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Not an online gamer, then?

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Half the thread is remedial spelling advice. This is how you like to live your lives, is it?

Do you sit outside his house, watching him come and go?

Get accreditation. PRINCE2 is widely recognised. Most of all, be effective. Project Managers are much maligned in the IT industry, mostly because they're shyte. The principle function of a project manager (imo) is to be a good filter. Most are not. They either provide too little or too much information. They can be bloody lethal in pitch meetings too, prime culprits of the "just because I can dream it up, it's easily possible".

I'd love to see a bunch of big countries form their own federation. There's a lot of stuff that could be fixed as part of the process, such as goal-line technology, etc. As the country that invented the game, we're have a unique position of legitimacy.

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I think the key thing here is Lord Triesman flinging the accusations. At the time of writing, it is his word against theirs*. * plus the fact that the after Brazil, the next two World Cups will be held in resource-rich countries dominated by rich and powerful oligarchs.

Telegraph piece. Time to disband it?

Difficult to know how to take this. If I was lucky enough to be accommodating a python in my underpants, and strutted around town in a pair of Speedos, I couldn't very well claim I was being harassed if women were gawping at my barely-covered tackle. And yet, a lot of women go out in hugely sexualised and provocative gear, but retain the ability to be offended if you look at their baps. On the more serious side, of course wearing clothes like this doesn't validate or justify rape in any way. That said, I don't agree with the merits of their argument either. I don't think anyone is saying that "if you wear slutty clothes, you're asking for it", it's more a case of if you dress a certain way, you are more likely to draw attention to yourself. Men don't suffer this problem in the general degree that women do, but the same principle can apply. If for example, a bloke walked alone through a dodgy area of Portsmouth proudly sporting a Southampton shirt in full view, he would be statistically more likely to get a slap than if he did the same thing in Southampton. Fighting for freedom of expression is admirable, but there are cases where a bit of common sense comes up trumps. Sure, the Canadian copper that said women should "avoid dressing like sluts" was politically incorrect, but he's probably right. As far as we've come, we're still essentially animals, and any suggestions that could keep people from becoming prey to the nastier ones should be heard.

It's inevitable. Unlike our governments, multi-nationals don't have the burden of replacing their entire management team every five years. A government is inherently temporary; it's the institutions that persist between Parliaments that wield the real power.

They showed a good measure of themselves during their recent changes in leadership. They turfed Charles Kennedy out for being too fond of the sauce, which while a little grubby, was understandable. Equally understandable, and even more grubby, was the way that senior Lib Dems conspired to ditch Ming Campbell because he was too old. I don't get a clear idea of what they stand for, save what Lord D mentions, getting the protest vote. Making bold claims that you know you'll never going to fulfil is one thing. Having to deliver them is something else, and they're perceived as having failed on delivery. They try to worm out of their promises by saying "well, this is a coalition, we can't implement every policy or promise". Er, yeah. No-one was actually expecting the Lib Dems to win a general election. What exactly were they expecting? If they are going to print fanciful promises based on the slim prospect of securing majority government they might at least be creative. "We believe that is right that everyone with the first name of Brian shall become a knight of the realm, armed with government issued jousting equipment". At present, the Lib Dems haven't implemented any of their manifesto promises, and have gone back on their word on issues like tuition fees. Saying what people want to hear is one thing. Implementing it is nigh on impossible, and the Lib Dems are finding this out the hard way. Rightfully so, imo.

I agree with you on Wigan, but West Ham can rely on more hardcore support. I'd back the Hammers to go straight back up if they dropped. They could cash in on their high earners, keep a backbone of the team and make an effective push for promotion. Wigan is a weird experiment. The club was nowhere twenty years ago, is surrounded by big cities with prominent football teams that are supported by many of Wigan's citizens. The town is far more famous for its rugby. So, you've got a potential market of 81,000 people, and you're competing with Liverpool, Manchester United and Rugby League? Good luck with that. I'd say Blackpool will have a decent shout in the Championship. They haven't spent much in the Prem, and will get parachute payments. I would expect them to be in the promotion hunt.

Noam Choamsky's reaction on Bin Laden's death. Intro :-

The Skate is an idiot, and unless he was born in the Fratton Park bogs, there is probably some tinpot pub team that is closer to him than Portsmouth FC. Why doesn't he support them? I would suggest finding out which area of Pompey he is from, search for a more local team than Pompey, and tell him that he should be supporting them instead. See how he reacts when he has to turn up to the Paulsgrove FC* *(No paediatricians)

The notion that people in Wigan are particularly fond of pies is a myth, perpetuated in part by Wiganers who don't want you to know the true origins of the term. Essentially, it goes back to the days of industrial action in the pits. During industrial disputes, miners at the Wigan pits were notorious for buggering off back to work early. Hence, they were labelled "humble pie" eaters by the neighbouring pit towns, which is where the term comes from. One of my Uni mates was a Wiganer who would make great capital out of the "Wigan loves pies" connection whenever we passed a Sayers. I pulled him up on it, and he admitted that he had been feigning love of meat and potato pies for four years to save the honour of his town. In short, Wigan knows about as much about real pies as anyone else, and considerably less than say, Leeds, who really love their pies.

Is there any clear indication on what our kit will be, or is it all speculation atm? I'd like to keep the sash or failing that, I want our Rank Xerox kit back.

My response (from FM11). The fans love him and I can't see why he'd want to leave.

I would start a new thread on that, Scummer. Worthy of separate discussion, mate.

If anyone still believes the "whole heap of cash" crap and is undecided, Blunkett has gone on record saying that No 2 AV made up the numbers.

They can't. The FT has probably come up with an educated guess of where the votes would go.

Voted yes, of course. Been successful in convincing others to do the same. I still think the No camp will win.

While I would like PR, I don't think our politicians are emotionally equipped to deal with it atm. Clegg may be haunted by his claim that AV is a "miserable little compromise", but in terms of public comprehension, retaining the constituency link and the current relations between political parties, it's probably the right first step in electoral reform.

I can vouch for that. My missus basically had no credit rating for ages because she'd never borrowed anything.

Wigan. Egg-chasers.