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I really don't think it's a money thing as I think Liverpool would match what any other club would offer. He wants to be at a club that is going places and playing in the champions league. Liverpool look like a club on the way down. Now wether he is good enough is another question.

Not mentioned here? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_and_Commercial_Services_Union Was it Civil Service wide? There was a dispute in 2004 with other unions which won a small concession on pensions, but which was then changed again a few years ago.

The reason that happens is that PCS's strikes have achieved absolutely nothing. Serwotka is now seeing membership dwindling and is having to sell off assets to keep the union afloat.

I was in the PCS (civil service Union) for years. Never helped me one jot. They only ever seemed in it for those that had been around for years. One year they negotiated a pay deal that meant it would take me 43 years to move from the bottom of the pay scale to the top.

IMO the Tories are in a far better position than Labour for their next leader. both May and Johnston are highly credible. Osborne too could make a claim if he pilots the economy well over the next 5 years.

That was pretty clear from the election. Labour gained votes from the lib dems but lost more to UKIP in working class areas. More and more reason why they can't go off to the left. 50 years ago most working class people were brought up in homes with strong trade union roots. Not any more...

Doing either of those things would have been very risky. If he had stood against Brown then he would have almost certainly lost and made an enemy of the PM. I suppose he might have been better positioned for when Brown did go. If he sought to bring down Brown later then he might have...

What I'm interested in, is who is going to lead the stay in and stay out campaigns. The most obvious leader of the "out" campaign is Farage, but surely he will realise that he will put off people. Someone like David Davis maybe? On the stay in group, will Cameron seek to lead it if he...

I'm pretty sure most rail workers have been on RPI plus one for the last decade or so. I've never ever heard of rail workers having pay freezes before.

Baby boomers starting to die off and women now having first children a lot later are two possible explanations

Personally I think they need a leader without the baggage of being a strong part of the Blair/Brown Government. Going for Burnham feels too much like the Tories going for IDS after Hague had failed. I think it's more than that though. They need as a party to convince the country that...

So someone getting a job that wasn't before isn't a reward? Government taxing less tax from your pay packet isn't a reward? What do you want the government to do, employ a troupe of pressies and send them round and give you a blowie.

Raising the personal allowance? 2 million more jobs?

Do you want to live in a communist state?

They've halved the rate at which we borrow money. Ie the debt isn't going up as fast.

I think you can do it but I'm no expert on it. Google may be your friend. Any of the ones that have freetime are pretty good. I got one for the bedroom that didn't have a hard disc but was able to connect a spare external drive I had.

I'm only with sky for phone and broadband and thought the same, but when I rang up I was pleasantly surprised. They cut by monthly cost from £27.50 to £20.

Ditch it all. I'm paying £20 a month for line rental weekend calls and superfast broadband. Switch your sky box for a freesat box. I use Now TV for when I want to watch sky. If you look on eBay you can get vouchers for the TV and movies for about £5 a month. Sports passes are £10 a...

Yep. I can also read the blatant self justification of a partisan party follower that will justify pretty much anything if it leads to their party having power.

A belated Happy Ed Balls day!! While we have you Mustafa any comment on the fact that UKIP are the only party that seem to be offering direct democracy options. Couldn't see anything from TUSC on it?