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Nah, BB is fantastic and the second series is when it really gets going, for me. Not as good as The Wire, mind, but nothing is.

S2 was certainly pretty silly, but S3 shaping up quite well, I think – I liked the slow pace of the first few episodes and after Sunday night's closing minutes it's ready to roll. But it's not in the same ballpark as BB or The Wire. That's just crazy talk.

FWIW, turnout has increased in last 2 elections from the 2001 low of 59%. http://www.ukpolitical.info/Turnout45.htm What do you mean by this? The 2-party system? The Lords? Black Rod and the rest of the silly rituals? Hang on, you're not seriously suggesting the Russian Revolution had no...

Although the sad part is that article was so widely mocked it would've got a lot more 'eyeballs' than any art critic writing for the IoS.

It's not that the 6-pointers are that crucial; it's that, after 8 matches, you can't reasonably compare points tallies of a team who've played nearly half those games against top teams with a team who've played just 1 of them.

Keane, Beckham, Scholes, Giggs was a pretty good line-up.

Hard to gauge the PL at the moment. Not just cos of all the new managers, but the imbalance in top fixtures. Utd have played Liverpool, City & Chelsea, whereas Arsenal, Liverpool and City have all played just one of their potential rivals and Chelsea and Spurs two. There's a stat that, if you...

Didn't he deny it in the parliamentary debate? Misleading the house, while not uncommon, is a suspension offence, isn't it?

Fucking hell, City! Or should that be fucking hell, United?

Been suggested he's punishing Mata for being Spanish and for being pally with some of the people Jose fell out with at Real. I honestly don't remember him being this much of a prick before. With refs and ambulance drivers, yes, but not with his own players.

Neither Mate nor Luiz so much as on the bench today and helsea booed off at half-time. Mourinho is either an eccentric genius or he's just a stubborn knob.

I don't think he's a title-winning striker. But then I don't think anyone on Chelsea's books is, unless Eto'o's still up to it.

Brighton repel all bids for Bridcutt and Ulloa, Ozil in the Prem and Utd humiliated. Excellent deadline day, I'd say.

Both can play either wide or through the middle, so I don't see why not. Though they do seem eerily similar in style. You'd have thought Lewandowski would've been a more balanced addition (at least from my ltd knowledge of Euro footy).

Hull were pretty impressive for most of that match. If they can raise their scoring rate above 0.33 goals per game I withdraw my relegation prediction.

Interesting NYT report here. Qatar (and Obama :confused:) still perceived as pro-MB inside Egypt. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/world/middleeast/as-egyptians-ignore-curfew-talk-of-a-us-brotherhood-conspiracy.html?smid=tw-share

Another one for the Hall of Bets that Never Were.

Interesting how the two players Chelsea angrily denied they were interested in selling are yet to play this season. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-line-up-juan-mata-2218348 The attacking midfielder options at Chelsea now are ridiculous. Someone has to give (and go).

Ha ha, sorry, who've you bought? I haven't been paying attention. Not Bridcutt - not yet anyway - that's all I care about. I don't think Hughes is a bad manager. Don't blame him for QPR - Harry didn't do much/any better.

Been meaning to ask, what is the Qatari position now? They (or at least Al-Jaz) were very pro-MB during 2011 (and this year in Turkey) and are allegedly financing rebels n Syria (though which lot I don't know). Or were they never pro-MB, just pro-Islamist anti-Mubarak (and Turkish generals)?