Evra unsure of united future ?

A bit bizarre, our player of the season so far, and our only specialist left back.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MJ4G2A2PINMDHQFIQMGCFF4AVCBQUIV0?xml=/sport/2007/12/18/ufnevra118.xml
Even stranger when you think Wes is stalling on a new contract, when with all our promising young up and coming centre backs, you wouldn't have thought he would be a higher priority than Evra.

Yet another top 50 albums of the year, this time from rolling stone
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007?source=music_news_rssfeed

Interesting times in South Africa, as Mbeki looks likely to lose leadership of the ANC.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/steven_friedman/2007/12/a_new_anc.html
Well his views on aids were pretty odd, and there seems to have been a bit of corruption around the top ranks of the ANC. His reaction to events in Zimbabwe, and seeming lack of effort to help the democratic forces against Mugabe haven't lived up to the standards of his predecessor either ( though that was an impossible task ).

Larry Elliot considers stagflation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/17/creditcrunch.globaleconomy
Auditors told not to cook the books
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/18/creditcrunch.bankofenglandgovernor

Putin puts himself forward for PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2229059,00.html
I think we are going to need some new Kremlinologists to work out what is happening in Russia at the moment.

John Pilger urges liberal Britain to fight back
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2229166,00.html
Maybe a bit over the top, but that is his style. I can't argue with most of it though, he always persuasively show the west's hypocrisy for what it is. He is absolutely right to go for the jugular, concerning the Murdoch's. Until we have a government that is either unafraid or even better decides to take the fight to them, we will never become a real liberal society. Yet again proportional representation and a coalition government that makes up the majority of anti Tory voters would seem to be the best way to make that come about.

Nick Clegg is the new leader of the liberal party
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7148367.stm
He didn't particularly impress me on the question time edition with him and Huhne on it, and he has a big act to follow in Vince Cable.

Amsterdam to clean up?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2229010,00.html

Gabriel Ananda - Bambusbeats : More minimalist techo, and another good listen, maybe too long though.
Digitalism - Idealism : Classy German indie techno apparently, it's a top listen anyway.
Jose Gonzalez - In our nature: carrying on from where he left off from his first album with more chilled out acoustic guitar
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar : Very good stuff, i love all the various influences coming together, but the trumpet is the star of the show for me.
The Ravonettes - Lust, Lust, Lust : Not bad, but it doesn't really make you want to put it straight back on. The first album had a lot of power on it that this doesn't attempt to replicate, A mistake for me.