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Busy, busy, busy!

I have a busy Bank Holiday weekend ahead. Tomorrow we will misguidedly take on the M1 and drive up to see some Russian friends in Leeds. We always get such wonderful food whenever we visit, so it’ll be a light breakfast at chez tyger in the morning.

Supposedly the traffic over the next three days is expected to be horrendous, but I have the new Arctic Monkeys record to give a spin in the CD player, so trusting it doesn’t get the thumbs down from Mrs. tyger, it’ll be getting some serious airtime during the journey. We’ll see, eh?

I’m out Saturday night and I’m working on some projects on Sunday, so I don’t expect to get any time to write anything for the blog before Sunday evening, so catch you then.

The QT

I used to love writing up commentaries for Question Time and Wednesday’s PMQs, but alas, I don’t have the time anymore. Anyway, did you see QT on Thursday? Patricia Hewitt took a real kicking from a handful or so junior doctors and health professionals in the audience, but, regardless of the immense pressure, I think she acquitted herself quite well. She was confident, eloquent, and tried her best to get her arguments across. Much better than when Harriet Harman is on QT, when invariably she comes across as bitter and overly partisan.

Let’s be honest, the problems in the NHS are manifold, and Hewitt has only been in the job a couple of years, so it’s hardly all her fault. However, I don’t see her surviving a Brownite cull, do you? Whoever gets the health brief is in for a rough ride, no matter how capable they are.

Peter Christopher Hitchens on Free Speech

Via: The Pamphleteer

Liverpool vs AC Milan

Liverpool will struggle to beat Milan if the Rossoneri play to their potential. The glorious Kaka was the only Brazilian to emerge from last summer’s World Cup with any credit, and in a Milan side that lacks the grace and creativity of previous incarnations, he again remains the stand-out player.

Rafael Benítez is clearly a master tactician, and will have the nous to change Liverpool’s formation on the fly, something Alex Ferguson was unable to do. But let’s not forget that Milan’s Ancelotti is no mug, and will be seeking revenge for the ‘05 final this time around.