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		<title>By: The Big Lunch 2010 and the importance of &#8220;social capital&#8221; &#171; A Life in Beta</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Big Lunch 2010 and the importance of &#8220;social capital&#8221; &#171; A Life in Beta</dc:creator>
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		<title>By: janina davison-forder</title>
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		<dc:creator>janina davison-forder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 01:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Firstly i admit, i may of been rather....ummm... less than complimentary in my attitude toward the lib-dems. I have come to the conclusion that if Dave thinks its best for the country to enter into a coalition, then so be it. I shall continue to support the party however...
I always say in life that i respect everyone unless they give me reason to do otherwise. I wish to continue with this line of thinking in regards to the Tory party. If i were to abandon my morals and support something i did not myself believe in i would be no better than.... LABOUR :)

Social isolation is a big problem, bigger for some than others. Myself for example; having spent a good few years in care, i enjoy my own company and am glad of the peace as, if you were living with 8 additional young people all with their own problems, well you start to crave your own space (ever so slightly lol).

However my lack of interaction is my choice. It saddens me to think of all those who would like the company but cannot find it. My aunt for example having never lived alone seems to need company and short periods during the day seem to become just as bad as say a fortnights worth of my own company. (sorry auntie just an example no offense meant). It scares me to think had i not been with my father almost everyday for a year whilst he was in hospital, that he would of been in an awful lot of trouble. Seeing him was no effort on my part as i loved him and did not need to think of it. A certain member of my family only saw him 3 times in a year and thought she was going above and beyond the call of duty, even though divorced i would of liked to of seen some support from her for me if not for my dad.

This all ended in me having to use hospital transport to get up to guys at 4am, never mind that i had a fair few family members less than 20 mins away from me at the time.
However hard it may of been for me to be there and see what i was seeing. It was not a time for me to consider myself. My father cared for me until he was medically unfit to and what sort of a person would i be if i did not do the same?

The problem now is that the saying &#039;blood is thicker than water&#039; means nothing now. From my experience that is. I would quite like a mother but my idea of a mother is nothing like the reality. So i have broken family ties to keep myself from harm. Again, this is my choice. I have met some lovely people on the net a lot from this site :) which is enough for me.

I think of all those sat on their own at xmas (like myself)who have an awful time being alone. But it is not xmas and birthdays when we need people. We shouldnt need a reason to visit family friends , even the lady across the road, we should do this without thinking. Unfortunetly the family unit from a lone parent family to a much larger extended family, seems to be going out of fashion. We need to encourage people to start paying more attention to one another. I feel we could also benefit from intervention at a higher level such as government to inspire us to do so.

In thatchers britian this was stressed greatly by good ole mrs t herself. She believed in marriage , good parenting etc. A lady with morals! Though in this day and age it seems as though the oxford english is due to take the tippex to the word. We need to (although we shouldnt have to) re educate people from school age in respect, love, loyalty and all the good qualities we are capable of but do not practice. I believe it is holland (dont quote me on this i know its round about holland somewhere lol ) that takes sex education lessons in schools to a far superior level.

They start sex education classes from around ten years old . These however are not biology based, they teach their children  about relationships, explain what it is to care or love someone. They teach the difference between this and love for parents and siblings and of course friends at the same time. So when it comes to an appropriate time to start on the physical side of things. The children have a far better understanding as to why this happens.Our mistake being we teach about sex but not about why exactly it is that humans do this. Perhaps if we adopted the same syllabus from that age then we would see a greater wealth of personality and in turn greater appreciation of our loved ones and friends at a far later time in life.

My late partner sadly had an awful time, orphaned as a child and no family of which to speak. This led to him following a bad path. He was a Gd person although everyone seemed to turn on him (nearly everyone)so he valued his friends and would treat them as family. I would of given my life to help him and Ive no doubt he would of done the same. All of his friends were very lucky to be his friends.

We are very selfish creatures and most of the time will only do something if it results in personal gain however, if that personal gain comes from that warm feeling you get when you help someone... then that type of selfishness isn&#039;t a bad thing. The problem being is to help some one, like visiting your nan for an hour on a Sunday for example.. requires some amount of effort on your part, where as sitting at home  on the computer (not that i do of course cough ) is no effort to you at all. Then when you are sitting there is there some invisible three headed dog stood in front of the phone preventing you from at least calling? I doubt it and if there is just throw him a marrow bone and head for the phone!

