The London Times

Alex Salmond dramatically quit as first
minister yesterday with a warning that

millions of Scots would be incandes-
cent if Westminster party leaders
broke a promise to fast-track devolu-
tion.
Michael Gove has raised the poss-
ibility that the promises to hand over
more powers could indeed stall. The
chief whip made explicit the threat to
hold back devolution for Scotland until
Labour agreed to a reform that could
severely limit Ed Milibands ability to
govern should he become leader.
It would be impossible to move for-
ward without making sure you have
change both in Scotland and in Eng-
land, Mr Gove said in an interview in
The Times today. This means that
a system of English-only votes for
English laws must be brought in before
Scotlandcanget thedevolutionit wants.
Mr Miliband made clear that he
would resist Conservative proposals on
English MPs before the next election,
leaving the two parties last night in a
deadlock and leading to fears that
Scotland would not get the full powers
it was promised. Mr Salmond resigned
after the country turned out in record
numbers to reject a once in a genera-
tion chancetobreakfromtheUKby55
per cent to 45.
In a desperate move to secure the
Union, David Cameron and Mr Mili-
bandhadsignedajoint vowonMonday
to transfer extensive powers to Holy-
rood by a set timetable. Less than two
hours after the no vote, however, the
primeminister saidthat reforms tostrip
Scottish MPs of voting powers over
English issues must take place in tan-
dem with and at the same pace as the
settlement for Scotland.
Last night, as hordes of Yes and No
supporters gathered in Glasgow, the
Queen appealed for calm. There would
be strong feelings and contrasting
emotions, she said in a statement is-
sued from Balmoral. But I have no
doubt that these emotions will be tem-
pered by an understanding of the feel-
ings of others.
Mr Camerons move, which caught
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Lindsay McIntosh
Scottish Political Editor
Rachel Sylvester, Alice Thomson
6 Deadlock in moves towards more devolution
Salmond quits as powers
for Scotland are blocked
Alex Salmond resigned as first minister hours after Scotland rejected independence. He said that Scots would be incandescentif Westminster denied themmore devolution
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6 Queen calls for calm in personal statement
Jihadists demand that
British hostage be freed
Jihadist fighters in Syria are
turning on the Isis leadership over
the threat to behead Alan
Henning, the British aid worker
captured while part of a Muslim
convoy.
The dissent is in stark contrast
to responses to the decapitations
of James Foley, Stephen Sotloff
and David Haines, whose murder
was broadcast in a video released a
week ago today. Page 26
Ebola workers killed
A team of health workers,
journalists and officials were
murdered in Guinea by villagers
who believed they were spreading
ebola. They had been on a mission
to educate people about the virus.
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GSK fined 300m
Britains biggest pharmaceuticals
company was facing calls for top-
level change after it paid a 297
million fine and issued an abject
apology to the people of China for
channelling bribes to doctors who
prescribe its drugs. Page 61
Im back, says Sarkozy
Thirty months after losing the
French presidency, Nicolas
Sarkozy announced his return to
the political fray, saying that he
would seek the leadership of the
centre-right opposition to steer
France out of its distress. Page 33
Regime as bad as Stalin
The pro-Russians running Crimea
harbour an animal hatred of the
peninsulas Tartars that is driving
the worst wave of repression since
Stalin and anything could
happen, their exiled spiritual
leader said yesterday. Page 35
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Labour will ask public-sector
workers to declare their class
Lucy Fisher Political Correspondent
Labour is to force all public-sector
organisations to declare the class
make-up of their workforces.
The proposal, to be announced
tomorrowbyGloriaDe Piero, the shad-
ow women and equalities minister,
would require the NHS, civil service
and other quangos to publish data on
the backgrounds of their staff.
Ultimately, the social diversity of
private companies workforces could
also come under consideration when
they bid for local authority contracts.
Labour hopes that greater transpar-
ency will force public-sector bodies
withpoor records of encouragingsocial
mobility to improve the diversity of
their employees.
Fewer than 4 per cent of graduates
recruited to the prestigious civil service
fast stream were from working-class
backgrounds in2012, according to Cab-
inet Office statistics.
In a speech to the Labour party
annual conference in Manchester
tomorrow, Ms De Piero is expected to
say: The civil service should set the
standard on open recruitment and
open opportunity because our taxes
pay for it.
The regulations wouldbe mandatory
for all taxpayer-funded organisations,
but the private sector would also be
encouraged to comply.
Ms De Piero will mention the legal
industry as an example of a profession
with a poor record on social mobility,
but which has made strides in recent
years by monitoring the social back-
grounds of lawyers and barristers.
She will also announce Labour plans
to tackle unpaid internships that put
those too poor to work for nothing at a
disadvantage. Both proposals were rec-
ommended in a report by the social
mobility and child poverty commission
chaired by Alan Milburn, a former
Labour cabinet minister, last month.
The Conservatives have not endorsed
the recommendations so far.
Labour has also been encouraged to
improve social mobility within its own
ranks. Graham Jones, the opposition
whip, suggested this week that the
party should consider introducing all-
working-class shortlists toselect candi-
dates for parliamentary seats.
The party introduced all-women
shortlists in1997 toboost the number of
female MPs. It had 37 women MPs in
1996, compared with 86 today.
Weve got to look at applying a simi-
lar principle to working-class candi-
dates, Mr Jones said, adding that in-
built disadvantages made it harder for
people at the lower end of the socio-
economic spectrum to win a nomina-
tion to stand for a Commons seat.
Mr Jones, who worked in printing
before entering parliament, defended
Labours record of promoting working-
class people against that of the Con-
servatives. Its certainly less of an ex-
clusive club than the Tories, he said.
Oxford-educated Polish minister loses
job after attack on Camerons EU policy
David Charter Berlin
Radek Sikorski, the outspoken Polish
foreignminister and former member of
the Bullingdon Club, was sacked by the
countrys newprimeminister yesterday
to make way for a less abrasive figure.
Mr Sikorski, 51, a contemporary of
Boris Johnson at Oxford, made his
name on the international stage with a
tough attitude towards Russia and a
reputation for plain speaking.
Inthe summer he was caught ontape
sayingthat DavidCameronhadf***ed
up his policy towards the European
Union adding that the British prime
minister does not get it.
In February he was filmed telling a
Ukrainian opposition leader to support
a peace deal otherwise youll have
martial law, youll have the army and
you will all be dead.
Mr Sikorski, who is married to Anne
Applebaum, the American journalist,
was granted asylum in Britain after a
crackdown by the Communist regime
against dissidents. He was given British
citizenship but gave it up when he be-
came Polish defence minister in 2005.
Ewa Kopacz, known as the iron la-
dy, whohas takenover as prime minis-
ter fromDonaldTuskafter his appoint-
ment to a top EU post, gave no reason
for shunting Mr Sikorski to be speaker
of the Polish parliament. She claimed
the move was a promotion. However, it
means that Mr Sikorskis considerable
presence will be absent from the diplo-
matic stage after almost seven years.
His position has been taken by Grze-
gorzSchetyna, 51, aformer interior min-
ister and deputy prime minister. He is
likely to offer a more conciliatory tone.
Being recorded in a Warsaw restau-
rant using expletives about Mr
Cameronmight havecontributedtoMr
Sikorskis downfall, said Anna Mater-
ska-Sosnowska, a political analyst.
Mr Sikorski launched his tirade
against Mr Cameron over his plans to
tighten entry for Polish migrants by
changing EU laws. He also referred to
Mr Camerons botched veto of the EU
fiscal pact, a new set of economic rules,
in 2011. Its either a very badly thought
throughmove, or, not for the first time a
kind of incompetence in European
affairs. Remember? Hef***edupthefis-
cal pact. He f***ed it up. Simple as that,
Mr Sikorski was recorded as saying.
Salmond warns of fury over broken promises
Continued from page1
the Labour leader by surprise, leaves
Mr Miliband vulnerable to the charge
that he is holding back a constitutional
settlement for the UK to keep a party
political advantage. The Labour leader
said yesterday that he would wait until
autumn next year before examining
Westminster voting as part of his pro-
posals for aconstitutional convention.
In his tearful resignation statement,
Mr Salmondsaidthat Mr Cameronwas
alreadybackingawayfromapromiseto
hold a Commons vote on the new
Scottish devolution package before the
election.
I think people in Scotland would be
astonished and outraged, particularly
those who voted no on this prospec-
tus, he said, adding that the millions
who voted for the promise of faster
change under the devo-max promise
would be incandescent if it failed to
appear. In a warning to the Labour and
Tory leaders, he said: They will be
judged, of course, not by the words
they spoke but the actions they take
forward.
Mr Govejustifiedthesuddenappear-
ance of what he terms an additional
component inMr Camerons pre-elec-
tion promise. He said: The over-
whelming majority of people in Eng-
landthinkthis is fair. TheScottishthink
it is fair.
Mr Gove, who has a constituency in
Surrey and family inScotland, said that
ScottishMPs shouldnolonger have the
right to vote in parliament on issues
that did not affect their country. You
shouldnt haveScottishMPs frustrating
or thwarting the will of England. Now
that we have set up devolved institu-
tions, that means a change for how
Westminster operates.
Mr Camerons intervention exposed
a split within Labour. John Denham, a
former cabinet minister who has ad-
vised Mr Miliband on winning more
votes inthe southof England, endorsed
greater powers for English MPs. Its
clear that the more powers that go to
the Scottish parliament, the less you
can have Scottish MPs voting on the
same issues for England, he said.
The former Labour home secretary
Lord Reid of Cardowan also signalled
that a new arrangement had to be
reached with Scottish MPs. There is a
demand which has been met by a
promise for further enhanced powers
for Scottish parliament, he said. [The
prime minister] said we cant do that
without looking at the needs in the
reformed club, if you like, of the other
nations, including the English.
Mr Miliband said that he would not
allow the moment to be used for
narrow party political advantage.
Labour sources expressed fury at Mr
Cameron: One said: Hes been petty
when he needed to be big.
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Choosing a successor
Alex Salmonds successor as SNP
leader should be in place within
two months. The leader and deputy
leader are elected annually in a vote
of all members at the party
conference, which takes place in
Perth in November. After a new
party leader has been elected, Mr
Salmond will offer his resignation to
the Queen. Holyrood then has 28
days to elect a new first minister
who will then be appointed by the
monarch. After accepting office the
new leader takes the official oath.
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End of the menopause within 20 years
they can be harvested and frozen. The
dogma has been that a woman has a
fixed number of eggs, that theyre
formed before birth and theres no
more once they run out, she said.
Work by Professor Telfers group
suggests that immature female egg
cells, called primordial follicles, taken
from the ovaries of young girls under-
going cancer treatments can be
successfully matured in culture outside
of the body, raising the prospect that
their fertility could be preserved.
There is emerging evidence that the
ovary retains an untapped reservoir of
immature follicles beyond the meno-
pause, that couldpotentiallybe exploit-
ed in the future to extend the limits of
female fertility.
There is even some evidence that the
ovaries contain even more primitive
egg stem cells, raising the possibility of
a limitless supply of eggs but this
finding remains controversial and con-
tested within the field.
It depends what you mean by elimi-
nate the menopause, said Professor
Telfer. It would be nave of anyone to
think that you might get these cells and
just put them in an ovary and expect
them to grow. Theres a long way to go
occupational success, but that your
spouses personality matters too. The
experiences responsible for this asso-
ciation are not likely isolated events
where the spouse convinces you to ask
for a raise or promotion. Instead, a
spouses personality influences many
daily factors that sum up and accumu-
late across time to afford one the many
actions necessary to receive a promo-
tion or a raise.
Conscientiousness in a spouse can
mean having a partner who does their
share of the chores, or that the positive
personality traits of one half of a couple
are emulated by the other, particularly
in the workplace, making themreliable
and diligent employees, the study said.
Missouri. Instead, those whohave done
well in the workplace tend to describe
their partner as conscientious, reliable
and diligent, they told the journal
Psychological Science.
The study looked at 5,000 married
adults between 19 and 80 years old,
tracking them for five years and moni-
toring their success at work and how
they described their other half. Work-
ers who scored highest whenmeasured
for occupational success had a spouse
who scored highly inmeasures for con-
scientiousness, regardless of sex.
Joshua Jackson, a psychologist and
author of the study, said: It is not only
your own personality that influences
the experiences that lead to greater
The adage that behind every great man
there is a great woman is one of the
most accepted, if patronising, notions
of our age. It has taken until now, how-
ever, for psychologists to establish that
behind every great woman there is a
great man.
People successful at work are more
likely to have married someone with
certain personality traits that have
helped them climb the corporate lad-
der, according to a five-year study. The
support they give, however, amounts to
more than simply being a spur to their
ambition, according to psychologists at
Washington University in St Louis,
Why success at work starts at home
The pill may be widely credited for
spurring womens liberation, but an
even more radical advance could be
on the horizon.
A maverick scientist who is trail-
blazing the theory that ageing can be
halted and even reversed has predict-
edthat the menopause couldbe elimi-
nated within 20 years.
Aubrey de Grey said that rapid
progress in stem cell and regenerative
therapies meant that current age limits
on when women can conceive and give
birth were likely to all but vanish in the
foreseeable future.
There was no reason why anti-
ageing treatments should not extend
tothefemalereproductivelife-span, he
said, because the ovaries were just
another organ.
Estimating the timescale for when
the menopause might no longer be in-
evitable, Dr de Grey told The Times:
We can definitely think in terms of 20
years from now.
We could rejuvenate the ovary by
stimulating or replenishing stem cells,
we could create a whole new ovary
through tissue engineering like an arti-
ficial heart, there are all manner of pos-
sibilities, said Dr de Grey, who is co-
founder of the Sens Research Founda-
tioninCalifornia, whichfunds research
aimed at developing treatments to
reverse ageing. Theres work going on
already.
Alot of your readers may be looking
forward to the menopause, so you
might want to mention that well be
able to turn it on and off, he added.
Dr de Grey has attracted significant
financial backing, including some from
Peter Thiel, the Facebook investor,
although his views on anti-ageing fall
several steps outside the scientific
mainstream. Hehas previouslyclaimed
that there is no reason why human
beings should not live to be 1,000
years old.
Fertility experts agreed, however,
that significant progress had been
made towards overcoming some forms
of female infertility that were previous-
ly completely untreatable.
Evelyn Telfer, a reproductive
biologist at the University of Edin-
burgh, said that treatments were onthe
horizon for early menopause and for
girls who have chemotherapy that
damages their fertility, beforetheir eggs
reach the mature state at which
and you hesitate to say things that
could create false hope.
Robin Lovell-Badge, a stem cell
expert at the National Institute for
Medical Research in London,
dismissedDr deGreys claims as wildly
over-ambitious.
Theprogress has beenveryslow, he
said. Certainly no one has been able to
demonstrate with any robustness that
they can generate egg cells from stem
cells in culture.
Speaking ahead of his talk at the
ReWork technology summit in
London this week, Dr de Grey conced-
ed that there was scepticism about his
ideas, but remained confident that
science wouldovercome ageing event-
ually.
The industrial revolution changed a
lot too, but not manypeoplethinkit was
a bad idea, he said.
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years could
be extended
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Pioneering stem cell
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personality
influences
many daily
factors
that help
to get a
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Good news for borrowers as banks
cut rates in new mortgage price war
Financial experts urged borrowers to
take advantage of a mortgage price war
as Britains biggest lender and its sister
bankbecamethelatest tocut their fixed
rates yesterday.
Amid speculation that the Bank of
England base rate will now rise sooner
following the result of the Scottish ref-
erendum, Halifax and Lloyds Bank
became the latest lenders to reduce
rates on fixed loans.
The banks joined several who have
done so in recent weeks, including Bar-
clays, Nationwide, HSBC and Virgin
Money. Brokers said that lenders had
amassed extremely high reserves
because they had more borrowers with
big deposits, making themincreasingly
keen to find new customers.
Banks and building societies have
beenobligedtoobserve stricter lending
criteria since new rules introduced
under the Mortgage Market Review in
April made it harder for people on low
incomes to secure loans.
Banks have a lot of moneytospend,
said Aaron Strutt, of Trinity Financial,
a broker.
Markets rallied as the prospect of
Scottishseparationdisappearedyester-
day. However, the improved economic
outlook ironically makes the prospect
of mortgage rates being raised sooner
more likely, economists said.
Mark Carney, governor of the Bank
of England, might have delayed a base
rate rise in the event of a yes vote
because of so many financial uncer-
tainties, said Ray Boulger, of John
Charcol, a broker. Now it seems likely
that araterisewill still happenearly-ish
next year and, frankly, some of the
fixed rates were seeing noware closest
to the best weve ever had. Borrowers
should take advantage while they can.
Thebaserate, whichhas beenat ahis-
toric low of 0.5 per cent for more than
five years and which is the benchmark
by which mortgage rates are set, is now
largelyexpectedtoriseinthefirst half of
next year, with many economists pin-
pointing February as the earliest it is
likely to happen. The nine-strong mon-
etary policy committee, which meets
every month to set the central banks
base rates, voted at its September gath-
ering to maintain the current rate, with
just two members arguing for a rate rise
to 0.75 per cent next month.
This week the number of different
mortgage products reached a five-year
high, according to research by the
Mortgage Advice Bureau as competi-
tion for new customers intensifies.
Some of the best rates currently
available include the five-year fix from
Tesco Bank at 2.99 per cent for those
with a 25 per cent deposit, and a 1,495
fee and the two-year fix from HSBC at
1.49 per cent available for those with a
40per cent deposit. The latter is limited
to loans of less than 500,000 and
incurs a 1,999 fee.
Regulation, recessions and a lack of
demand have caused huge problems
and banks and building societies are
keen to take advantage of the improv-
ing market conditions, hence the fan-
tastic rates. However, borrowers need
to be aware that interest rates are set to
rise and this could happen pretty
soon, said Mr Strutt.
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Gabbana proves Primrose Hill is still height of fashion
Kathryn Hopkins, Tim Lamden
Aaron Taylor-Johnson must have
learnt some impressive moves while
playing a wannabe superhero in the
film, Kick-Ass, while his wife, Sam, is no
doubt acquainted with a whip after
directing Fifty Shades of Grey. They
were not, however, a match for an
Italian fashion giant.
The couple are understood to have
beeninterestedinasought-after seven-
bedroom home in Primrose Hill, in
north London, but it has been bought
by Stefano Gabbana, one half of Dolce
&Gabbana, whois reportedtobeworth
$1.6 billion (980 million).
He is named on Land Registry docu-
ments as the purchaser of a 6,000 sq ft
property, which boasts permission for
an orangery and a swimming pool. The
house has a large garden.
It is not knownhowmuchthedesign-
er, who was last year convicted of tax
evasion, has agreed to pay, but the
guide price was 15.5 million, 3 million
more than it cost the vendor in 2012.
The Taylor-Johnsons, who declined to
comment, are understood to be very
disappointed to have missed out.
The area became notorious in the
Nineties for wild parties thrown by the
so-calledPrimroseHill set, whoinclud-
ed the supermodel Kate Moss and the
actors Jude Law and Sadie Frost. Ac-
cording to Matthew Wright, the TV
presenter who lives in the area, there
are still a lot of all-day parties.Some
parties start in the afternoon and it just
goes straight on through. he said.
earlier this week. Wearenot talk-
ing about inviting people around
for a couple of drinks. These
people are spending thousands
onre-decoratingfor the parties,
DJs and bouncers.
Mark Proctor, of Knight
Frank, the estate agent, said:
Even though a lot of the fa-
mous Noughties Primrose Hill
set have moved on, the area is
still frequented by many well-
known faces. We are working with
several more names looking . . .
right now.
Ms Taylor-Johnson, 47, and her
husband, 24, already own a property
inPrimroseHill, whichwas reported-
ly briefly put up for sale just over a
year ago for 15.5 million.
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until episode three
Premature deaths
could be cut by 40%
The number of people dying
prematurely could be reduced by
40 per cent globally over the next
two decades by preventing the
spread of disease (Kat Lay writes).
The study in The Lancet
suggests that the death rate
among under-50s could be halved
and those at ages 50-69 could be
reduced by a third. Death in old
age is inevitable, but death before
old age is not, said its co-author,
Sir Richard Peto, professor of
medical statistics at Oxford.
Between 2000 and 2010, child
deaths fell by a third and deaths
from diseases controlled by
vaccinations, such as diphtheria,
whooping cough, polio and
measles, fell by two thirds.
Premature deaths among adults
fell by a sixth.
Tailed drink-driver jailed
A drink-driver has been jailed
after getting behind the wheel
with a pint of beer in his hand
while three and a half times over
the limit.
Oliver Archer, a civil engineer,
33, drove his BMW holding his
drink after bar staff refused to
serve him in Ashford, Kent. In an
eight-minute drive he hit two
cars, ramming one several times.
He was caught by a woman who
tailed him through busy streets.
He was jailed for eight months
and banned for 30 months at
Canterbury crown court.
Care home death arrest
A woman has been arrested on
suspicion of murder after police
launched an inquiry into the
death of a 96-year-old woman at
a care home. Detectives are
treating the death of Ethel
Baldwin at the Abbey House care
home in Netley, Hampshire, last
Saturday as suspicious. A
spokesman for Hampshire police
said they were working to ensure
the safety of other residents. A
36-year-old woman from
Southampton has been arrested
and is helping police with their
inquiries, he added.
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Three previously unreleased
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performs a duet with Michael
Jackson, are included in a new
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Must be More to Life Than This,
was written while Queen were
working on Hot Space in 1981, but
it was left incomplete. Brian May,
the bands guitarist, and Roger
Taylor, their drummer, who still
appear as Queen, said that the
tracks would be on Queen
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Childcare chief
in scandal quits
her 115,000 job
The head of childrens services at
Rotherhamcouncil left her 115,000-a-
year post by mutual agreement yes-
terday after hundreds of vulnerable
children were groomed and sexually
abused in the South Yorkshire town.
Joyce Thacker, who had been on sick
leave since Monday, had faced pressure
from politicians and victims to resign
since a damning report on child sexual
exploitation was published last month.
Appearing before MPs last week, Ms
Thacker insisted that she had no inten-
tionof resigning andblamedpolice and
senior councillors for failing to act on
reports of child abuse.
She is the fourthpersonto leave their
job after an inquiry by Professor Alexis
Jay found that at least 1,400 children
and young people had suffered appall-
ing sex crimes over a 16-year period.
ShaunWright, the former leadcouncil-
lor for childrens services, resigned as
SouthYorkshire police and crime com-
missioner this week, whileRoger Stone,
the Labour leader of the council,
stepped down when the report was
published. Martin Kimber, Rotherham
councils chief executive, has previously
said he will leave in December.
Professor Jay concluded that the
problemof childsexual exploitationhad
beenunderplayed by senior managers
and that nobody could say we didnt
know . Two other former high-ranking
Rotherham council officials face
continued questions over their role in
failing to prevent widespread child
abuse. GedFitzgerald, whowas chief ex-
ecutiveof Rotherhamfrom2001 to2003
and now holds the same role in Liver-
pool, has said that he will co-operate
withaninvestigationbythecitys mayor.
JackieWilson, formerlyasenior manag-
er with responsibility for child safe-
guarding inRotherham, now holds a
90,000-a-year post as assistant direct-
or for childrenandfamilies at Doncaster
council and is also facing an investi-
gation from her current employer.
Keith Vaz, the Labour chairman of
the Commons home affairs select com-
mittee, welcomed Ms Thackers depar-
ture. This is the right decision, he said,
adding that it would be unacceptable
for Ms Thacker to receive any financial
compensation for her departure.
No one from Rotherham council,
which announced Ms Thackers depar-
ture by mutual agreement, with im-
mediate effect yesterday evening,
could be reached for comment on
whether she would receive a payout.
Ms Thacker, who was appointed
OBE for services to children in 2007,
had worked at the council since 2006
andwas appointeddirector of childrens
services in2008. She was questionedby
both the home affairs select committee
and the communities and local govern-
ment select committee last week.
Simon Danczuk, the Labour MPfor
Rochdale, said it had been quite clear
fromher evidence that shed failed the
young girls of Rotherham, so Im
pleased shes gone.
This month TheTimes revealed that
Ms Thacker had shocked colleagues by
seeking to downplay the problem of
child sexual exploitation during a safe-
guarding meeting in May. She had
argued that agencies need to retain a
sense of proportionality about such of-
fences because it only accounts for 2.3
per cent of the councils safeguarding
work in Rotherham.
Protection unit failed to tell
police about voyeur teacher
TheresaMaywas accusedof asset strip-
ping the agency that fights child abuse,
as it emergedthat theunit failedtoalert
police to another offender.
Gareth Williams, 47, a deputy head
teacher, was jailed for five years in May
after he admitted installing hidden
cameras inshower andtoilet cubicles to
record indecent images of children.
However, the Child Exploitation and
Online Protection Centre (Ceop) wait-
ed a year before telling Williamss local
police force inCardiff that it hadintelli-
gence from Canada about him buying
child-abuse videos online.
Theunit hadalsofailedtoalert police
in Cambridgeshire for 16 months that
Myles Bradbury, who has since admit-
ted 25 child sex offences, was named in
intelligence files.
The National Crime Agency (NCA),
which controls Ceop and reports to the
home secretary, was trying to discover
yesterday how many other people
among the 2,345 British names sup-
plied by Canadian authorities in 2012
have since been arrested. Jim Gamble,
the former head of Ceop who resigned
in2010, saidMrs Mayboreresponsibili-
ty for the failures.
Ceop lost specialist assets and offi-
cers who have beenreplaced by generic
staff, he said. It has been undermined
to the point where many people in the
child-protectioncommunitythinkit no
longer exists. The feworiginal staff that
remain are demotivated, demoralised
and undermined.
Williams was deputy head teacher at
Ysgol GyfunGymraegGlantaf whenhe
was arrested last December. An
investigation found that he had
installed cameras in clocks, fans and
toilet cisterns. Earlier this year he ad-
mitted 31 charges of voyeurismand the
making and possession of more than
16,000 indecent images of children.
The Independent Police Complaints
Commission said it was assessing the
case and seeking an explanation as to
why the matter was not referred at the
time the failure was identified. The
HomeOfficesaidit couldnot comment
while the IPCC was investigating.
Billy Kenber
Sean ONeill Crime Editor
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Joyce Thacker is the fourth official at
Rotherham to lose their job.
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News Scottish referendum
Salmond is a sorry
figure in defeat, but
he should be proud
Thescene: theloungecar onthesleeper
trainfromEustontoEdinburgh. Seated
alongside two of his aides, and armed
already witha Glenmorangie whisky, is
the first minister, Alex Salmond. As I
walk infor a swift nightcap before retir-
ing, he spots me and opens his arms
wide. Come and join us, he beams.
Lets talk about Scotland.
The next two hours, as the train
speeds north, are full of gossip, political
back-chat, a scattering of jokes and
more than a few additional Glenmo-
rangies. Whenwe headfor our sleeping
compartments we have, as the saying
goes, set the world to rights. It was good
stuff, a bit laddish, enjoyable. I wish I
could remember more of what we said.
One of Mr Salmonds greatest gifts is
his ability to adapt to his audience. I
have seen him walk in to address a
group of hostile TVexecutives and win
them over by speaking to them with a
combination of inside knowledge and
the language of their profession.
