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Different club, different manager (although Gary Megson worked his magic at City too in the past), same story.  This article says it all. 
 Is there a pithy phrase for the way waste spirals down the toilet bowl – it might be more appropriate than ‘managerial merry-go-round’.
Still, ticket prices might be cheaper in League One…

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Just been chatting to young William on MSN Messenger.  This is part of our conversation (I asked about the Garlecs thing – apparently they are like Daleks only more garlicky).  If I was a responsible parent I would probably tell him off… 
William (called “Get to the retardeth, the Garlecs are coming”  for some unknown reason) said:
i spent the [...]

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A Fine City…

A day in Norwich for work yesterday, and a night spent at the home of the Hon Norman Lamb MP and his family.  Most of the evening was spent laughing hysterically as Mary Lamb attempted to transform a bath-towel into a man-sized nappy for teenaged son, Ned.
Did you know that there are dozens of web-sites [...]

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On campus at Sussex Uni today – spotted a poster advertising future speakers for the Politics Society.  It included Lib Dem Home Affairs spokesman Nick Glegg…
No honours for those politics students then but it could have been worse – they could have invited Norman Glam…or Ed Gravey… or Lembit Opik…

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Paddy O’Connell is without doubt the best presenter on national radio.  I’ve been warming recently to Nicky Campbell (I’ve always felt Campbell was lot less clever than he thought, while Simon Mayo was a lot cleverer than he thought, but Campbell is winning me over.)  But O’Connell is just brilliant.  I love his super-dry wit [...]

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Interesting question from my sister.  She was refering to local authority pension funds investing in the arms trade.
I was involved in a lively discussion among Hampshire Lib Dems last year about the position the County Group should take over the issue.  The argument against stipulating that pension funds should invest in ethical funds is that [...]

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