We do not always have to be there in person to stop someone from being lonely. In &#039;angels among us&#039; a country song it says &quot;a kind word from a stranger to lend a helping hand, a phone call from a friend just to say they understand&quot; is sometimes more than enough. Knowing that someone has been thinking about you and cares enough to call can be better than a whole week together. 
Then again on the other side, (i have often found this) That you can be surrounded by people all the time, talking till your jaw nearly drops off and going here there and everywhere yet...
Its surprising...... 

how you can still feel so alone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Firstly i admit, i may of been rather&#8230;.ummm&#8230; less than complimentary in my attitude toward the lib-dems. I have come to the conclusion that if Dave thinks its best for the country to enter into a coalition, then so be it. I shall continue to support the party however&#8230;<br />
I always say in life that i respect everyone unless they give me reason to do otherwise. I wish to continue with this line of thinking in regards to the Tory party. If i were to abandon my morals and support something i did not myself believe in i would be no better than&#8230;. LABOUR <img src='http://www.boris-johnson.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Social isolation is a big problem, bigger for some than others. Myself for example; having spent a good few years in care, i enjoy my own company and am glad of the peace as, if you were living with 8 additional young people all with their own problems, well you start to crave your own space (ever so slightly lol).</p>
<p>However my lack of interaction is my choice. It saddens me to think of all those who would like the company but cannot find it. My aunt for example having never lived alone seems to need company and short periods during the day seem to become just as bad as say a fortnights worth of my own company. (sorry auntie just an example no offense meant). It scares me to think had i not been with my father almost everyday for a year whilst he was in hospital, that he would of been in an awful lot of trouble. Seeing him was no effort on my part as i loved him and did not need to think of it. A certain member of my family only saw him 3 times in a year and thought she was going above and beyond the call of duty, even though divorced i would of liked to of seen some support from her for me if not for my dad.</p>
<p>This all ended in me having to use hospital transport to get up to guys at 4am, never mind that i had a fair few family members less than 20 mins away from me at the time.<br />
However hard it may of been for me to be there and see what i was seeing. It was not a time for me to consider myself. My father cared for me until he was medically unfit to and what sort of a person would i be if i did not do the same?</p>
<p>The problem now is that the saying &#8216;blood is thicker than water&#8217; means nothing now. From my experience that is. I would quite like a mother but my idea of a mother is nothing like the reality. So i have broken family ties to keep myself from harm. Again, this is my choice. I have met some lovely people on the net a lot from this site <img src='http://www.boris-johnson.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  which is enough for me.</p>
<p>I think of all those sat on their own at xmas (like myself)who have an awful time being alone. But it is not xmas and birthdays when we need people. We shouldnt need a reason to visit family friends , even the lady across the road, we should do this without thinking. Unfortunetly the family unit from a lone parent family to a much larger extended family, seems to be going out of fashion. We need to encourage people to start paying more attention to one another. I feel we could also benefit from intervention at a higher level such as government to inspire us to do so.</p>
<p>In thatchers britian this was stressed greatly by good ole mrs t herself. She believed in marriage , good parenting etc. A lady with morals! Though in this day and age it seems as though the oxford english is due to take the tippex to the word. We need to (although we shouldnt have to) re educate people from school age in respect, love, loyalty and all the good qualities we are capable of but do not practice. I believe it is holland (dont quote me on this i know its round about holland somewhere lol ) that takes sex education lessons in schools to a far superior level.</p>
<p>They start sex education classes from around ten years old . These however are not biology based, they teach their children  about relationships, explain what it is to care or love someone. They teach the difference between this and love for parents and siblings and of course friends at the same time. So when it comes to an appropriate time to start on the physical side of things. The children have a far better understanding as to why this happens.Our mistake being we teach about sex but not about why exactly it is that humans do this. Perhaps if we adopted the same syllabus from that age then we would see a greater wealth of personality and in turn greater appreciation of our loved ones and friends at a far later time in life.</p>
<p>My late partner sadly had an awful time, orphaned as a child and no family of which to speak. This led to him following a bad path. He was a Gd person although everyone seemed to turn on him (nearly everyone)so he valued his friends and would treat them as family. I would of given my life to help him and Ive no doubt he would of done the same. All of his friends were very lucky to be his friends.</p>
<p>We are very selfish creatures and most of the time will only do something if it results in personal gain however, if that personal gain comes from that warm feeling you get when you help someone&#8230; then that type of selfishness isn&#8217;t a bad thing. The problem being is to help some one, like visiting your nan for an hour on a Sunday for example.. requires some amount of effort on your part, where as sitting at home  on the computer (not that i do of course cough ) is no effort to you at all. Then when you are sitting there is there some invisible three headed dog stood in front of the phone preventing you from at least calling? I doubt it and if there is just throw him a marrow bone and head for the phone!</p>
<p>We do not always have to be there in person to stop someone from being lonely. In &#8216;angels among us&#8217; a country song it says &#8220;a kind word from a stranger to lend a helping hand, a phone call from a friend just to say they understand&#8221; is sometimes more than enough. Knowing that someone has been thinking about you and cares enough to call can be better than a whole week together.<br />
Then again on the other side, (i have often found this) That you can be surrounded by people all the time, talking till your jaw nearly drops off and going here there and everywhere yet&#8230;<br />
Its surprising&#8230;&#8230; </p>
<p>how you can still feel so alone.</p>
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		<title>By: Edith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Edith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 18:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The new coalition government has discovered Labour had deliberately signed off as many contracts as possible before the general election was called. Spending as much as possible and leave nothing for the Tory. Deliberately plunging the country deeper in debt than it was first calculated by economic experts. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7127819.ece