Sittingdownwithaprevious editor of
The Times, who wanted to challenge
him on the economics of independ-
ence, he deployed a formidable
combination of charm and busi-
ness know-how to win round his
sceptical interrogator. George Os-
borne, the chancellor, who sched-
uled a half-hour meeting with Mr
Salmond in the early stages of
the campaign, was still with
him an hour later. That is a
real politician, he is said to
have commented later.
No press conference was
dull, no encounter took place without
the faint shiver of electricity. There was
always, one felt, an agenda to any con-
versation with him, though it was not
always clear to what it was.
It is always enjoyable to sup with
Alex, said a colleague once, but one
should always do so with a long spoon.
Or, as the journalist Neal Ascherson
once wrote of a powerful but slightly
dangerous character: You could tell
him by the rakish angle at which he
wore his hat, and the faint whiff of sul-
phur he left in his wake.
The campaign that Mr Salmond has
just fought may go down in history as a
defeat, but it is one he can be justifiably
proud of. To have taken the SNP to
withinfive points of victory; to have de-
featedLabour inits Glasgowheartland;
above all to have energised the country
and engaged it in the greatest political
debateof moderntimes: all thesearere-
markable achievements.
Apicture emerged of himleaving his
Aberdeenshire home in the early hours
of yesterday to head for Edinburgh.
Slumped in the back seat of the car he
looked something he very rarely does,
because he very rarely is: defeated.
He appeared again at an Edinburgh
science centre some four hours later to
deliver what, in the past seven years, he
has had little cause for: a concession
speech. Yet for a speechacknowledging
defeat, it was combative, unapologetic
and pugnacious. It was Salmond again.
And then he went to ground. Ru-
mours circulated around Holyrood
of a 10am press conference but
10amcame and went. Then it was
midday. Then 2pm. When the
calls finally went out tojournalists,
they were to assemble at
Bute House, the first minis-
ters official residence, at
3.30pm for a 4pm event.
Certain reporters and
certaintitles wereexcluded.
Mr Salmondhas afractious,
personally antagonistic, re-
lationship with some ele-
ments of the press.
Behind the scenes, he had
been in talks with his most
trusted advisers. Although he had pre-
viouslysaidthat adefeat wouldnot trig-
ger his resignation, he had realised it
had to, and he was taking his time
refining his message and preparing to
return to public view. When he did, he
was the confident, eloquent, witty Mr
Salmond the one that appeals most
to voters.
And this vote should not be seen as a
personal rejection of the man himself.
Very few people I have talked to have
blamed himfor forcing this vote on the
Scottish people. They may not like him
or his policies, but they appreciate that
he has giventhemthe chance todecide,
one way or the other, an issue that goes
to the heart of the nation. It is a debate
that Scotland had to have. It has in-
formed and enlightened its people. It
has cleared the air.
He was not, of course, to everyones
taste. The smug self-assurance he de-
ployed inpolitical argument; the sneer-
ingwayinwhichhedismissedhis oppo-
nents; his bombastic approach to de-
bate. Not all of thesesat well withaman
who was meant, at the same time, to be
the nations figurehead.
I have an indelible memory of him
walking into the chamber of the Scot-
tish parliament for the first time after
his stunning electoral victory in 2011.
There, in front of him, were row upon
row of newly elected SNP members,
many of whom, I suspect, he hardly
knew. His face betrayed a mixture of
pride, and something else. Possibly
the momentary surge of panic. He
knew at that moment that their com-
mitment was toindependence, andthat
he would have to deliver it.
Writing recently, I speculated whe-
ther Mr Salmond had really wanted his
referendum. Would he not have pre-
ferred the gradualist approach that
had always been his strategy?
Shortly after my commentary ap-
peared, with just eight days to go to the
referendum vote, I bumped into him
again. Can I just tell you something?
he said, grinning, as he gripped me by
the elbow. I actually believe in this in-
dependence stuff.
I think he probably did.
The result was hard to take for Yes supporters in Glasgow, but in the city itself
Alex Salmond
announces at a
press conference
in Edinburgh that
he is stepping
down. Although
his campaign for
independence
ended in defeat,
he gave Scotland
the debate that it
had to have,
informing its
people and
clearing the air
The first minister is a
brilliant politician who
has energised Scotland
with his skill, writes
Magnus Linklater
Can we become a city
The brass band belting out a rendition
of Frank Sinatras My Way in the heart
of Glasgow was a clue that the city felt
it had done something different and
special by voting for independence.
Alex Salmonds decision to stand
down seemed only to sharpen the
motivation of bullish yes voters, who
were out in force yesterday to chant:
Were still here.
Though disappointment hung heavy
in the air, the sense of rebellion against
the status quo remained undimmed in
Scotlands biggest city.
Imdevastated, saidStuart Hender-
son, 21. He wanted what was best for
Scotland but well get another chance
for independence, even without him.
In his resignation statement Mr Sal-
mond accused David Cameron of re-
neging on promises to hand more pow-
ers toScotland, a fact that surprisedfew
in George Square amid the fluttering
saltire flags and bagpipers.
We always knew he would, said
Jordan Lindsay, 17, another Yes voter.
We were trying to tell undecided
voters that yesterday. But Salmond
leaving will motivate us to keep going.
One no voter, Fi McNish, admitted
that she hadbeenswayed bythe com-
mitment to extend devolution. I am a
little annoyed that they promise this
[extra powers] and then take it away.
Kevin McLoughlin, 28, an architect,
said that Mr Salmonds exit was good
news as some potential yes voters
found him off-putting. The Yes move-
ment is bigger than him, he declared.
Gamely sporting a No thanks
badge in the midst of several hundred
Yes supporters, George McMillan, 49, a
bricklayer, said: Salmond was a repro-
bate. Im glad to see the back of him.
Asked if no voters would feel be-
trayed if Mr Cameron were to back-
Kaya Burgess
Nicola Sturgeon, the
deputy first minister, is
a clear frontrunner to
succeed Alex Salmond
Scottish referendum News
53 per cent voted for independence
W
e should have known
what was to come
when we saw Alex
Salmond as he was
driven through the
damp streets of Edinburgh early
yesterday. The Mickey Mouse face,
so often wreathed in smiles, was
now sombre, reflective, broke. After
all the selfies, the love bombing, the
sheer exuberance of the Yes
campaign, it had ended like this.
The picture, reminiscent of the
famous Thatcher shot as she left
Number 10, was politics at its most
brutal.
The weather was a yes voter too
and the day did not dawn here so
much as creep up, mist clinging to
the night, refusing to give up.
Salmond, though, had had to do
just that before sunrise. Scotland
has, by a majority, decided not, at
this stage, to become an
independent country, he told his
deflated Yessers who had gathered
at a space called Dynamic Earth.
The words at this stage were
interesting. Mr Salmond was
accepting defeat but not, apparently,
total defeat. And yet he knew, for he
himself has said it so often, that
there would not be another
referendum anytime soon.
We really should have guessed at
10am, as we stood outside Bute
House, the official residence of the
first minister (think Downing Street
but much nicer aspect), waiting for
his press conference. We learnt,
again by rumour, for telepathy is big
here, that it had been postponed,
possibly until noon. I couldnt help
but notice the lack of joy on the
streets. If Yes had won, Scotland
would have been a party. But No had
won, so it was back to work, time for
a wee tidy-up and then, maybe, half
a shandy.
Mr Salmond, we were told, wasnt
ready for his close-up yet. So he
would have been there to watch a
day in which the Better Together
team, always linked by string and
paper clips, dissolved. David
Cameron had been eager to claim
victory, just after 7am, as he walked
out of Downing Street, where his
special sustainable wood lectern,
which had earlier made the journey
to Aberdeen for his final plea to
voters, had been placed. The look on
his face was one of studied
earnestness but us experienced
Dave-watchers could see that every
pore exuded relief. Though
delighted with the result (not to
mention keeping his job), he
immediately began to play games
with his devolution vow, saying En-
ger-land must also have a deal.
The hated Westminster elite were
back to playing politics. Nigel
Farage added his voice to the call for
English votes for English MPs. It
seemed way too early in the
morning to hear Farage, so
calculating, so staged, so English. I
felt like crawling back under the
duvet. Mr Salmond, high on his
campaign, emblazoned with passion
for independence, must have been
furious as the devolution deal got
murkier. Ed Miliband gave a (very)
small speech and later began to
squabble too. Where, I wondered,
was Gordo? Without him and his
marvellous ranting total-rage events,
the result would have been, at the
very least, much closer.
I was just about to give up on the
Salmond press conference when
word arrived: it would be 4pm but
the journalists would be hand-
picked. I would not be one of the
chosen. Whatever happened to Mr
Salmonds festival of democracy?
It seemed just a trifle Sovietesque
but, then, as it was explained to me,
Alex Salmond was a control freak.
Besides, I had a mole. The big black
door (it has a VI on it and not a 10)
opened for those selected.
Rumours of resignation were still
being denied. The setting was
magisterial: chandeliers, gilt,
mirrors. Mr Salmond seemed calm,
smiling, not cocky or ebullient but,
strangely, at peace. I got the feeling,
as he announced that he would
resign but still be involved in the
fight for independence, which he
said would be achieved in his
lifetime, that he was quitting to be
more involved with politics.
Less Mickey Mouse now, more a wee, timorous beastie
Ann Treneman
Political Sketch
state, ask Glaswegians
track on promises of increased devolu-
tion, Mr McMillan replied: Wed feel
very similar to yes voters. But I dont
trust any of them in Westminster.
Rob ONeill agreed. It is typical.
Anybody who believed any promises
made when they seemed a wee bit des-
perate . . . well, they are a bit gullible.
One of Mr Salmonds last public acts
before announcing his resignation was
to single out Glasgow, on Twitter, for
congratulations. Its 53 per cent yes
vote, declaredat 5amyesterday, was not
enough to sway the momentum away
from a No victory, but the streets re-
mained packed into the small hours
with nationalists proud to have bucked
the unionist trend. Daubed on the
ground in George Square were the
words Glasgow said yes.
Yesterday evening it was filled again,
this time with unionists brandishing an
enormous red, white and blue flag
bearing the words Scotland is British.
Elsewhere, there were even calls for
Glasgow to secure its own independ-
ence. Phil Canavan, a police officer,
said: Seeing as Glasgow voted yes,
cant we just declare a city state in the
style of ancient Greece?
One Twitter user, giving his name
only as Liam, called for an independ-
ent Glasgow and added: I feel more
Glaswegian than Scottish anyway.
Asked if he supported such calls,
Humza Yousaf, the SNP MSP for
Glasgow, said: No, though today is
bittersweet. To say were disappointed
is an understatement. Its like watching
the train go away just as you arrive on
the platform. That said, Glasgow is a
phenomenal result.
Near the corner of Union Street and
Gordon Street, two names with unhap-
py connotations for a yes voter, Peter
Dunn, 48, a shoe repairer, said: I feel
saddened and almost ashamed that our
countrymen couldnt follow through.
ROBERT PERRY/EPA
Families could face higher bills as
English regions seek new powers
Leaders of English regions and cities
seized on the fallout from the Scottish
referendum yesterday to demand a
range of new powers that could lead to
higher council taxbills for homeowners
elsewhere in the UK.
English regions and cities used the
wranglingover devolutiontocall onthe
government to loosen Whitehalls
grip on borrowing, council tax and
business rates and give councils the
right to increase local taxes.
Some went further and asked for
city-regions clusters of authorities
to be given control of all local public
services including health, education,
job centres and welfare.
Councillors in the southwest called
for a National Assembly for Cornwall
while Carwyn Jones, the Welsh first
minister, claimedthe UKwas dead as
he set out his proposals for greater dev-
olution in Wales.
Boris Johnson, the mayor of London,
also weighed in, demanding local pow-
ers over stamp duty, business rates,
council tax and land tax. He claimed
that London and Englands eight core
cities should be given extra powers to
match those offered to Scotland, say-
ing: Whats sauce for the goose should
be sauce for the gander.
David Sparks, chairman of the Local
Government Association, agreed that
England and Wales should share in the
spoils. The appetite does not stop at
the border and the rest of the UK will
not be content to settle for the status
quo, Mr Sparks said. Establishing an
English parliament, with MPs still call-
ing the shots, would not represent true
devolution. Local areas need to be set
free from the grip of Whitehall and al-
lowed to raise and spend money in a
way which will best serve the people
who live there.
Mr Sparks made clear that councils
should no longer be tied to caps on
council tax set by Eric Pickles, the com-
munities secretary, over this parlia-
ment. Town halls are not allowed to
raise council tax levels above 2 per cent
without holding a local referendum
a policy that has kept council tax bills
down for over three years.
With central local government
grants squeezed by more than 30 per
cent, councils have had to rely on put-
tingupcharges tobalancethebooks. It
is locally elected councils driving
through devolved taxation and greater
control over council tax and business
rates which can satisfy the desire of
people in England to have a greater say
in the places they live, Mr Sparks said.
Tony Travers, local government ex-
pert at the London School of Econom-
ics, said that if taxation were to be de-
volved in both Wales and Scotland it
would seem unfair if the chancellor
continued to cap council tax.
Mr Travers also predicted a much
greater extension of city regions, who-
ever wonthe next general election. Ge-
orge Osborne has worked closely with
leaders in Greater Manchester who
have combined the budgets of ten dis-
tricts inthe area tofundhousing, trans-
port and infrastructure. Manchester
city region and London are already
very well developed, said Mr Travers.
It is highly likely that there will be now
a pushfor other city regions withgreat-
er autonomy over their budgets.
Jim McMahon, leader of Oldham
council and vice-chairman of the Local
Government Association, said Greater
Manchester was nowasking for powers
A bagpiper on Westminster Bridge in London. English cities and regions are now calling for the right to increase local taxes
POLITICAL POSITIONS
SCOTLAND
Conservatives Plan to hand over full
control over income tax, giving
Scotland power over 40 per cent of
the money it spends. Only the tax-
free personal allowance would
remain with Westminster. The Tories
also propose to assign a share of
VAT revenues to Scotland, devolve
the power to supplement some
benefits and to control air
passenger duty.
Liberal Democrats Scottish
parliament should collect almost all
income tax generated in Scotland
and be able to spend it as it sees fit.
Holyrood to get control over capital
gains tax, inheritance tax and air
passenger duty.
Labour Holyrood to control its own
elections, housing benefit and
attendance allowance, and some
power over the railways. A
complicated system allowing
Holyrood to raise the top two rates
of income tax while making it hard
for parliament to cut them again.
SNP Will argue for devolution of as
many powers in as many areas as
possible and, in particular, all
income and corporation tax rates.
ENGLAND
Conservatives England should be
offered greater power over tax,
spending and welfare, and national
devolution settlements should
proceed in tandem, with draft
legislation complete by January.
Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg backs
the 2012 McKay commission, which
recommended that new English-
only laws should require the
support of a majority of MPs in
English seats.
Labour Resistant to Tory proposals
to allow only English MPs to vote on
English issues, because Tories have
an in-built majority in England.
SNP Will be watching what happens
next for signals about the future of
the Union.
to control further education and job
centres and eventually all public ser-
vices. Youngpeople all want tobe hair-
dressers and the country now trains
enough hairdressers to fill every salon
in Europe, Mr McMahon said. We
should be matching training with the
local skills needed, such as engineering
and IT. We need to be able to control
that locally.
County councils also wanted their
share of any new powers yesterday.
David Hodge, chairman of the County
Council Network, claimed that 20bil-
lion could be saved if Whitehall agreed
to devolve budgets for health, educa-
tion and welfare across counties and
city regions. The 23 million people liv-
ing in county areas cannot and must
not be left out. Counties are knocking
on No 10s front door, our residents
want thesameopportunities as thosein
Scotland, he said.
SimonParker, head of the NewLocal
Government Network, said the Scot-
tish referendum had opened the flood-
gates for greater autonomy in English
councils. The starting point is a clear
programme of devolution to the cities
and shires that puts them in control of
their economic destiny, rapidly fol-
lowed by greater control over educa-
tion and health policy.
Jill Sherman Whitehall Editor
An escape
route from
federalism
A
lmost 15 years ago the
Conservative party,
responding to
devolution, adopted the
policy of English votes
for English laws. There has,
however, always been part of the
right that would prefer a full-blown
English parliament.
The two dont really differ all that
much in terms of legislative
function, so the real dilemma is
different. Does there need to be an
English executive? A separate
English parliament would more or
less require one, while English
votes for English laws might not.
If there are going to be long
periods in which a party with a
clear majority and a mandate for a
full term in the United Kingdom
faces a settled majority for its
opponents in England, the case for
an executive becomes very strong,
perhaps even irresistible. How else
could England be governed?
The case against this
arrangement, which would require
a massive constitutional upheaval,
is simple: such divergence between
England and the UK doesnt
happen because England is too big.
Look back at all the results since
1945. There has never been a
government with a proper full-term
UK majority that has faced a
majority against it in England.
There have been four occasions
where there were differences. In
1950, Labour had a majority of five
in the UK but nobody had a
majority in England. In the two
1974 elections, there was no
majority in either the UK or
England in February. In October,
Labour had a majority of three in
the UK but fell short by five in
England and relied on the Liberals.
Most importantly, in 2010 the
Conservatives fell short of a
majority by 38 in the UK but have
a majority of 63 in England. This
would have meant that the prime
minister only needed a coalition
for UK-reserved issues.
From these statistics two things
jump out. The first is that the
difference made by English votes
for English laws might be
somewhat less than often
suggested. Almost always, the
same party would be in power.
Second, it suggests that
politicians have an escape route
from full federalism. They can
introduce English votes for English
laws and leave, for now, the
question of an English executive,
arguing that it is unnecessary. This
is risky and intellectually
unsatisfying, but it is practical and
could be done quickly.
David Cameron will be tempted
by this. He knows that the
timetable he is committed to
doesnt leave much choice.
Daniel
Finkelstein
Analysis
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6
7
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26
27
9
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12
25
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Independence question The votes in full
2,001,926
votes
55.3%
Electorate
4.2m
Turnout
84.59%
Rejected
ballots
3,429
Much in
stalled
commercial
property
market
The costs
To taxpayer
Of the
campaigns
Gender
Yes
No
Party Age
8.6m
4.7m
1.5m
Most important issues to voters
NHS Jobs Sterling
On running
the ballot and
polling
stations
on information
mailshots
Yes campaign
1.5m
50m -
125m
No campaign
SNP and
Green parties
Labour, Lib
Dem,
Conservatives
and others
Disaffection with
Westminster
*AB higher and middle managers (27%); C1 supervisors and junior managers (29%);
C2 skilled manual workers (21%); DE Unskilled, pensioners, unemployed (23%)
16-17
Male Female
Conservatives SNP
Class*
AB
C1
C2
DE
18-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65+
47 53
54
18
21
36
57
7
74
4
44 56
Analysis provided by lordashcroftpolls.com
1,617,989
votes
44.7%
71 29
48 52
59 41
53 47
52 48
43 57
27 73
95 86
14
37 63 61 39
5
Labour Lib Dem
40 60
49 51
52 48
45 55
To economy
in lost output
Aberdeen
Turnout 143,484 (81.75%)
1
41.39% 58.61%
Aberdeenshire
Turnout 179,943 (87.19%)
2
39.64 60.36
Angus
Turnout 80,236 (85.84%)
3
43.68 56.32
Argyll and Bute
Turnout 63,467 (88.21%)
4
41.48 58.52
Clackmannanshire
Turnout 70,772 (88.59%)
5
46.2 53.8
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Turnout 19,739 (86.25%)
6
46.58 53.42
Dumfries &Galloway
Turnout 106,653 (87.49%)
7
34.33 65.67
Dundee
Turnout 93,500 (78.83%)
8
57.35 42.65
East Ayrshire
Turnout 84,204 (84.55%)
9
47.22 52.78
East Dunbartonshire
Turnout 78,938 (90.99%)
10
38.8 61.2
East Lothian
Turnout 71,750 (87.62%)
11
38.28 61.72
East Renfrewshire
Turnout 197,981 (90.46%)
12
36.81 63.19
Edinburgh
Turnout 318,565 (84.4%)
13
38.9 61.1
Falkirk
Turnout 108,519 (88.71%)
14
46.53 53.47
Fife
Turnout 253,936 (84.11%)
15
44.95 55.05
Glasgow
Turnout 364,126 (75%)
16
53.49 46.51
Highland
Turnout 165,808 (87%)
17
47.08% 52.92%
Inverclyde
Turnout 54,572 (87.39%)
18
50.08 49.92
Midlothian
Turnout 60,342 (86.75%)
19
43.7 56.3
Moray
Turnout 64,167 (85.41%)
20
42.44 57.56
North Ayrshire
Turnout 96,088 (84.42%)
21
48.99 51.01
North Lanarkshire
Turnout 226,705 (84.44%)
22
51.07 48.93
Orkney
Turnout 29,774 (83.72%)
23
32.80 67.2
Perth &Kinross
Turnout 104,189 (86.89%)
24
39.81 60.19
Renfrewshire
Turnout 117,533 (87.29%)
25
47.19 52.81
Scottish Borders
Turnout 83,459 (87.43%)
26
33.44 66.56
Shetland Islands
Turnout 15,620 (84.44%)
27
36.29 63.71
South Ayrshire
Turnout 81,649 (86.12%)
28
42.13 57.87
South Lanarkshire
Turnout 445,717 (85.36%)
29
45.33 54.67
Stirling
Turnout 62,163 (90.14%)
30
40.23 59.77
West Dunbartonshire
Turnout 62,496 (87.94%)
31
53.96 46.04
West Lothian
Turnout 119,024 (86.17%)
32
44.82 55.18
I
n the end, fear trumped pride.
The dangers of independence
motivated more Scots than the
dreams of full nationhood. The
rise and subsequent fall of
support for Yes, tracked by YouGovs
polls for The Times, matches the ebb
and flow of the arguments about
economic prospects. For months, as
No held a steady lead of 60 per cent
to 40 per cent, most Scots feared that
independence would hurt prosperity.
Then Alex Salmond managed to
quell those doubts, with support for
Yes peaking two weeks ago as it
edged into a 51 per cent to 49 per cent
lead. That scared the No campaign
into a fightback that some feared was
beyond it. As Gordon Brown
rediscovered his passion and banks
and retailers warned of plagues of
locusts should the UK break up, the
fears of independence revived. The
big gender gap, which had narrowed,
widened again, with many women in
the end voting no decisively, while
men plumped narrowly for yes.
Our final poll for The Times helps
to explain the shift at the last minute
in favour of the No camp. First, we
asked people whether they had worn
a badge or displayed a poster or
sticker proclaiming their allegiance.
As many as 47 per cent of Yes
supporters had done so, compared
with just 20 per cent on the No side.
This coyness of No supporters helps
to explain why journalists reported
more signs of Yes support.
We also asked people how they
would view the rival outcomes on a
five-point scale from delighted to
dismayed. As many as 69 per cent of
No supporters would be dismayed by
independence, but just 49 per cent of
Yes supporters said they would feel
the same way about remaining part of
the UK. In other words, separation
terrified far more Scots than
maintaining the Union.
So while Yes Scotland won the
battle of the badges, Better Together
won the battle of the ballot. The scale
of its victory shattered Mr Salmonds
dream not just for now but almost
certainly for his political lifetime.
Peter Kellner is president of YouGov
Peter Kellner
Coy naysayers
meant the polls
were skewed
To those who play it for a living, politics
is a game and it has its own branch of
game theory. After the No verdict,
therearetwoseparatequestions inplay.
The first is which government powers
shouldnowbe transferredtoHolyrood.
Lets call this the Scottish question.
The second is whether Scottish MPs
should be permitted to vote on English
policy given that English MPs will be
excluded from Scottish policy. This is
the conundrum that Enoch Powell,
following Tam Dalyell in the House of
Commons inNovember 1977, calledthe
West Lothian question.
The classic equilibrium in game
theoryis reachedwhenneither side has
anything to gain by changing its
strategy. Yesterday morning, David
Cameron, ina seemingly statesmanlike
address, made a cunning manoeuvre
that makes the political game suddenly
very complex. He decided that, rather
than treat them separately, the two
questions be taken together. These are
the options that would follow:
1. The Tories get the right answers
If Labour were to allow the two
questions to be linked and both were
answerable in the time available, then
Mr Cameron is a genius. (Clue to
what might happen: Mr Cameron is
not a genius.) An agreement on the
powers to go to Scotland would
satisfy the SNP and might not cause
existential doubt to the Westminster
parties. An agreement on the West
Lothian question, though, is dreadful
for Ed Miliband. Labour only wins
overall majorities (in the absence of
Tony Blair) with the aid of Scottish
MPs. If Labours 41 MPs were not
permitted to vote on English
questions, Labour would not be
able to perform basic
governmental functions such as con-
trol the NHS or the welfare budget.
2. Labour adopts a blocking ploy
This is why Labour has suggested a
constitutional convention, a talking
shop to delay until after the next
election or ensure policy is well
considered.
If Labour tries a blocking ploy, it
would produce a dismal outcome in
which nothing is achieved. The Tories
would go into the 2015 election
charging Labour with showing con-
tempt for the verdict of the Scottish
people. Many Yes supporters vote
Labour in general elections and
Labour needs them. Labour could
lose seats in Scotland to the SNP.
Meanwhile, in Scotland, Nicola
Sturgeon, the deputy first minister,
would spontaneously combust.
3. The Conservatives break the link
In a rational world these two separate
questions would be asked and settled
separately. The Tories could accept
that they have set themselves the
equivalent of solving the mind/body
problem within months. They may
admit that they dont have time and
could settle for solving the Scottish
question and leaving West Lothian for
another day. Labour could agree to
this and the SNP would get what it
wants. The Tory backbenchers,
though, would be apoplectic. The
brief truce they called yesterday with
a prime minister they dislike would be
over and the subsequent fight would
undermine the Tories electoral
chances next May.
4. The questions have no answer
Either of the two options above could
founder on the sheer intractability of
the Scottish question. Should income
tax be devolved? Inheritance tax? The
Work Programme? These questions
could go on and on, and they will.
The Westminster parties do not
agree on what should be given away
and the SNP could cut up rough and
declare an establishment conspiracy
with disastrous consequences. The
SNP would declare that the British
political elite acted in bad faith by
failing to honour the implicit pledge
of the referendum result. Even if the
link is established and the Scottish
question is answered, there might still
be no answer to the West Lothian
question. From a Grand Committee
of the House to an English
parliament, the range of options is
comprehensible only to Vernon
Bogdanor, a constitutional expert
from Kings College. Labour would be
relieved but English Tory MPs would
lose patience with Mr Cameron and
decide to replace him with the new
MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
In Scotland, Ms Sturgeon would
demand another referendum.
This is set to become the modern
Schleswig-Holstein question, which
Lord Palmerston once said was so
complicated that only three men in
Europe have ever understood it. One
was Prince Albert, who is dead. The
second was a German professor who
became mad. I am the third and I
have forgotten all about it. That last
option is not possible but the second
may be unavoidable.
