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I think the difference between FPTP and PR (besides the obvious) is that the former is designed to elect/reject an individual (regardless of their party affiliation), with the latter designed to elect/reject parties (regardless of who the individuals are). Warsi could be rejected under PR - if...

Oh - and whatever happens the Bishops have to go! There are (I believe) only two 'democracies' in the world that reserve seats in their parliament for religious leaders: Iran and the United Kingdom.

To be fair, I'm not completely certain what the current appointment system actually is. Who gets to decide how many Conservative Lords that Cameron can appoint? Or Labour/Lib Dem/etc Lords? I don't disagree about crossbenchers actually, but surely there must be some control on how many of each...

Personally, I'd make the House of Lords electable under Proportional Representation. 1) The parties still get to put whoever they want on the lists - but the electorate the say of how many each party actually has. 2) Under PR, it's highly unlikely that any party will get a majority - even...

There is, but that is not what the House of Lords is. Those sitting in the House of Lords are still appointed by political parties; just we don't get any say in these ones. The perfect example that sticks two fingers up at democracy is Sayeeda Warsi. She has stood for election once (in 2005)...

Plymouth away - they scored an own-goal for us that was even better than Hinshelwood's 40 yard effort. Lobbed the keeper from bloody miles out - it might even have been from our half of the pitch. We went on to draw 3-3, but I think that might have been the first goal of the game?

No - sadly I don't think there are albums within groups.

I remember that - Mike Newell getting sent off for it too. I had a feeling it was Nathan Jones, but might just be because it was down the left wing! They used it as a "What Happens Next" on Question of Sport shortly after too.

Some great photos - I have added you to by "follow" list on Flickr too. I really need to start going back and putting some of my better stuff on there - I wish I'd found this thread earlier really, but now I have it should inspire me to share a bit more.

It's definitely worth doing. You could create a personal 'album' on there, and/or put some in a shared 'group'. There's one HERE just called "Brighton & Hove Albion FC" - it's not one I've created or anything, just one I found by searching - others may know a better one. I remember your photos...

The Israelites song just came on, and trying to remember what the advert was, I googled "Wake up in the morning wanting some breakfast advert"...... and of all the websites in the world, Google gives me this thread! NSC: the world's best at chatting about the most random topics :clap2: :facepalm:

Incredible work if so. Hell, it's incredible work anyway. Whether the brothers wanted to die or not, to save hostages from this is unbelievable.

There are now 88,000 personnel (police + armed forces) across these two situations. Eighty-eight thousand. Wow. Interesting that they are (apparently) trying to jam phone signals so the two groups can't talk to each other or access the internet - I guess that's one way to do it... (Guardian...

I fear that you're right, but if they are now claiming to be protecting each other maybe they do still harbour some deluded ambitions of escape. I don't know how far they think they'll get - or how far they ever thought they'd get. Did they imagine they could drive their hijacked cars all the...

"AP is reporting that the gunman at the kosher market in eastern Paris has threatened to kill his hostages if police launch an assault on the cornered brothers suspected in the Charlie Hebdo attack." - the Guardian. What a horrific situation to deal with. Where would you even start?

Great, thanks - I will follow your stream and have a look at the group - worth joining even if it is quiet :)

Hi everyone - apologies if this has already been discussed, but... Looking back over the last 15 or so pages of this thread, there are a few mentions of Flickr, but I couldn't see any reference to a specific group. Is there a North Stand Chatters group on Flickr, or similar? This is a fantastic...

Club confirmation here: http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/arsenal-tickets-sold-out-617573.aspx

Yes it did.

Accrington's idea of selling tickets to a game that won't even happen has made them realise that a bit of cardboard is pretty collectible. As a result, each ticket that isn't printed at home will (probably not) carry a £10 booking fee.