Meenzer

Wonder if you can get it with numbers on the back. "PERCH 14" would round off the effect nicely.

On a related note, repeatedly getting hit in the back of the legs by someone's trolley or pushchair in the supermarket queue. How is possible not to notice that the thing you're pushing has encountered an object of some description?

I think you're right insofar as it's not the hugest issue in reality - you just have to look at the state of the country to see that. But it's suicide in political terms because of the way the relationship between parties and their voter base works. I don't think the LibDems necessarily had much choice in the matter really - let the coalition fall over it (or don't enter into the coalition in the first place) and they'd have been accused of being incapable of mature government, not fit or willing to assume power when the opportunity finally came their way, etc. Damned if you do and damned if you don't, basically. So in a way maybe it's better to bite the bullet and hope that a five-year term is enough time for them to "sell" the good they've done and undo some of the damage over tuition fees. Unfortunately (for them and anyone looking for a more diverse choice than "red" or "blue") I suspect the opposite will be true - I can see them losing the vast majority of their MPs next time (and Clegg is definitely a goner) unless they effectively campaign as the "coalition" and persuade the Tories to get their supporters to vote tactically across the board. But that'd be a pretty tough sell for a party looking to improve their battered reputation.

Although obviously it was ridiculous for one of the key compromises made by the LibDems to be on tuition fees, given their typical voter base. It overshadows a lot of the actually quite decent work they've done in keeping the Tories to mere "evil" rather than "galactically evil".

That's because people don't get that the whole point of a coalition is that neither party gets to enforce their manifesto in full (not that that ever really happens in a one-party government either, but still). We're just not used to the concept of compromise government in this country - foreign muck, don't trust it - and obviously with the inevitable collapse of the LibDems at the next general, we won't have another coalition for at least a generation anyway, so everyone will be happy. Except the LibDems.

Modibo Maiga starting for Mali on Eurosport now. Let's see what we could have won.

Aye, whatever his skills and character traits, a sparkling personality certainly isn't one of them.

They're all quite flattering to him.

Now that's gonna throw up some rotten boroughs.

it'd be Woy if it wasn't 'arry wouldnt it? I could see them doing something idiotic like asking Beckham.

She's Labour and she's a pretty decent sort, actually. Safe Labour seat, though, so that changes your voting behaviour. If I lived somewhere more marginal then I'd be likely to think more tactically.

No idea yet. Depends what happens over the next few years, what constituency I'm living in at the time, etc. Fairly obvious really.

Willy is much better than Quim.

http://www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/website.cgi?page=videofull&id=11569 Ohhh yeah.

Because I'm a soppy shite.

I'm going. We're doomed.

I'm hoping for the completion of a story that began with this: ...and was tragically interrupted in 1993. Check out that second goal, from 1:55 or so onwards.

Yes, did a great job ta. I'm pulling everything off eBay(s) for a bit though. Pump the exclusive angle for a couple of months with the new stuff. Makes sense. Glad to hear you got what you needed anyway - the site can stay in my bookmarks now.

Did things work out OK in the end with that translation site you found?

Had a few quid floating around my bet365 account so I've just stuck a fiver on Zambia to win the ACN at 50s. Obviously massively unlikely, but loads of the big teams are missing and sentiment is on their side, so you never know.

Could have come straight from the pen of the late, lamented kebabstylee.

On permanent loop in CT's cab.

jejejejejejejeje