Camerons cunning move creates devolution conundrum
In a game involving
two thorny issues, the
stakes will remain
high for all parties,
Philip Collins writes
How smug party leaders fiddled
For thepast twoweeks DavidCameron,
the Labour party and the United King-
dom have been begging, bribing and
bullying the people of Scotland for a
last-minute reprieve from oblivion. Six
weeks before, the leaders of all three
political parties wereall but oblivious to
any impending catastrophe.
A single episode from February this
year helps to explain how the prospect
of the 307-year Union between Scot-
land and England coming to an end
took them by surprise.
One City figure, whose company had
tens of billions riding on the referen-
dum, arranged two meetings.
First we went toAlistair Darling. We
sawhimat his house at 3pmrather than
an office. He was wearing his sweater,
and seemed very relaxed. We took it
from the meeting that he was not seri-
ously contemplating losing.
At 7pm the same day we saw Alex
Salmond. Looking presidential, his
office was buzzing and he was on top of
everything. The contrast was striking,
and a little unnerving.
Mr Darling had agreed at the behest
of all three party leaders in 2012 to be-
come the figurehead of Better To-
gether, a cross-party campaign to keep
Scotland within the Union.
Even before the group was created, it
was lagging behind its opponent. Alex
Salmond had started planning his cam-
paign almost a year earlier. From the
start, key players on the unionist side
paid lip service to the risks of a tight
campaign, while demonstrating an in-
credulity that they could lose.
DavidCameronwas tellingaides that
he had all but won at a dinner in Febru-
ary 2012, and Tory ministers were de-
claring that victory was assured a year
ago. The Edinburgh Agreement, the
2012 deal that set out the terms of the
referendum and tilted the rules in
favour of the SNP, was signed by Mr
Cameron and nodded through by
Labour. Warnings by top civil servants
were dismissed. As recently as the sum-
mer, Better Together figures were still
suggesting that they could win by as
much as 2 to 1.
All of this confidenceignoredthefact
that Scottish Labour, which would ulti-
matelyleadthefight ontheground, was
nowhere near ready even at the start of
this year. Its battered election fighting
machine had lost control of Holyrood,
the Scottish parliament, the year
before, and was not yet concentrating
on the job in hand.
We gave Scotland devolution in
1999 and then everyone ran to London.
Weleft theC-list incharge, oneLabour
figure said. Scottish Labour was a shell,
with a series of fiefdoms. It was not in
Better Togethers gift to sort this out,
with one figure admitting that a cross-
party campaign existed only because
Labour couldnt afford to do this cam-
paign on its own.
Blair McDougall was installed to run
day-to-day operations. This appeared
to be runona long leashfromthe Trea-
sury in London.
With Mr Darling, a former chancel-
lor, George Osborne and Danny Alex-
ander, the Better Together campaign
hadtheTreasurymindset inits DNA, in
contrast to the optimistic message of
Yes Scotland.
There were plenty of signs that the
campaign did not have enough urgen-
cy. The business community made of-
fers of help, but many were ignored.
Onesupporter offeredtoorganisebusi-
ness dinners, and another offered
10,000 neither received a call back.
Meanwhile Better Together held
Gordon Brown at arms length, ruffled
by his warnings the referendum could
not be won in league with the Tories
and unwilling to countenance his plan
to give Scotland more power. He was so
irritated that he went public with criti-
cism on the day of a campaign launch.
Most significantly, Ed Milibands
office in London had not properly en-
gaged, reluctant to concentrate until
the May elections were out of the way.
Sources say that Mr Miliband would
roll his eyes when Scotland was men-
tioned. Until that [YouGov] poll, Scot-
landwas anirritationtoeveryoneinthe
leaders office,one said. At one stage, a
senior figure in Mr Milibands office
was boasting that they were encourag-
ingMr Browntodoa tour of Englandto
keep him out of the way.
When Douglas Alexander, Labours
campaign chief and MP for Paisley,
turned his attention to the campaign in
May, he was concerned by the lack of
progress in repairing its machine. Shei-
la Murphy, a former Labour regional
organiser, was brought in to rebuild the
atrophied campaign operation, helped
by GordonBanks andJames Kelly, who
saved Glasgow city council from SNP
control last year. It was rebuilt from
scratch in six months. Douglas made
that happen, said one person involved.
When the polls tightened a month
from the vote, there was consternation
and suspicion in parts of Mr Milibands
office at activities north of the border.
Things feel ropey on the ground but
Better Together keepsayingits fine. Yet
they are spectacularly uncoordinated,
flappedone member of his office after a
YouGov poll put the Yes camp ahead.
When he arrived, he was not particu-
larly welcomed by the campaign.
The Labour leader was evenurgedby
colleagues to keep a low profile, with a
YouGov poll showing him to be less
popular north of the border than David
Cameron. In his final week he did just
one big campaign event. He had been
due at an eve-of-poll rally in Edin-
burgh, only to pull out moments after
arriving in the city. Asked if there was
any resistance from his office when it
was suggested that it might be better if
hekept alowprofile, onesourcecloseto
the campaign said: A little.
The event went ahead, featuring
Rory Bremner, with Jim Murphy, the
Labour MP who toured 100 towns in
100 days, stealing the show.
Accusations that Mr Miliband had
Inside today
The electorate will not
forgive a party that
prevents change
Leading article, page 20
MatthewParris, page 17
Hugo Rifkind, page 18
Niall Ferguson, page 19
The No campaign got
off to a slow, disorderly
start and sidelined its
saviour Gordon Brown,
Sam Coates writes
while the Union began to burn
Queen appeals for
calm and respect
The Queens statement last night was
nothing less than an appeal for recon-
ciliationandcalmas she calledonScots
to come together in a spirit of mutual
respect andsupport, toworkconstruct-
ively for the future of Scotland.
After the heated debate of the cam-
paign her words were an attempt to
heal. In a statement issued from Bal-
moral, she said people were united by
an enduring love of Scotland, and
spoke of strong emotions which would
be tempered by an understanding of
the feelings of others.
Her words came at 6pm as George
SquareinGlasgowfilledwithcampaign-
ers waving banners, in a mixture of jubi-
lation and frustration at the result.
Thewrittenstatement referredtothe
strong feelings and contrasting emo-
tions that would continue to play out
between the closest of friends and rela-
tives. She called on such strength of
feeling to be tempered by an under-
standing of the feelings of others.
Now, as we move forward, we
should remember that despite the
range of views that have been ex-
pressed, we have in common an endur-
ing love of Scotland, which is one of the
things that helps to unite us all, she
added. Knowing the people of Scot-
land as I do, I have no doubt that Scots,
like others throughout the United
Kingdom, are able to express strongly-
held opinions before coming together
again in a spirit of mutual respect and
support, to work constructively for the
future of Scotland and indeed all parts
of this country.
Palace officials said the Queen had
been following the referendumclosely.
During the count her office at Balmoral
was updated by officials in Edinburgh.
It was fitting for the statement to be
drafted at Balmoral, her private home
in Aberdeenshire which stands as a
symbol of the royal familys strong links
with, and affection for, Scotland. Dur-
ingthecampaigntherehadbeenspecu-
lation about the Queens view of Scot-
tish independence. Attempts to drag
her into the debate were rebuffed when
BuckinghamPalace issued a statement
saying that any suggestion she would
wish to influence the campaign was
categorically wrong.
Relief in EU but Russia cries foul
A
dmirers
beamed,
old foes
muttered
and Russia
cried foul, but those
with most to fear from
a wave of nationalism
simply sounded
relieved as Scotlands
voice was heard
around the world.
President Obama
congratulated the
people of Scotland
for their full and
energetic exercise of
democracy but
added that the US has
no closer ally than
the United Kingdom.
Relief washed
around Europe too,
although the language
of the Brussels
bureaucracy was
more restrained. The
United Kingdom is
and will remain an
important member of
the European Union,
Herman Van Rompuy,
the president of the
European Council,
said.
Karel De Gucht, the
trade commissioner,
was more frank,
admitting: If
Scotland had chosen
independence, that
would have been a
political landslide of
the nature of the
break-up of the Soviet
empire. There will be
no snowball effect.
Mariano Rajoy, the
Spanish prime
minister,
congratulated
Scotland for clearly
and unequivocally
choosing to remain
part of the UK.
He avoided any
mention of the crisis
he faces over
demands by
nationalists in
Catalonia to vote on
independence.
Old foes from Iran
to Russia had revelled
in Westminsters
discomfort. But their
reaction to the result
was muted.
In Russia, the pro-
Kremlin television
channel RT said it
might have been
rigged, noting North
Korean levels of
turnout.
Russias official
observers said the
referendum did not
conform to standards
that the West lectured
Russia about.
In east Ukraine,
Miroslav Rudenko, a
leader of the Donetsk
Peoples Republic,
also said he did not
rule out foul play.
Around the world
Quiet majority find their
voice in heart of Scotland
The Yes banners had flown proudly on
the slopes of Wee Torry andits craggier
neighbour, CraigLeith. Until, under the
cloakof darkness aweekago, amember
of the silent majority dragged one of
the 50ft banners down.
Yesterday above Alva, a small, drab
townintheheart of Clackmannanshire,
the remaining banner fluttereduseless-
ly. Weknowwhodidit, RobbieRussell
said. Andtothinkits the Yes campaign
being accused of all sorts.
Thecafowner was digestinghowhis
council area, an SNP stronghold and
one that some bookmakers thought
wouldget thesecond-highest yes vote
in percentage terms, had instead be-
come the first early-morning sign that
the United Kingdom would survive.
Absolutely gutted, Lynne Smith
said as she rushed to work. Everybody
was saying they would vote yes. I dont
know what happened.
In nearby Sauchie, Mark Thomson,
22, an unemployed father of two, was
seething. Everybody told me they
were voting yes, he said. I would hit
themif I found out they had lied. Peter
McNie, 33, a yes voter, knows a family
member who changed his vote after his
employer made noises about moving
south. Self-preservation set in.
I had got the general impression,
throughFacebook and everything, that
it would definitely be yes, Mr McNie
said. Perhaps it was just the fear of
change in the end.
Most agree that the Yes campaigners
made the running, yet something else
had been stirring. Certainly in Clack-
mannanshire, where on an 88per cent
turnout Better Together took just
under 54 per cent of the votes.
The No campaigns silent majority,
hampered by the need to fight for the
negative and, many claim, intimidated
bythe boisterous attitude of their oppo-
nents, had kept their opinions hidden.
The No people were the quiet ones,
said Eileen Innes, a pensioner in Alva,
admitting that she was onlyspeaking to
The Times because the yobs did not
read it. I think people got fed up with
the Yes intimidation. It was like they
were saying, We are the champions.
In Dollar, Alvas neighbour, Neil
McFadyean, a teacher, pithily summed
it up: MorevisibleYes, moresober No.
not risen to the occasion have un-
nervedsome inLabour: He has put the
Union at risk and he will put a possible
Labour government at risk. Thats the
reality and everyone knows it.
There were some comic moments.
M&C Saatchi, the advertising agency
linked to the Tories, supplied a number
of adverts deemedtoonegative. Posters
of Mr Salmondwithahypnotists watch
and the caption Dont wake up until
Sept 19 adorn office walls in London,
but but were not widely circulated.
Mr Darling and Mr Alexander are
now credited for calling the strategy
right in the face of massive resistance,
with polls showing yesterday that the
currency was the single biggest factor
inmotivatingpeopletovoteno. Praise
is also going to Mr Murphy, whose su-
perhuman solo ground war galvanised
activists across the country, and Mr
Brown, resurrected to deliver the un-
ionist sermon of his career.
In their darker moments, some cam-
paign figures thought they might have
to deploy a plan B known as the
Shetland option. They suggested of-
fering the Shetland Islands, which con-
trols 90per cent of UKoil, a second ref-
erendum, perhaps before Christmas.
The unionist archipelago could then
vote tostay inside the UnitedKingdom,
depriving an independent Scotland of
its oil. It is just as well this option never
had to be deployed.
David Sanderson
The No campaign
celebrates
victory. Gordon
Brown, top, will
take much of the
credit after the
campaign led by
Alistair Darling,
with Ed Miliband,
was criticised for
its negative tone
including posters
portraying Alex
Salmond as a
hypnotist, below
Valentine Low
The royal statement
After many months of discussion,
debate, and careful thought, we now
know the outcome of the
referendum, and it is a result that all
of us throughout the United
Kingdom will respect. For many in
Scotland and elsewhere today, there
will be strong feelings and
contrasting emotions among
family, friends and neighbours.
That, of course, is the nature of
the robust democratic tradition we
enjoy in this country. But I have no
doubt that these emotions will be
tempered by an understanding of
the feelings of others.
Now, as we move forward, we
should remember that despite the
range of views that have been
expressed, we have in common an
enduring love of Scotland, which is
one of the things that helps to unite
us all. Knowing the people of
Scotland as I do, I have no doubt
that Scots, like others throughout
the United Kingdom, are able to
express strongly held opinions
before coming together again in a
spirit of mutual respect and support,
to work constructively for the future
of Scotland and indeed all parts of
this country.
My family and I will do all we can
to help and support you in this
important task.
Elizabeth R
News
Hospitals run up 500m deficit and miss key targets
Hospitals have overspent by nearly half a
billion pounds since the spring while
missing targets on cancer, A&E patients
and waiting times.
NHS leaders warned that the health
servicewas under unprecedentedpressure
andcouldnolonger affordits current stan-
dards of care. A financial crisis could lead
to panic cuts within months, experts said.
Official figures published yesterday laid
bare howhospitals were struggling tocope
with rising numbers of patients as budgets
are squeezed in the name of efficiency.
In the first quarter of this financial year,
hospitals missed targets on treating 90 per
cent of inpatients within 18 weeks for non-
urgent care, seeing 95 per cent of A&E
patients within four hours, and starting
treatment for 85 per cent of cancer
patients within 62 days of a GPs referral.
Two thirds of hospitals are overspend-
ing, the figures show. The 147 self-govern-
ing foundation trusts reported a total
deficit of 167 million in the three months
to June, whichwould have beenworse had
not 61 of them run surpluses totalling 60
million.
They spent 391 million on agency staff,
twice the amount they budgeted for, as
they struggled to recruit doctors and
nurses in response to recommendations
after the Mid Staffordshire scandal. Sepa-
George Osborne will have to sanction
46billion in tax rises or spending cuts
after the election to meet his plans to bal-
ance Britains budget, analysis suggests.
In research highlighting that austerity
will continue whichever party or parties
formthenext government, it emergedthat
even Labours less stringent spending
plans would require cuts of 18 billion.
The grim assessment, by the Institute
for Fiscal Studies, aneconomicthink-tank,
comes before the political conference
season, when all parties are expected to
announce a series of pet projects designed
towoovoters. Inreality, all will havetofind
potentially painful ways of balancing the
nations books.
The Conservatives have set themselves
a strict economic target of securing a sur-
plus in the overall government budget by
2019. Labour has pledgedonlytobalanceit
on day-to-day spending, allowing the
chance to spend more on capital projects
such as housing, schools and transport.
According to the report, the Tory plans
to secure a surplus by 2019 require addi-
tional cuts or tax rises of 37.6 billion, on
top of the 8.7 billion cut that has already
been set out for next year.
Many Labour figures feel that the party
needs to use its last conference before the
election next week to tackle the publics
reservations about its economic compe-
tence. Recent polling shows that it still lags
far behind the Tories on the economy.
Separate research by the Resolution
Foundation think-tank released today
confirms that the Tories would need a
further spending squeeze of 37 billion in
thethreeyears after theelectiontoachieve
its targets.
Raise taxes or cut spending to
balance books, Osborne told
Michael Savage
Chief Political Correspondent
Chris Smyth Health Correspondent
rate figures yesterday showed that three
quarters of hospitals aremountingrecruit-
ing missions abroad to find nurses.
Getting a greater grip on their staffing
costs, especially for agency staff, will help
trusts increase their financial resilience,
said David Bennett, chief executive of
Monitor, which regulates the trusts.
But many trusts also need strong
support from their staff to identify and
urgently deliver cost savings.
The 99 non-foundation trusts reported
a total deficit of 300 million in the four
months to the end of July, according to the
NHS Trust Development Authority.
It said that hospitals were facing a big fi-
nancial challenge for which there were no
quick fixes. Richard Murray, director of
policy at The Kings Fund, the think-tank,
warnedthat afinancial crisis couldhappen
in the current financial year.
Unless significant extra funding is
found, patients will bear the cost as staff
numbers are cut, waiting times rise and
quality of care deteriorates, he said.
Paul Briddock of the Healthcare Finan-
cial Management Association said: We
simplycant affordtocarryonprovidingall
the services that we currently do in the
same way.
Aspokesman for the Department of
Health said it expected trusts to balance
their books over the financial year or face
tough consequences.
A shortfall in nurses has
forced most hospitals into
recruitment drives abroad
News
Missing suspect in
Alice case sent cash
to woman in Latvia
Amurderer beinghuntedinconnection
with the disappearance of Alice Gross
contacted his former girlfriend the day
after the schoolgirl went missing to ar-
range to transfer money back to Latvia.
Arnis Zalkalns, 41, moved to London
a year after being freed from jail for
killing his wife. He returnedtoLatvia at
least three times a year, according to a
member of his family, but was never
stopped by British border officials.
The builder was reported missing a
week after being filmed on CCTV
cyclingalongacanal footpathinEaling,
west London, shortly after Alice, 14,
walked past on August 28.
Police said yesterday that his bicycle
had been found as they searched a
house where Mr Zalkalns previ-
ously lived, near the canal.
Scotland Yard publicly
linked the two disappearan-
ces only on Wednesday and
Latvias justice ministry said
that it had not received an
official request tohelpfind
Mr Zalkalns.
The mother of two of
his children said that she last heard
from him on August 29. She believes
that he may still be using a mobile tele-
phone that police have missed.
Liga Rubezniece was 17 when she
became a prison penpal of Mr Zalkalns
shortly after he started his seven-year
sentence for luring his wife to a forest,
battering her to death and burying her.
He was also convicted of possessing a
weapon and explosives.
After his release, he moved to Ms
Rubeznieces home in the port city of
Liepaja and they had a daughter,
now 9, and a son, 7. He also has a 19-
year-old daughter fromhis marriage to
the woman he murdered and a baby
daughter with Katerine Laiblova, 39,
with whom he lived in Ealing.
Ms Rubezniece, 34, said that he
moved to London to find work as a
builder but made regular trips home.
Once a week, he would ring and
ask howthe children are, she said.
He wrote a text message to me on
August 29. He said he would send
money to me on September 1 for
the children. The money arrived
and this was the last time I heard
from him.
Despite being questioned
about anallegedsexual assault
on a 14-year-old girl in Ealing
in 2009, Mr Zalkalnss crimi-
nal record was not discovered and the
case was dropped because the victim
refused to give evidence.
His former landlord, Radoslav An-
dric, 65, described Mr Zalkalns as
having a violent temper.
Scotland Yard said that it had found
Mr Zalkalnss mobile telephone, but Ms
Rubezniece revealed that he had two
British numbers and that one may still
be in use. As soon as he went missing,
I rang. I felt as if he hung up, she said.
Ms Rubezniece saidthat she believed
that hecouldbesufferingfromamnesia
as a result of an old injury.
A close relative of Mr Zalkalns said
he had travelled between Latvia and
the UK dozens of times without being
stoppedby border officials. The woman
said: He used his Latvian passport; he
travelled openly.
Scotland Yard said it had not sought
a European arrest warrant, although a
port stop notice was issued. Aspokes-
mansaidthat theforcewas liaisingwith
the Latvian authorities.
David Brown, Fiona Hamilton
Rayyan Sabet-Parry Liepaja
Liga Rubezniece was 17 when she started writing to Arnis Zalkalns in prison
Cigarette end
is only clue to
Thai murders
Michael Sainsbury Koh Tao
Richard Lloyd Parry
They have shipped in scores of officers,
drawn on the expertise of the countrys
best forensics laboratory and identified
and dismissed a dozen suspects.
Now, fivedays after Britishbackpack-
ers Hannah Witheridge and David
Miller were found dead on a beach on
theThai islandof KohTao, thefutureof
the investigation into their murders
hinges on a cigarette butt recovered
yards from their battered bodies.
After an initial search by police, the
crime scene was left unguarded and
open to the elements for two days
before it was scrutinised properly.
CCTV images showed passers-by in
the early hours of Monday, just before
the murders were presumed to have
taken place. One showed a couple mis-
identified by police as the victims, and
another showedamanof Asianappear-
ance walking in one direction and run-
ning back in the other. Police detained
and later released three Burmese men.
Christopher Ware, a friend of Mr
Miller who had already been inter-
viewed and had left the island, then
became the chief suspect despite the
fact that the DNAof two men found on
boththebutt andMs Witheridges body
belonged neither to him nor to any of
the 11 other suspects. A police spokes-
mansaid: Wearecommittedtofinding
the culprits. Its quite difficult.
Alice Gross has been
missing since August 28
COURTESY OF FAMILY
News
Snail wiped out by climate
change is alive and well
It was presented as shocking evidence
of the damage being done by climate
change: a species driven to extinction
because of a decline in rainfall in its
only habitat.
Nowthe rediscovery of a species of
snail is prompting questions about the
role played by the Royal Society, Brit-
ains most prestigious scientific institu-
tion, in raising false alarm over an
impact of climate change.
Rhachistia aldabrae was found alive
last month on Aldabra, a coral island in
the Seychelles, seven years after a
scientific paper in the Royal Society
journal Biology Letters had declared it
extinct and said climate change was to
blame. The claim was cited in 2013 in a
paper in another Royal Society journal,
which suggested that this was the
clearest example of man-made climate
change causing an extinction.
The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, the UN science
advisory body, used the
secondpaper as evidencein
its major report this year on
the impacts of rising emissions.
It stated: Future species extinctions
are a high risk because the consequen-
ces of climate change are potentially
severe, widespread and irreversible.
However, the claimthat the snail was
extinct had been rebutted in 2007 by
four senior scientists, including Clive
Hambler, a lecturer in biology at the
University of Oxford and a leading
authority on Aldabra. They wrote to
the editor of Biology Letters in 2007,
saying the papers author, Justin Ger-
lach, had wrongly claimed that ex-
haustive searches had been made for
the snail. Theyalsosaidhe hadusedthe
wrong method to assess its decline and
had made an error that resulted in the
reductioninrainfall beingexaggerated.
In a rebuttal paper, they wrote: The
vast majority of the habitat is virtually
inaccessible and has never beenvisited.
It is unwise to declare this species
extinct after a gap in known records of
ten years. We predict rediscovery
when resources permit.
The journal refused to publish the
rebuttal, saying it had been rejected
following full peer review. The journal
sent Mr Hambler the reviews of the
rebuttal by two anonymous academic
referees, who had rejected the criti-
cisms made of Mr Gerlachs paper.
However, theRoyal Societyadmitted
this week, after questions from The
Times, that the referees who had
rejected the rebuttal were the same ref-
erees who had approved Mr Gerlachs
paper for publication. The society said
it had since changed its policy on
reviewing rebuttals and nowsent them
to an additional independent referee.
After hearing that the snail had been
found, Mr Hambler wrote to the jour-
nal this month asking it to retract Mr
Gerlachs paper and publish his rebut-
tal. Your original (Gerlach) paper on a
climate-induced extinction had errors
. . . Yet it has come to be cited as one of
the clearest examples of possible cli-
mate-induced global extinction, he
wrote. Speaking to The Times, he said:
Crying wolf over climate change in
this way diverts attention from
more pressing causes of extinction,
suchas thedestructionof habitat and
invasive species.
Thesocietyhas refusedtopublishthe
rebuttal because it is seven
years old. It has asked Mr
Hambler to revise his comments
to include new or additional informa-
tion and to resubmit them.
However, Mr Hambler says he does
not want to revise the rebuttal because
it is accurate.
Mr Gerlach did not respond to
emails.
Ben Webster Environment Editor
A Royal Society journal declared
Rhachistia aldabrae extinct
V
iolent
thunderstorms and
torrential rain
caused flash floods in
most parts of England and
Wales in the early hours
yesterday.
It took five hours for
90 passengers to be
evacuated from a train
that became stuck in
floodwater as about a
months worth of rain fell
on Wiltshire overnight.
Flash floods on the
Great Western mainline
between Chippenham and
Bath forced the driver to
stop the train as water
rose more than 3ft high.
The downpours came
after the driest start to
September in more than
50 years, with less than a
sixteenth of the average
level of rainfall for the
time of year.
Rail services were also
hit by lightning strikes in
Kent.
A weather warning
remained in place
throughout the day with
heavy showers and more
thunderstorms expected.
Forecast, page 17
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News
Anglican fightback
sees off the Vatican
There will have to be an inquisition.
With three overs to go in the first crick-
et match between the Vatican and the
Church of England, the Catholics had
the Archbishop of Canterburys XI on
the rack, but the Anglicans struck 24
runs in 13 balls to snatch victory.
This was a cricketing contest without
a prize no Ashes for the winners, nor
sackcloth for the losers. Rob Oram, a
trainee priest in Cambridge, played the
heros role at the end, hitting 26 not out
to take his team home, watched by
more than40priests, a handful of them
women, and five bishops or arch-
bishops, including the the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin
Welby.
The Vatican, playing as St Peters
Cricket Club, chose to bat first at the
Spitfire Ground (Kents county ground
was once named after St Lawrence but
is sponsored by a beer company, Mam-
mon having replaced God a couple of
years ago). Their total of 106 for four
seemed somewhat skimpy
However, the Anglicans also found
batting difficult and missed their star
batsman, Rev Jez Barnes, the vicar of St
Stephens in Twickenham, who had to
pull out with a back injury.
When Rev Steve Gray, chaplain of
Bradfield College, retired hurt, they
may have wondered whose side God
was on.
John McCarthy, the Australian am-
bassador to the Vatican, came up with
the idea to forma teamin the Holy See
when he saw what talent there was in
theRomeseminaries, especiallyamong
students fromthe Asian sub-continent.
Father Tony Currer, the former chap-
lainat DurhamUniversity, selectedand
captained the side. This was the Vati-
cans final match in their first tour. A
heavy winover the Army Chaplains XI
was followedbyequallybigdefeats toSt
Peters cricket club in Brighton and the
Royal Household, but in a thrilling
match, they managed to beat an
Authors XI by four runs.
PETE GRIFFITHS / SWNS.COM
In fading light and
chasing runs, the
Archbishops cricket
team found a saviour,
Patrick Kidd writes
Prayers were said by the (Catholic)
Archbishop of Southwark, left, and
the (Anglican) Bishop of Dover
through the skies above the Clifton Suspension Bridge, while cycling became treacherous in Hackney, east London
News
Misspent youth but now Harrys a hard act to follow
A dog owners dedication has
turned her pet from a boisterous
puppy to an accomplished performer
with a range of tricks. Harry, a
labrador-patterdale cross, stacks cups
in order, puts coins in money boxes
and even plays the piano.
He can walk with a suitcase in
his mouth, open it up and then
roll out a blanket before tucking
himself in. Other party pieces include
catching a ball with his paws while in
a meerkat position, skateboarding,
and delivering the post.
