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John Rentoul: Why Glasgow East is neck and neck

Been meaning to do this since the ICM poll of Glasgow East was published by The Sunday Telegraph at the start of this week. It was reported, including by The Sunday Telegraph, that the 14-point lead held by Labour over the Scottish National Party was good news for Gordon Brown, who would be heaving a sigh of relief that Labour looked like holding the seat.

John Rentoul: Worst possible result for Brown

It is not something that Blairite ultras are allowed to say, but I did tell you so.* When that first opinion poll of Glasgow East was published showing Labour 14 points ahead, I explained why this meant the result would be close.

Nissan Middle East partners with PlayStation for GT-5 Prologue Middle East Challenge

Nissan Middle East and PlayStation are joining forces for the GT-5 Prologue Middle East Challenge and the region's best exponent of the PlayStation game will test drive the Nissan GT-R and travel to Japan with a friend to visit the Nissan car assembly plant.

Steve Richards: The fallout from Glasgow East

What should most alarm Labour MPs after the Glasgow East by-election is that the party’s calamitous defeat is part of a trend and not a big surprise. Labour has been performing abysmally in local and by-elections for several years now. Its crisis is deep and not simply a matter of leadership, although inevitably the future of Gordon Brown will be brought into sharp focus once more.

South East Water Chooses Eptica To Manage Online Customer Service

United Kingdom - August 19, 2008 - South East Water has successfully completed the first phase of an online customer service programme with Eptica. The Eptica Email Management(R) implementation will ensure that the five-fold increase in in-bound customer email enquiries is efficiently managed and routed to appropriate agents. Eptica will give South East Water complete visibility to agent activity and provide customers with improved levels of service by means of speedier and more proficient responses. Investing in Eptica has already enabled South East water to meet industry standard response times* and increased agent productivity levels by 9.7%.

Why 401(k) Retirement Plans Really Don't Work

The good news about the Internet is the information we can get our cursors on instantly; the bad news is the information we can get our heads around instantly, but without any way of gauging accuracy, relevance, or completeness. This is particularly evident in the financial-investment-retirement world, where thousands of websites tell us how to do things and why, and why things work the way they do and how. Few gurus explain why and how certain concepts and plans of action just may not work the way they are supposed to.

Firefighters Answer Kids' Questions in New Why Guy DVD

The siren sounds and a fire engine speeds past, bringing with it endless questions from young children -- "Where are they going?"; "Why do they wear all that gear?"; and "Do they live at the fire station?" In the new DVD from Why Guy Productions, the Why Guy tours a fire station and questions a firefighter to get some answers.

Firefighters Answer Kids' Questions in New Why Guy DVD

WEST LINN, OR -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/15/08 -- The siren sounds and a fire engine speeds past, bringing with it endless questions from young children -- "Where are they going?"; "Why do they wear all that gear?"; and "Do they live at the fire station?" In the new DVD from Why Guy Productions, the Why Guy tours a fire station and questions a firefighter to get some answers.

John Rentoul: Obama-scepticism

Two nice examples of the Obama-scepticism that is sweeping America just as Obamania takes hold from the Middle East to Europe

Peaches Geldof, John Cusack, John Woo

John Woo's "Red Cliff" has set a box office record for a domestic movie in China, Reuters reported. The film, which has earned about 302 million yuan, or $44 million, since it opened on July 10, surpassed the previous domestic record set by "Curse of the Golden Flower," according to a report on Sohu.com, a Chinese Web site. The budget for the Woo film, $80 million, made it China's most expensive. "Red Cliff," which stars Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro, will open the Tokyo International Film Festival on Oct. 18. "Titanic," which holds the box office record in China, earned about $53 million.

John Rentoul: Labour's Nightmare Scenario

Gordon Brown must feel like Doctor Who. "The Darkness is coming," said Catherine Tate at the start of the three-parter that ends the series. The Darkness came noticeably closer today, with Wendy Alexander's resignation as Labour leader in the Scottish Parliament and an impending by-election in Glasgow.

John Carmack Explains Why Blu-ray Makes Rage Better on PS3

Every year, QuakeCon is John Carmack’s celebration of his technology and the games that the entire id Software team creates within it.

Stalin, last czar nearly tied in fame poll

MOSCOW, July 15 (UPI) -- Josef Stalin and Czar Nicholas II are running neck-and-neck in an online Russian poll to determine the country's most significant historical figure.

The Whites of Their Eyes

Then here’s the question. Why hasn’t the Obama campaign opened their Christmas gifts and made use of them? Why haven’t they gone after McCain’s “disgrace� remark regarding Social Security? Have they said anything at all about that? Why haven’t they hammered away at some of his statements and the inconsistencies surrounding them about carve-out privatization plans? Will they do anything with the implication identified above that McCain must be planning to cut benefits? Why so much silence from the Obama campaign on the Social Security issue?

More nails in coffin of Test cricket

Test cricket has been led another few steps towards the gallows. Its neck is not quite in the noose, but the platform steps are in sight. This might be hard to believe considering the full house at Lord's and the quality of the home side's batting. But it is so, and given the pace of affairs the day is not far off when the rope will be round the neck.

Glasgow Museum Announces Annual Art Competition

Glasgow Museums' Annual Art Competition for Young People is sponsored by the Friends of Glasgow Museums and is now over 100 years old.

Sony Not Planning PS3 Price Cut for Leipzig, Spokesperson Says

Those hoping for a PS3 price cut in the near future better not hold their breaths. A Sony spokesperson confirmed on Friday that the company had no plans right now to give you another deal on the machine, and anyone hoping for that kind of news at Leipzig will be sorely disappointed. Given that they slashed the price less than a year ago, this shouldn't be too surprising. Though PS3 sales are still trailing behind the Wii, it's relatively recent discount put it neck to neck for second place with the cheaper Xbox 360. [Reuters]

East Coast Music Association denounces government arts cuts

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - The East Coast Music Association says cuts to a government arts promotion program will have a detrimental effect on business opportunities for artists and companies in the region.

eBay Seller John Thornhill (planetsms) An Interview

John Thornhill, perhaps more commonly referred to as eBay seller 'planetsms', kindly agreed to answer a few questions for me to share with my members. We discussed the viral nature of eBay and used John's book "The 90 Day Power seller Challenge" as a case study.

Why Bank Personal Unsecured Loans Are Hard To Qualify For?

You may have wondered why unsecured loans that are granted by banks and traditional lending institutions have so many credit requirements and why they are so hard to qualify for. Truth is that this has not a simple explanation but we can try a fairly accurate clarification of this fact by analyzing how risk affects these loans.

South East Water implements online customer service programme with Eptica

South East Water, a supplier of drinking water in the South East of England, has completed the first phase of an online customer service programme with Eptica, a European provider of multi-channel customer interaction software.

On Why Investment Bloggers Stop Blogging

Bloggers stop blogging for a lot of different reasons. But, that wasn’t the question? The question was why investment bloggers stopped – especially good investment bloggers. Why, once established, and with some number of regular readers would an investment blogger stop blogging?

New Book From Glasgow Museums

A unique photographic record of the city of Glasgow and the people living here in the 1950s has just been published by Glasgow Museums.

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