The aftermath of the crash

Good article from the times about the immediate aftermath of the crash and the cup run that saw them return to wembley, only to be beaten by Bolton 2-0.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article3300282.ece

Rhythm of life faster up north says report
http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2252596,00.html
What a waste of time and effort, what does that tell us, absolutely nothing.

Martin Bell laments our dumbed down TV news
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/martin_bell/2008/02/the_death_of_news.html
Absolutely spot on, i never watch the 6 pm news nowadays, it just insults your intelligence. It covers nothing in any depth, it's good that is unbiased obviously, but that doesn't mean they can't give us opposing views on any given matter and let the viewer make his or her mind up. And he is right on the coverage it gives cases like the McCanns and the Soham murders, let's face it that is just chasing ratings.

Brown refuses to reveal meetings with Murdoch
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brown-refuses-to-reveal-contacts-with-murdoch-777681.html
We will know when we get a real radical political party in power when they stand up to this man and his organisation and risk being slaughtered in his media outlets. Until that happens they are all just pretending.

Simon Jenkins reviews Robert Peston's new book Who runs Britain:the super rich and how they are changing our lives
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article3276665.ece
I would say Jenkins is right, at the end of the day the rich are only the exploiting the laws of the day as they always do. It is up to elected politicians to change those laws to stop them, but what hope have we when they are such a spineless lot, and have fallen hook, line and sinker for the fallacy that the market knows best. And George Monibot on the real shame of Peter Hain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2252536,00.html

A reasonable overview of the race for the presidential nomination in Guardian America
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections08/comment/story/0,,2252428,00.html
I hope the democrats win, but i can't say i think it will be on a rejection of conservative values, more a rejection of one of the worst presidents in US history. Whilst religion is so strong over there conservatism will always be stronger than liberalism.

5 hours to Australia anyone?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/feb/05/theairlineindustry.travelnews