His owner, Christina Farley, 51, of
Stubbington, Hampshire, said: When
he was four months old he used to
bark excessively and he needed to
learn a lot of self-control.
She took him for lessons and the
pair have not looked back, even
winning a national competition, My
Dogs Got Talent, at Paws in the
Park, in Detling, Kent.
Honeymoon groom killed on jet ski very much in love
A British man who was killed in a jet
ski accident two days into his
honeymoon was a lovely, generous
man who was very much in love,
a friend has said.
Jeremy Hope, 39, right,
was riding with a friend
in the sea off the Greek
island of Santorini on
Wednesday when the
two jet skis are believed
to have collided.
Mr Hope ran the
Saxon Kings estate agency
in Kingston upon Thames,
southwest London, where his
new wife, Sarah Greaves, 31, also
worked.
A friend of Mr Hope said he was
stunned to hear of his death. He was
a hard worker, a gym fanatic, a sports
fanatic. Hes a good guy and he will be
badly missed.
He added: They were just
really lovely people, great
together, and they had
everything to look
forward to. They had
been together for years.
They were very much in
love.
A 29-year-old Briton
has been arrested over
the death, along with the
owner of the water sports
rental company.
A Foreign Office spokesman said
that it was providing consular
assistance to Mr Hopes family and to
the Briton who had been arrested.
150,000 cost of
graduation chairs
Plymouth University is
planning to spend up to
150,000 on seven chairs
to be used at graduation
ceremonies (Matt Charles
writes). The university has
commissioned the
furniture designer John
Makepeace to create
hand-crafted chairs as
a symbol of success.
However, in emails seen
by the Plymouth Herald,
senior academics were
told by staff that it would
be very damaging to
their reputation if the
price was made public.
Hunt for family of
four lost children
Police have appealed for
the relatives of four
children who were found
abandoned in a north
London street last week
to contact them. Officers
were alerted after a
passer-by found the
children, aged 4, 6, 8 and
12, outside a cinema in
Wood Green. The boy
and three girls speak
English well and said that
they had arrived the
previous day from the
Democratic Republic of
Congo and were lost.
Bridge too far John Saint marks the 70th anniversary of Operation Market Garden at Oosterbeek cemetery, near Arnhem
Good samaritans
car kills pensioner
A pensioner who
collapsed on a driveway
was killed after a driver of
a car got out to help him
but forgot to apply her
handbrake and it rolled
over him. Phil Ramsell, 77,
was dropping off a
relative at a retirement
home in Henley-on-
Thames, Oxfordshire,
when he was taken ill.
The driver of the car, who
is believed to have known
Mr Ramsell, was said to
be extremely distressed.
No one has been arrested.
RICHARD WATT / PA
Opinion
Public schools must share more
than the crumbs from their table
Janice Turner
Page 22
Camerons conjuring tricks are wearing thin
The escapologist of No 10 has got out of another tight spot. But he needs to set the agenda, not just react to it
A
bracadabra. Were
reminded again this
weekend that we are in
the presence, at least, of a
master escapologist.
Standing outside Downing Street on
a grey morning after the results of
the Scottish referendum came in,
David Camerons response was
smart, fast and bold.
He does these things so well. Like
his rose garden transfiguration of
Tory disappointment into coalition
hope, like his audacious snatch of the
moral advantage when the MPs
expenses scandal broke, like shooting
his critics fox with a promised
European referendum, Mr Camerons
gift for getting away with it, his
ability to mint a new respect, find a
new reason to ask for time, should
never be underestimated. I dont say
he doesnt mean it when he says it;
I dont say he wont try to live up to
it; I question only whether he thinks
it through. Something about this is
so whats the word? Flippant?
Airy?
But with each succeeding
abracadabra, the half-life of credulity
that the spell casts grows shorter. A
Cameron tour de force used to keep
its fizz for ages. When expenses hit
the headlines we hardly knew him;
and when coalition dawned we took
him on trust. Success each time has
depended on an element of surprise
and a sense of novelty; and on
thinking he really believed it and
would stick to it, and be around long
enough to achieve it.
Is that true today? As one of the
ragged and sometimes unsettled
pack of Cameron-supporters I have
not despaired. But I do worry.
It was reassuring to hear the prime
minister say, outside Downing Street
yesterday, I have long believed that
a crucial part missing from this
national discussion [about
devolution] is England. So much for
any guess I might have made that
our prime minister is not very
interested in constitutional questions
and finds them a tiresome
distraction, suspecting we can
probably muddle along more or less
as we are, and fearing that
constitutional wrangles bring few
votes and much botheration.
All right. Ill lay off the irony and
spit it out. I expect Mr Camerons
view, before the last few weeks, was
that while he saw the case for more
English self-government, he believed
that excited theoretical chatter about
English parliaments risked opening a
can of worms, and that the whole
thing was best left alone.
I hope he doesnt still secretly
think this. I hope he wasnt simply
clutching at language to get him
through the next month until the
storm has passed. I hope he hasnt
appointed William Hague to take
things forward because he wants
Mr Hague to preside in a dignified
and genial fashion over doing not
very much.
Because in his statement I do see
wriggle-room. Alarm bells should
ring at Mr Camerons promise that
his great work of constitutional
reform will proceed in tandem with
devo max for Scotland. The idea that
we could discuss and finalise the
shape of a home-rule-style transfer
of legislative and executive power to
England, Wales and Northern
Ireland by next February is for the
birds. It makes you wonder whether
a serious transfer really is what
Downing Street is contemplating.
If they arent and ominously
they may find allies in Labour at
Westminster.
Labour have been winded by
Gordon Browns generalised
commitment to nothing less than
home rule and will soon be trying to
row back from the natural meaning
of that term especially as regards
fiscal autonomy.
Ah, well hear them say, Gordon
didnt say nothing less than home
rule, he said nothing less than a
modern form of home rule. After
which any English politician
venturing north of the border would
be ducking flying bricks, Nicola
Sturgeon would be howling that this
proved her predecessors warning
never to trust Westminsters
promises; Alex Salmond would
emerge from retirement to add to the
din; and Scottish independence
would be right back in the middle of
the agenda, and would stay there,
and it would serve Labour right.
But there may be some too-clever-
by-half people in Downing Street
who reckon that, if both the Tories
and Labour take a minimalist view,
Westminster could start sneakily
paring back the scope of what
Scotland gets and therefore
what England must be offered
too. And this would let everybody
off the hook of serious constitutional
reform, which, after these heady
few weeks, would (they suppose)
fade from national attention.
What a miscalculation.
Westminster would have reckoned
without a wounded, still-lethal
Scottish National Party plus
1.6 million Scots, and not a few no
voters too; and Liberal Democrats
are already crying forward, not
back; and the impressive Tory
leader in Scotland, Ruth Davidson,
who wants more home rule, not less,
would never be party to a sell-out.
And Mr Cameron would be
reckoning without a simmering
parliamentary Conservative party.
Too many backbenchers are now
waiting for an excuse to ditch him.
They thought they might get their
moment this weekend. They didnt.
But they havent gone away. No
matter that many of them (a) wanted
English home rule anyway; and (b)
now blame Cameron for bringing it
closer by over-bidding for a Scottish
no. Dont ask for logic from
backbenchers and dont expect
affection. The love has gone.
Yesterday morning there may have
been a few sore heads. But yesterday
was not the morning after. The
morning after is still to come and it
will be long and difficult, and
desperately important to our
constitutional future. I hope David
Cameron will see that: see that this is
more than a question of party
management. I know he hates
distant horizons but I hope he might
understand how the last couple of
weeks could prove more than a
storm to be survived, but a chance to
put the United Kingdom on a fair
footing that could repair and secure
our nations broken relationships
with each other for centuries to
come. And I wish I felt confident he
would find that last sentence
interesting.
Our prime minister now has to
handle English devolution with the
will, thoroughness and grip that will
persuade his party he can go on,
next year, to start laying the ground
securely for the next referendum, on
Europe. If so, something about the
way Downing Street thinks is
going to have to change, and it starts
at the top. Poll-panics and
abracadabras will no longer do
the trick.
The PMs gift for getting away with
it should not be underestimated
Referendum podcast pod
Philip Collins, Melanie
Reid and Richard Fletcher
on the fallout from the vote
thetimes.co.uk/commentcentral
Labour has been
winded by Browns
home rule promise
comment pages of the year
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Opinion
The online Yes fanatics sought out only like-minded opinions and refused to believe they could be heading for defeat
Sad cybernats are brought crashing to earth
S
pare a thought for the
cybernats. Whither now,
angry Scottish men with your
furious fingers and reservoirs
of bile? Will you spill out
across the rest of the internet as
roaming jihadis below the line? One
thinks of the Tuaregs, spilling out of
Libya after the defeat of Gaddafi and
destabilising Mali instead. Will you
all be learning Spanish? Mandarin?
Or, will you keep on keeping on, with
the same auld fight?
I think these people have been
more influential than they know.
Perhaps terribly so. True, there have
been unionist trolls ask Andy
Murray, and then leave the poor sod
alone but they have been as
children next to their Yessy foes.
Some unionist blogs, also. Yet the Yes
side has recruited online, fought
online, arranged flash mobs and
demos online, and on and on.
Convinced of a mainstream bias,
moreover, it has almost built a whole
alternative Scottish news media,
albeit one occasionally run from
surprising places, such as Bath.
I havent really slept in a month,
its true. As a hack, though, Ive loved
this referendum. Never have I
worked on a story like this, where
almost every conversation real
conversations, not online is a
corker. Youd stop somebody on a
street corner to get a quick quote
about their rosette, and half an hour
later youd still be there, deep in
conversation about currency unions,
or the difference between Catalans
and Basques, or why so many Scots
seemed to be suddenly called Blair.
The Yes guys tended to have the
best chat, I suppose, because they
were actually interested in the
process and didnt just want it all to
stop and go away. Some were
thoughtful. Others were more
cultish, reciting by rote, but it could
take five minutes or so to figure out
which was which. Yet there were a
few things that most seemed to have
in common. Such as a passionate
dislike of Nick Robinson, the BBCs
politics editor. Will any bald man
with spectacles ever feel safe walking
Caledonian streets again? Moby has
cancelled tonights concert in
Dundee, the news might be saying,
years from now, because of the
mistaken lynching yesterday of
Harry Hill.
They all largely thought the same
things about a currency union, which
was that George Osborne was
bluffing. They largely thought the
traditional media was all biased, even
if it didnt have any bald,
bespectacled men in it at all. And,
most strikingly of all, they all thought
they were going to win. I dont think
they were pretending. They really
did. They saw the No lead in the
polls, but they didnt see the people it
consisted of. And slowly and surely, I
think they began to convince
themselves these people didnt exist.
Theres a trauma, Im sure, and
maybe a humiliating one, in the
sudden realisation of your own
minority status. Its the great
contradiction, really, at the heart of
whatever the hell has been
happening with Yes. On the one
hand there was wilful delusion in
every direction; about numbers and
oil and currency and everything else.
And yet, on the other, it was such a
great civic project of political
engagement and education that
yesterday, on Twitter, the phrase
West Lothian question was
trending for an hour.
Granted, it doesnt seem to have
worked everywhere. Glasgow, where
one in four voters stayed at home,
probably ought to be taking a good
look at itself right now. Of those who
turned up, a staggering half a
thousand people managed to spoil
their ballot papers, perhaps by rolling
them into cigarettes or spelling their
X wrong. That shame seems to have
been a blip, though. Elswhere, the
engagement was deep. What it
wasnt, though, was broad.
More than once towards the end I
heard nationalists joke about their
own cybernats; their willingness to
subvert every online poll they could
find and to troll every unionist blog
or newspaper website comment
piece they could lay hands on.
Perhaps this did, indeed, drag
waverers over to Yes, in the belief
that if everybody else was doing it,
theyd have no excuse to hold back.
But it also must have given many
existing Yessers a wholly misleading
impression about their own strength
and ubiquity.
Passion came from the cybernats,
and by passion I mean nationalism.
It was their job to inject that tone
and menace into the conversation,
freeing their comrades above the line
to talk simply of democracy and
accountability and all the rest, while
the nastiness lurked and leered in
the shadows behind. Several
commentators have noted that, while
the binary tub-thumping of the
Scottish referendum has been
unfamiliar and upsetting to us
mimsy, genteel Brits, its more or less
what the Americans do all the time.
To me, though, this doesnt feel
like much of a recommendation.
How many years, I wonder, does it
take for hair-on-the-back-of-your-
neck politics to turn into a ritualised
combat between two identical men
in slightly different ties, irritably
telling each other how much they
love America? Because I dont think
I want that much.
The cybernats reminded us that it
has become easy to live in your own
world. Via Facebook and Twitter we
select the news we want to hear and
ignore what we dont, hardening our
certainties under a carapace of
certainties borrowed from others.
We can, as so many in the Yes
camp seemed to do, sniff for bias like
a bloodhound working for a
witchfinder. And finding it
because a biased nose always will
we can then shift to websites that
smell exactly as we do, and thus to us
not at all. And, in doing so, we begin
to comprehend less about the other
side, and in time may even forget,
except for in the most abstract sense,
that they are even there.
Thats what has happened, in this
debate. Walking through Edinburghs
Grassmarket on Thursday night,
there were times when it felt as
though every third person was some
brand of separatist Spaniard with a
flag as a cape and an accordion. Had
I been a Yes, I suppose Id have
found their presence exhilarating,
allowing me to tell myself that I was
campaigning not just for myself, but
on behalf of peoples around the
globe.
Yet how strange and sad it must be
when you think that, and believe
that with every fibre you have, and
then it turns out you dont even
represent the folk next door.
Online activists behind the Yes voters
lived in their own passionate reality
Yes supporters sniffed
for bias as if they were
a witchfinders hound
Matthew Oates Nature Notebook
In a flash of
moths wing
I was back
at school
A
t times, natural history
makes you feel ten years
old again. Naturalists,
after all, do not merely
seek escape from the
material world but the glory of
moments within nature.
Half a century ago, at prep school
in the Sussex Weald, I became
interested in moths and now like
many naturalists I run a garden
moth trap in our village on the
edge of the Cotswolds.
The fortunes of
various moth
species here
have ebbed
and flowed. A
large colony of
the spectacular
garden tiger moth has
disappeared, but in its stead
males of the scarlet tiger moth
an honorary butterfly patrol
the garden on warm midsummer
evenings. Mothing is at its best in
early autumn, when species such as
the feathered gothic an old school
friend and the rare feathered
ranunculus take flight.
The clifden nonpareil, also known
as the blue underwing or Catocala
fraxini, was deemed too rare for even
the wildest schoolboy dream and has
recently colonised parts of southeast
and central southern England,
breeding on aspen trees and perhaps
on poplars. This may be because of
climate change, although the status
and distribution of our butterflies
and moths has never really been
stable. So fraxini has been on the
march of late, although it had never
been recorded in Gloucestershire.
Then, one blurry-eyed September
morning, the moth trap was opened
and found to be full of entomological
riff-raff common wainscots, large
yellow
underwings and
infuriatingly dull
setaceous hebrew
characters. This dross
was duly
dispatched into
the
herbaceous borders, pursued by a
leaping cat.
But under the last egg box lurked a
monster. I misidentified it, of course,
taking it to be a large and unusually
grey specimen of the moderately
widespread red underwing. Then it
flashed its wings the hind ones
were blue, not red. It was fraxini. The
giant moth posed for the camera and
then soared off, haughty and
imperial leaving me feeling ten
years old again.
Well bred
S
uddenly, soon, the swallows and
house martins will depart,
having made our late summer
evening skies pulsate with almost
Wordsworthian rapture. They will
leave a void even greater than that
left by the swifts, which flew south in
early August; even more so this year
because both seem to have had
stupendously successful breeding
seasons.
Many pairs have raised second
broods and two of the house martin
nests above my study window are
well on the way to a third. Data will
show exactly how good a year this
has been for these insectivorous
birds. The warm, wet summer must
have suited them perfectly, providing
an abundance of small flies. Many of
these gnats, midges and
mosquitoes to the likes of us
breed in shallow water and wet mud.
Too hot and dry, and the pools and
mud dry up; too cool and the fly
larvae fail to develop; too wet and
they get washed away.
The house martin was the
favourite bird of Gilbert White of
Selborne (1720-93), the father of
natural history. He would have
relished this year.
Of mice and menus
M
any cat owners will be aware
of the plethora of mice and
voles dumped on the nations
doorsteps over the past few weeks.
These creatures seem to be
unusually abundant just now,
presumably because of low mortality
during a mild winter followed by
good breeding conditions. A spell of
severe wet or extreme cold could
result in our houses being invaded by
the patter of tiny feet if the cats,
barn owls and kestrels dont do their
job properly.
There goes the sun
R
ather like the ageing human
body, summer slowly wears
itself out. This happens so
gradually and naturally that the
transition to autumn is quite
painless. Letting go of something as
precious as summer could
perhaps should hurt badly. Yet the
balmy September weather has
allowed us to bid farewell gently and
make us value sunshine properly
before the pall of winter descends
and we dazzle ourselves senseless
with car headlights.
We have not been experiencing
Indian summer weather, because
strictly speaking that can occur only
after the first frosts, which despite
some cold nights around August 20
have yet to fall. Using it to describe
idyllic September weather is a
misnomer.
We need a new term for this
weather: Keatsian should suffice,
for this is precisely the weather in
which John Keats composed his
immortal To Autumn written on
Sunday, September 19, 1819, at or
near Winchester. One line
summarises this time of year
superbly: While barred clouds
bloom the soft-dying day. . .
This is not Indian summer weather
ye
@hugorifkind
Hugo
Rifkind
Welcome visitor: the clifden nonpareil
ROBERT PEEL/SWNS
Opinion
This was no ambiguous outcome. It was a political triumph for the prime minister, both north and south of the border
Lets preserve our
Union in law to
stop the SNP
pulling it
apart
Jack Straw
Nationalists, you took one hell of a beating
I
n Scots law there are three
possible verdicts: guilty, not guilty
and not proven. Not proven is
when the evidence is so
ambiguous that the accused can
neither be convicted nor acquitted
without a shadow of suspicion. Sir
Walter Scott called it the bastard
verdict: not guilty beyond reasonable
doubt, but not innocent either.
There will be those who will claim
that the result of Thursdays
referendum on Scottish
independence was not proven.
They will argue that the supporters
of the Yes campaign have won what
the Scots love to call a moral
victory. They will insist that the wily
Alex Salmond never really wanted to
win. By getting close enough in the
polls to prompt panicked concessions
from Westminster, he secured devo
max yet more concessions from
London to Edinburgh, with none of
the costs of independence: currency
confusion, debt default talk, capital
outflows and thousands of lost jobs.
Well, I have seen many moral
victories in my time. A moral victory
is when a Scottish team is leading an
English team by a narrow margin
and then loses in the dying seconds
of the game as a result of some gross
injustice. (Example: the 1994 Calcutta
Cup, which Scotland was denied
when a penalty was wrongly awarded
to England in the last minute of the
game.) By this standard, the result of
the referendum was not a moral
victory. It was a defeat. A thumping.
A trouncing.
The Scottish electorates verdict on
the Union was unambiguous. Even in
Mr Salmonds home constituency of
Aberdeenshire, independence was
resoundingly rejected by 60 per cent
to 40 per cent. In the end, after all
the Yes campaigns euphoric blather,
just four out of Scotlands 32 local
authority areas Dundee, Glasgow,
North Lanarkshire and West
Dunbartonshire voted yes.
I agree with David Cameron: this
debate has been settled for a
generation or . . . perhaps for a
lifetime. There can be no disputes, no
re-runs. The nationalists will, of
course, think otherwise,
remembering that only 15 years
separated Quebecs two votes on
independence from Canada. They
will be wrong. This is dead and Mr
Salmond is gone.
The whole elaborate SNP fantasy
of Scotland as a wannabe
Scandinavian country,
fundamentally different from
England in its political culture, has
evaporated. As some of us have said
all along, Scotlands true national
identity is that of a proud founding
member of both Great Britain and
the United Kingdom.
The morning after the night before
is a time of day most Scots know
only too well. It is the time to ask:
What did I say last night? What did
I promise that girl? And where is the
bloody Panadol Extra?
First, lets look on the bright side of
this hangover. The car didnt get
driven over a cliff. A yes vote
would have meant the end of the UK
as we have known it for at least three
centuries.
Nevertheless, there are still those
insisting that Mr Cameron has left
himself with a nasty headache in the
form of the concessions he and his
temporary Labour allies made in
order to win the referendum.
Both the main UK parties now
find themselves committed to ideas
about nationwide constitutional
reform and decentralisation that
have hitherto been the property of
the Liberal Democrats. We are
increasing the powers of [the
Scottish] parliament, declared
Gordon Brown in his barn-storming
and perhaps career-resurrecting
speech in Glasgow. We are all
agreed to increase [those] powers.
To be clear, that means giving
Edinburgh taxing and borrowing
powers. When this referendum was
originally devised, Mr Cameron
refused to allow devo max to be a
third option on the ballot paper. But
it ended up there when the No
campaign effectively adopted it in
place of the status quo.
Yet this is no hangover. It was the
status quo, with all its absurd
anomalies from the West Lothian
question to the Barnett formula
that was the headache. Devolution
(which I also opposed) gave residents
of Scotland power without
responsibility: power to spend more
on public services than the rest of
the UK, without the responsibility to
finance the additional spending.
Now there is a chance to end this
asymmetry and if that means
moving the UK in the direction of
something like federalism for the
first time in its history, so be it. I live
in the United States. I used to live in
Germany. Guess what? Federalism
generally works. As long as you live,
you will wait in vain for referendums
on independence in Texas and
Bavaria.
Mr Camerons greatest strength is
that his enemies underestimate him.
This weekend he has triumphed. Not
only is the performance of the UK
economy confounding his Keynesian
critics; he has just lanced the boil of
Scottish separatism. Best of all, he
has opened up an entirely new front
in British political warfare.
As Lord Smith of Kelvin sets about
implementing a new constitutional
order in Scotland, Mr Cameron can
take the fight to the Labour old guard
who so nearly bungled the No
campaign. What is their position on
the West Lothian question? Are they
against English votes for English
laws? And what is their view of the
Barnett formula that gives Scots
higher public spending per capita
than everyone else? In the words of
Labours Frank Field: Are the English
now going to be treated equally to the
Scots? To that question Ed Miliband
can hardly say no.
Devolution for the UK as a whole
is not only intellectually consistent; it
is politically very shrewd. It binds the
Conservatives and the Liberal
Democrats more closely together.
It puts Labour on the back foot.
And it takes everyones mind off
Europe. Handled right, the coming
constitutional debate might even
turn Nigel Farage into a southern
Salmond: hooked, landed and
writhing helplessly in David
Camerons net.
Niall Ferguson is Laurence A. Tisch
Professor of History at Harvard
University
The whole elaborate fantasy of Scotland as a wannabe Scandinavian country different from England has evaporated
Scots must ask: What
did I say last night?
Wheres the Panadol?
Niall
Ferguson
N
ow that Scotland has
decisively spoken, after a
campaign whose terms
were set by the SNP for
itself, we should follow the
example of stable federated countries
(the US and India, for example) and
say: This Union is now indissoluble.
If independence would have been
for good, so must the decision to stay.
You cant pull a living plant up by the
roots again and again, and expect it
to survive. Put this commitment to
the Union in primary Westminster
legislation. Of course, that could be
changed but only by all the UKs
MPs. Better Together must mean
what it says.
The promises of further devolution
to Scotland will be honoured, and
the settlements for Wales and
Northern Ireland are being
strengthened. Where does that leave
England? Proposals for English
votes for English laws are
sedulously attractive. They have
been repeated by David Cameron.
However, I suggest that we English
take a deep breath and examine
whether they are remotely necessary,
and even if they are, just how they
would be put into practice.
This West Lothian question is, in
truth, code for an assertion about
Labour that in government we
have to rely on Scottish MPs for a
majority. I am proud that Labour
really is a unionist party (as were the
Conservatives until their fateful
decision in 1987 to use Scotland as a
laboratory for the poll tax). But
almost always, when we win a
general election, we win south of the
border as well.
In 32 years of Labour governments
since the war, Labour has had to
rely on Scottish MPs to remain in
power for just 26 months (1964 to
1966 and March to October 1974).
Thats including Welsh Labour MPs.
But we also had more English MPs
than the Conservatives throughout
the Blair/Brown administrations, as
well as in the 1966 and October 1974
elections.
The unique characteristic of this
Union is that one component
England has 84 per cent of the
population. Englands population is
projected to grow over the next 20
years by another 7 million more
than Scotlands population of
5.3 million. This means that almost
every issue that may look exclusive
to England can have knock-on
effects for the rest of the UK. Take
the 2004 increase in tuition fees. It
applied directly to England and
Wales only. But its indirect effect
went north of the border. The
greater reliance on private funding of
universities south of the border
indirectly reduced the block grant to
Scotland. Scottish MPs thus
had a wholly legitimate stake in the
outcome.
English votes for English laws has
been tried before. Gladstones second
Irish Home Rule Bill of 1893 came up
with the ins and outs solution, in
which Irish MPs at Westminster
were to be able to vote on imperial
matters, but not domestic ones. It
was the Tory leader, AJ Balfour, who
exposed its fundamental defects. The
system, he said, would carry the
most serious evils in its train. It
would threaten the ordinary
procedure of parliament and
shatter the cabinet system . . . if you
never knew whether an issue was
going to be identified as English-only
or the UK as a whole. After months
of wrangling, Gladstone conceded.
As Sir Malcolm Rifkind observed in
2006, creating two classes of MP
would be a constitutional abortion.
If we now make a reality of
devolution within England where
the real democratic deficit lies
and ensure a fairer share of the cake
between the southeast and, for
example, the north and northwest,
much of the apparent attraction of
two classes of MP will go. Its
certainly worth examining whether
thered be any role for an English
grand committee to discuss English
legislation but I suspect that even
this might be more trouble than it
was worth.
We do not, however, need to tie
ourselves in knots about this.
Politicians have a constant care for
popular support. Weve all learnt the
excruciating lesson from the
Conservatives Scottish poll tax
debacle. We English should stop
fretting. The Union, our Union, has
been saved. Its asymmetrical, its
untidy. But, hey, it works.
Jack Straw served in cabinet 1997-2010
as home secretary, foreign secretary,
Commons leader and justice secretary
The United Kingdom
may be unbalanced
but, hey, it works
MATT DUNHAM/AP
@nfergus
Leading articles
The British Question
The verdict of the Scottish people was a clear rejection of independence. This leaves
a constitutional mess; the electorate will not forgive a party that prevents change
The voters of West Lothian were clear. When
asked whether they wished to leave the Union,
they declined, in much the same number as the
whole Scottish nation. The verdict 45 per cent
for independence but 55 saying no, thankyouis
emphatic. It should settle the make-up of the
Union for a long time. Perhaps, as the oil reserves
run down, it has settled it for good. However, for a
decision that was decisive, it leaves an awful lot to
clear up. The tangled British constitution is again
on the verge of significant, unplanned change.