Now suddenly the police forces are running outside, arms flaying and complaining that under Labour they have almost as many clerks, pen-pushers and &quot;plastic policemen&quot; as fully-trained officers. How clever! Complaining ( rather than keeping quiet ) before it is discovered by the new government.

Why didn&#039;t they complain to the Labour government then? Or they didn&#039;t want to complain at all because they all liked the easy life Labour government gave them in return for votes at elections?
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/175562/Police-farce-as-civilians-outsrtip-officers

How Labour built up an army of Labour voters:

-Deliberately let the BBC run wild, allowing BBC top dogs do whatever they want to i.e how much they want to pay themselves etc. 

The BBC top dogs then  deliberately give celebrities like J Ross extraordinary contracts in an attempt to make their own big salaries look peanut by comparison.

The BBC top dogs then create as many unnecessary jobs as possible, employing as many extra staff as possible who will support and be loyal to  the BBC top dogs in return for their employment. 

-Deliberately made new regulations after regulations in order to give the police forces an easy life i.e sitting in their station filling in forms or walking the streets stopping teenagers/ adults asking silly questions then writing down their personal details in their notebook, rather than making the police go on the beat chasing after real criminals, drugs dealers etc... In return the police would vote for Labour.

-Deliberately create as many non-jobs, quango jobs etc... in the public sector i.e diversity managers ( £150k a year ), diversity deputy managers ( £50k a year ), community harmony officers* etc... then employ as many people as possible to do these jobs who would in return vote for Labour again and again.

* community harmony officers me ass. we know which groups are favoured.

Now if the new government make these people redundant or reduce their hours, they will get angry and vote against the new government in revenge.

-Deliberately fast tracked non-EU immigrants&#039; citizenship applications who have lived here less than 5 years. Once being British, they can apply for their family to join them over here. These new Brits will vote for Labour again as a thank-you gesture. 

