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While I wasn't quite as scathing as that myself, I did say I hoped he'd make me eat my words about him being an "underwhelming" champion. So far so good!

The joke is so old that Craig probably already posted it twice. And castigated someone else for posting it as an old joke.

Interesting to see Brown talking up the prospect of a "double-dip" recession under the Tories last night. It's going to happen either way, but this way he gets to make it their fault.

http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=...59b761b84e2996a I say 21,000 times "probably".

Get a load of the Scots and Welsh moaning because the SNP and Plaid Cymru weren't involved last night. Aye, because that wouldn't have been irrelevant and confusing at all.

The name of the new Icelandic state bank, shirley?

Not quite the same magnitude really. You should be focusing on the fact that he's a fucking repulsive human being. The very idea of him being in the cabinet.

As much as anything, Clegg seemed to visibly tire by the last half-hour or so. Not used to actually getting prolonged attention, I guess.

Aye, still a little bitter about that myself. Although we had enough time at the station to grab some cans for the schlepp back into Paddington (even if the shopkeep blatantly plucked a price out of thin air, at least it was a vaguely reasonable one...)

There's no point in having any parties other than the Conservatives and Labour then. Would you honestly trust a Lib Dem goverment to be able to fulfil their pledges? I absolutely would, but then I'm never going to get the chance to be proved wrong.

There's no point in having any parties other than the Conservatives and Labour then.

How awful it is that people mindlessly conform to the premise that child abuse is morally wrong.

Since this appears to be the game we're playing today

They've sent a fat bird doing a hi-NRG disco stomper to this year's Eurovision, too. The horrors never cease. Well let's just hope this volcano scuppers the bastards beneath the waves then. She'd float to the surface and form her own island like bloody Surtsey.

They've sent a fat bird doing a hi-NRG disco stomper to this year's Eurovision, too. The horrors never cease.

The two sides of the story...

Longer highlights up on the Beeb now, in case anyone still cares: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/e...v_2/8621220.stm

Its engines will be fucked though.

Worst. Boy band. Ever.

'salright, we'll be doing it behind closed doors where nobody's sensibilities will be disturbed.

The lamps

Listened to the first 10-15 minutes of the first episode of that on the way home last night. Does it get better?

Was thinking the same thing. Not quite a golden generation... I wouldn't not, either. Very worrying. Meanwhile: The state of Cannigia The state of pretty much all of Austria The aforementioned Kasey Keller as a young 'un Maradona when he weighed 70kg How many of the USSR's best players were Ukrainian How the Yugoslav squad had people from all six member states. Still breathtaking how quickly things deteriorated after that The shoddy sticker treatment of "inferior" teams like - oops - Cameroon Brazil still getting their poncey stage names when everyone knew Taffarel was called Claudio anyway Having about 10 swapsies of Willie bloody Miller The Swedish hair The number of Irish players born in (ENG) or (SCO) Come to think of it, Paul Parker being born in the town of "Essex" Fuck's sake. I was meant to be in bed hours ago.

Amazing.