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I didn't see the Panorama program lastnight as I had already watched something on BBC2 about refugees escaping from North Korea, and the C4 Dispatches program about the war in afghanistan, I had had my fill of asian troubles for the night. But there was a very interesting and eye-opening multi-page piece in the Independent's Life pullout today which I started reading at lunchtime. You can read the article here

You're assuming that useage of drugs would increase dramatically if they were suddenly made legal, but there is no evidence to suggest that would be the case. Indeed, when cannabis was de-classified, useage actually went down instead of up.

Are all politicians tee-total then?

In all honesty, it doesn't matter a toss what the other teams do now. They could all lose their remaining games 10-0 and we still wouldn't get above them. 3-1 down at home to the worst team in the division, with so much riding on today's game as well. If the players can't motivate themselves for this one they don't deserve to be playing in the CCC. Simple as that.

Absolutely. I went to Silverstone in 2004 and all the british fans were wearing BAR Honda caps and cheering wildly for Jenson as he actually had a half decent car under him that season and looked like he might get a result. I then went in 2007 (Hamilton's first season) and I was so angry when they did a run-through of the drivers on the giant screens. When Hamilton came up there was a massive roar from the crowd (who this time were all wearing Maclaren caps and shirts) and when it showed Jenson he hardly even got a ripple of applause. I was utterly ashamed, but not in the least surprised by this sickening dislpay of fickleness. FWIW I was happy for Hamilton because it was good to see a brit winning the title, but I will be grinning from ear to ear if Button beats him this season.

Nothing to do with the diffuser actually, their rear wing has been deemed 'too flexible' and therefore illegal. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7969641.stm

Check out this video and then have a lok at the website http://www.playingforchange.com

I got ham but I'm not a hamster!

Funny you should say that cos I don't like Frankie Boyle on MTW, he resorts far too easily to saying something deliberatley controversial rather than actually funny, but I quite enjoyed his standup show that I saw on DVD not so long ago. Back on topic. I think MM is a very funny chap and his standup show is certainly a lot funnier than his slot on MTW (his routine about having a baby son that can only say 'no 'jeeeeeews' is hilarious IMO). My GF wants to book tickets to see him at Sheffield Arena in October and I may just be tempted to go with her.

It just HAD to be a BMW driver didn't it. :roll:

Some mates and me used to do that as well. Have fond memories of running off and frantically scrambling over the fence when they came after us.

Yeah, although Villeneuve should actually thank him for that because if he hadn't collided with Schumi he would have been off the track and into the gravel trap!

Despite everything that Schumi went on to achieve after that, I have still never forgiven him for it. His official resonse to the incident was "I did not See him", yet the video replay clearly shows him turn his head and look at Hill before turning into him. That just proved what a dirty cheater he was and tarnished his image forever. The record books show that he is the most successful driver of all time, but in my eyes he is just the dirtiest.

Can't argue with a single word he has said. And it isn't often you will hear me say that about a politician! Brown gives off the aura of a man who is so hopelessly out of his depth in his job that it simply beggars belief. As Hannan rightly points out, it was Browns over-spending and ridiculous borrowing during the boom years that has put our country in the position it is now in, yet he is utterly incapable of accepting that maybe, just maybe, his policies weren't so good during that time. He continously spouts on about how this Labour government 'turned around' the economy of this country, but I seem to remember that it was actually pretty damn healthy when they inherited it from the Tories in 1997. The boom years, it would appear, were despite Blair and Brown, not because of them.

Actually I lost my dad when I was six, so I am speaking from experience. I got over it - in fact I was too young at the time to understand so it didn't really affect me as much as it might have had it happened let's say in my teens.

Nice freudian slip there.

While I agree it is very sad that two young children have lost their mother (they will get over it I'm sure) I am now very glad that I will be able to go into a newsagents and not see her face plastered across the front pages of every newspaper and magazine on display. The woman meant nothing to me. She was an untalented, bigoted, attention-seeking gob****e with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. She was the epitome of everything that is wrong with this country and will be long forgotten by the celebrity-obsessed masses who idolised her in no time at all, such is the fickle nature of the media in this country. I'm sorry if this offends anybody. I'm not celebrating her death, and I'm not saying she deserved to die. She was a nobody who (god only knows how) became a somebody, whom I never met and will not mourn the passing of.

Total agreement from me. His brilliant drive in Hungary in 2006 to win from 12th (I think) showed what a talent he has. I've always liked Jenson and I was so annoyed (though not at all surprised) at the fickle nature of the british fans when I went to Silverstone in 2007. When the drivers did their parade, Hamilton got a massive roar from the crowd but Jenson, who had been the darling of the british fans for a few years prior to the arrival of this little upstart, barely got a whimper. I will be smiling from ear to ear if he beats Hamilton in the WDC this season. He has always been one of the best drivers on the grid ever since he entered the series. Now it looks as though he finally has the hardware to really shine and he thoroughly deserves it.

Well most would certainly try I imagine. But Touting is big business to some people and they make a point of knowing exactly when tickets to certain events go on sale, so they will do their best to get in before the fans. That's the whole point. Doesn't make it right.

I'd rather stick hot needles in my eyes and have a bath in my own urine than do business with you Stu. Thanks anyway.

****s of the highest order IMO. Preying on the obsessions of fans to make some quick money for nothing. W***ers the lot of them. Artists and venues should do much more to clamp down on it and websites like seatwave etc... should be outlawed. It should be made illegal for anybody to sell event tickets at higher than face value.

I heard last year though that Honda's KERS system they were developing for this year was looking like it was the best of all the teams.

Agree wih that. I had the misfortune to watch some of Al Murray's new sketch show on ITV last night, and while I think he is really funny when he does standup shows as The Pub Landlord (that doesn't include his happy hour or that dreadful sitcom he did on Sky a few years back), I found this program painfully unfunny.

Not great livery but I always thought the lines on this car were beautiful. Edit: I didn't notice this picture was taken after they added the stupid little added wings which ruined the aesthetics somewhat.