Alex Salmond, the Scottish first minister, will
not be part of the process. Having stumbled short
of the summit, he resigned yesterday as leader of
the Scottish National Party. There is no doubt, no
matter what his private reasons for going, that he
departs on a high. Nationalism has never been a
morepotent forceinScottishpolitics. Mr Salmond
leaves to his successor a place in a constitutional
conversation that will change not just Scotland
but the rest of Britain too.
In the immediate wake of the result, David
Cameron responded smartly. Though he is often
at his worst planning the battle, he is at his best in
the late skirmishes. Mr Cameronhas askedthe re-
spected cross-bench peer Lord Smith of Kelvin to
set out a process that will lead to further devolved
power to Scotland over tax, spending and welfare.
It is envisaged that proposals will be published in
a white paper in November, leading to draft legis-
lation by next January.
This is a significant acceleration in the plans
already held by the three Westminster parties.
ThoughtheConservatives, theLiberal Democrats
and Labour made joint statements in June and
August of this year in favour of the principle of
devolution, they leave a great deal of devil still to
be found in the details. None of them envisaged
that they wouldhave toreconcile their differences
so quickly. It will not be easy to do.
The Conservative party, taking its cue fromthe
Strathclyde report into devolution, which it com-
missioned in 2013, may go as far as to offer full
autonomyover incometax. If so, it is not clear how
the chancellor would then integrate income tax
and national insurance, as he would like to do. In
any case, giving away control over income tax is
something which the Labour party, which sees it
as an instrument of progressive social policy,
would yield only with extreme reluctance. Fiscal
devolution also implies additional borrowing
powers as a government will oftenneedtosmooth
out fluctuating tax revenues. There is no agree-
ment on this either.
Further serious divisions exist too over welfare.
Should housing benefit be controlled in Scotland?
Will the fledgeling Universal Credit have a sepa-
rate Scottish element if Iain Duncan Smith ever
finds the button to turn it on? The credit is sup-
posedtoinclude housingbenefit. Will it be exclud-
ed in Scotland? How will the systems cope? La-
bour and the Liberal Democrats have suggested
that Westminster and Holyrood might come to
some unspecified arrangement over energy,
employment and transport policy. There is much
to be sorted out and time is already short.
It gets worse. Not even Lord Barnett, who in-
vented the Barnett formula in 1978 when he was
chief secretarytotheTreasury, believes init. It was
devisedas amechanismtogivemoneytotheScots
in order to head off growing separatism. There is
already resentment, especially among English
Conservatives, about the generous financial set-
tlement that Scotland enjoys. In a panic measure
in the heat of the campaign, the party leaders said
that theBarnett formulawouldremaineveninthe
event that the fiscal powers of the Scottish parlia-
ment were extended. That does not seem to be a
sustainable position on grounds of fairness
between nations or the political opposition it will
encounter in England and Wales. The latter is
treated disproportionately unjustly despite being
one of the poorest parts of the Union.
The early signs are that all parties are at least
minded to participate in talks. Mr Salmond and
Nicola Sturgeon, his deputy, who will likely take
over as the SNPleader, concededdefeat withgood
grace and committed their party to join talks, as
they had promised in the 2012 Edinburgh Agree-
ment whichestablishedthe referendum. Mr Cam-
eron made it clear that he would work with the
SNP. But perhaps there was an intimation of how
difficult these talks will be in Mr Salmonds sur-
prise resignation. It is certainly to be hoped that
there are not anybigforeignpolicyquestions tobe
settled in the meantime. Everyone in British poli-
tics is going to be busy clearing up the constitu-
tional mess.
Toughas it is, this is not eventhe toughest ques-
tion the political class has set itself. The further
implications of extra devolution lead to the over-
whelming question of British politics. The West
Lothian question, as Derry Irvine, Tony Blairs
first Lord Chancellor was apt to say, is better off
not asked. However, after a referendum in which
45per cent of theScottishnationvotedtoleavethe
UK and significant powers were promised to Ho-
lyrood, convenient evasion is no longer available.
Indeed, inaninterviewwithThe Times, Michael
Gove, the chief whip, says that the government in-
tends to link the Scottish and the English ques-
tions. There will be no answer to the one, he says,
without an answer to the other. A dilemma 17
years in the making will have to be answered and
agreed upon within the next eight months in a
cabinet committee chaired by William Hague,
leader of the House of Commons. The Labour
partyrespondedat once tomake this less likely. Its
proposal of a constitutional convention, to report
after the 2015 general election, is an attempt to
head off a problemthat poses anexistential threat
to it.
Labour has 41 MPs inScotland. Theyare critical
to its prospects of commanding a majority after
the next election. If Scottish MPs are excluded
from English questions, as the Conservatives
want, then Labour will find itself in a minority on
those questions of social policy health, educa-
tionand welfare that the party sees as its raison
dtre. Labour is planning an election campaign
basedaroundthe future of the NHS, aninstitution
over which it would be unable to corral a majority
for its reforms. This is not a proposition that could
survive an election campaign, which is why La-
bour is stalling. However, in the event that Labour
blocks the changes, they face resentment in Scot-
land, where they need to win, for having failed to
redeem the promise of devolution.
That is also an impossible position to sustain.
The result of the referendum was clear. The ver-
dict was no to independence but yes to more pow-
ers, which were conceded during the campaign.
There is bitterness under the surface in both
England and Scotland. The timetable is tight, per-
haps evenimpossiblyso, but theelectoratewill not
forgive any party that does not, in good faith, try
to make it happen.
Confronting Unholy Warriors
Arab states have to join the fight against Islamic State. Jordan is showing the way
On a recent tour of the Middle East, John Kerry,
the US secretary of state, found only one Arab
country willing to contribute troops to the coali-
tion against Islamic State (Isis) jihadists. That vol-
unteer was Jordan. The Hashemite kingdom,
already strained by the presence of more than
600,000 Syrian refugees, appears ready to supply
troops andtopool intelligence. It is pressingfor ur-
gent action and is already playing a critical role in
persuading Sunni tribal leaders fromIraq to stand
up against the rampaging army of the Islamic
State.
Jordans resolve demands respect and puts the
rest of the Sunni Arab world to shame. Tangled up
in sectarian politics and regional rivalries, these
states, unlike Jordan, are proving to be grudging
allies in a looming war that should be of huge
importance to them.
Saudi Arabia has a large, modern air force,
equipped by the United States and Britain, yet its
modus operandi in this crisis has been to urge
others to act and to deplore American indecisive-
ness. Its half-hearted contribution to the coalition
is an offer to host a training camp for moderate
Syrian rebels. The Gulf states are lukewarm.
Egypt, whose army is still subsidised by the Penta-
gon, is reluctant to be drawn into the conflict. As
for Turkey, a Nato partner, its ambiguous assist-
ance amounts to allowing Isis recruits to cross its
border into Syria and then take in Syrian Kurdish
refugees fleeing the very same jihadists.
Britain should join America in using the United
Nations general assembly next week to lobby for
a coalition with backbone and spirit. Some 40
states have signed up to the idea of a common
front against Isis yet so far only the US, with some
support from France, has actually struck against
the jihadist positions in Iraq.
It is becoming increasingly clear to western
commanders that the aim of eradicating Isis can-
not be achievedonlybyair strikes. Like the rocket-
batteries of Hamas, Isis units will thread their way
inside civiliancommunities. Only whenthe jihad-
ists are confronted face to face will they grasp the
hopelessness of their war.
President Obama did not strengthen his appeal
for Arab solidarity by promising Americans that
he was not going to fight another ground war in
Iraq. That was intended to reassure congressional
sceptics, yet it was apledgethat will havetobebro-
ken. There are already hundreds of military advis-
ers on Iraqi terrain and this force is going to have
to swell.
No one is suggesting a surge of hundreds of
thousands inthe manner of the big wars of the last
decade. The military investment, however, should
be sufficient tocomplete the missionof destroying
the terror franchise of Isis.
The risks inherent in the approaching war are
not so much of losing soldiers on the battlefield as
in starting a job and leaving it unfinished. This
would be a sure way of enhancing the spurious
authority of Islamic State.
Arab states must step up to the mark. The Free
Syrian Army must be reinforced so it can chal-
lenge Isis and end the scandalous siege of Aleppo.
The Iraqi Kurds have to be turned into an offen-
sive force. Turkey has tobe persuadednot tosabo-
tage a stronger, resurgent Kurdistan. Above all,
this coalition has to be led from the front by Arab
states, backedupbythe UnitedStates andits west-
ern allies.
Daily Universal Register
Today: The Duke of Cambridge replaces the
Duchess of Cambridge on a visit to Malta to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
countrys independence; Yvette Cooper, the
shadow home secretary, outlines plans to
tackle female genital mutilation at the
Labour National Womens Conference; the
Scottish Peace Network demonstrates
against Trident at Faslane; Oktoberfest, the
annual Bavarian beer festival, begins in
Munich; New Zealand holds a general
election; the World Gurning Championships
take place at Egremont in Cumbria.
Tomorrow: The Labour Party annual
conference opens in Manchester; Nasas
Maven orbiter, which will study the upper
atmosphere of Mars, arrives at the planet;
Pope Francis visits Albania; the Clinton
Global Initiative 10th Annual Meeting,
hosted by Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton,
takes place in New York; United Nations
International Day of Peace.
Professor Jim Al-Khalili,
pictured, theoretical
physicist, broadcaster, and
president, British
Humanist Association, 52;
Lesley-Anne Alexander,
chief executive, Royal
National Institute of Blind
People, 55; Andrew Davies, screenwriter, Mr
Selfridge (2013), 78; Lord (Geoffrey) Dear,
HM inspector of constabulary (1990-97), 77;
Caroline Flint, Labour MP for the Don
Valley, shadow energy and climate change
secretary, 53; Douglas Gordon, artist, 48;
Lee Hall, screenwriter, Billy Elliot (2000), 48;
John Harle, conductor and saxophonist, 58;
Lord (Robin) Janvrin, private secretary to
HM the Queen (1999-2007), 68; Mark
Lever, chief executive, National Autistic
Society, 54; Sophia Loren, actress, El Cid
(1961), 80; Jane Manning, soprano, 76;
Professor David Marquand, principal,
Mansfield College, Oxford (1996-2002), 80;
Maggie Rae, divorce lawyer to Diana,
Princess of Wales and former chair, Fabian
Society, 65; Lord (Christopher) Terrington,
director of urology, University College
Hospital, 68; Jeremy Varcoe, director-
general, United World Colleges (1992-94), 77.
Nyree Kindred, pictured,
swimmer, gold medallist
2004 Paralympics and
silver medallist 2012
Paralympics, 34; Ian
Albery, theatre
impresario, 78; Lord
(Harry) Barnard, vice-
chairman, British Red Cross Society (1987-
93), 91; Marcus Binney, architectural
historian, 70; Ethan Coen, filmmaker, No
Country for Old Men (2007), 57; Leonard
Cohen, singer, Hallelujah (1984), 80; Shirley
Conran, writer, Superwoman (1975), 82;
Mary Fetherston-Dilke, matron-in-chief,
Queen Alexandras Royal Naval Nursing
Service (1966-70), 96; Liam Gallagher,
singer, Oasis, Definitely Maybe (1994), 42;
Christopher Graham, information
commissioner, 64; Keith Harris,
ventriloquist, 67; Sir Colin Imray, high
commissioner to Bangladesh (1989-93), 81;
Lord (Edmund) Ironside, defence
consultant, Rolls-Royce Industrial Power
Group (1989-95), 90; Stephen King, author,
Carrie (1974), 67; Bill Murray, actor,
Moonrise Kingdom (2012), 64; Kevin Rudd,
prime minister of Australia (2007-2010,
2013), 57; W. Speakman-Pitt VC, 87; David
Williams, chief executive UK Space Agency
(201112), 63; Sir Jimmy Young, presenter,
BBC Radio 2 (19732002), 93.
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but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
F Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up
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It is opinion
Sir, Stephen Pollard (Thunderer, Sept
18) is wrong: homeopathy can be a
matter of opinion since interpretation
of evidence is debatable. The
researcher Dr Klaus Linde has
written of the confusion of too many
anomalous results in high quality
studies to rule out a relevant
phenomenon, and a research group
from the University of York reported
in 2010 on eight systematic reviews
providing evidence that the effects of
homeopathy were beyond placebo for
a range of childhood conditions. The
existence of meteorites was formerly
dismissed, and journals rejected early
reports of manned flight. It is always
thus with developments that break
the mould. Allegations of quackery,
however, with its moral undertone,
are uncalled for.
earl baldwin of bewdley
(formerly Joint Chairman, All Party
Parliamentary Group for Integrated
Healthcare), House of Lords
Shirty
Sir, Your editorial For Valour (Sept
19) quite rightly highlights the greed
and crassness displayed by the RFU. I
am, however, disappointed by the
opinion in the final paragraph as to
the action which the RFU might now
take. The only decent course of action
is to withdraw the shirts from the
market immediately. To allow their
continued sale would set a most
undesirable and unhealthy precedent.
david jones
Tring, Herts
Sir, These shirts should be scrapped
immediately; that is the only
acceptable apology, but I suppose that
money will win and the RFU will
brazen it out.
wr armstrong
Edinburgh
Sir, I have no intention of purchasing
an overpriced England shirt. I do,
however, propose to make a donation
to the Victoria Cross Trust.
hilary hardie
Nassington, Northants
Now the focus switches to south of the border
Sir, If David Cameron thinks he can
breathe a sigh of relief after the No
vote in Scotland, he should think
again. The manner in which he has
contorted himself in his efforts to
bribe the Scots, while we English
have been allowed to languish for
years as victims of a grossly unfair
democratic deficit, is a measure of
the contempt with which he, his
party and, indeed, all three main
parties have treated the electorate in
England. The break-up of the UK
may have been postponed but, if
concerted and imaginative action is
not taken immediately, it may well
be the long-suffering English who
choose not to continue to be second-
class citizens in their own country.
stephen porter
London NW6
Sir, It seems to me that Scottish
nationalism has grown up around
innumerable lies and half-truths
that have obscured the true nature
of the UK. We Scots didnt live as a
free nation betrayed for English
gold. This is a poets fantasy. The
motives for the Treaty of Union
included the ending of bad
government in Scotland, civill
discords and intollerable poverty.
The 55 per cent of the population of
Scotland who voted No clearly
understood there could be no going
back to bad government, bickering
and the poverty of the good old bad
days before the Union.
robert veitch
Edinburgh
Sir, Thank God. The Union has been
saved but it was very nearly ripped
apart. As it is, Scotland is now a
bitterly divided nation and will
remain so for many years. This
referendum has been given a variety
of glossy descriptions by our first
minister. The blunt truth is that it
has been a colossal distraction
which has done Scotland no credit.
bruce snadden
Edinburgh
Sir, The large percentage achieved
by the Yes campaign cannot be
ignored. Among the causes for
disaffection is the first-past-the-post
system. No wonder people are
disillusioned and the turnout is low.
The Conservative party should
reconsider the stance that has led to
its low acceptability in Scotland and
hence nearly lost us the Union. It is
crucial that the party shows greater
social sensitivity.
edmund gray
Iffley, Oxford
Sir, From the magnificent turnout to
the intelligent dialogue of every 14
to 16-year-old interviewed, the last
few weeks have given this country
an unexpected feel-good factor. If
we can capture that momentum,
then the prospect of next years
election might begin to excite rather
than depress.
helena gailey
Henley-on-Thames, Oxon
Sir, As Kipling would have it, the
English have two particular
characteristics: patience and fair
play. The present arrangements with
regard to the West Lothian question
and the Barnett formula are clearly
unfair. The time for waiting is over.
roger h vincent
Watchet, Somerset
Sir, Shetland voted two to one in
favour of the Union. If Scotland
again proposes to secede, then
Shetland may wish to secede from
Scotland. It would rejoin the Union,
bringing the oil industry with it.
That should discourage further
referendums forever.
michael mcloughlin
St Albans
Sir, Westminster should now
concentrate on driving forward the
whole UK, and less on ever more
tortuous devolution. We need action
on unemployment, immigration,
balance of payment deficit, control
of the financial sector, the housing
shortage, inefficiency and
inequality. We need the spirit of
can-do we had after 1945, not the
inaction and dithering since 1980.
j swift
Crawley, W Sussex
Sir, Alex Salmond has certainly
given credence to the law of
unintended consequences. He has
probably succeeded in dividing
Scotland, and he appears to have
united England. It was not what he
planned but it may have
considerable benefits for the
English.
gf casey
London SW1
Sir, A thank-you to Scotland from an
English lover of the country. My
wedding present from my husband
was a bench in Edinburgh and it was
on Skye that we decided to have
children.
jessica pacey
North Muskham, Notts
Sir, Scotlands per-capita GDP is
significantly greater than Englands
and only marginally behind that of
Germany and Belgium. Lord Barnett
is right to feel that his 50-year
formula for Westministers generous
support of Scotlands public
spending is no longer fit for purpose,
if, indeed, it ever were so.
john barker
Prestbury, Cheshire
Sir, In a campaign which was
complex and strewn with banana
skins, David Cameron proved
himself an accomplished tactician.
He refused to put devo-max on the
ballot which would, in my opinion,
have split the amorphous No vote,
leaving the field to Alex Salmonds
disciplined brigades.
the rev dr john cameron
St Andrews
Sir, Gordon Brown can justly claim
to have saved the Union when all
seemed lost. This was indeed his
finest hour.
michael patterson
Swineshead, Lincs
Sir, In view of Peter Brookess
brilliant cartoons portraying Alex
Salmond as a kilted Mickey Mouse,
Robert Burnss immortal words of
caution seem highly appropriate:
The best laid schemes o mice an
men / Gang aft a-gley.
alex rae
West Bridgford, Notts
Sir, Congratulations to Scotland for
recognising the need for unity in
these times. Now we must stop this
nonsense about quitting Europe.
john postgate
Lewes, E Sussex
Sir, On hearing that Scotland had
voted No, my 11-year-old grandson
said: Thats good. Asked why, he
replied: Because we wont have
extra geography lessons.
ronald emler
London SW18
Future of Trident
Sir, As leaders of faith communities in
Britain we believe that one significant
contribution to a safer world is the
abolition of nuclear weapons. It is
unacceptable that British citizens
should be persuaded that their
security depends on a credible threat
to kill millions of innocent people.
Our faith traditions reject the
notion that reliance on the threat of
mass destruction could ever be right.
We believe the government should
cancel the replacement of Trident.
The 100 billion saved should be
diverted to combating poverty at
home and overseas; in providing
affordable homes, and investing in
education and the NHS.
The government must take a lead
in current global initiatives which aim
to create a nuclear weapon-free
world. Our security does not exist in a
vacuum: we must work for genuine
global security in its many aspects.
Tensions between states with nuclear
weapons must not divert attention
from initiatives that would give
impetus to the goal of the non-
proliferation treaty to bring to a
conclusion negotiations leading to
nuclear disarmament.
Cancelling Trident would be a
momentous step in this direction.
Britain can lead the way.
the right rev stephen cottrell
Bishop of Chelmsford
the rev sally foster-fulton
Convener of the Church of Scotlands
Church and Society Council
the rev kenneth howcroft
President, Methodist Conference
the most rev malcolm mcmahon
Archbishop of Liverpool
the most rev barry morgan
Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of
Llandaff
juliet prager
Deputy Recording Clerk, Quakers in
Britain
the rev john proctor
General Secretary, The United
Reformed Church
Re-markable?
Sir, Is it too late to get my 1963 GCE
exam papers re-marked, if only to
stop old school friends who still allude
to my remarkably poor performance?
alan phillips
Epping, Essex
Older, poorer
Sir, I am 86 years old. I recently
switched my eight-seater Peugeot 505
diesel estate for a secondhand five-
seater Ford Focus diesel with a
smaller engine. My comprehensive
insurance went up from 340 to
1,017. I wonder if this is an example
of an increased charge as depicted in
Older drivers exploited by insurers,
(Sept 18)?
d thomas
Rugeley, Staffs
Cherry-picking
Sir, A year or so ago I started drinking
two tablespoons of concentrated
montmorency cherry juice every
morning with a glass of water (letter,
Sept 18), and I have not had any
problems with gout since then.
moray nichol
Enfield, Middlesex
Sir, We can vouch for cherries
keeping gout at bay. No wonder
though that the affliction is known as
the rich mans disease when cherries
are 15 per kilo.
sara blunt
Chislehurst
It is just a week since the right
wing of the German front broke
from its positions to the south of
the Marne and, with the British
Army driving in its rear and the
Algerian and Tunisian corps
striking on to its flank, came
streaming back through the
villages it had wrecked and
shattered, and turned to meet its
pursuers on the heights above the
Aisne. Only a swift retirement
could have saved it, and the retreat
was hurried on even faster than the
advance had been, and at any cost.
Everything that could delay the
columns was abandoned
ammunition, supplies, wounded
men, and unwounded stragglers
who had lost heart and strength
and could not follow fast enough.
The struggle on those slopes has
been terrible. I have seen the
wounded pass, and there is no end
to them. Every evening the trains
come crawling past the little station
near which I write, long trains of
silent passenger coaches with the
great red cross painted on their
sides, 30 coaches to a train. How
different from the joyous convoys
which went up eastwards, singing,
five weeks ago. Each carriage is
crammed-packed fuller with
wounded than any excursion train
with holiday-makers in time of
peace. The worst cases are lucky if
they can lie full length, but the men
with bullets through their legs, with
broken arms and shattered jaws,
must shift as best they can.
In this war of today, when the
battlefield is covered day after day
with thousands and tens of
thousands, there is no use for
comfortable hospital trains which
can hold a couple of hundred at
most. I have seen these trains of
wounded; I have travelled in them
day and night; I have sat hunched
on the floor in the corridor of one
with my back supporting the back
of a wounded chasseur, while the
bandaged head of a Zouave rested
on my knees, and there was not
room for one more. In that single
train there must have been at the
lowest estimate a thousand men.
And from these men I have heard
in fragments the story of the
desperate assaults delivered daily
on the German trenches, of the
fierce counter-attacks met grimly
with the bayonet, and the never-
ceasing rain of shells shrieking
across the river from slope to slope.
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Opinion
Public schools must learn the meaning of charity
To avoid the charge of elitism, private schools should do the right thing and share their facilities with the state sector
F
rom a distance our local state
school seems to be enveloped
by acres of lush playing
fields. But they are a mirage.
Its boundary fence ends
before these sweeping grounds, which
belong to a private girls school.
For years the academy had only an
Astroturf pitch for PE, so you might
think it would be neighbourly for the
girls school to share its space. But a
request was declined. Instead the
academy gets one session a week in
the girls 25m state-of-the-art pool.
Let me say that, depending on
your position in our class-riven
education debate, Im either a traitor
or a hypocrite. My kids went to state
primary then private secondary, a
common construction in inner
London. I doubt elsewhere in Britain
wed have gone private at all. But
eight years ago, at the only state
school where my son got a place, the
headmaster in his talk to parents
boasted about new crime-stopping
CCTV cameras but didnt mention
exam results. Suddenly the lavish
labs, the cloistered calm, those
verdant fields, beckoned.
Having experienced both systems,
I agree with Jonathan Leigh, Master
of Marlborough College. Private
schools must avoid becoming
isolated enclaves of privilege, he
said this week, by engaging with the
local community and neighbouring
state schools. Maybe not least for the
benefit of their own cocooned kids.
What an unreal bubble is a London
private school. In the midst of the
most ethnically mixed city on earth,
rare black students may be dragged
out of lessons to pose for prospectus
photos to give an illusion of diversity.
Children with horses, pools and taxi
accounts have Knightsbridge birthday
parties when their mates would
prefer Pizza Express. Football teams
take coaches across southern
England to compete against
Charterhouse or Eton when they
could play their local comp. School
trips costing 3,000 go to Japan,
India or Washington DC. A-level
drama productions are performed in
theatres larger than the Young Vic.
Work experience placements,
arranged through parental
connections, include blue-chip
banks, film companies and a week in
the studio of a famous photographer.
When you see this up close, it is no
surprise that 71 per cent of senior
judges, 45 per cent of chairmen of
public bodies, 44 per cent of The
Sunday Times Rich List and indeed
43 per cent of newspaper columnists
went to public schools. It isnt just the
education which with its facilities,
carefully selected kids and staff ratios
is, of course, sublime but the
privileges, golden opportunities and
sense of entitlement that will power
such pupils up societys ranks.
Last year Sir Michael Wilshaw,
then head of Ofsted, told the
Headmasters and Headmistresses
Conference that they had to offer
state schools more than just crumbs
off your table. All these boasted
private-state partnerships, he said,
were thin stuff amounting to little
more than a bit of coaching for
A-level students; the occasional loan
of a playing field.
There was much huffing from the
private sector. They talk of pupils
mentoring state school kids, inviting
musicians to play in their concerts, a
few free Latin lessons. But with a few
notable exceptions, it all has a Lady
Bountiful air. These schools know
their parents. In London now an
echelon of people contrives never to
mix with anyone below their social
class. They use private health clubs,
private medicine, fight to enter
exclusive nurseries. Rose van Cutsem
has even set up a Soho House-style
private baby club to avoid what she
calls church-hall horrors, ie
attending Tumble Tots with hoi
polloi.
There is, I contend, a difference
between putting your child in private
school at eleven, when it is about
education, and at four when its about
snobbery. Your squidgy infant is only
finger-painting and tackling Biff, Chip
and Kipper so what does it matter
whether classmates parents are
cleaners or the Queens cousin?
Indeed these early friendships are
invaluable. The kids Ive met who
talk about chavs, fear walking
through council estates, who will get
a shock when they start work among
the broader human race, never set
foot in state education at all.
The call for private schools to
justify their charitable status died
down when the coalition took power.
But it will be back in force. Anger is
gathering about institutions that
block mobility and hoard privilege.
If private schools are not elitist,
why do they not open their doors
more generously? Why do their
teams not play local schools or if
these schools lack teams, why not
help set them up, sharing the sports
grounds? Why cant they co-produce
school plays, pool their parental
contacts for work placements? When
the Archbishop of Canterbury comes
to speak, why not invite their
neighbouring state sixth form? Have
joint leavers parties anything to
ameliorate the them-and-us of
Britains hideous social apartheid.
Or are private schools frightened
of the competition? State academies
and some free schools provide the
rigour, uniforms, ethos and results
that were once a private preserve.
And, during an era of squeezed
middle incomes, there is the added
attraction of no fees: you save up to
100,000 per child.
So private schools must preserve
their USP, guard those lavish
facilities, keep scalping alumni for
endowments to build that new sixth-
form centre that looks like an Apple
store, the third language lab, the
dance studio, heck, maybe a helipad.
But they are storing up trouble for a
future political reckoning and in a
Britain of sclerotic social mobility
they are simply on the wrong side.
One echelon of people
contrives never to
mix with their inferiors
School trips costing
3,000 go to India,
Japan and Washington
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I
s Donatella Versace on
a new trajectory?
Apparently so, judging
by the dearth of cling
n bling cocktail
dresses at last nights show.
Versace had wanted to
clean up the superfluous
details, dialling down the
lavish excess and replacing
it with a cleaner silhouette
focused on simple lines.
The new essential Versace
is fresh, precise and strong,
said the diminutive
blonde.Its a bit more
forgiving clothes are
baggy yet feminine. Its
optimistic.
