revolution saint

Don't get me started....poor little fella already has the David Tennant Dr Who outfit but being a ginger looks more like Chris Evans. If I don't get him into football soon then he's a prime candidate for bullying........ Luckily the stickers seem to be working.

Thanks for the tips everyone and you'll be pleased to know it worked a treat. I got three albums in the end one each for the nephew and neice and one for me (clearly they'll need someone to swap with). Best thing was when the 4 year old neice found a Paraguay player and said "red and white! Southampton!" bless her. Oh and not got any swaps so far........

Aren't they trading cards rather than the stickers?

Not sure if this is the best forum to post this but here goes: Does anyone know if the panini 2010 world cup sticker album is on sale yet? According to their website it is but checked Tesco yesterday and couldn't find it. It's not actually for me - it's my latest attempt to get my nephew into football. He's only five but so far shows more interest in sci fi stuff and clearly while there's nothing wrong with this he does need to balance it out with football. I used to love the world cup sticker albums - think my first one was Spain '82.

Can we do that mid game? It's one way to overturn a man down disadvantage though.

Where is he? We'll never win if he doesn't moan....

So people who smoke ONLY die of smoking related diseases? Of course it increases the chance of illness, but not for everyone. So whilst it's sad you know people who smoked who died of smoking related illnesses I'm sure you know people who smoked who died of other causes? I do.

More likely actually. They don't have to file stats for MRSA and other health care acquired illnesses.

Smoking doesn't always damage your health the same as driving cars and doing sport don't either. Surely your point is if it does result in a smoking related illness then treatment is refused? Exactly the same can be applied to driving and participating in sport then? Sent from my poncy phone that will probably give me ear cancer, or cancer of the thumb.

And of course their NI contributions are lowered accordingly. Not only will they not be receiving medical treatment but on average they'll be drawing their pension for less years (if any).

Of course smokers are actually doing non smokers a favour. They massively subsidise the NHS and they die younger. They don't draw pensions for as long and they don't spend years in nursing homes costing £400 quid a week.

Personally I rate him a lot but sometimes I question the position he's played in. Wide left or right he's been great but imo not so effective in the middle, behind the front two or up front. I think Barnard has a lot to thank him for - I don't think it's a coincidence that Barnard started scoring as soon as we played with genuine width. Lallana too has more freedom on the pitch when Puncheon plays. All in my opinion of course.

to be fair it's mostly the fans who don't go to games mate.

11% Tory....hang your head in shame.

Also a large number of the bureaucrats are the people who put together the waiting list information and have ensured that waiting times have come down. One of the major election talking points used to be how long it took to get an operation - it's to Labour's credit that it isn't the case anymore. The non clinical staff that have enabled the clinical staff to do their job better play their part in this. Personally I'd try to reduce the competition between PCT and provider - I'm not convinced that the internal market is a great model but maybe that's just me. On the subject of competition I'll try to give any politician who offers me more choice a wide berth. People don't want the option of going to the "best" hospital - they want the best treatment at their nearest hospital. They don't want to send their kids to the best school - they want their nearest school to offer the best education. That's without even bringing up the contrived idea of choice in the water and rail industries....

I choose all areas and got overall Greens 44% Labour 33% Lib Dems 22%. Actually having realised that the Greens are up for election in my constituency I will be voting for them.

Exactly - it was a home banker for them and they nearly ****ed it up. Nerves are kicking in for them......and they'll drop points.

Yeah but you know as well as me that we've never won when he's scored.

Post of the day, ha ha!

New Forest East has been Tory for at least 40 years and will continue to be that until aliens destroy the planet (and even then if the aliens wear a blue rosette then New Forest East will vote for destruction). Unfortunately it's also my consituency. Incidentally has Julian Lewis ditched the beard he appeared with in party literature last election time? Mind you I did agree with him tonight when he had a pop at the Lib Dem candidate calling himself a colonel despite having left the army ten years ago. Ex military types who continue to use their previous job title always come across as pompous and fail to grasp the concept that outside the army their rank means nothing.

Funnily enough I think the opposite - more people will vote labour than are currently admitting to it. An unpopular incumbent party always firms up it's numbers on election day. Come election day I'd expect the difference in the polls to be closer to a 5% lead for the Tories. How that plays out in the marginals is anyones guess. Another thing is the Lib Dems - they need an unpopular Tory party because that is their natural constituency. A resurgent Tory party is bad news for them (and labour). From a party success point of view they should be moving further right to challenge the Tories and they should have done it 2001 and 2005 - when you're more successful in the South than the North then it's not clever to be perceived to be more lefty than Labour; increasing the tax burden for the rich gains support where it matters least for them. In both years I mentioned they had a golden opportunity to bury the Tory party - Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard anyone? They blew it and instead gained most of their votes as a protest against the Iraq war (2005) and Tory disillusionment. Can't see that happening again - expect a drop in seats for them. Personally I see the Tories getting a small majority - around ten or so. With the support of the Ulster Unionists it'll be a workable majority. Labour will self implode and Gordon will go to be replaced by Miliband. If he fails to gain credibilty quickly (and he probably will) then labour will get rid before the next general election and replace him with a proper old Labour man. The Tories will call an early election and get a bigger majority. Obviously all in my opinion of course.

Does anyone else hope that Pompey lose on penalties? That's got to be hard to take.

Which is sadly why the BNP have gained ground - it's a failure of mainstream politicians to offer genuine choice and instead concentrate on presentation. I do think that accessibility is also an issue - sadly when we're used to phoning in, pressing our red button etc for reality TV programmes then the idea of actually going to a polling station is just too much for some people.

I'm not sure that was the point of the thread but you may be right and you may not - we'll never know. What would increase voter turnout is making voting more accessible. Internet or phone voting for example would probably massively increase the turnout. It'd be a nightmare to ensure there's no corruption though (but that's a different issue). Incidentally if that was introduced would there be an option to "spoil your vote"?