Red-Robbo

It's the taking off the menu of pork products that people object to. Why should non-Muslims (and non-observant muslims) have their menu shrunk because they happen to live in an area where there is a high Pakistani origin population. I'm sure there's no rule that means muslims can't just select the non-pork products from a full menu - so why restrict the choice for the rest ? There's nothing to stop Subway franchisees doing that, but equally there's nothing to stop the rest of us going 'F you Subway, you're not getting my custom any more'.

I don't think they kill an individual pig just to make a ham sarnie out of it. What you should have written is "you and about 1500 other people are responsible". ;-)

Sid & Doris Bonkers

Surprised they have a forum. There's so few of them, can't they just all ring each other up for a natter?

Baldock is fast becoming a BCFC legend. He looked lost, isolated up front under the last manager, but the guy constantly gives 100% and wahey! he sticks them away.

Great result!!! Just... a perfect day

Worth pointing out that Rochdale are second and Mansfield 10th

What a clash that would be: South Gloucestershire Rovers against north Gloucestershire Rovers. My money's on FGR.

Why not? An improving Northampton side need just take one more win than them from the last few games and it's Hello Alfreton Town for the Blue Few.

Aha. the real Wade Elliott has turned up

Torquay with 58% possession, according to PA.

... and Northampton score to keep the Gas two points from the drop. Come on Torquay!

Samuel Baldock you star!

Kelly would provide that break-up play in front of the defence we sound like we're missing....

Fast catching up the BBC, you mean H.

Get yourself down to The Fish Plaice on the Square. You'll get a Cod connection there, although reception might be a bit bass heavy...

Ironically, the rescheduling helps me with my Saturday arrangements. Still, I do feel sympathy for those that have had things mucked up by it. Far too late. Good letter, Hotwellsred BTW.

And on that point, my friend, I completely agree with you!

So you accept my point that it was well before the bank bailout and entirely unconnected. Your man Gideon certainly knows a thing about bad decisions - he takes them constantly - but nothing can perhaps match the bad decision to sell off 100% of Britain's utilities and railways between 1982 and 1996.

I'm glad you're not Chancellor, Screech!

As I pointed out, the gold stocks were halved in 1999, nine years before any bank needed to be bailed out. There is a lot you can criticise Brown for, but I'm not sure the bail outs are one. What would you do as Chancellor? Let the country's financial institutions collapse like dominos because some banks had put large amounts into hopelessly overstretched US mortgage providers. I need hardly point out that the decision to intervene was supported by G.G. Osborne and the Tory front bench. However I don't think you can call bankers "Labour's chums". Look at where there money goes: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/feb/08/tory-funds-half-city-banks-financial-sector

It was recommended by the Bank. This is all minuted and on record. Gold reserves are a bit of a hangover to when currencies were pegged on them. Lots of countries have none or virtually none - China, Canada and Australia to name but three. We still hold enough to put us in the World top 10. Of course, what the propagandists didn't tell you was as gold was sold the BoE was boosting its foreign currency reserves. These had been depleted ruinously during the Thatcher recession. The reserves were - of course - sold over three years, not in one lump sum - and many years before any bank bailouts. The two events are not connected in any way.

I suspect they'll not be able to fill their troughs as much as Gideon's mate: http://politicalscrapbook.net/2014/04/osborne-best-mans-hedge-fund-made-36m-profit-on-royal-mail/