fake, it moved smoothly (or the other way round). Is this no longer the case?

But will the board give him the transfer kitty that he's after if he's only staying to the end of the season? I would have thought that they may want a longer term commitment if they are to spend a substantial sum.

Maybe try him out at a pre-season friendly. I was fortunate in being able to start my nipper off at reserve games at The Dell. He seemed to like it so he went to his first senior game when he was 6. I think that we beat Ipswich 4-2 with a penalty and a sending off so it was quite an eventful match. I did warn him that not every game would be as exciting but, nearly 24 years later, he's still going.

They showed my seat number but it wasn't my seat. I sit on the end of the row but the photo showed seats either side of mine. I was most disappointed.

Hard on Brighton with them finishing 15 points above Sheffield. I realise that the playoffs maintain interest right to the end of the season but it's unfair that Brighton's points total compared with Sheffield's gives them no advantage. Maybe just have one leg with the team with the most points playing at home.

Not surprising playing for Villa. I think that Grealish has potential but the early praise that he was getting seemed to go to his head. He would need a manager like Fergie to kick his arse and put him in his place.

Not so daft. I used to make a lot of trips to Hewlett-Packard when they were at Pinewood just outside Bracknell. Always used this route and never had any hold ups.

That's an idea for half-time entertainment. I reckon Ron packs a mean left hook.

Except in P*mpey where it's probably compulsory.

So, if Ron signs a couple of decent players in the summer, is that a sign that he's staying? Would the club let him sign, possibly expensive, players if he was leaving at the end of the season with the usually de-motivating effect that can be caused by knowing that the manager is off. Answers on a postcard, please.

You wish. With this lot in charge it's more likely to go on feather-bedding the farmers and giving tax cuts to the wealthy.

In the 30's the Gestapo and the SS worked very closely with German Zionists to encourage Jews to emigrate to Palestine. There was even a regular boat service which served Kosher food and, often, the Gestapo would intervene to resolve any bureaucratic problems. So it could be argued that Hitler was pro-Zionist, very keen to see the establishment of a Zionist state, then he could kick them all out of Germany.

I recommend reading this article. http://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/Hillsborough-inconvenient-witness/index.html At the inquiry, lawyers for the police tried to say that he wasn't a "real" doctor because he'd moved from being a GP into public health studies. He's now a senior Professor and has worked at many national emergencies.

I think that Ron's an honourable man and would not walk out before the end of his contract. However, if he doesn't sign a new deal in the close season, we would risk a repeat of the WGS situation where the uncertainty can unsettle the whole club. I'd take Rafa if he'd come and we could afford him.

Strangely enough, this morning the OECD issued a statement pointing out that we would all be worse off if we left. But their research among their 37 member countries probably pales into insignificance when set against your uninformed opinion. Farage was asked about this report this morning and came out with the usual "Oh no it won't" stuff. He was pressed repeatedly to name one reputable organisation that supported his view and, after a load of waffle unrelated to the question, named one professor at Cardiff Uni. When it was pointed out that one man was not an organisation like the OECD, IMF, Bank of England etc, he seemed to be keen to change the subject to UKIP's election prospects.