Calculus

Well it is Gasland. Were any horses punched?

I see that, with the closure of Kids' Company, Camilla Batmanghelidjh has returned to her real life identity of Camilla Brucewayneghelidj.

Anything said about costs? Do Rovers have to pay Sainsburys' costs? #brexit

Am very happy to say that I think Yorkshire will win a few titles with their current team (obviously I'm an exile). Just imagine how well they'll do with all their England players available. That said, I went to see them for the 3rd day at Taunton this year. Somerset put on 175 in the 1 hour and 45 minutes of the morning session. The Overtons were fantastic and the attack was made to look very ordinary, Adil in particular looked awful.

... and they've got special Devizes to help them as well.

... and about time too. The USA has better relations with North Korea than it does with Cuba. Guess that this must have been in the pipeline for some time. Seem to remember Obama going out of his way to shake hands with Raoul Castro at Mandela's funeral. That must have been planned.

Have just returned from some time in France and if anybody thought they didn't like Sarkhozy you should hear what they say about Hollande. I spoke to many who are of the firm belief that France is fast becoming a basket case and that the current socialist government is very unpopular. Given a distaste for Sarkhozy and co the population seem to be heading towards the daughter and father Le Penn. I believe that the mood is running against any development of an 'ever closer Union' in France - the elections just haven't caught up with it yet. The message will be received loud and clear in the upcoming Euro elections, after which expect attitudes to change. Farage plays a useful role in all this in the UK, but by the time of the general election his fox will be, I predict, well and truly shot.

I fully expect UKIP to do very well on a small turnout in the upcoming Euros, and although I'm not a supporter of them it won't be a bad thing if they do. By the time the General Election comes around I expect that both Conservatives and Labour will have committed to EU reform and a referendum and that UKIP's poll ratings will be much reduced. No bad achievement for Farage.

I think you're going to have to wait a very long time for that - there is simply nothing in it for Cameron and Miliband. The EU debate might well be important to you but it won't be on most peoples' radar come general election time. Farage was ok last night and Clegg dreadful but neither have a cat in hell's chance of being the next Prime Minister. UKIP has the princely total of zero MPs, that's less than each of the Greens, Plaid, SNP, DUP, UUP, SF and the odd independent. Farage, IMO, is already given massive over-exposure on the BBC, but I suppose he is 'box office' so I guess you can't blame auntie. My prediction for the GE is that Cameron and Miliband will debate with each other on TV before the main campaign starts. You may have guessed that I'm not a fan of Farage but I do believe that he has provided two useful services, both of which improve UK politics. Firstly, he will make sure that the Eurosceptic voice is well aired and that EU zealots like Clegg don't go unchallenged. The second service is that by providing a home for the wider elements of the right he has almost singlehandedly destroyed the BNP. For both these services he has my unfailing gratitude, although I wouldn't vote for the b^gger in a million years.

Not really. When Clegg made that statement he was talking about what a Lib Dem Government would do. Of course, at the time the Lib Dems really didn't have any chance of forming a majority government, so I suppose that he should have admitted that and said that he couldn't actually promise anything on his own because he'd have to compromise with a much larger coalition partner at best. He could, have course, have specified exactly what his negotiation position would be in all detail, which would have been a totally unrealistic way of entering any negotiation. Farage of course won't face any on these problems for a number of reasons that I can see: 1) he's interested in influence only and not any responsible exercise of power, 2) so far, he and his loopy party have not been scrutinised and they won't stand up to it when they are 3) he's a populist rabble-rouser with nowt behind him, appealing only to the small minded and 4) and most importantly: nobody else in politics would touch him with a large barge pole. The short-lived pinnacle of Farage's career will occur this May when UKIP do reasonably in the Euro elections. Turnout at Euro elections Is usually low and people don't actually care much about the outcome, often preferring to give the incumbent government or opposition a good kick. Some years ago the Greens finished second in the Euros. It was of no significance to the next General Election although the zealots predicted it would be. What did happen was that there was a 'greening' of policy in all of the major parties. Wind forward, and I predict the same fate will befall Farage and Co - he will manage to keep the other parties honest on the EU. That in itself will, of course, be a significant achievement, but he and his party have no long term future as a serious force.

Have we conceded yet?

Apparently Ryan Taylor was originally signed by Bristol City as a striker. Who'd have thunk it?

It means something else out there....

It isn't the role of a chairman to talk to the fans: he's there to chair the board on behalf of shareholders. The fact that you want something else will cut no ice with anyone. There are many ways in which club and fans communicate: letters from JL, SL in pubs and on radio, the manager (when it was SOD) meeting fans in pubs, DL and all his works, fans parliament etc.. The club communicates enough, IMO, and much more than most. Our problem is that we don't like any number of things about BCFC, not that we are communicated with. Perhaps as a group maybe we should let them get on with it and stop being so bl**ding negative and needy...

Exactly so, and it's fairly clear that were the Lansdowns to get serious grief from supporters they would be off. The end game is nigh, IMO, and the question in my mind is what will follow. FC Bristol City playing at the Hand stadium anyone?

If randomly waving your arms about qualifies you as a sign language interpreter then SOD's future is assured......

Does anyone know if the design of the new Gate has the potential for an increase in a capacity from the 27,000 or is that the absolute max?

... and anyone who thinks they are deluded is clearly not deluded. A Catch 33 situation, as my mother in law once said...

As these events seem to have passed me by would interested if you could let me know when scenes like the City/Rovers night last happened at a rugby or cricket match in this country. Sad to say football seems to be the only sport where you still get this sort of behaviour. The club have given a very strong message that they don't want people that can't behave properly at games. At some point the very small number of idiots and their apologists need to catch on to this simple fact and grow up. And don't believe that the club can't afford to lose these 'supporters'. I know of a fair few people who like football, but don't attend because of the acivities of yobs.