A cash injection after
Versace sold off a minority
stake has contributed to a
resetting of the style
agenda. But Versace has
also said she likes to dress
strong, self-assured and
glamorous women such as
Marianna Madia and Maria
Elena Boschi, both cabinet
ministers, who provide her
with the perfect template
of the modern woman.
You cant imagine either of
them at work dressed in the
Swarovski-encrusted,
Plexiglass sandals,
patent, stacked-heel
boots or laser-cut
leather dresses from
this collection, but
Versace is re-
thinking her house
codes. Brand
iconography took
the form of gold
hardware and the
iconic Medusa logo,
which appeared as
prints on dresses
and kitsch plastic
detailing on totes.
V was woven into
red and orange
bandage dresses, or
appeared as a V-
neck back.
Versaces opening
outfit signalled a
new sporty
attitude. It was
a stretch jersey,
slit-to-the-
lower-thigh
skirt with an
elasticated
waistband
revealing
the brands
logo, while even the
organza column dresses
with their peek-a-boo
panels revealing a sexy
sliver of lower thigh
seemed modern and
unlike the WAG-ish
evening gowns of
yore. Several
designers have
cited the strong
working woman
as an inspiration,
as embodied by
Angela Missoni,
whose clothes
never restrict
and are filled
with optimism.
The labels
signature Lurex
knits appeared
in long, ombr
tank dresses
and were worn
under natty,
cropped
colourful print
jackets. There
was also a
boyishness to
oversized trench
coats and generously
cut shirting.
Accessories were
practical too, none
more so than the
Utility shopping tote
with its side pockets for
pens, phones and tech
gadgets.
Highlights were the
summery silk dresses
with their patchwork
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Apple rewrites
music rules to
outwit pirates
Apple is developing a new form of
digital music that cannot be copied and
sharedacross the internet, according to
the lead singer of U2.
In an interview with Time magazine,
Bono claimed that the technology com-
pany was developing an audio-
visual interactive format for music that
cant be pirated and will bring back
album artwork in the most powerful
way.
He suggested that the new format
would allow people to play with the
lyrics and get behind the songs when
youre sitting on the subway with your
iPad. The project was 18 months away
from completion, he added.
U2 performed at the launch event of
iPhone 6 last week. To coincide with
the launch, Apple gave awaya free copy
of U2s new album, Songs of Innocence,
to every iTunes account holder. Apple
is believedto have paidU2 $100million
(61 million) for the rights tothe album.
Bono said that Songs of Experience,
the bands next album, could be
released in Apples new format.
In recent years musicians have in-
creasedthecost of their liveshows totop
up revenues lost from declining album
sales, with U2 lobbying against the pro-
liferation of music file-sharing for many
years. Bono told Time: I dont believe in
free music. Music is a sacrament.
Apple declined to comment.
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We cant go forward without
change in England as well
Michael Gove will rally
the Tory troops behind
reform at Westminster,
write Rachel Sylvester
and Alice Thomson
M
ichael Gove went to bed
at 8pm on Thursday but
he was up again at
midnight to see which
way the referendum was
going. He had a quick nap at 4am
when I was pretty certain it was
going to be OK. Then he got up at
6am to help to draft the prime
ministers speech. The only true Tory
Scot in the cabinet, the chief whip
was born in Edinburgh, adopted by an
Aberdeen fishmonger and his wife,
and christened in the Church of
Scotland. He read Walter Scott as a
child, worked for Scottish television
and still holidays on the Isle of
Colonsay. If you cut me, I would
bleed Irn-Bru he says. This week Mr
Gove has been steadying nerves in
Downing Street as the polls oscillated.
When we meet him at No 9, the
morning after, he has already spent
several hours thinking about how to
reunite a fractured country after the
anxious and emotional campaign. He
has pictures of the Queen and
Benjamin Disraeli on the wall and is
wearing Union Jack cufflinks.
He feels some sympathy for Alex
Salmond, after his resignation. Ive
known him since I was 21. Hes a
brilliant debater with a steel trap
mind and a first-class intellect. Hes a
talented politician the best
advocate for his cause. However, Mr
Gove was convinced that the
unionists would win the argument in
the end. A friend from Aberdeen
texted me earlier this week expressing
his concern and I texted back saying I
was convinced No would win 56 to
44, he says. I knew my parents and
sister were voting no. I rang
yesterday to check in case anything
had changed but it hadnt.
Having once manned the picket
lines at The Press and Journal in
Aberdeen, where he started out as a
journalist, he wasnt surprised by the
strength of feeling in Scotland. The
Yes campaign was more visible and
chose to have a more strident tone to
its campaigning. I think that we
not me, but some people might
have underestimated the extent to
which, as Gordon Brown put it, the
silent majority would be silent no
more. Intimidation is a word he
doesnt like to use, but he does say:
One of the Better Together
campaigners was in Dundee and was
not having a terribly fruitful time on
the doorstep so he decided to try
someone with a Yes poster, thinking
he might as well at least have an
argument. A lady came to the door
and said she would be voting no. She
had only put up the Yes poster
because she didnt want the Yes
campaigners bothering her again.
This gave Mr Gove hope. In some
places Yes tried to create a situation
where support for the UK was a love
that dared not speak its name . . . with
the prime minister and Gordon
Brown in the last two weeks the
unionist case finally found its voice.
A
lthough he admits that the
opponents of
independence lacked the
fireworks of the Yes
campaign, he believes that
occasionally Mr Salmond went too
far. I do think it was very poorly
judged to have a protest outside the
BBC against Nick Robinson. The
very people who might have been
open-minded probably thought, Ugh,
thats not nice. He rejects the idea
that David Cameron and the Tories
are hated north of the border. I think
one of the striking things during this
campaign has been that Conservative
voices have been heard as part of the
majority in Scotland. I think what we
are seeing is a revival, a slow but
steady recovery for the Tories in
Scotland. Tories are entitled to take a
share in the victory.
Now Mr Gove is engaged in the
next battle, this time over the future
of England. Yesterday the prime
minister proposed that English laws
should be voted on only by English
MPs, but within hours Ed Miliband
had produced an alternative plan for
a constitutional convention on the
future of the United Kingdom.
The chief whip, who has already
rallied the Conservative troops
behind Mr Camerons proposal, says:
The overwhelming majority of
people in England think this is fair.
The Scottish think it is fair. Theres a
natural sense of British fairness across
every part of the United Kingdom.
With, as he says, most of his family in
Scotland but his constituency in
Surrey, he believes you shouldnt
have Scottish MPs frustrating or
thwarting the will of England. Now
that we have set up devolved
institutions, that means a change for
how Westminster operates and how
English rights are respected.
Under the Tory proposal, though,
Labour could win the general election
but, without its Scottish MPs, be
unable to get much legislation
through the House of Commons. Its
not a tactic, its a matter of principle,
but its a challenge for Labour, Mr
Gove says. Mr Miliband, he thinks, is
falling into a trap if he seeks to block
English votes for English MPs. I
think any politician would be foolish
to put themselves on the wrong side
of an appetite for change. Weve seen
how in Scotland if youre not sensitive
to where people are, you can find
yourself wrong-footed.
This is not a time to dither, Mr
Gove warns. The timetable for
changes to Scotland has been
outlined, with a command paper in
November and draft clauses in
January. The prime minister has said
that we need a similar sense of
urgency for England so that would
mean that we would bring forward
proposals which could then be voted
on at the general election . . . of course
weve got to make sure that the Welsh
and Northern Irish dimensions are
respected as well. However, he insists
that the Scottish and English
Michael Gove
sees the result of
the referendum
as vindication for
David Cameron:
Were very lucky
to have him as
our leader
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questions must be dealt with together.
I think the package of change needs
to ensure that the whole of the
United Kingdom has the system of
governance that it needs. It would be
impossible to move forward without
making sure you have change both in
Scotland and in England.
Surely this means the vow made to
Scotland on the eve of the referendum
by the three UK party leaders might
never be fulfilled? It was, this is what
were going to do, but it required an
additional component, he says.
Weve got a situation now where
pretty much everyone in the
Conservative party thinks this is the
right thing to do, the Liberal
Democrats agree, as do bright people
in the Labour party, the majority of
people in England think its the right
thing to do, so its the new consensus.
The sticking point for some Tories
may be the amount of funding still
given to Scotland. If Scotland wants
to exercise tax-raising powers then
that of course has a bearing on how
reserve funding works, he says.
Making sure that we both safeguard
Scotlands interests and the Barnett
formula, and make sure that we
cant have taxes imposed on
English voters with Scottish votes,
is all part of the package.
He does not support an English
parliament or first minister for
England. I dont think an
English parliament, as a
separate layer of government,
is the right idea. I think
people have a low level of
tolerance for the idea of new
buildings and newly elected
politicians. If we can sort this
out by changing the way
Westminster works so much
the better . . . I think you can
have the House of Commons sitting
with English only, or English, Welsh
and Northern Irish members and no
Scottish members, on certain days.
This is not about being Little
Englanders, according to the chief
whip. I havent really thought about
the Ukip dimension to it. I, and the
government, have just been thinking
about how you make sure you have a
constitution that works.
H
e doesnt want a
referendum for the
English they will be
able to vote at the general
election but he insists
that Mr Cameron has not been
frightened off a vote on Europe. The
prime minister won the Scottish
referendum on the proposition that
he believed in. Hes been vindicated
so therefore in any future decisions
about our constitution, our place in
Europe, the referendum, people owe
him the benefit of the doubt. So
should the Tory rebels shut up? Yes.
People need to appreciate that hes
someone whos got the judgment, the
steadiness under fire, the leadership
qualities that mean that were very
lucky to have him as our leader.
When Mr Gove was moved from
education, it was seen by many as a
demotion. Now once more he is in
the thick of it. Francis Urquhart, the
sinister chief whip in House of Cards,
is not, however, his role model. There
is no black book visible in the whips
office, just an investors in people
award. One rebellious grandee tells us
that he is a breath of fresh air.
Mr Gove smiles when we tell him,
You might think that, I couldnt
possibly comment, he says before
rushing off for his third meeting of
the day with the boss next door.
Michael AndrewGove
Curriculum vitae
Born August 26, 1967
Educated Robert Gordons College;
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Career He became a trainee
reporter at The Press and Journal in
Aberdeen, where he spent several
months on strike in a dispute over
union recognition. He joined
The Times in 1996 as a leader writer,
becoming comment editor and
news editor before entering
parliament in 2005 as MP for Surrey
Heath. He became education
secretary in 2010 and was
appointed chief whip this year
Family Married to the journalist
Sarah Vine, with two children
Quick fire
Saltire or Union Jack? Union Jack
Martin Luther King or Robert the
Bruce? Martin Luther King
Pride or The Riot Club? Pride
Burns or Browning? Burns
Moors or mountains? Mountains
M4 or M8? M8
Aberdeen or Notting Hill?
Aberdeen
Arthurs seat or Stonehenge?
Arthurs seat
Thatcher or Lenin? Thatcher
Essay crisis or continuous
assessment? Neither viva
Crocodile shooter or
swamp drainer? Both
John Buchan or James
Bond? John Buchan
JK Rowling or Andy
Murray? JK Rowling, right
Francis Urquhart or
Donald Dewar?
Donald Dewar
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News
Jihadists demand that hostage be freed
Jihadist fighters in Syria are turning on
the Isis leadershipover the threat tobe-
head Alan Henning, the British aid
worker capturedwhile part of a Muslim
convoy.
The dissent is in stark contrast to re-
sponses to the decapitations of James
Foley, Stephen Sotloff and David
Haines, whosemurder was broadcast in
a video released a week ago today.
Earlier this week, the Isis PR
machine increased its efforts to win
support among Muslims in the West,
releasing a video presented by the hos-
tage, John Cantlie, promising to be the
first in a series that will explore the
truth behind the system and motiva-
tions behind the Islamic State.
The propaganda offensive, orches-
trated by the Isis media arm, Al Hayat,
culminated yesterday in the release of
Flames of War, a slick 55-minute video
withprofessional effects and a narrator
with an American accent.
However, the threat to Mr Hennings
life has severely dented the groups
credibility among extremists of its
reading of the Sharia Islamic law
according to Muslim scriptures.
AbuDujanaal Muhajir, afighter with
the Isis-affiliated British faction Rayat
al-Tawheed, told The Times: They
need to release himto win the hearts of
the people.
Isis has givenspurious excuses for the
murder of each of the westerners in its
videos. Foley was killed because he was
American and his brother served in the
US air force; Sotloff had dual Israeli
citizenship and was claimed to have
beena spy. Mr Haines hadservedinthe
Royal Air Force.
As yet, no such reasoning has been
offered for the apparently imminent
killing of Mr Henning, 47, a taxi driver
who was on his fourth aid mission to
help childreninrefugee camps inSyria.
I will speak to the brothers in IS
[Islamic State] but everyones been told
tokeepquiet. I dont knowwhat IShave
on him, Abu Dujana al Muhajir added.
If he is just an aid worker then def-
initely it is Haram [against Islamic law]
to kill him.
One foreign Isis fighter, who asked
not to be named, claimed that Mr Hen-
ning had been given safe passage by a
fellow Sunni Muslim known to the
group, and as such even taking him
hostage was unacceptable.
Even one of the staunchest British
propagandists for Isis, whose constant
tweets under the name Abu Aminah
are thought to be directly informed by
Isis leadership, has said that it would be
a mistake to kill him.
It emerged earlier this week that Al
Nusra al Jamaat, the al Qaeda branch
fighting in Syria, had made representa-
tions to Isis in an effort to free Mr Hen-
ning in January.
British Muslims have also called for
Mr Hennings release, with more than
100 key organisations and individuals
putting their names to a letter which
read: Anyone undertaking a humani-
tarian act is paving his or her way to re-
ceive help from heaven. The senseless
kidnapping and despicable threats to
Mr Henning cannot be justified.
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Alan Henning preparing the aid convoy to Syria; he was seized on his arrival
Security experts puzzle over change of tack
The title sequence of
the Islamic State video
featuring John Cantlie,
the British journalist, is
drawn from the Beatles
song With a Little Help
from my Friends.
Security experts are
poring over the three-
minute film entitled
Lend Me Your Ears in
which Cantlie appears
to address the British
public, saying he will
depict the truth about
life in Islamic States
self-styled caliphate.
One theory is that
Cantlie, 43, who has
been a hostage in Syria
for nearly two years, is
reassuring his family
that he is in good spirits
but needs their help to
try to secure his
freedom.
Alternatively, Cantlie
may be appealing to the
British government to
hold talks with Islamic
State to bring about his
release. But other
experts have said that
his guards, who include
four Britons nicknamed
the Beatles, chose the
films title.
The Soufan Group, a
security think-tank, said
its aim was to sow
doubt in the minds of
Westerners by offering
a more reasonable face
to the world. A Foreign
Office spokesman said:
We are doing all we
can for Britons held
hostage abroad.
RAF waiting
for go-ahead
to strike Isis
Deborah Haynes, Lucy Fisher
British forces were last night feeling
frustrated as they awaited direction
from David Cameron while French
warplanes joined the United States in
bombingIslamic Statepositions inIraq.
Mr Cameron had avoided initiating
airstrikes or a parliamentary vote to
authorise them before the Scottish
referendum in part because of concern
at the prospect of British involvement
in another Middle East war adversely
affecting the outcome, MPs said.
Yesterdays no vote, however,
meant that he was free to turn his full
attention to the US-led coalition that is
being created to tackle the jihadists in
Iraq and Syria, when he flies to New
York on Tuesday for a meeting of
leaders at the UN the next day.
Britainwill want totakealeadingrole
alongside its closest ally.
Australia, whichhas deployedfighter
jets and200special forces tothe region,
is also expected to join the fight immi-
nently.
Frances first airstrikeinIraqis saidto
have destroyed a logistics depot north
of Mosul, an Islamic State stronghold.
Aparliamentary vote on British war-
planes participating belatedly in
airstrikes against Islamic State could
take place as early as Thursday.
The government will find it easier to
gain cross-party support for airstrikes
in Iraq than in Syria.
John Simpson
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Crisis helpline set up for children of warring parents
Children whose parents are splitting up
will be able to seek help and advice from
teenagers who have experienced family
breakdown thanks to a newinternet help-
line launching this weekend.
Kidsinthemiddle.org.uk will also offer
video explanations of the stages of divorce
and what the jargon means, with young-
sters interviewing lawyers and parents.
Its founders say there is very little help
elsewhere for children going through a
family breakdown. The launch has largely
been funded by family lawyers, who say
they are often concerned about the child-
ren of their divorcing clients and want to
be able to refer them somewhere.
Teenagers have also helped to raise the
41,000 to get it off the ground, although
more funds are needed to expand it. At
present it is aimed at children aged 11-18.
The risks to children whose parents
break up are well documented. They are
more likely to have behavioural problems,
do less well in school, leave school and
home earlier, become sexually active,
pregnant or a parent at an earlier age, and
smoke, drink and use drugs more during
adolescence and adulthood.
The website has been set up by Duncan
Fisher, former chief executive of the Fa-
therhood Institute, and is hosted on the
Mindfull.org site, which offers advice to
youngsters with mental health problems.
Children can feel very isolated if their
parents are splitting up, Mr Fisher said.
They live at home so they cant get away
fromthe problem, but they all go online so
weve aimed to get something for them
there that is pretty simple but well regulat-
ed and well formed.
The message is simple. This is not your
fault, youare not alone andit is OKtolook
for help. It is not a betrayal of your parents
to talk over your situation with someone
who has been through it.
He said the problems experienced by
children in that situation were numerous.
Many children feel isolated at school, un-
able to confide intheir friends there. Some
get stressed and anxious about what is
going to happen in the future, and some
feel guilty and think their parents were
fine until they came along. Also, if there is
a lot of shouting and arguing at home, that
can be very distressing.
Last year there were 100,000 children
aged under 16 whose parents were
divorced. When cohabiting parents are
added in, the number rises to 250,000 a
year. By the age of 15, almost half of all
children in the UK are no longer living
with both their parents.
Mr Fisher said that it had been difficult
Rosemary Bennett
Social Affairs Correspondent
toget fundingbecause resources were
largely targeted at separating
parents. Other prospective donors
felt uncomfortable at backing a ser-
vice that might be seen as inter-
fering with parents roles. Mr
Fisher said the site would be
useful for parents as it shows
what separation feels like from
a childs perspective.
The site will be constantly
moderated with algorithms that
highlight any suspicious ques-
tions such as where do you
live? or would you like to
meet? and automatically close
down such conversations.
Work from home, fathers told
F
athers should
adjust their
work-life
balances to spend
more time with
their children, the
Olympian James
Cracknell has said.
Cracknell, right,
with son Croyde, 10,
has joined Noton-
thehighstreet, an
online retailer, to
launch the
Dadpreneur
campaign, to
encourage men to
work from home.
Cracknell, who
won two Olympic
golds for rowing,
also has two
daughters, Kiki,
five, and Trixie,
three. He said:
When I was
growing up, I didnt
see [my father]
during the week.
We need fathers
to get more
involved with
their kids if we
are to have
happier and
healthier
children, and
happier and
healthier dads.
World
Jordan offers to send troops
to kill Isis fighters in Syria
Jordan is offering its Western-trained
special forces as boots on the ground
for an international military campaign
against Islamic State (Isis) extremists
inside Syria, The Times has learned.
The Jordanian monarch, King Abd-
ullah, made the offer in a series of
bilateral meetings at the Nato summit
in Wales on September 6, during which
he met both President Obama and
David Cameron. Sources familiar with
King Abdullahs pitch said that he
appeared deeply frustrated by the pace
of international coalition building
against Isis. KingAbdullahwas furious
at the constraints being placed on
action, said one of the sources.
Thesourcesaidthekingsketchedout
a scenario in which Jordan might be
used as the base for a military push
northwards by anti-Isis rebel or tribal
forces through the deserts of eastern
Syria towards the militant groups
headquarters in Raqqa. He offered Jor-
danian military support and stressed
the dangers of delaying a strike against
the increasingly powerful militant
group. The Jordanian embassy in
London declined to comment.
King Abdullah has been extraordi-
narily proactive in showing the West-
ern world that if they do not support a
proactive strategy against Isis then Jor-
dan will take matters into its own
hands, said Michael Stephens, deputy
director of the Qatar office of the Royal
United Services Institute, a think tank.
The sources said that he also
addressed the threat to Jordan from
forces loyal to President Assad of Syria.
He said he had already warned Mr
Assad of direct Jordanian military
intervention in southern Syria if forces
loyal to the Syrian regime pushed into
areas close to the Jordanian border in
southwest Syria that are noweffective-
ly rebel safe havens. The three-year
Syrian civil war remains in stalemate,
with more than 190,000 dead. Jordan
could face a surge of a million Syrian
refugees if thereis conflict alongits bor-
der, addingtothe600,000alreadythere.
JohnKerry, the US secretary of state,
has confirmed troop pledges from a
number of countries during a Middle
East tour, althoughhedeclinedtoname
them. The White House is conscious of
the sensitivities of identifying regional
nations that have privately agreed to
involve ground troops.
Indications that Jordanmight bepre-
paredtosendtroops intoSyriaemerged
at the weekend when Michael McCaul,
a US Republican congressman,
revealed he had recently met Hussein
bin Al Abdullah, the Crown Prince of
Jordan, and that the prince had said his
country was ready to deploy some
troops into Syria to fight Isis.
Jordanhas long beenanislandof sta-
bility in the Middle East. Isis has publi-
cally vowed to invade the country and
behead King Abdullah as part of its
missiontorebuildthemedieval Muslim
caliphate that stretched from Spain to
India in the 8th century.
The US government this week
approved a $500 million training pack-
age to build up Syrian rebel forces to
counter Isis, withanexpansionof exist-
ing training for rebels expected to take
place in Jordan and the Gulf states.
The importance of having Arab
troops taking responsibility for ground
actions against Isis was underlined this
week when President Obama repeated
his determination to avoid having
American combat boots on the ground
in the battle with Isis in Iraq and Syria.
Senior US officers have warned that
without competent ground forces, no
campaign against Isis can succeed.
The Pentagon and the CIA have
warned Mr Obama that the Syrian
rebel forces available to fight Isis, such
as the Free Syrian Army, cannot be
depended on to confront the militants.
General Martin Dempsey, chairman of
the US joint chiefs of staff, warned on
Thursday that it would take a year to
complete the training.
Jordan mobilised its armed forces
along the Iraqi border in June after
Iraqi forces abandoned border posi-
tions to advancing Isis militants. Some
2,000 Jordanians are fighting with Isis.
Jordan
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Why the Gulf cant protect itself
Analysis Michael Binyon
T
he western
airstrikes
against
Islamic State
have brought
some relief to the
nervous Gulf states.
But they have neither
bolstered the Gulf s
weak defences nor
resolved the splits that
are thwarting all
regional attempts to
meet the challenge of
Islamist extremism.
Ever since the first
Gulf war in 1991,
Washington has urged
Saudi Arabia and its
five small partners in
the Gulf Cooperation
Council Kuwait,
Bahrain, Qatar,
Oman and the UAE
to step up their
own collective
defence and rely less
on the US umbrella.
The only result has
been a halting and
unspecified offer by
Kuwait to pool some
of its defence efforts
with Saudi Arabia.
Collective defence
is hampered by
geography and
politics. Apart from
Saudi Arabia, the
GCC members are
small, sparsely
populated and most
have been
independent states for
only a generation.
Locally born
inhabitants are hugely
outnumbered by
expatriates; there are
simply not enough
citizens to create
credible armies.
The West has
encouraged them to
buy the latest
weapons and defence
equipment, but few
have any military
standing or capability.
Isis presents a
particular challenge.
The Gulf has long
leant towards a
puritanical view of
Islam, and despite a
ban on funding
extremism by nervous
governments, many
rich individuals are
still funding Islamists,
including Isis, whose
violent ideology is
attracting a growing
number of younger
Muslims in the Gulf,
angered by the lack of
jobs and critical of the
monarchies.
Syrians fleeing Isis, which is closing in
Take a hard look at yourselves,
PMtells Australian Muslims
Militant sympathisers of Islamic State
(Isis) planned to attack Australias par-
liament as part of a campaign that
poses the most serious terror threat in
the countrys history, the prime minis-
ter said yesterday.
The day after police foiled an alleged
plot to film beheadings in Sydney and
Brisbane, Tony Abbott said that armed
police would protect Parliament House
in Canberra. Intelligence had been
received that Isis commanders had
urged followers in Australia to attack.
Mr Abbott revealed that after 15
arrests in connection with the behead-
ing plot, police had conducted raids
overnight and detained more suspects
over the planned Canberra attack.
The challenges we face are more se-
rious today than at any other time in
the past, he told a press conference in
Sydney. It is a serious situation when
all youneedtodotocarryout aterrorist
attack is to have a knife, an iPhone and
a victim. He also condemned demon-
strations against the police raids by
hundreds of Muslims in Sydney, saying
that protesters needed to take a good,
hard look at themselves.
He believed the protesters were ut-
terly unrepresentative of the majority
of Australian Muslims.
The disclosure of the threats has
shocked the country and provoked a
backlash against its Muslim communi-
ty of almost 500,000.
A prominent government member
demanded that Muslims be prevented
from covering their faces for religious
reasons. Senator Cory Bernardi said
the burka was a flag of fundamental-
ism that had no place in Australia.
Mr Abbott said the violent attacks
that Islamic State sympathisers had
been planning would have occurred
within days had police not launched
raids involving 870 officers.
Australia
Bernard Lagan Sydney
Kurds flood in after
Turkey opens border
1.3 million Syrian refugees, is trying to
persuade the US of the need to create a
buffer zone inside Syria where dis-
placed civilians could be sheltered and
given aid.
That would require, at the very least,
the establishment of a no-fly zone
patrolled by foreign aircraft, but re-
fugees would still remain vulnerable to
attack without the presence of ground
troops. Most international aid organi-
sations oppose such a move.
Isis captured three more villages
surrounding Kobani, bringing the
number under its control to 24. From
positions above the city, its fighters
have rained down artillery and rockets
using an arsenal of American-supplied
heavy weaponry seized from military
bases in Iraq.
The pincer assault on Kobani has
been carried out by Isis fighters from
Aleppo and Raqqa provinces, two
jihadist strongholds that the Pentagon
is drawing up plans to bombard from
the air.
Activists in Raqqa said that they had
seensurveillancedrones flyingover the
city yesterday and, for the first time,
another kind of aircraft fitting the de-
scription of an AWAC Airborne
Warning AndControl Systemwhich
uses radar to detect targets.
The activists said that Isis fighters
had started to go underground in
anticipation of American airstrikes,
dispersing their heavy weaponry to
many different places and evacuating
buildings previously used as command
centres.
The families of many foreign fighters
have already moved to seek safety
outside the city, while many of the
fighters themselves, including Europe-
ans, have set off for Iraq, believing that
the US is more likely to put ground
troops there despite President Obamas
insistencethat Americanforces will not
be deployed.
They are expecting the big battle to
be there, Sarmad Jilany, an activist,
said.
Turkey bowed to pressure to open its
border to thousands of Syrian Kurdish
refugees fleeing an assault by Islamic
State fighters yesterday amid calls for
international intervention to save the
besieged residents of a key city.
