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Apologies Ian - just my little tongue in cheek snipe at comments like and or - one for the road Apologies Ian, couldn't resist (or slightly bored this morning maybe?) Of course, we haven't reached crash yet, still in the realms of correction. But another couple of months on this scale, we reach tipping point.

Picking up speed, down 2.5% in one month Can't get as bad as the 90's? The laws of limited supply and high demand will keep the market from plopping? Take cover.

:shock: Are 'resources' from central government part of a bidding process, now? The 'resources' were the different police farces across the country and as such it is right that the people who have to enforce totaliarism should be the people best placed to decide where such resources should be targetted. Was it not lord bliar of makeitupasyougoalongshire that told us the police demanded 90 day detentions and without it the country would fall apart, and look at the result. Doubt the force and live to repent your weakness at your leisure. (ps knifecrimes up, teenage crime up, violent crime up - none of which this helps to prevent)

Police given hand-held computers "Papers Please?" Computers on the beat - not in itself a bad policy - making the forces more efficient is to be welcomed. It is however an enabler for the enforcement of the surveillance and database society. "Card please sir - left it at home, no problem sir, just place your thumbs here. Thank you Mr Hamza, sorry to have bothered you" Once again the yoghurt knitters knee-jerk over reaction to a sensible policy? So the technology is already being used to control those with darker skins, only a matter of time with the expansion of the availability of the technology that other target groups are identified and targetted - drinkers? football fans? those with unpaid parking fines? "Papers Please"

Oh but there is, they can offer "change and continuity". Doublespeak.

Ill health.

Yes they can, you might argue that its wrong but there is nothing to stop themI think the country has given them a very strong mandate for putting in another PM.

Well when you're charging 1500 GBP per day for the lowest consultant, I'm sure they are managing to cover their costs. Viva la free market.

Framework deals are nice way of getting under the radar of the OJEU procurement process which ensures that contracts over a certain size have been correctly analysed and the budget expended is being used to get value for money. Once contracted through a framewok agreement the govt departments can hand out the money with rather less supervision. It's not unusual for a framework agreement to be offered to five contractors and all five to be found up to scratch. They are probably all equally capable, and I'm sure the govt will manage to deliver project within budget and on time. lol. Intersting to note that of the contractors approved, only IBM and thales have not been boot out of other govt contracts in the past 10 years. EDS and CSC have shown incredible incompetence in delivering projects, but hey, give them another chance.

Tenner says you are wrong, loser pays up to the "stop the VT server melting down fund"

'ull now 1/4, so laying them and leaving all my money on the red citeh. So if 'ull win I end up evens, if citeh recover and byfield comes on to score a promotin winning screamer, bank 'oliday weekend paid for.

1-0 to windy ass

Price now moved out to 1.75, laid off the lump, profit taken.

I doubt it for the reason that Derby have highlighted how great the gap will be without proper investment. It will be tough for either side who go up, and the squad will need alot of plastic surgery done to it, but I think being aware of the task ahead will ensure they'll be more competitive imo. They'll still down, but with maybe around 20-25 points rather that a pitiful 11. And city's owner has a rather large amount of dosh burning a hole in his back pocket. Very capable of splurging if he decides he wants the roller coaster to last more than one year.

Price for 'ull dropped to 1.55-1.6 on KO so have layed them for a lump. SIlly odds in a very closely matched two horse race. Come on citeh (wallet speaking)

Would be nice to see the great hope byfield make it to the premiership.

KO in an hours time. I'm in a kind of fix here, I want both teams to win. I remember travelling to bristol when they had the mabbutt brothers playing (and the running battles on the streets with their fans - but hey everyone had their troublesome section in those days). Spent 18 months in 'ull and went to a few games, kind of amusing place with not much else to do than go to the football (round ball version). 'Ull 1.72 (8/11) bristol city 2.36 (11/8)

It's not over yet - prepare for the bounceback Brown 'must change course' to win And here's a picture of gordo modelling his new image

Especially when so many of the leading members of the "workers party" come from a privileged public skule background.

I think you may be onto something there, but I'm afraid it won't be winning no pullitzers.

An argument for 100% inheritance tax if ever there was one.

Once again a repitition of a misrepresentation of a skewed debate. She was voted (by political scientists, not any representative grouping of people) "great" on the grounds that she was able to implement the policies she wanted, not on the grounds that her policies were any good. I do believe on the now pruned "blair - book of remembrance thread" that many of the tory posters were saying that labour had got rid of bliar because he was an electoral liability and argued against the fact that blair was a supreme electoral stratagy worker, and now these same tories are changing their shoes. Who'd have thunk it.

How bizarre. Number of ex-shammers in chelsea squad - 2, cole, lumpard Number of ex-shammers in manure squad - 3, rio, carrick, tevez I take it now you'll be changing your vote in order to prevent

A history of being knobs

The ideal result would be an all day running battle through th streets of moscow between the fans, spilling over into multiple pitch invasions, and the match being abandoned, english clubs being banned from europe for three years, the departure of torres, ronaldo, fabregas and cech's of the world into the italian and spanish leagues, the brankruptcy of manure, plop and arse as they are crushed by their debts and roman moving all of his money to somewhere he can compete once again in the chumps league. This gives us three years to build up our domination of the Premier League in time for us to return into the chumps league in 2011-2012.