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Yes Michael. No doubt it is a hugely excitable topic of conversation for ´óÏó´«Ã½ journos and the other grey suits who inhabit that fantasy land known as 'the Westminster village'.

However, in the real World where several thousand people have lost their jobs today alone at JCB, Land of Leather and elsewhere: where 20 million savers, many of whom are prudent pensionsers, are seeing the interest on their savings destroyed to order to bail out the feckless buy-to-letter and greedy house ramper come flipper; where millions of people fear that they will not have a job by the end of the day and where millions of people fear that this recession is well on the way to becoming a depression, it really, honestly, truthfully is of no importance whatsoever!

Remember the real World Michael? You know, where the majority of people who do the working, living, paying bills, such as the ´óÏó´«Ã½ licence fee that pays your wages, and dying, exist? At the moment, in the real World, it is the economy... um, what was it that Bill Clinton said?

It is truly incredulous at the moment just how many at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ are either simply trotting out the Government line on the economy without serious questioning - when did the PM become "Gordon" to so many ´óÏó´«Ã½ newsreaders? - or, worse, seem to be living in a la-la-land where they focus on the immaterial whilst the biggest story for years is happening all around to every man, woman and child in the country... outside of 'the village' of course!

And your point is, caller?

It does make you fink - wonder how many of his hedge funds played a part in the economic down turn we're in now?

Maybe not the wisest choice to be put in charge of fund raising from a political point of view. No-ones noticed so far though and the guy has a great CV and associates so will no doubt be very good at the job he's been hired for.

I am not certain that Cameron and the Conservatives would worry too much about this link Michael. The two opposition parties need to raise as much money as possible , to counter the bandstanding and spin of this present government. We must get rid of them after all the damage and debt they have accumulated, the jobs people are losing under Brown's watch.. its a trickle now, but there is very much worse to come. Governments do not have to pay for the hundreds of spin doctors they employ, we , the taxpayers do.

A coincidence for sure but so what

so, yet another member of the tory team with a day to day knowledge of the ordinary man and woman's life. eton, oxford, the bullingdon club, what other qualification does anyone need to be at DC's top table?

Yet more frivolous nonsense from Michael Crick instead of focusing on the problems caused by the government. When are the ´óÏó´«Ã½ going to get some journalists prepared to do the job properly instead of using every line fed to them by the Labour Party PR machine?

Mr Crick is becoming to political blogging what John Sergeant was to "Strictly Come Dancing" - a joke. I suppose it's too much to hope that he will also follow Sergeant's example and resign?

BIG FOOT

With the 'Google Carbon Factor' in mind, has anyone calculated the carbon-equivalent of the vast 'war chests' that annihilate one-another, in a CERN-like collision, at election time?

SPOIL PARTY GAMES - and save the planet.