Masoud Barzani, the president of
Iraqi Kurdistan and an important
western ally, called on the outside
world to intervene and prevent the
massacre of tens of thousands of Kurds
in Kobani, now all but surrounded by
the jihadists.
I call ontheinternational communi-
ty to use every means as soon as poss-
ibletoprotect Kobani, Mr Barzani said,
adding his voice to warnings from
Kurdish leaders across the region that
the citys inhabitants were under mor-
tal threat.
His pleas may carry weight with the
US, given Washingtons close relation-
ship with Iraqs Kurds. While America
has said that Syrian Kurdish forces
should play a role in the fight against
Isis, their involvement is complicated
by their ties with Turkeys PKK, which
is proscribed in the West as a terrorist
organisation. PKKfighters answering a
Syrian Kurdish call for help clashed
with Isis fighters along the border near
Kobani yesterday.
At the same time, Turkish soldiers
finally opened the border crossing to
thousands of Kurdishrefugees whohad
fled villages surrounding Kobani after
warnings from Syrian Kurdish forces
that they could not be protected.
Turkeys prime minister, Ahmet
Davutoglu, said he had given the order
for the Syrians to be let across the bor-
der after being told 4,000 were trapped
there after fleeing the Isis advance.
Fellow Kurds from a village on the
Turkish side came to the border to hurl
bottles of water andbags of breadtothe
refugees on the other side of the
barbed-wire fence.
Turkey, which is already host to
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on the key Kurdish city of Kobani, cross into Turkeys Suruc district yesterday after the border was opened to refugees
French jets join US strike on jihadists
guided bombs hit an Iraqi military in-
stallationthat hadbeencapturedbythe
militants near the town of Zumar,
northwest of Mosul, blowing up an
arms dump and fuel depot and killing
dozens of fighters.
Other operations will follow in the
coming days with the same goal to
weaken this terrorist organisation and
come tothe aidof the Iraqi authorities,
President Hollande said.
President Obama praised France for
its decision to join American forces in
airstrikes against Isis. As oneof our old-
est and closest allies, France is a strong
partner in our efforts against terrorism
and we are pleased that French and
American service members will once
again work together on behalf of our
shared security and our shared values,
Mr Obama said at the White House.
His remarks contrasted with the irri-
tationhe voicedlast week, complaining
that France arranged ransom pay-
ments toreleaseits hostages heldbyIsis
while publicly denying that it did so.
David Cameron has said that he is
still considering whether to launch
British attacks.
Mr Hollande, who is deeply unpopu-
lar at home, has taken the lead on a se-
ries of foreign fronts in recent months,
sending troops into action against Isla-
mist forces in Mali, engaging France in
mediation in the Middle East and now
military action in Iraq.
On Monday, Mr Hollande co-
chaired a conference in Paris at which
the US won pledges from allies and
Arab states of military and diplomatic
support for the offensive against Isis.
France became the first western ally to
join the American-led air offensive
against Islamic State yesterday, as
French jets bombed and destroyed a
logistics depot in Iraq.
The attack followed an announce-
ment by President Hollande that he
was about to fulfil a pledge to take an
active part in combating the extremists
who have captured swathes of Iraq and
Syria. The airstrikes by Rafale fighter-
bombers are aimed at supporting the
Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga
forces.
Francehas noplans todeployground
personnel, although its special forces
are working in the area, according to
military sources. Mr Hollande said that
France will not attack targets in Syria,
as the US has said it might.
This morning at 9:40 (07:40 GMT)
our Rafale jets launched a first strike
against a logistics depot of the terror-
ists, a statement from the lyse Pal-
acesaid. It is understoodthat four laser-
France
Charles Bremner Paris
French Rafale jet fighters in the skies
above Iraq for yesterdays airstrikes
World
China pulls troops fromdisputed border
Ladakh Narendra Modi,
Indias hardline prime
minister, emerged
triumphant from a
summit with President Xi
Jinping of China
yesterday after he secured
the withdrawal of some
Chinese troops from the
countries disputed
Himalayan frontier and
vast new pledges of
investment (Robin
Pagnamenta writes).
About 500 Chinese
soldiers who had earlier
crossed more than two
miles into an area in the
Chumar district of
Ladakh that India
considers its own
territory, left the area
yesterday.
Chinese also offered to
invest $20 billion
(12.2billion) in India over
the next five years a
massive increase on the
$400 million over the past
14 years.
Bikini killer guilty of second murder
Kathmandu A court has
convicted Charles
Sobhraj, 70, of a second
murder, sentencing the
man known as the Bikini
Killer to life (Robin
Pagnamenta writes).
Sobhraj, whose exploits
preying on western
tourists including
several women wearing
bikinis throughout
Asia in the 1970s were
blamed for killing off the
so-called Hippie Trail, is
already serving a life
sentence in Nepal for the
murder of Connie Jo
Bronzich, an American.
He was convicted on
Wednesday of murdering
Laurent Carriere, a
Canadian friend of
Bronzich. Their charred
bodies, with stab wounds,
were found in different
parts of Kathmandu in
December 1975.
Man shoots his six grandchildren dead
Tallahassee A man killed
six of his grandchildren,
his daughter and himself
at his home in Bell,
Florida. Don Spirit, 51,
was released from prison
eight years ago after
shooting dead his
eight-year-old son in a
hunting accident in 2001.
Spirit called the
emergency services on
Thursday afternoon to
say that he might harm
himself or others. When a
deputy arrived, he
committed suicide and
the authorities found the
seven gunshot victims all
over the property, said
Sheriff Robert Schultz, of
Gilchrist County. (AP)
Red Sea dive is
deepest ever
Cairo A soldier has broken
the record for the deepest
scuba dive. Ahmed Gamal
Gabr, 38, of the Egyptian
special forces, reached a
depth of 332m (1,090ft) in
the Red Sea resort of
Dahab, according to
Guinness World Records
officials. Gabr started
diving at the age of 18 and
spent four years training
for his record dive. (AP)
Gardener decapitated bywood-chipper
Phoenix A landscape
gardener was decapitated
when he fell into a
wood-chipper that was
being used to dispose of
tree branches (Rhys
Blakely writes). The man
was working on land near
a car dealership in
Chandler, a suburb on the
outskirts of Phoenix,
Arizona. A police
spokesman said:
Horrible, absolutely
horrible for everyone . . . It
is obviously a gruesome
death, very tragic. No
foul play is suspected.
Prime minister of
Uganda is sacked
Kampala President
Museveni of Uganda
dismissed Amama
Mbabazi, his prime
minister, in a move that
suggests he wants to
prolong his 28-year rule
beyond the next election
in 2016. Mr Mbabazi had
been expected to contest
the poll. He was replaced
by Ruhakana Rugunda,
the health minister. (AP)
Still or sparkling? Chinese cadets practising parade drill
World
Put your houses in order, scientists tell quake city
Rival senators join forces but only for reality TV
San Francisco is to begin shaming the
owners of hundreds of apartment
blocks that have not been earthquake-
proofed by posting graphic warnings of
destructionontheir outside inthe hope
the signs will deter buyers and tenants.
Seismologists say that there is a two-
in-three chance that a major earth-
quake will hit the city in the next 30
years, yet thousands of homes need re-
inforcingtoprevent their likelycollapse
when it strikes.
Officials aretryinganewshocktactic
to force owners into strengthening
some of the most vulnerable buildings:
large signs that will advise anybody
comingclosethat theyreallydont want
to be inside when the big one event-
ually hits.
The signs will feature pictures of
buildings being ripped apart and will
have earthquake warning across
them in bright red capital letters.
This building is in violation of the
San Francisco building code regarding
earthquake safety, the placards say in
English, Chinese and Spanish.
The idea, says Patrick Otellini, San
Francisco's director of earthquake
safety, is to jolt Californians out of the
curious complacencytheyoftenexhibit
when it comes to seismic matters.
The state has been hit by a dozen
earthquakes of magnitude 7 or greater
over the past century. In 1906, a 7.8
earthquake killed more than 3,000
peopleinSanFrancisco. InAugust, a6.0
quake struck the nearby Napa region,
injuring 170 and damaging buildings.
However, thebigwake-upcall should
probably have been the 6.7 magnitude
Northridge earthquake of 1994, which
rocked Los Angeles, killing 57 people
and injuring more than 9,000. It cost
more than $40 billion and forced engi-
neers tore-evaluate the safetyof tens of
thousands of buildings.
Inparticular, 200three-storeywood-
framed apartment buildings collapsed
or had to be pulled down after the
Northridge quake.
They were especially weak, it was
later concluded, because they had large
open parking areas occupying the en-
tire ground floor. A lack of dividing
walls meant the ground floors were
prone to collapse.
Laws passed in San Francisco last
year are supposed to forceowners to
have such buildings assessed and to re-
inforce themif they are deemed at risk.
The warning signs are an effort to
force people to abide by the new code,
but have already provoked accusations
that officials are scaremongering.
United States
Rhys Blakely Los Angeles
It is a scenario long dreamt of by
Americans weary of party divisions: a
Democrat and a Republican sitting
down together to work out a joint
solution to a looming crisis. Now, two
senators are seeking to prove that such
a scene is perfectly possible not on
Capitol Hill but ona desert islandinthe
middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Jeff Flake, a Republican, and Martin
Heinrich, a Democrat, are the stars of a
reality television show in which they
are stranded on the Marshall Islands
for a week and have to live off the land
to survive. They join forces to find food
and water, build a shelter and avoid the
hazards of the inhospitable terrain.
We wanted to make the point that
Republicans and Democrats can work
together, said Mr Flake, who made the
7,000-mile journey to the island of Eru
with Mr Heinrich during Congresss
August recess. Clips released from the
programme, which will be broadcast
next month on the Discovery Channel,
show them spearfishing, catching
clams andchoppingcoconuts for water.
Republicans are better at killing and
Democrats are better at eating, Mr
Flake said. On their first day, they had
to build a shelter out of palm fronds
before a tropical thunderstorm arrived
a task not entirely dissimilar from
tackling difficult legislation against the
clock, they noted. It was my first time
sleeping with a Democrat, Mr Flake
remarks in one clip.
The pair, who say that they paid for
the trip themselves to ensure that the
adventure met congressional ethics
standards, are keen to impart their
new-found wisdom to their colleagues
amid fears that government in Wash-
ington will be even more divided if
Republicans gain control of the Senate
in the midterm elections in November.
One of the reasons this town is
having such a hard time functioning is
not so muchthat people are indifferent
places but they dont trust each other,
said Mr Heinrich, from New Mexico.
The six days we spent onthe islanddid
a lot to bolster our trust in each other.
Mr Flake, who is from Arizona,
added: I think we solved every prob-
lem. . . except howto build a fire. It was
vital that politicians build personal
bonds to overcome party tensions, they
said, calling for the House and Senate
leaders to undertake similar ventures.
If they would spend six days and
nights on an island, we could move
legislation forward, Mr Flake said.
The pair rejected suggestions that
they had diminished their office by
appearing on the programme.
Streisand set to
break records
Barbra Streisand is being tipped to
become the first artist to have a No 1
album in the US in each of the past six
decades. The singer releasedPartners, a
collection of duets, on Monday.
According to Billboard.com, it is on
course to be her tenth top-placed
album.
The promotional campaign has been
relentless, with Streisand making her
first appearance on The Tonight Show
this week for five decades. Billboard
said the album could sell more than
150,000 copies this week, expected to
be enough to lift it to the chart top.
This newspapers review was less
than enthusiastic: Its all easy on the
ear and polished to within an inch of its
life but it adds precisely nothing to the
sum of human achievement.
Rhys Blakely
Devika Bhat Washington
Officials hope that their poster warnings will prevent death on the scale of the 1906 earthquake, which claimed 3,000 lives
Jeff Flake, left,
and Martin
Heinrich spent
a week on a
Pacific island
to show how
political
opponents can
work together
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World
Xi newsreaders President 11 gaffe
ATVnews presenter has been fired for re-
ferring to President Xi Jinping of China as
Eleven Jinping during a live broadcast,
apparentlymistakinghis familynamefor a
Roman numeral.
The error happened during a news
programme late on Wednesday night, and
the Indian newsreader was dismissed
shortly afterwards.
It is an unpardonable mistake, a
spokesman for the state broadcaster, Do-
ordarshan, said, adding that the presenter
was employed on a casual basis and was
not a permanent member of staff. We
have debarred her fromnewsreading for a
fewmonths. The spokesman said a short-
age of newsreaders hadforcedthe channel
to run some bulletins with casuals.
The gaffe prompted a flood of ridicule on
Twitter, although some praised the news-
readers knowledge of Roman numerals.
Mr Xis first trip to India was over-
shadowed by tensions about a border
incursion by Chinese troops in the moun-
tain state of Ladakh, but Asias two biggest
nations signed a series of trade and invest-
ment deals.
Mr Xi, who pledged $20 billion worth of
Chineseinvestment inIndia, left thecoun-
try yesterday after a three-day visit taking
in Ahmedabad and Delhi.
India
Robin Pagnamenta Mumbai
Villagers murder ebola aid workers sent to help them
Guinea
Ruth Maclean Johannesburg
A team of health workers, journalists
and officials were murdered in Guinea
by villagers who believed they were
spreading ebola. They had been on a
mission to educate people about the
virus. Nine were reported to have been
found dead in a village latrine or in the
bush. Some had had their throats slit.
Ebola is still not understood in many
parts of West Africa, nine months after
it claimed its first victim of this out-
break, a woman who had slaughtered
bushmeat in remote Guinea.
Moses Mamy, who ran a clinic in
southeast Guinea, had been out with a
team of people trying to change this
and to help to disinfect the village of
Wome. Angry villagers attacked the
team with clubs, stones and machetes.
Guinea condemned the murders of
Mr Mamy and his colleagues and
promised to hunt down the villagers
who carried them out.
Outreachworkhadbecome impossi-
ble in the southeast of the country, said
Dr Fanta Kabba of the Ministry of
Health, who added that work would be
limited to treating the sick. She said the
government was trying to understand
why locals resisted: Putting in place
the strategies to fight ebola has become
impossible. We cannot act when we are
being prevented from acting.
The UN Security Council has said
that ebola was a threat to world peace
andcalledoncountries togivemoreaid
to fight the outbreak, which it said was
doubling in size every three weeks.
It voted to lift travel and border re-
strictions on the affected west African
nations for what the World Health Or-
ganisation has called the greatest
peacetime challenge the UN has ever
faced. An emergency mission is to be
set up using airports in Ghana and
Spain as hubs to get medical staff and
supplies to the region. Britain is donat-
ing 700 hospital beds to Sierra Leone.
Police man a
roadblock as the
Sierra Leone
government
enforces a three-
day curfew in an
attempt to fight
the ebola virus
World
My comeback will save
France, says Sarkozy
Thirty months after losing the French
presidency, Nicolas Sarkozy
announced his return to the political
fray last night, saying that he would
seek the leadership of the centre-right
oppositiontosteer France out of its in-
exorable tide of distress.
The 59-year-old conservative, who
once rejoiced in his nickname Super-
Sarko, confirmed his long-expected
returnto the public stage ina Facebook
posting as President Hollande neared
rock-bottom in an autumn of crises.
Still the most popular conservative
among centre-right voters, Mr Sarkozy
is gambling that he can weather six
pending police investigations, includ-
ing one case of alleged corruption for
which he is close to being sent for trial.
His goal, which he has been signal-
ling for weeks, is to retake the presiden-
cy in 2017, although opinion polls sug-
gest that there is little public appetite
for a Sarko Acte II.
Inbrief political retirement, whichhe
has spent making money as a consult-
ant and guest speaker, Mr Sarkozy had
reflected on the character flaws that
lost him the presidency in 2012 after a
single term, he wrote.
He had drawn lessons and meas-
ured the vanity of certain feelings.
That was an allusion to his erratic and
showyconduct of apresidencythat was
hit by the 2008 financial crisis and
never lived up to its opening promises
to revive France through radical
reform.
Failure to return would amount to
abandoning the French people in their
hour of need, said Mr Sarkozy. I have
seenthe rise, like anunstoppable tide of
distress, rejection and anger towards
the government, towards the majority
[Socialist] party and more broadly to
everything that touches on politics, he
wrote.
It was urgent to restore the hope that
had abandoned a French people who
no longer believe in anything or any-
body. I am a candidate for the presi-
dency of my political family, he said,
referring to the Union for a Popular
Movement, heir to the Gaullist move-
ment, which he took over in 2005 and
turned into his presidential campaign
machine. I will propose transforming
it from top to bottom in a way that will
create within three months the condi-
tions for a newand broad grouping, he
wrote.
The new-look party would appeal to
the nation beyond party lines, he said,
sketching a modern version of the
UMPs Gaullist ancestor, which cast
itself above politics. This would provide
a credible alternative to the present
stumbling centre-left rule and restore
French glory in the world, he said.
The Elyse Palace has briefed media
that Mr Hollande is delighted to have
Mr Sarkozy back because he will be an
easy target.
France
Charles Bremner Paris
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Butcher dentist
questioned over
his wifes death
A Dutch dentist wanted in France for
allegedly mutilating patients is back in
his home country under investigation
over the death of his wife.
Called The Butcher by the French
press, Mark van Nierop faces prosecu-
tion for allegedly leaving people with
dislocated jaws, abscesses, septicaemia
and removing healthy teeth.
Mr van Nierop, 50, jumped bail in
France last year and fled to Canada,
where he was arrested after an appar-
ent suicide attempt. French authorities
want to try him for fraud and causing
mutilation. He denies the crimes.
He is being held in the Netherlands
after tellingthe Canadianpolice that he
thought he was wanted for the murder
of his wife in 2006. A Dutch coroner
had concluded that Brigitte de Pee had
died of alcohol poisoning. An investi-
gation has been reopened.
Grard Martin, whose wife, Nicole,
was a patient of Mr van Nierop in Ch-
teau-Chinon, central France, suspects
that his apparent admission is a ploy to
delay extradition to France.
WhenMrs Martinneededafillingre-
placed, he said 17 of her teeth needed
treatment, and extracted three. He
was a fraudster who gave people treat-
ment they didnt need, Mr Martinsaid.
Adesperate need for dentists in rural
France is said to be why Mr van Nierop
faced scant scrutiny despite facing
three disciplinary hearings.
Adam Sage Paris
World
Mission to Mars aims to find where all the water went
United States
Jacqui Goddard Miami
A spacecraft sent to investigate a four bil-
lion-year-old leak in Marss atmosphere
will begin its final descent towards the
planet tomorrow, providing a nail-biting
33 minutes of drama in deep space.
The $671 million Mars atmosphere and
volatile evolution mission (Maven), which
has travelled 442 million miles since its
launch from Florida ten months ago, will
become either the sixthNasa spacecraft to
achieve Mars orbit, or the fourthtodie try-
ing. Twodays later, Indias space agency
whose own Mars orbiter mission has been
hot onMavens heels is set tofollowsuit.
After all the hundreds of tests weve run,
we are finally going to go into orbit around
Mars, said Guy Beutelschies, Mavens
programme manager at Lockheed Martin
space systems, a mission partner.
Maven is the first spacecraft dedicated
to exploring the upper atmosphere of
Mars, with a viewto giving a better under-
standing of its climate history and past
habitability. Whereas previous missions
brought conclusive evidence that Mars
was warm and abundant in liquid water
billions of years ago, it is nowcold and dry,
with an atmosphere so thin and tempera-
tures so low that liquid water cannot exist
there ina stable state. Mavens missionis to
find out why. It will study the boundary
betweenwhat is left of the Martianatmos-
phere and outer space, taking readings of
its composition, solar energy levels, and
the rate at whichatmospheric gases are es-
caping. By the endof its year-long primary
mission, Maven will have given scientists
the data they need to drawup a retrospec-
tive timeline of the planets atmospheric
erosion and shed light on the processes
that forged such extreme climate change.
The information will also assist in un-
derstanding how and whether microbial
life might once have existed there, and in
preparing for human voyages to Mars a
goal currently set for the mid-2030s.
For humans to go to Mars its not like
Star Trek. Its reallythe planetaryscientists
that are blazing the trail for us to under-
stand everything about Mars we need to
for humans to be able to land safely and
explore, said Jim Green, director of
Nasas planetary science division.
Together, robotics and humans will
pioneer the Red Planet and the solar
system to help answer some of humani-
tys fundamental questions about life
beyond Earth, he said.
Maven must complete 33 minutes of
engineburns toslowitself from4.7 kmper
second to 1.2km per second, allowing it to
be captured by Martian gravity and drop
into orbit. Im all on pins and needles.
This is a critical event, said Mr Green.
An artists
concept of
Maven as it
nears Mars,
where it will
study the Red
Planets upper
atmosphere;
and, right,
at Cape
Canaverals
space launch
complex
World
Crimea regime as bad as Stalin, says exiled leader
The pro-Russians running Crimea har-
bour an animal hatred of the penin-
sulas Tartars that is driving the worst
wave of repression since Stalin, says
their exiled spiritual leader.
Mustafa Dzhemilev and other
Crimean Tartar leaders have so far
succeeded in urging their community
torestrainfrombloodshedinthefaceof
KGB provocations. However, after a
crackdown this week he said yesterday
that anything could happen.
Six months on fromRussias annexa-
tionof Crimea, the CrimeanTartars are
the only substantial opposition voice
left on the peninsula. Not long ago
President Putin was assiduously woo-
ing Mr Dzhemilev. But the mass Tartar
boycott of regional elections last Sun-
day was the final strawfor the Kremlin-
backed administration in Crimea.
On Tuesday in Simferopol, the capi-
tal, armed men in balaclavas and cam-
ouflaged uniforms without insignia
seized control of the headquarters of
the Mejlis, the communitys main rep-
resentative body. On Thursday,
government agents impounded the
building and froze the Crimean Tartar
landlords bank accounts.
There have been dozens of gunpoint
searches of Crimean Tartar homes,
mosques, schools and businesses in the
last fortnight. Up to 8,000 of the
300,000-strong population have left
since the spring.
Mr Dzhemilev, 70, fears that the situ-
ationcouldbe about toget muchworse.
We know from our informers [in the
Crimean security apparatus] that there
are lists of people to disappear, in most
cases members of thelocal andregional
Mejlis, he said. At least 14 people, not
all of them Crimean Tartars, have
already vanished in suspicious circum-
stances, he said.
The separatist politicians who swept
to power after Russian troops invaded
Crimea in February have an animal
hatred of Crimean Tartars, most of
whom are loyal supporters of Ukraine,
he said, adding: We understand that
once clashes start that will mean basi-
cally the elimination of our nation.
Mr Dzhemilev was a baby when Sta-
lin deported the Crimean Tartars en
masse to Central Asia in 1944. He spent
15 years in Soviet prison camps. He
helped to lead his people home to Cri-
mea inthe last days of the Soviet Union
and has beentheir figurehead through-
out Ukraines 23years of independence.
Before the sham referendum on Cri-
mean statehood that led within days to
annexation, President Putin sum-
moned Mr Dzhemilev to Moscow for a
private conversation in which he railed
against the fascists in Kiev and tried
to persuade him to back the referen-
dum. The Crimean Tartars were of-
fered official language status, guaran-
teed political representation and solu-
tions to social problems that date from
their mass deportation.
Mr Dzhemilev refused but Mr Putin
told him that he would be available in
Moscow 24 hours a day if ever he
neededtotalktohimagain. OnApril 19,
Mr Dzhemilev was presented with an
unsigned, unstamped note at the
Crimean border banning him from
entry to Russia, and therefore Crimea,
until 2019. He was subsequently turned
back twice when he tried to test it, at an
airport inMoscowand on the land bor-
der with Crimea on May 3 when 3,000
Crimean Tartars came to meet him.
Now he lives in a small flat on the
eighth floor of a patchily lit Soviet
tower blockinKiev, surroundedbyash-
trays andpiles of paper andhundreds of
miles fromhis family. His sonis serving
a murder sentence in prison in Crimea
the family insists that he shot his
close friend accidentally and the case
was then manipulated to put pressure
onMr Dzhemilev. Just afewweeks ago
an intermediary fromPutin came from
Moscow and said that Putin wants to
meet youagain, Mr Dzhemilevsaid. If
he comes to terms with you then you
will have free entry to Crimea and as
soonas youleave Putins office your son
will be back home.
He repliedthat Russia was a hostage-
taking disgusting country andthat he
would not negotiate with terrorists.
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Mustafa Dzhemilev spent 15 years in jail and led his people home from Asian exile
Peninsulars Tartars
fear being wiped out
after Kremlin-backed
crackdown, Ben Hoyle
in Moscow writes
Russia pays the price
6The annexation of Crimea will cost
Russia at least 9.9 billion in aid,
government operations and
infrastructure development by 2020
61.2 billion will be spent to Crimea
to the Russian power grid
6A bridge across the Kerch Strait
from Russia will cost 4.2 billion
6Moscow plans to invest
540million to aid tourism
6Boosting state salaries to match
those in mainland Russia will cost
more than 610 million
6Moscow will also cover the annual
budget deficit of 910 million,
previously met by Kiev
6To pay this, 4.4 billion of Russian
pension funds have been raided and
workers have been asked to donate
pay. Projects have been cancelled
World
Haute cuisine? Airline food at home
Its an idea thats only just taking off,
but airline meals are now available
for home delivery for those whowant
to re-create the in-flight dining expe-
rience in their living rooms.
The Air Food One service uses
meals fromLufthansas business class
menu though hot towels are not
included.
This weeks offerings on the pilot
scheme in western Germany
included main courses of Arabic-
style seafood and, for vegetarians,
Italian-style pasties stuffed with por-
cini mushrooms. The company be-
hind the venture, Allyouneed.com,
Germanys largest online super-
market service, has given the project
two months to see how it goes.
We have got lots of clients who
called us saying that they did not
want to cook but did not want conve-
nience foodor just a selectionof fresh
ingredients, was there anything in
between? said Max Thinius, a
spokesman for Allyouneed.com,
which is run by DHL, a branch of the
giant German logistics firm Deut-
sche Post.
We found out that LSGSky Chefs
fromLufthansahaveawaytoprepare
freshfoodwhichjust has tobeheated.
So we deliver it and it just has to be
heatedinthe oven, he said. Mr Thin-
ius insisted that the meals were not
leftovers from Lufthansa flights and
that were all created especially for
the home delivery business.
Customers cansignupfor aregular
delivery every Wednesday at 9.99
for a meat or fish meal, and 8.99 for
the vegetarian option. They range
from pensioners to young families,
the company said. Naturally there
are also high-flyers who do not have
the time to cook for themselves.
Some clients tried to give their
Frequent Flyer number when they
ordered, said Mr Thinius. Maybe
they thinkthey are getting a discount
but I amsorry, this time they do not.