It&#039;s a vicious circle, folks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The new coalition government has discovered Labour had deliberately signed off as many contracts as possible before the general election was called. Spending as much as possible and leave nothing for the Tory. Deliberately plunging the country deeper in debt than it was first calculated by economic experts. <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7127819.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7127819.ece</a></p>
<p>Now suddenly the police forces are running outside, arms flaying and complaining that under Labour they have almost as many clerks, pen-pushers and &#8220;plastic policemen&#8221; as fully-trained officers. How clever! Complaining ( rather than keeping quiet ) before it is discovered by the new government.</p>
<p>Why didn&#8217;t they complain to the Labour government then? Or they didn&#8217;t want to complain at all because they all liked the easy life Labour government gave them in return for votes at elections?<br />
<a href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/175562/Police-farce-as-civilians-outsrtip-officers" rel="nofollow">http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/175562/Police-farce-as-civilians-outsrtip-officers</a></p>
<p>How Labour built up an army of Labour voters:</p>
<p>-Deliberately let the BBC run wild, allowing BBC top dogs do whatever they want to i.e how much they want to pay themselves etc. </p>
<p>The BBC top dogs then  deliberately give celebrities like J Ross extraordinary contracts in an attempt to make their own big salaries look peanut by comparison.</p>
<p>The BBC top dogs then create as many unnecessary jobs as possible, employing as many extra staff as possible who will support and be loyal to  the BBC top dogs in return for their employment. </p>
<p>-Deliberately made new regulations after regulations in order to give the police forces an easy life i.e sitting in their station filling in forms or walking the streets stopping teenagers/ adults asking silly questions then writing down their personal details in their notebook, rather than making the police go on the beat chasing after real criminals, drugs dealers etc&#8230; In return the police would vote for Labour.</p>
<p>-Deliberately create as many non-jobs, quango jobs etc&#8230; in the public sector i.e diversity managers ( £150k a year ), diversity deputy managers ( £50k a year ), community harmony officers* etc&#8230; then employ as many people as possible to do these jobs who would in return vote for Labour again and again.</p>
<p>* community harmony officers me ass. we know which groups are favoured.</p>
<p>Now if the new government make these people redundant or reduce their hours, they will get angry and vote against the new government in revenge.</p>
<p>-Deliberately fast tracked non-EU immigrants&#8217; citizenship applications who have lived here less than 5 years. Once being British, they can apply for their family to join them over here. These new Brits will vote for Labour again as a thank-you gesture. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s a vicious circle, folks!</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff Taylor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff Taylor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think it&#039;s a great opportunity for the country to rise to the challenges of the future. The politicians have compromised on our behalf. We have got to compromise so as to put ourselves in the position of being able to repay this hideous debt, it won&#039;t go away however much finger-pointing there is.

But during the difficulties ahead all we&#039;ll hear from idiot Labourites is &#039;well you took the £6 billion out of the economy, if you hadn&#039;t it would be all sunlight and roses by now&#039; (how can they not understand that it is not being taken out, it just isn&#039;t being given to the taxman - oh yeah, selective understanding).

All Conservatives should be given a copy (or have access to an internet copy they can download) of the letter left to the Treasury Chief saying there&#039;s no money left. Then every time a Labour supporter opens their mouth to complain about the cuts we can wave it in their faces.

It could also be used to completely destroy their credibility at every general election for decades to come!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it&#8217;s a great opportunity for the country to rise to the challenges of the future. The politicians have compromised on our behalf. We have got to compromise so as to put ourselves in the position of being able to repay this hideous debt, it won&#8217;t go away however much finger-pointing there is.</p>
<p>But during the difficulties ahead all we&#8217;ll hear from idiot Labourites is &#8216;well you took the £6 billion out of the economy, if you hadn&#8217;t it would be all sunlight and roses by now&#8217; (how can they not understand that it is not being taken out, it just isn&#8217;t being given to the taxman &#8211; oh yeah, selective understanding).</p>
<p>All Conservatives should be given a copy (or have access to an internet copy they can download) of the letter left to the Treasury Chief saying there&#8217;s no money left. Then every time a Labour supporter opens their mouth to complain about the cuts we can wave it in their faces.</p>
<p>It could also be used to completely destroy their credibility at every general election for decades to come!</p>
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		<title>By: Vicus Scurra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vicus Scurra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 13:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a HREF=&quot;http://www.boris-johnson.com/2007/06/21/gordon-brown/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; And what did you say about Lib Dems and coalition here, Boris?&lt;/A&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.boris-johnson.com/2007/06/21/gordon-brown/" rel="nofollow"> And what did you say about Lib Dems and coalition here, Boris?</a></p>
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		<title>By: Vicus Scurra</title>
		<link>http://www.boris-johnson.com/2010/05/17/liberal-conservatism-and-the-plight-of-the-lonely/comment-page-1/#comment-28865</link>
		<dc:creator>Vicus Scurra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 13:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a HREF=&quot;http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/12/15/charles-kennedy-as-the-red-squirrel-of-british-politics/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; What did you say about the Lib Dems here, Boris?&lt;/A&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/12/15/charles-kennedy-as-the-red-squirrel-of-british-politics/" rel="nofollow"> What did you say about the Lib Dems here, Boris?</a></p>
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		<title>By: Vicus Scurra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vicus Scurra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 13:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boris-johnson.com/2004/10/07/comments-from-the-party-conference/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; What did you say about the Libdems here, Boris&lt;/A&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.boris-johnson.com/2004/10/07/comments-from-the-party-conference/" rel="nofollow"> What did you say about the Libdems here, Boris</a></p>
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		<title>By: ed gibb</title>
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		<dc:creator>ed gibb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 12:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Surely the victory of England&#039;s cricketers in the World Twenty20 series illustrates the success of our inclusive Britain? Look at the sterling work of the naturalised immigrants from Africa, like KP and Keiswetter! And isn&#039;t the achievement of Australia in just making it to the final a testament to enlightened penal reform? Hooray for the Big Society!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Surely the victory of England&#8217;s cricketers in the World Twenty20 series illustrates the success of our inclusive Britain? Look at the sterling work of the naturalised immigrants from Africa, like KP and Keiswetter! And isn&#8217;t the achievement of Australia in just making it to the final a testament to enlightened penal reform? Hooray for the Big Society!</p>
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		<title>By: Tabloid</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tabloid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not very political, but the unison inwhich I witnessed on tv last week was really something, and I think that the nation should take note of this, pick their arses up and get on board with working together.

