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Didn't Tony Blair claim a repetitive strain injury from shaking hands? Safety in the workplace and all that.

Wear latex gloves?

I know people are taking the piss but intending to con people out of money is not a job.

Most franchised driving instructors can barely drive themselves.

It's Vince Cable I don't like the most. Even if tuition fees were removed I think he wanted to bring in a "student tax" which in my opinion is even worse. They also failed to reform the voting system which I believe could have been achieved with a more coherent, less rushed campaign.

To be fair I'd be pretty gutted if he sat next to me on a bus.

I imagine most of the people who could afford it would be too fat to fit on it.

Pearson suddenly turning all Craig Levein on us.

Probably the fact that we take people seriously because they are celebrities.

Depends what you mean by socialism.

You make it sound like nobody north of Watford has ever visited London.

I think it's when victims and their families request a more lenient sentence as oppose to a tougher one.

Everyone says drugs enforcement doesn't work, but drug usage has consistently fallen in recent years.

Could easily result in a bit of a mess.

The football section.

I know that, but it doesn't disappear into thin air either.

That's why I said not directly. You are making a subjective argument. It doesn't extract money from the economy though. Obviously there's an opportunity cost as with any form of spending.

Welfare shouldn't directly harm an economy though, it's merely a political choice. High welfare as a proportion of GDP may or may not indicate underlying problems but you can't blame it for economic performance.

I'm not sure who will win South Leicestershire as current MP Andrew Robathan has said he won't stand for re-election.

Do you have any stats to back that up Moose?

I'm not sure what's funny about that.

Somewhere, there will be complete stats that explain exactly why the deficit rose.

In theory they could, but in practice it wouldn't be worth it. It's usually illegal to cycle on a pavement but that doesn't absolve a car driver of responsibility.

It strikes me that the city hasn't tackled modern urban issues very well and is now paying the price.