Dr Gloom

quite enjoying the badminton

nice moments of humour too to balance out the patriotism.

i'm not one to get schmultzy but i thought the whole thing was bloody brilliant. i was choking up on more than one occasion. such a good production and a reminder of why we should all be proud to be british.

who the fuck are you like?

since when were "the" and "a" big words?

Too late. We have already started the descent into a second great depression

Most of the deficit reuction is supposed to come from recovery, not from cuts. yeah, that's what i meant. it's economics 101. you don't get the growth needed to reduce the deficit from savage austerity measures

this window has been fairly underwhelming so far. not losing any key players is the priority though and that hasn't happened yet, which is a bonus.

Curtis B Good

the deficit needs to be reduced, but the the speed and aggressive nature of the austerity was always going to result in a double dip. gordon brown was right about that. borrowing is also going up under the tories, ironically. sharp cuts in government spending are leading to economic contraction, which in turn is widening the deficit.

Marvellous scenes in London Bridge station this morning. Wall to wall blart. Where do the hotties hide all year?

29 degrees, blue skies, happy days. Long lunch break on the cards. Back down to below 20 at the weekend though.

Agreed. Second episode of the newsroom was pretty awful. Shame, after a promising start looks like it's set for a double helping of Gorgonzola.

Good read in the FT on this http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b3f1df0-d40e-11e1-942c-00144feabdc0.html

This is a spanking

afternoon session rained off. shame t was engrossing stuff. jimmy getting the ball to nip around nicely.

it's a simple equation really. more people kill each other with guns in america than they do here because pretty much any psycho can walk into a shop and buy one.

quite a good contest so far. england dominated with the bat on day 1. SA coming back into it on the second day with some good seam bowling under cloud cover. even stevens at this stage.

i do find myself wondring if people like this really exist in newcastle these days though or if they've just picked some random freaks; guys with orange skin is one thing. but waxed eyebrows? not in my day.

i'm going to own up. geordie shore is a guilty pleasure. car crash tv at it's best. it's hideous, yet i'm compelled to watch.

Lawro needs to stop trying to fit in with shearer and "links" by wearing them with his gut and moob combo.

i don't expect us to match last season's finish. we over-performed, other clubs didn't perform to their potential. but if can keep this group of players together, and add to them, then there's no reason why we can't be finishing somewhere just below the top 5 or 6. i can't see us challenging the top 4 again as we did last season.

Hansen loves his alliteration. When you talk aboot pace, passing, penetration - he's goat eit in abundance.

mashed eggs?

he just comes across as such a slimey shit every time he opens his mouth.