David and Jonathans coming together last week is a great example of what we should all be doing in the UK, putting differences aside and getting together- who ever we are, or where ever we come from, may euro-loving road-hump-fetishists and hermaphroditic parrotfish unite!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not very political, but the unison inwhich I witnessed on tv last week was really something, and I think that the nation should take note of this, pick their arses up and get on board with working together.</p>
<p>David and Jonathans coming together last week is a great example of what we should all be doing in the UK, putting differences aside and getting together- who ever we are, or where ever we come from, may euro-loving road-hump-fetishists and hermaphroditic parrotfish unite!</p>
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		<title>By: Vicus Scurra</title>
		<link>http://www.boris-johnson.com/2010/05/17/liberal-conservatism-and-the-plight-of-the-lonely/comment-page-1/#comment-28858</link>
		<dc:creator>Vicus Scurra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 07:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice mawkish twaddle Boris, well done!
&quot;with a giddy helium-lunged feeling of hope&quot;, Yes! I felt that hope too! I hoped that the ground would open up and swallow the tedious twosome, despite the environmental impact of having to absorb so much oil, smarm and saccharine. 
I particularly liked your Cup Final analogy, except I have a different interpretation, you may be surprised to find.
On one side we have Chelsea, buoyed by shady dealings in the Russian energy production market, full of overpaid whingeing prima donnas, and on the other Portsmouth, a more typical example of what happens when market forces are allowed to flow unrestricted - crippling debt and peripheral small business pushed towards insolvency as a result. Tory Britain, where the rich thrive and the poor are obliterated. The system is broken, and your old friend George has no idea what to do - if he finds it all too hard, may I suggest that there is a vacancy for him in the police force in Keystone.
&lt;a href=&quot;http://vicusscurra.blogspot.com/2010/05/georges-new-job-part-6.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; What&#039;s really happening&lt;/A&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice mawkish twaddle Boris, well done!<br />
&#8220;with a giddy helium-lunged feeling of hope&#8221;, Yes! I felt that hope too! I hoped that the ground would open up and swallow the tedious twosome, despite the environmental impact of having to absorb so much oil, smarm and saccharine.<br />
I particularly liked your Cup Final analogy, except I have a different interpretation, you may be surprised to find.<br />
On one side we have Chelsea, buoyed by shady dealings in the Russian energy production market, full of overpaid whingeing prima donnas, and on the other Portsmouth, a more typical example of what happens when market forces are allowed to flow unrestricted &#8211; crippling debt and peripheral small business pushed towards insolvency as a result. Tory Britain, where the rich thrive and the poor are obliterated. The system is broken, and your old friend George has no idea what to do &#8211; if he finds it all too hard, may I suggest that there is a vacancy for him in the police force in Keystone.<br />
<a href="http://vicusscurra.blogspot.com/2010/05/georges-new-job-part-6.html" rel="nofollow"> What&#8217;s really happening</a></p>
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