bridge too far

I didn't know that! Their vitriol actually refers to Katerina's dad as - well you know what but I'm not saying the word. So it casts aspersions on her, does it not?

They're treading on dangerous ground with some of those comments about Markus. Libellous

I wonder if this potential 'asset' was known to the administrator(s) at the time(s) they were in administration?

Sand airborne from the Sahara apparently

Northampton 2 down and P**pey 1 up

So how many loanees do they have on their books now? Or are emergency loans not classed as loans?

I would be interested to read UKIP's policies on health, education, social services, jobs...........

Farage is a very clever, polished performer. I won't be supporting either of them but I was getting a tad annoyed when Farage was just throwing arbitrary figures into the debate. And was conflating the EU with the ECHR - a bit naughty. But then Clegg didn't really challenge him much on that point Another poll is saying that only 1 in 4 actually want to leave the EU.

Change the word 'nurses' to 'bankers' and that would certainly ring true

The inflation figures have also been referred to in annual terms so it's only right to talk about wage rises for the same period. How far back do you want to go? 1850 or something?

!!!!!! "Public sector workers saw a rise of just 0.9% in the same period, but private sector pay growth was 1.7%, meaning it has already caught up with the increase in prices." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26730533 http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/14/public-sector-jobs-cuts-britain Public sector workers most definitely don't have secure jobs

Mostly because of the drop in fuel prices, over which this government has no say or input Still, it'll be comforting news for the 1300 Royal Mail employees losing their jobs along side the 300 at Honda as well as nurses getting only a 1% increase this year.

I'm sure I've seen this somewhere before http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26728226

They've probably been offered an alternative, Pap, from Santander. Zero hours contract that guarantees 1 hour a month in a customer service role. The sort of job people are MADE to apply for via the much discredited Universal JobMatch Scheme.

Would be very helpful if Exeter could win today. Some of your tables aren't showing Bristol - strange!

[TABLE=class: table-stats] [TR=class: team] [/TR] [TR=class: team] [TD=class: position] 19[/TD] [TD=class: team-name] Wycombe [/TD] [TD=class: played]38[/TD] [TD=class: goal-difference]-6[/TD] [TD=class: points]43[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: team] [TD=class: position] 20[/TD] [TD=class: team-name] Bristol Rovers [/TD] [TD=class: played]37[/TD] [TD=class: goal-difference]-6[/TD] [TD=class: points]43[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: team] [TD=class: position] 21[/TD] [TD=class: team-name] Exeter [/TD] [TD=class: played]38[/TD] [TD=class: goal-difference]-7[/TD] [TD=class: points]42[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: team] [TD=class: position] 22[/TD] [TD=class: team-name] Portsmouth [/TD] [TD=class: played]38[/TD] [TD=class: goal-difference]-14[/TD] [TD=class: points]42[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: team divider] [TD=class: position] 23[/TD] [TD=class: team-name] Northampton [/TD] [TD=class: played]38[/TD] [TD=class: goal-difference]-18[/TD] [TD=class: points]39[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: team] [TD=class: position] 24[/TD] [TD=class: team-name] Torquay [/TD] [TD=class: played]38[/TD] [TD=class: goal-difference]-21[/TD] [TD=class: points]36[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Marinner's said it was his fault not the lino's.

The difficulty ANY shadow leader has is that, unlike normal government statements, they don't get the chance to see the Budget statement before it's announced.

Well our current leader isn't too clever at representing our country internationally now, is he? Cameron and William Vague - nightmare duo. Anybody would be better than that pair quite frankly and Miliband is a least worst option.

He's bound to better than the current con artist

:D I'd cut my throat first before becoming a Tory. I was trying to explain how the childcare 'help' would affect families. I can only relate to the example of how it will affect my children because I don't know how it would affect other people. I was actually more interested in the idea that this 'help' is nowhere near as generous as Gideon would have us believe - hence the link I posted. And BTW childcare help doesn't affect me at all FFS! I'm a provider (unpaid) not a beneficiary.

The Guardian has done a good piece on it. It seems parents with one child will be worse off. At first glance I thought my daughters would both benefit (they both have salary sacrifice schemes ATM as do their partners) as they both have two children. However, their older children are at primary school and I struggle to see how those children will require childcare (i.e. out of school hours) to the values mentioned to derive any benefit. http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/mar/18/new-childcare-vouchers-how-work

Lord D, I don't pretend to understand annuities as I have an NHS pension and that meant I didn't have to consider such things. But I'm right in thinking that previously people had the option to take a percentage as a cash sum and the rest was invested to produce an annuity, aren't I? I can now see, like you, that many new pensioners will take the option to take all of it in cash and maybe pay off a mortgage / go on a cruise / buy a new car or boat. Eventually they'll get to the point when the cash has gone and they then have to rely on pension credits to boost their **** poor state pension. Sounds costly to me.

The 'free' childcare 'help' won't make any difference to a lot of families as it amounts to no more than current salary sacrifice / employer voucher scheme. However, from what I can see, it does mean families where both parents earn £149,000 pa will be able to receive some relief for the payment for their Norland nannies.