Recent content by DaveKen

A difficult fact to accept maybe but we just cannot solve all the world's problems. We never could, I suspect such failed economic migration has been going on for ever(?) but we have never previously had any means of knowing about it so it just did not exist for us to worry about. What we...

Even if that were true, and I only have your word for it, how long for any benefit to justify the original expenditure? Don't think any of us will live that long, do you? Dave.

My point exactly!!

I can't see the NHS turning down this amount as an investment in new kit and expensive drugs, can you?

Monkey does as bid by grinder - buck stops with the grinder - decline well on way pre Keane. Dave.

Part of the problem - neither club seems to have flourished under his stewardship or gone out of their way to retain his services. Lambert has got to where he is now by bringing some success to some teams at some time as a manager - and Keane? Dave.

And his record in such roles counts for nothing?? Where is there any evidence of him picking up anything that has been of benefit to any team with which he has had any managerial roll? Whichever way you look at it it is a massive gamble IMO. Well, hardly massive, given the vast sums of money...

Not interested in any London-centric 'our backers are richer than your backers' clap trap - I am interested in why anyone would give Keane an 'off the field' football job with his track record in that area. Stretching my imagination a bit I wonder if it is to bring the inevitable sacking just...

What has Roy Keane got in his 'off the field' football CV that persuades anyone at Villa to appoint him as Assistant Manager? Don't get me wrong, at MU there was no one better in the world at doing what he did on the field IMHO but since he left he has had 'assistant' jobs with some of the best...

Just to add to the debate that will follow, the impartial report on BBC1 Leeds based local TV News used this phrase, and I quote, "This will effectively enable Manchester to operate as a suburb of Leeds". Oh yeah!! I wonder what the population of Manchester think of having this hitherto...

I solved my identical problem a few moths back by talking to Sean at Custom HiFi Cables based in Leeds. Nice guy to deal with, knows what he's talking about, decent prices and offers guarantees - what more could you want from a potential supplier? Dave.

Can someone please tell me why we really need to link Northern Cities by a high speed rail link? Does the prospect of shaving 30 mins maximum off a 90 min journey between any two northern cities really offer any tangible benefits other than for the companies who get the contracts? Let's face...

Maybe I did not explain myself thoroughly? I am not questioning the integrity of the marking process itself. What I am trying to draw attention to is that those schools that tend to get a higher proportion of their pupils into Uni (because of better results) are those that tend to have 24/7...

Further thought: - It is widely acknowledged, I believe, that getting yourself a job within this cohort depends more on 'Who you know' rather than 'What you know'. and, in this context, where do you get to know 'Who you know'?. In your school that gets you the exam results you need to get into...

Not read this whole thread but, referring to the OP title, the following occurs to me: - The cohort of business, politics, civil servants and to a lesser extent the Bishops have, in the main, one thing in common: their education. I suggest for your consideration that many/most of them were...