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With the recent spike in supermarket theft, we obviously need a jail, although in line with Hipster chic it would obviously have to be named Gaol. Instead of doing stir, the inmates would be doing pesto porridge...grapes optional

I don't think West Ham will do as well as last season because of the move. UP had a special, intimidating atmosphere, must've been worth 12-15 points a season, can't see the OS replicating that. I think they have got themselves a potentially very good striker though in Ashley Fletcher. He was in front of Rashford in the Utd pecking order until he went out on loan to Barnsley. Wouldn't surprise me if he became another 'Pogba' in 4-5 years time...

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That's not quite the point though is it. Last might's match is part of 18 months of raising awareness as well as funds for Rooney's chosen charities. Apart from the match, none of the other charity events will make the back pages of the nationals, unless Rooney is caught puffing on a fag in a hospital car park. Clubs and footballers do a lot of charity work behind the scenes that never gets recognised. Demonizing footballers is easy, of course they are paid way too much, yet everyone who sits in their comfy armchair at home or in a pub watching Sky/BT is just as complicit as to the current state of the game. This Q&A from the Mail's Martin Samuel is an excellent reposte to the snipers... The true people that devote their time to doing good for others do not get recognition for their efforts. Maybe the odd MBE, the lowest honour going. These people work without monetary reward and do not get the publicity they deserve. Yet along comes Rooney, making a visit to a children's hospital, and the press are all over it like a cheap suit. He is doing this for himself, look at me, what a caring person I am. What a hypocrite. It sickens me to see so-called celebrities cashing in on their fame, to promote themselves. How much has Rooney donated to various charities? The people that really do good in the community and raise millions for charities do not do staged photoshoots. These people remain anonymous. That's why this act by Rooney is so obvious, it's nauseating. You?re not fooling anyone. Let him put his money where his mouth is, and put his hand in his own pocket. Mike A Harris, Clacton-on-Sea. Martin Samuel: We can presume from this post that Mike is one of those who selflessly devotes time and money to charity each year, because it would be hypocritical in the extreme if he just sat around moaning that wealthy young footballers should do more. So, good for you Mike. Well done. We?re all very grateful for your, no doubt, huge contribution. As such a generous person, you will no doubt be aware that the tax laws changed in April, meaning that testimonial events and the benefits from them became subject to tax. So if Rooney just wrote a cheque and sent it off, a significant percentage would be lost to the charities anyway. That is why he had to create the Wayne Rooney Foundation and make sure it raised money as a charity would. Equally, the good causes desire recognition. That Rooney can publicise the need for funds at Alder Hey or Claire House is a crucial point. Those places are delighted to see him, delighted to be attracting the publicity from his visit. They want the cameras there, they want the photographs and the plugs, and so do the parents. They do not resent Rooney?s presence, they see the good that will come of it, they recognise the genuine nature of his intentions. Rooney has been on the other side, too. Coleen?s sister was treated, and died at 14, in these places: I think it is rather nasty, in those circumstances, that you would doubt his motives, or think it is all about personal adulation. If it was, he could just stay home. He?s a famous footballer. He?s got 75,000 Manchester United fans at Old Trafford and millions more around the world who love him. Accompanying him on these visits I saw the sincerity. The cameras were only there to publicise the testimonial and the good causes; it is plain he is a regular visitor in a private capacity, too. And the people that really do good in the community remain anonymous? Not true. Alder Hey publishes the names of its patrons: Wayne and Coleen Rooney, Jamie Carragher, Beth Tweddle, Leighton Baines, AP McCoy, Andrew and Rachel Flintoff, Mick Fitzgerald, and this is just from the world of sport. I?d wager you didn?t have a clue that they were all so involved, but they?re not anonymous. What would be the point of that? Charity needs publicity. Rooney could make anonymous donations, and probably does ? not much point asking him about it, because what is a man to say to the question ?do you donate anonymously?? ? but can achieve more raising the profile so that pilot schemes become something of permanence. My wife?s aunt Jean was a volunteer at her local hospital. Lovely lady, Jean. She ran the tea shop, did all she could. But could she achieve anything that would write a cheque for ?5m? No. So Jean helped in her own way because she?s that type of person, but a famous footballer can make a real difference. After I wrote about Rooney?s testimonial there were a few who thought he should just hand his money over; yet none of them offered to say what they did. Do any of them even do as much as Auntie Jean?

