Dispatch of the Day - 23rd January 2008

Another nervy week for the economy so it will be no surprise to see that feature today. Again I don’t think the issue of Police pay (they are marching as I write) will come up as we still don’t know the Blue's position is on the issue. But today of all days they can't complain there are not enough police on the streets.

As expected it’s the economy first up and a little bit of dé·jà vu as Captain Cameron continues where he left off last week and attempts to get Captain Brown to confirm the level to which the tax payer is locked in to Northern Rock. This tactic was fairly fruitless last week and proves so again this week. Brown seems more confidant and strokes the questions aside with some ease. Indeed he also manages to turn the tag of ‘ditherer’ around and attaches it to Captain Cameron and the Conservative flip-flop over what to with the ailing bank. Cameron hits back with a few nice sound bites, some contrived and one on administration/liquidation seemingly off the cuff. “Damaging-Dodgy-extra Debt from a failed PM” cries Cameron, but his previous question on Richard Branson seemed ill judged. ‘No substance’ retorts Brown, his accusation of opportunism from the Blues seems a fair one.

Captain Brown steers his team to victory today with a much more assured performance from the man himself. Captain Cameron never really got going and perhaps the ‘no substance’ argument applies to today’s performance more than others. Well done Gordon.

Result: 2 - 1


How does this affect the table?

Position.... Team..... Won..... Drawn... Lost...... F.... A..... Points..... Form

1...............Blues........5...........4..........2........14....8........19.......DDDWL

2...............Reds.........2...........4..........5.........8....14.......10.......DDDLW