NJS

Also, the only chance of seeing Gordon is at the 80 minute mark if they're losing.

Doesn't she have the gene marker for Huntingdon"s? If it was me I'd take the cash and fuck off somewhere tropical to enjoy life while she can.

Unless someone white makes the final two.

It wasn't bad but I didn't like "moderate stability" and a suggestion he'd reduce the role of government in people's lives. Those are okay if you're doing fine but I think there are large problems in this country that need addressing with immoderate interventionist action - namely housing, poverty and inequality - they won't get better "organically" no matter how many percentage points they add to GDP.

There was a lot of talk from Brighton that we'd got the wrong man as Ashworth was the next level up from the people who found all the players for them.

Saw something which suggested Starmer had chased marginal swing voters while not being too bothered by losing core voters which I think is true and a large part of the story combined with the collapse of the tories and reform actually standing. Imy concern as I've said before is that he'll have to try and keep those voters on board which will mean more immigration talk and other bollocks because he isn't going to do anything to boost the so called core vote. I'd also point out that the tory + reform votes actually exceeded labour's total so they'll need to rely on a split vote continuing going forward.

Anti-vermin vote cast.

I got a "personalised" letter from the sitting cunt claiming credit for the new train station which was first proposed in 98 and asking me to remember what a nightmare life was under new labour. As you know I'm not NL's biggest fan but nightmare is a bit strong

Chelmsford for me - never been anything but tory or some weird variation thereof. Polls say Lib Dem gain which I'll be contributing to later.

Thanks. I went ahead and got a message from the hotel confirming it so all looks good.

That Chelsea hotel shit needs investigating.

Anyone used Agoda? I booked a hotel 5 years ago through Expedia and it turned out they'd used Thomas Cook as an agent so when I turned up at the hotel I was told the booking had been cancelled. To be fair to Expedia one phone call later and they'd booked me into the same hotel and given me £150 for the hassle so the only black mark was not telling me before hand. Anyway since then I've always booked with hotels directly but I have a problem with one this year where their system keeps rejecting my card - it's not getting to my bank so the problem is at their end. I rang them yesterday and they promised me a call back which hasn't happened. Expedia don't have the room I want available but Agoda do so hence the question - are they sound?

Two defenders incoming to make sure of pens.

Her fiddler is top notch.

Shania Twain on BBC one - just saying...

He was seriously amateur compared to Mandelson and Blair.

Oot.

Fair

Canny TOTP from 96 on bbc4 now. Had The Wildhearts, Alanis Morrissette and Pesidents of the USA with Peaches..The Cure and The Cranberries still to come.

My used to be a staunch mild tory who's always voted for them lass has just told me she's voted Labour by post.. Mainly Partygate but says I've influenced her as well

Just like that one against France in the WC - a keeper with normal arms would've saved it.

Isn't it a fucking basic part of a commentator's job to know when the ball hits the side netting rather than the back of the net?

The bitter cynic in me definitely thought there was an air of last year's first six being deliberately hard so going by this year we've obviously been written off as nothing to worry about. Good.

The version of that I heard was that the mackems whined on to other firms and managed to get a few on board for a "mag hunt" and the only lot who backed Newcastle were indeed Shrewsbury who didn't have numbers but were "game".

That's a very common trait - the whole right to buy thing was based on the notion that homeowners ate/vote tory.