The money raised goes to charities these days Jah, not to the footballer...

But we already do share, and in your words it's 99% successful. There is no segregation as such, nor should there be. In your OP you specifically asked for a form of segregation... I hope it's not too presumptuous to ask that pedestrians use the pavement, bridleway or grass (or even just stick to one side of the road rather than the centre) and leave a clear passage for cyclists? It's a hideous idea for a park, which is supposed to be a natural, free-flowing, organic space and environment. Humans aren't automatons. Have you considered moving to Stepford?...

That's life rendel, where/when in life do you ever get 100% consensus? There's far more important things in life to rub your worry beads about...

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hadn't noticed that - well it should say all > cyclists, I wouldn't dream of riding amongst the > throngs around the pond and caf?, that certainly > would be wrong. There are other paths that circumnavigates those areas, with much less pedestrian traffic, so a total ban would be silly. When it comes to cycling in any park, IMO it comes down to common sense and reading what's ahead of you. If you see a throng of people ahead of you, get of your bike and walk for a bit, or take one of the alternative paths etc etc...

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are also lots of > nicely paved paths away from the perimeter road of > course, round by the lake and the caf? and the > lovely American garden where bikes are (quite > rightly) not permitted. The sign I've seen said hire bikes weren't permitted, nothing about everyday cyclists...

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That's like saying if there's a car with the keys in the ignition you can drive it away. Sticky Fingers Louisa, who'd of thought it...

The search function...:)

rupert james Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As a matter of interest how did people manage to > co exist in the past > > Was it just old fashioned common sense? I'm afraid dear heart the Park has never been the same since those Penny-Farthing riders turned up. Who do they think they are, looking down on us like that? Never mind, I shall just have to console myself with reading Proust's ? la recherche du temps perdu ​​under the shade of my loved one's heaving, corsetted breasts...

It saddens me to read some of the comments in this thread, we truly are a divided nation. I'm firmly in the Remain camp, the humble bacon sandwich should remain just that...bacon with the rind left on, buttered soft white crusty bread, squidgy enough to leave fingerprints whilst soaking up the fat still oozing from the rind, finished off with a squirt of HP brown sauce. Job done. Although not for me, I have no objection to red sauce or even mustard, but as soon as you start adding anything else or toasting it, it stops being a bacon sandwich. Take your weird ways with you Leave voters...

If it's purely a collection of other artist's work, then I don't see the problem. Instead of the works being in Bowie's home where no one could see them, they'll be in someone else's home where no one can see them. However, if it's art work by Bowie himself, then I think it would of interest to see them in a public place...

Seems to me the PLP is going about this the wrong way. Instead of trying to oust Corbyn they should just ban Folk music...

My ideal England manager is... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36781992 Jurgen Klinsmann

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...but May doesn't strike me as the > type to make an appointment like this without > careful thought. Boris-kins, it's Treez here. I saw on the news that PastyFace has stabbed you in the back. Be a love and stand down and I'll make you Foreign Secretary. After all you get on awfully well with those fuzzy wuzzies. I make that 15 seconds of careful thought...

No Sb, we've gone all Brexit here, BFS = Bloody Foreign Scum...

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You guys must be delighted, him being such a good > manager and everything........... I see it as West Ham bequeathing to the nation their ex-manager. Just like they single handedly won the World Cup in '66, so we shall rise again as a footballing nation in 2018...

Brendan Rodgers out!...:)

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Every Tory MP I've heard seems to be saying that > the referendum result must be respected. The cynic in me says that's more to do with retaining power than actual principles. After all, MPs of all parties will readily go against the majority views of their constituents when it suits. Anyways, there won't be a snap election, May will eventually press the button, and we'll all have to suck it and see...

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But unfortunately we've already voted for 'leave'. > Labour were overwhelmingly in favour of "remain" > (despite Corbyn), so what's the point? Whose to say the Tory party would be pro-Brexit in their next manifesto? After all, the Ref was only advisory, not legally binding. That would be for them to resolve...

KK, surely that would only be the case if the property was for sake in the UK only?...

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Because he is very popular with members > (idealists), but much less so with the > parliamentary party (pragmatists). Members = Social Media savvy text-a-crowd. PP = Has anyone got any more Post-It Notes?...