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Whilst the rest of Britain wakes up to the prospect of a hung parliament today, Liverpool fans could be forgiven for issuing a contemptuous laugh and wondering what all the fuss is about. They have, after all, been operating in that way for the best part of three years.

The candidates for power at Anfield may have been more subtle in their respective campaigns; there were no televised debates (bafflingly held in High-Definition, as if it were needed), no leaflets through doors and no insults for Rochdale-based women.

So the polling stations are open. The talking, the talking about the talking and the talking about what the talking has done to the opinion polls is over. Still undecided? Why not base your vote on sport? A pure footballing choice: Gordon Brown is a Raith Rovers fan, man and boy. David Cameron is a Villain - his uncle, Sir William Dugdale, was Aston Villa chairman.

So the final Leaders' Debate tonight. Aided and abetted by a radio mic and Mrs Gillian Duffy, David Cameron should be able to finish Gordon Brown off once and for all. But strangely Cameron's seemed incredibly poor in this format, a format he demanded. In fact every time he's been presented with an open goal by his bungling opponents, he's done, well, he's done this:

I know the Conservatives are a pretty paltry ever-dwindling bunch in Scotland but was this attempt to gain some cheap publicity or a way of finishing themselves off permanently?
Obama effigy burnt by St Andrews Conservative students

"An effigy of US President Barack Obama was burned over the weekend by members of the Conservative student association at St Andrews University.

Looks like it will be a good read
What next for Labour

"Labour does not quite seem to get enough credit for its considerable accomplishments. The foundation of our modern state occurred in the 1945-51 period yet seems taken for granted; the 1960's was a vital decade of social change certainly made easier by a centre left Government; the achievements of the Blair period, constitutionally, electorally and socially are to be lauded and never denied; similarly the social spending of Gordon Brown together with his international financial management at a time of need- all represent considerable governmental achievements.

The politics of football Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has revealed in his memoirs that he sought the advice of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson on getting rid of Gordon Brown. Blair was eager to ditch his Chancellor, but was concerned about destablising his government. So he consulted Labour supporter Fergie, who he knew was no [.

"They started in that tournament in July. July! Crikey. I was on the beach." Sir Alex Ferguson on why Roy Hodgson deserves the Manager of the Year award, after steering Fulham to the Europa League final.

This is getting to conspiracy theory level.

But it seems that Adidas sent 25 Jabulani balls to the FA for the England squad to practice with in February.

An Adidas spokesman said: "I can confirm a consignment of 25 were delivered to England at Wembley stadium."

Except they all seem to have disappeared on arrival.

The Zapatero government is proposing a tax rate hike from 24% to 43% for overseas players who earn more than 600,000 euros ($884,600) a year. Spain is reeling from the recession with 20% unemployment.

This will effectively end the "Beckham Law", named when the tax rates were amended in 2002 for the English midfielder to make it attractive for him and and other highly sought talent to come to the Liga.

The Chosen Few

Every football fan with access to the Internet and the will power to avert their eyes, for five minutes, from the bounty of pornography available has chipped in with their version 23-man World Cup squad and I am no different. I will break it down into segments, to allow you enough time to YouTube ‘Gordon Brown Disaster' afterwards.

A quick Friday dip into YouTube or "the TubeYou" as I fear Gordon Brown almost certainly calls it. It strikes me that I'm going to be writing a lot about the World Cup over the next few weeks. I know, this is the Scottish Football Blog and Scotland aren't even there. That's true. But I'll be watching the World Cup so I'll be blogging about it.

The Chosen Few

Every football fan with access to the Internet and the will power to avert their eyes, for five minutes, from the bounty of pornography available has chipped in with their version 23-man World Cup squad and I am no different. I will break it down into segments, to allow you enough time to YouTube ‘Gordon Brown Disaster' afterwards.

Another accolade in Didier Drogba's cap as he makes the Times 100 most influential persons of 2010.

The African Footballer of the year inspires universal awe as a player but as a person, Drogba is beloved in his native Cote D'Ivoire as the man who furthered the cause of peace in a war torn country.

I'm not sure if it means I've made it or am old news, but words about Fake Sigi were recently printed out on dead trees for popular consumption in Great Britain. Some of you already know this, but Ian Plenderleith did a writeup on the MLSsoccer.com disaster for the English soccer supporter magazine "When Saturday Comes.

I'm not sure if it means I've made it or am old news, but words about Fake Sigi were recently printed out on dead trees for popular consumption in Great Britain. Some of you already know this, but Ian Plenderleith did a writeup on the MLSsoccer.com disaster for the English soccer supporter magazine "When Saturday Comes.

There was a time when members of parliament would only really queue up outside Westminster to discuss how to brow beat our game. They considered us animals that needed to be caged and carry ID cards at all times during the 1980s, it took a lot of work to undo the damage done to the reputation of the rest of us for the actions of what was always a very small minority.

Radio 5live Breakfast interview a coalition minister :

"So Deputy Prime minister it's been a tough year for you hasn't it"
"So, Mr Lansley, what would you say to people who are worried about you policy"
"So Mr Cameron are you doing a brilliant job or a very brilliant job"
"Tell me about your kids"

They get a Labour MP on it's :

"Doesn't this alledged in-fighting and back-biting prove you aren't fit for goverment"
"Did Gordon Brown's temp get in the way of goverment"
"This new book proves you were all at it doesn't it"
"Was Ed Balls constantly plotting against his colleagues"
"Scandal, scandal, scandal"

I have always listened to 5live and, let's face it as a sports addict, I always will.

Spent a week away in the Cotswolds and it seems while I did Cameron has shown his true colours yet again. Losing his temper and dispensing petty, personal jibes yet again at prime-minister's questions and then his government try to bully the BBC and criticise them for describing the budget cuts as "cuts" and try to get them to use the word "savings".

By Ulysse Pasquier

Or is it? World Cup managers are really giving us our share of surprises recently, and Raymond Domenech did not disappoint. As the French coach sat there, on the set of the 8pm news, hearing of Gordon Brown's resignation (he must have sympathized.

The anglophile and political junkie that I am, I watched the BBC's streaming coverage of the UK election for more than a few hours last night. I can't help these masochistic tendencies. And even knowing what I know about the media, I was still amazed to see a narrative fully created with less than a quarter of the results in.

For Walton MP Peter Kilfoyle, the problems of Anfield – in terms of health, housing and employment – are considerable.

He met Gordon Brown while he was still chancellor of the exchequer to see if there was funding available to tackle Anfield's deprivation and housing issues with a unique programme.

This whole Fixture Computer business is getting pretty catchy, so I though I'd do some search engine capture of my own, with the term. Admittedly, Arsenal have got the WORST run of fixtures ever possible, with three IBF (Inter-Big Four) clashed on the trot. But throw Villa into the mix and both United and Villa have also given themselves two tight games over the period.

UPDATE: Kilmarnock have confirmed that Jefferies and Billy Brown are to leave the club by mutual consent: "An agreement has been reached among Kilmarnock Football Club, team manager Jim Jefferies and assistant team manager Billy Brown which will allow Messrs Jefferies and Brown to leave the employment of the club with immediate effect.