Germany
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38 Food + Drink
Six great brunches Corn fritters,
From banana bread with raspberry labneh
to slow-braised beans with ham hock, the
chef Shelagh Ryan shares her favourite
recipes for lazy weekend brunches
Verjuice
poached fruit
Serves 6
Ingredients
500ml verjuice (or 500ml apple juice
mixed with the freshly squeezed juice of
1 lemon)
vanilla pod, sliced lengthways
A pinch of saffron
1 cinnamon stick
250g caster sugar
Freshly squeezed juice of orange, plus
the skin
750g (about 5 medium) peeled, cored
and quartered pears
300g (about 2 medium) peeled, cored
and quartered green apples
100g (about 4) stoned and quartered
plums
250g rhubarb, trimmed and cut into
4cm pieces
To serve
150g blueberries
Greek yoghurt
Method
1 Pour 750ml of water with the verjuice
(or substitute) into a heavy-bottomed
saucepan or pot set over a medium-high
heat. Add the vanilla pod, including the
seeds scraped out with the back of a
sharp knife, the saffron, cinnamon and
sugar. Squeeze the juice from the
orange half into the pan and put the
squeezed skin in too. Bring the liquid to
the boil, then reduce the heat and
simmer for 15 min.
2 Add the quartered pears to the
simmering poaching liquor, cover
the surface with a circle of baking
parchment to keep the fruit submerged
and cook for about 15 min. The pears
should be tender and still hold their
shape. Remove the fruit from the pan
and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
Repeat with the other fruits, poaching
each separately for the following times:
the apples for 8-10 min, the plums for
5 min and the rhubarb for 3 min.
3 When all the fruit is cooked, increase
the heat and simmer the liquor for a
further 5 min to reduce it to a syrup.
Remove the pan from the heat and
let the syrup cool completely before
pouring it over the poached fruit.
4 Remove and discard the cinnamon
stick, vanilla pod and orange skin if you
like, but I like to keep them in for
decoration.
5 Add the blueberries just before
serving they add a nice little burst of
freshness and serve the fruit in bowls
with some syrup drizzled over and a
dollop of Greek yoghurt on each.
Slow-braised beans
with ham hock
Serves 68
Ingredients
500g dried cannellini beans,
soaked overnight
1 tsp fennel seeds
2kg ham hock
1 red pepper
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, finely grated
2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
1 tsp dried chilli flakes
1 tsp sweet smoked paprika
500ml vegetable stock
75ml black treacle
50g tomato pure
500ml Worcestershire sauce
2 bay leaves
1 star anise
1 tsp English mustard powder
A sprig of rosemary, roughly chopped
Sea salt and freshly ground black
pepper
A baking sheet lined with foil
Method
1 Soak the dried cannellini beans in
water overnight, then rinse and discard
the water.
2 Place the soaked beans, fennel seeds
and ham hock in a large saucepan or
pot and cover with cold water. Set over
a medium-high heat and bring to the
boil. Reduce the heat and simmer gently
for about 45 min until just soft. Drain,
discard the water and reserve the
beans, seeds and ham hock. Cover and
set aside.
3 Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6.
4 Place the pepper on the prepared
baking sheet and place in the preheated
oven for 20 min. Turn and roast for
another 20 min, until the skin is
blackened in most parts and the pepper
collapses. Remove from oven and
reduce the heat to 140C/Gas 1. Put the
pepper in a bowl, cover with clingfilm
and set aside for 10 min. Once the
pepper is cool enough to handle,
remove the skin, core and seeds, then
dice the flesh.
5 Heat the olive oil in a frying pan set
over a medium heat and sweat the
onion until soft. Add the garlic and
continue to cook for 1 min before
transferring to a large, shallow,
ovenproof casserole dish.
6 Add the drained, cooked beans and
seeds, the chopped tomatoes, roasted
pepper, dried chilli flakes, paprika,
vegetable stock, black treacle, tomato
pure, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves,
star anise, mustard powder and
rosemary. Gently mix together.
7 Nestle the ham hock into the beans,
cover with foil and cook in the still-warm
oven for 3 hours. After this time, remove
the foil and cook for another 1-2 hours,
until the ham hock is cooked (the meat
is cooked when it is easy to pull away
from the bone).
8 Remove the dish from the oven and
transfer the ham hock to a large plate to
cool slightly. When it is cool enough to
handle, cut off the skin and fat and
discard. Shred the meat then return it
to the casserole dish with the beans.
Stir well, season with salt and pepper
and serve.
Variation For a vegetarian version of
these slow-braised beans, omit the ham
hock and reduce the final cooking
stage, after you have removed the foil
and returned the casserole dish to the
oven, to 30 min.
Sauted mixed
mushrooms with
lemon herbed feta
Serves 2
Ingredients
60g feta
tsp grated lemon zest
1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
2 sprigs of thyme, roughly chopped
2 tsp olive oil, plus 1 tbsp for frying
30g butter
400g mixed mushrooms (chestnut, flat,
button, oyster), thickly sliced
1 garlic clove, crushed
pepper
60g spinach
4 slices sourdough bread
Method
1 Begin by making the herbed feta.
Crumble the feta into a small mixing
bowl. Add the lemon zest, parsley,
thyme and 2 tsp of olive oil. Mash
gently with a fork to combine and
set aside.
2 To saut the mushrooms, melt the
butter and remaining 1 tbsp of olive oil
in a frying pan set over a high heat.
Get the pan really hot without burning
the butter before adding the
mushrooms and garlic. Toss in the pan
for a few minutes to coat the
mushrooms, until they start to brown
and crisp at the edges. Add a couple of
good pinches of salt and freshly ground
black pepper and allow the liquid in the
mushrooms to evaporate, tossing the
pan from time to time.
3 Add the spinach, stir through and
remove the pan from the heat as it just
starts to wilt. It will continue to cook
from the heat of the mushrooms.
4 Toast the bread and pile each slice
generously with the mushrooms and
spinach. Crumble the herbed feta on top
and serve.
Baked eggs with
chorizo and
mushrooms
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 eggs
pepper, to season
Turkish bread, to serve
For the chorizo sauce
1 tbsp olive oil
1 small red onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
120g chorizo sausage, cut into
cm slices
400g can plum tomatoes
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp soft brown sugar
tsp chilli flakes
star anise
5cm strip orange rind, pith removed
12 basil leaves, roughly torn
For the baked mushrooms
15g butter, plus extra for greasing
1 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, finely sliced
Sauted mixed mushrooms
with lemon herbed feta
Corn fritters with
roast tomatoes
Verjuice poached fruit
Food + Drink 39
baked eggs and banana bread
Banana bread with
raspberry labneh
2 fine mesh sieves, 1 lined with several
layers of muslin
Method
2 Beat the butter and caster sugar
together in a large mixing bowl until
light, fluffy and a pale cream colour.
Gradually beat in the eggs, one at a
time, before adding the vanilla extract.
3 In a separate bowl, sift together the
flour and baking powder.
4 Fold the mashed bananas into the wet
mixture a little at a time, alternating with
the flour mixture so the mixture doesnt
split. Transfer the batter to the prepared
loaf pan, then bake for 20 min.
5 Reduce the oven temperature to
160C/Gas 3 and cook for a further 40-45
min until golden brown, firm to the
touch and a skewer inserted into the
middle comes out clean. Set aside to
cool in the pan for 5 min then turn out
on to a wire rack to cool completely.
6 To make the raspberry labneh, place
50g raspberries in a small pan with the
sugar and 100ml water. Simmer over a
gentle heat until it reduces by one third.
7 Remove from the heat and strain
through the unlined sieve set over a
mixing bowl. Discard the raspberry pulp,
cover the syrup and set aside to cool.
8 Mix the yoghurt, cooled raspberry
syrup, vanilla and remaining raspberries.
Pour this into the lined sieve set over a
mixing bowl. Draw the cloth together,
twist the gathered cloth to form a tight
ball and tie the ends with kitchen string.
Suspend the wrapped labneh over the
bowl in the fridge for 1224 hours.
Discard the drained water and serve the
labneh with slices of banana bread.
Makes 8 slices and serves 4
Ingredients
125g unsalted butter, softened
250g caster sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
250g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
4 very ripe bananas, mashed
For the raspberry labneh
150g fresh or frozen raspberries
100g caster sugar
500g Greek yoghurt
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
A 900g loaf pan, greased and lined with
baking parchment
Corn fritters with
roast tomatoes and
smashed avocados
5 In a large, clean, dry mixing bowl,
lightly whisk the eggs. Add in the flour,
grated parmesan, buttermilk, paprika,
cayenne pepper, tsp of salt, a pinch of
pepper and chopped coriander. Stir in
the squeezed courgette and corn
kernels, ensuring the vegetables are
evenly coated in batter.
6 Add enough sunflower oil to thinly
cover the bottom of a heavy-bottomed
frying pan and heat. Ladle generous
spoonfuls of batter into the pan and
cook for about 4 min on each side, until
golden brown. Transfer to a clean
baking sheet and put in the still-warm
oven for 4-5 min to ensure they are
cooked through. Cook the remaining
batter in the same way, adding a little
more oil to the pan each time, if
required.
7 Just before serving, roughly mash the
avocados with a fork, leaving them fairly
chunky. Stir in the lime juice and zest,
onion and hot sauce. Season generously
with salt and serve with the fritters,
roast tomatoes, a handful of fresh
spinach and a dollop of crme frache.
Serves 6
Ingredients
150g (about 1 medium) grated courgette
400g cherry vine tomatoes
Olive oil, to drizzle
pepper
4 eggs
180g self-raising flour
50g parmesan, grated
100ml buttermilk
1 tsp paprika
tsp cayenne pepper
1 tbsp chopped coriander
Fresh corn kernels cut from 2-3 cobs
Sunflower oil, for frying
For the smashed avocados
3 avocados
Freshly squeezed juice of 2 limes and
the grated zest of 1
red onion, finely diced
1 tsp hot sauce
To serve
Fresh spinach
Crme frache
Method
1 Put the grated courgette into a
colander set over a large mixing bowl.
Sprinkle with tsp of salt and leave for
30 min to 1 hour so it releases its
moisture. Squeeze the grated courgette
with your hands to get rid of as much
moisture as possible and set aside.
2 For the roast tomatoes, preheat the
oven to 180C/Gas 4. Place the tomatoes
on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil
and season with salt and pepper.
3 Roast in the preheated oven for 15-20
min, or until the skins begin to split.
4 Reduce oven temperature to 170C/
Gas 3 and prepare the fritter batter.
Recipes taken from Caf Kitchen by
Shelagh Ryan, out now (Ryland Peters
and Small, 16.99). Buy it for 15.29
from the Times Bookshop on 0845
2712134; thetimes.co.uk/bookshop
4 portobello mushrooms, sliced
For the lemon crme frache
cup crme frache or sour cream
tsp grated lemon zest
tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Method
1 Begin by preparing the chorizo sauce.
Put the oil in a large heavy-bottomed
frying pan set over a low to medium
heat and gently saut the chopped
onion for 7-10 min until soft and
translucent, but not coloured. Add the
sliced garlic and chorizo, and cook until
the chorizo starts to brown and release
its oils. Add 60ml of water and all the
remaining ingredients except the basil.
Season with salt and pepper, turn up the
heat and bring the mixture to the boil.
Immediately reduce the heat and
simmer for 20-30 min, until the sauce is
thick and glossy. Remove from the heat,
discard the star anise and orange rind,
stir in the basil and set aside.
3 To prepare the mushrooms, melt the
butter and olive oil in a frying pan over
a medium heat. Add the garlic and allow
it to cook gently for 2-3 min, then
remove the pan from the heat. Place the
mushrooms on a greased baking sheet
and spoon over the garlic-infused butter.
Cover with foil and bake in the oven for
15-20 min until tender.
4 To make the lemon crme frache,
combine all of the ingredients in a small
mixing bowl, cover and set aside.
5 Return the chorizo sauce to a low heat
and gently reheat. Add the baked
mushrooms to the pan, making sure
they are evenly distributed and half
submerged in the sauce.
6 Make four holes in the sauce with a
wooden spoon and crack in the eggs.
Cover and cook very gently for 15-20
min until the whites are set and the
yolks still a little runny. Sprinkle with
black pepper and serve with Turkish
bread and lemon crme frache.
Slow-braised beans
with ham hock
Baked eggs with chorizo
and mushrooms
Banana bread with
raspberry labneh
KATE WHITAKER
40 saturday review FGM Saturday September 20 2014 | the times
the conversation
It isnt possible to out-think the
authorities, they make the rules
Ai Weiwei has been interrogated, threatened and beaten into a coma. Now, as a father, its time for different tactics,
the dissident Chinese artist tells Leo Lewis as he prepares for a showat BlenheimPalace he is barred fromseeing
T
he greatest oddity of the
street in Beijing where
Ai Weiwei lives now is
how much it looks like
any other street in
Beijing.
The menacing car of
uniformed public security officers is gone,
as is the unmarkedcar of secret police usu-
ally parked a subtle distance away. A
CCTVcamera still observes the front door
of the house, but there is no longer a goon
noting down visitors number plates.
Unusually, Ais interview with The
Times is not interrupted after five
minutes by a phone call warning him
to keep the conversation off politics.
The most threatenedartist onthe plan-
et seems deceptively unthreatened.
The veneer of laissez faire is espe-
cially strange because the Chinese
authorities knowperfectly well that
Ai is preparing two inter-
national shows this month: one
at Alcatraz prison in San
Francisco and the other, per-
haps more jarringly, at Blenheim
Palace in Oxfordshire.
Yet it is not immediatelyclear how
provocative either show will be. My
heart is in the most peaceful place it has
been for a decade, says Ai, unfolding
his arms to nudge a cat away
from the teapot.
Alarmbells ring. Peaceful
is not a word generally asso-
ciated with a man who has
useddecades of art tomount a
Ai Weiwei, right, and his
Circle of Animals/Zodiac
Heads: Gold on show at
Blenheim Palace
out permission and absolutely cannot
leave the country. His passport was taken
from him when he was arrested at Beijing
airport in2011 andhasnever beenreturned.
No explanation has ever been given.
Ais forthcoming show at Blenheim
Palace will, he says, represent a particular-
ly grimmilestone inhis career: he will now
havefailedtoattendmoreof his owninter-
national shows and installations than he
has been allowed to attend.
I am always asked if I will be going to
this show or that, but I cannot say. The
problem with China is that there is no
chance at all that the authorities will ever
act normally and in line with the rules.
That, he adds, is why his art and his
tweeting are undergoing something of a
In China the whole
foundation of
intellectualism
has been lost
sustained and contemptuous assault on
Chinas communist regime. It was certain-
lynot peace that Ai was lookingfor in2007
when he spectacularly dissociated himself
from the Birds Nest Olympic stadium he
had helped design; nor was it what he
sought two years later when he published
a list of the children killed by corruptly
built schools that collapsed in the Wench-
uan earthquake. His provocations and his
art have got himinterrogated, threatened,
beaten into a coma and, in 2011, locked up
for threemonths inadetentionthat stoked
worldwide disgust towards China.
So is this a declaration that the spirit of
angry confrontation is nowdeadened and
the rebellious spark extinguished? Is this
capitulation by Chinas most famous artis-
tic pugilist? Has the police surveillance
stopped because they think Ai has given
up his activism?
Its just time for different tactics, he
says, after long thought. The ideas are ac-
tually coming faster than ever. I just need
to concentrate on maintaining stability,
just like the Chinese government always
says its doing. Mysonis growingup, I have
been put through some very extreme con-
ditions, and China is so unbelievably un-
predictable. I dont think it is possible to
out-think them, because they make all the
rules. But I think that I can use art to show
that I have the better hold on reality.
He explains that, while the visible signs
of Chinas paranoia are gone from his
street, the authorities underlying fear of
Ai and the strain of dissent he represents
burns more intensely than ever. Few
would disagree. Ais notorious ordeal in
2011 was part of a wider round-up of rights
lawyers, activists and bloggers carried out
inthefinal months of HuJintaos presiden-
cy. Under President Xi Jinping, the crack-
down has been even more ferocious, arbi-
trary and sinister. Scores of people, from
81-year-old novelists to respected univers-
ity academics, have been detained or dis-
appeared in a sweep that has come very
close to silencing all public criticismof the
government.
They cannot win. That is not possible
and never will be, says Ai. China has im-
posed a devastating crackdown and the
artists job is tofinda newforumof expres-
sion. Humanity will always win. Informa-
tion will always win. But the work will be
hard. China is living inthe ruins of the past
60 years. The damage fromendlessly cen-
soring and cracking down has been done
and it takes time to build on ruins. The
whole foundation of intellectualism has
been lost, but I think art will find a way
through this.
But, as Ai points out, his home inBeijing
is still verymucha prison. Since his release
from jail three years ago, he has been al-
lowed incrementally more freedoms, but
nothing that amounts to the actual free-
domto which he is legally entitled. He can
travel around Beijing and meet whomever
he likes, but cannot leave the capital with-
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tactical review. Themordancyis still there,
but the preparedness for martyrdom is
gone. I was naive before. I always thought
that I knew what the next step should be,
but now Ive realised that dealing with
China is like looking at two people playing
chess. You see a chessboard, pieces and
everything laid out. If you are good, you
look down and you can see three or four
moves ahead. But I am not ahead, and I
never can be ahead because the game
China is playing isnt chess. Its a game that
uses the familiar pieces, but where all the
rules change all the time.
The physical restrictions that loomover
Ais day-to-day life have made preparation
for the Blenheim Palace show especially
difficult. The show, about whose contents
he is determinedly guarded, involves
about 50 pieces that have been worked in-
to different rooms and locations around
the stately home. Some are photographs
that date from Ais period in New York in
the 1980s, while others have been created
specifically to blend into the sumptuous
environment. He has become a voracious
reader on the history of Blenheim, of the
family and in particular of Winston
Churchill. He has minutely studied photo-
graphs of Britains great wartime prime
minister, searching for some tiny clue
about what hemight havebeenthinkingat
the time the pictures were taken. Ai finds
himself unable todiscernverymuch, but is
convinced that his exhibition and its inva-
sion of such a proud aristocratic strong-
hold is a naughty act. Alcatraz, he says, is
probably more his kind of place.
The pieces, he says, exploit the topogra-
phy and history of Blenheims most fam-
ous rooms: in one case, a famous 47-metre
carpet has been replaced with a version
produced in China and carrying a
message of Ais own ingenuity. It is a
show, he says, about testing intellectual
themes in an environment whose back-
ground is alien to Ais life and to China.
The problems, he says, do not arise from
preparing a show without visiting the
place in question he is, grudgingly,
growing used to that. The challenge, as he
sees it, is tosmugglethepolitics intotheart
in a way that catches both the audience
and Beijing off-guard.
It is suchacomplexthingtodo, because
of the situation that China has got itself
into. The censorship and the arrests and
everything are really just part of a system
The jolliness of the image instantly melts
away. Inspected more closely, the gold
arc around the figures head does not
comprise the usual rays of light, but a
deeply sinister corona of CCTV cameras
trained on the artist. It is a viscerally
shocking self-portrait.
Because they have been doing this for
so long, they have reached a point where
they cannot stop seeing everything as an
argument that has to be stopped. They see
everythingas political. Shouldthis piece of
land be sold? Should the pollution in the
air be measured? They cannot take the
politics out of everything. So once you say
that you are going to produce art without
politics, that actually becomes a political
act. You are making a statement about
censorship.
Ai turns from his long dining table and
gazes towards the street. He thinks again
about the now departed police who once
stood guard outside his home, monitored
his everymoveandfollowedhimas heam-
bled off for noodles or took his son for a
walk in the park. He recalls how an art
dealer friend was recently packing up
some works for delivery to an exhibition.
One of the private security men hired to
guard the works was hanging around in
thedealers officewaitingfor theloadingto
be finished and was leafing though a cata-
logue in which there was a picture of Ai.
Amazed, he asked the dealer who the
manwas amanwhomhehadshadowed
aroundtheclockfor months onendduring
his previous career as an undercover
policeman.
It was unbelievable but also so believa-
ble, says Ai. This man kept me in sight
every moment he was awake. He event-
ually quit his job because his wife was so
unhappy about the hours that he was
keeping just to watch me all the time. And
through all of that, he had no idea at all
who I was or why he was guarding me. I
guess we are all prisoners.
Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace
(blenheimpalace.com), Oct 1-Dec 14
art of protest Left, iron tree at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park; above, S.A.C.R.E.D., part of a diorama in a series detailing his
2011 arrest; below right, Surveillance Camera, 2010; below, He Xie, 3,200 porcelain crabs to be shown at Blenheim Palace
that cannot tolerate discussion. It controls
the police and an army that it has been us-
ingfor sucha longtime toprovide the state
with the simplest solution: if someone ar-
gues, just put them away, he says, gestur-
ing over to a wall to which a traditional
Chinese paper kite has been attached.
On closer inspection, the large, impos-
ing figure that dominates the kite is not
the traditional, corpulent gateway god
figure that crops up so frequently in Chi-
nese art, but a rendering of Ai himself.
My son is
growing up,
Ive been
through very
extreme
conditions
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER, DAVID BEBBER
visual art
The naked truth: when does art
L
echer or art lover? Pervert
or painter? Dirty old man
or distinguished old
master? Its a contested
terrain.
This summer a painting
of a semi-dressed female
was removed from the annual exhibition
of women artists at the Mall Galleries in
London because it was deemed porno-
graphic. The subjects waistcoat stopped
short of the pubic hair left exposed by a
pair of unbuttoned breeches. And yet eye-
watering prices are paid for works by Jeff
Koons whose larger-than-life images of
himself andhis porn-star wife leave noori-
fice unprobed. Potentially paedophile pic-
tures cause a regular scandal and yet we
stand in rapt admiration before Caravagg-
ios cavorting boys. Be innodoubt, though,
these images were intended to be sexually
provocative. Caravaggios Amor Vincit
Omnia was so impertinently explicit that
the collector who owned it kept it hidden
behind a curtain because it was of such
high quality, he apparently explained.
More than fifty years have passed since
Kenneth Clark offered his famous and
much quoted distinction between the
naked human body and the nude. To be
naked is to be deprived of our clothes, he
wrote. The word implies some of the
embarrassment which we feel in this con-
dition. The nude, on the other hand, is
not the subject of art, but a form of art.
The nude, he suggested, is clothed in
culture. However, in our bare-all-and-be-
done-with-it contemporary world of both
physical and psychological exposure,
nakedness and the erotic fantasies that
follow in its wake reclaims its high cul-
tural territories.
There are two exhibitions in London
this autumnwhichshouldprovoke visitors
to reconsider outmoded paradigms. The
Courtauld is staging The Radical Nude, a
sharply focused show of images by the
Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele.
Meanwhile, deliberately addressing
Clarks famous distinction, the Drawing
Room puts on The Nakeds, an exhibition
which, taking as its starting point selected
works by Schiele, is devoted to drawings
of the body by artists ranging from Andy
Warhol or Franz West through to such
contemporaries as Bruce Nauman, Mar-
lene Dumas, Tracey Emin and Chantal
Joffe.
The Courtauld exhibition, the first
major museum show of Schieles work to
bestagedinthis countryfor some20years,
will certainly be eye-stretching. The artist,
escaping the decorative influences of his
mentor GustavKlimt, managedinacareer
spanningbarelya decade (he diedof Span-
ish flu at the age of 28) to score a fierce
mark on art history with his scandalous
expressions of sexuality anddeath: images
in which Eros and Vanitas entangle with a
vivid clarity and a violently explicit, some-
times almost frantic force.
Masturbation was taboo at the turn of
the century and the threat of turning blind
was the least of it. Until Sigmund Freud
came along, his pioneering studies into
sexuality spreading more tolerant atti-
tudes, doctors would subject patients who
suffered from auto-erotic compulsions to
sometimes brutal physical mutilations.
Andyet Schiele didnot shy fromdepicting
not only himself but also his female mod-
els in states of explicit and often self-stim-
ulated arousal. He was brought up before
judges and, triedona charge of incitement
to debauchery, sent to prison.
Now a changing society has finally
cleared his name. Schieles images, it is
now argued, speak less of voyeuristic titil-
lation than of uncompromising intimacy.
He is admired as an artist who confronts
our human condition with an unflinching
honesty. He has come to be seen as a pur-
veyor of a profound truth.
However, Gemma Blackshaw, the pro-
fessor of art history who has co-curated
the Drawing Room show, challenges this
viewinacatalogueessayfor theCourtauld
exhibition. The essay takes as its main
focus an incriminating portfolio of litho-
graphs done after drawings by Schiele and
owned by the art dealer Karl Grnwald
who, in 1923, was charged for the dissemi-
nation of obscene prints. Grnwald was
eventually acquitted. Even though these
were images inwhichthe artist hadhadno
hand in the making, the pictures were
judged to be artistic rather than porno-
graphic by the court.
Blackshaw thinks differently. In Schie-
les major paintings, destined for public
display, his studies of women needed to
functionas anude, sheargues. Hesuggests
rather than directly depicts the genitalia.
In his graphic works, however, he was
more free. He tested art historical catego-
ries by fully revealing the vulva.
Pornography always flourished in
Vienna, declaredOskar Kokoschka. The
more pornographic, the easier it was to
sell. Schiele, Blackshaw argues, a master
draughtsman but financially skint, radi-
calised his academic tuition in life draw-
ing to produce explicit images of the
female body that quickly found their
Autumn shows at two London galleries including works
by Egon Schiele, Chris Ofili and Tracey Emin will
reignite an age-old debate, says Rachel Campbell-Johnston
An Egon Schiele nude
from 1910; below, David
Austens Figure with
Red Hair, 19.4.2011
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BUDAPEST/AKG; LEOPOLD MUSEUM, VIENNA/MANFRED THUMBERGER
become pornography?
market. The art history professor claims
back Schiele for the side of pornography.
Her arguments could well stir up a bit of
a rumpus, but they shouldnt. We are deal-
ingwithcomplexinterlockingissues of art,
morality and sexuality. As Abigail Solo-
man-Godeau puts it in her exploration of
photography and female subjectivity:
Thebarriers betweenwhat is deemedlicit
and illicit, acceptably seductive or want-
only salacious, aesthetic or prurient, are
never solid because contingent, never
steadfast because they traffic with each
other are indeed dependent upon each
other.
The nude has always possessed a power
to excite the erotic imagination. Sexual
gratification of both the artists them-
selves and the viewers of the work was
fundamental even in the era of old mas-
ters. Leonardo da Vinci considered it a
feather in his cap when the buyer of one of
his madonnas found that the picture
aroused such feelings of lust that he asked
for the religious iconography to be
removed. Think of Cranachs coquettish
Venuses, Bronzinos teasing provocations,
Rubens ripe flesh, Bouchers beribboned
bedroomfantasies: theyall havethepower
to arouse, to disturb, to titillate.
This force runs amok in the modern
world. Manets 1863 Olympia a portrait
of a Parisian prostitute reclining on bed,
staring insolently out of the picture at
viewers who thereby become implicated
as prospective clients opened the flood-
gates. The 20th century is awash with
images that flaunt their ability to excite.
Kandinsky described his canvases as
virgins to be taken. Renoir, when asked
how he painted with hands so crippled by
arthritis, replied with my prick. Picasso,
according to his biographer, John Rich-
ardson, was always apt to associate sex
with art: the procreative act with the crea-
tive act.
In our contemporary world, Freudian
ideas linking sexuality and the uncon-
scious have broken down old taboos. The
nude, stripped of the rules and conven-
tions that once shrouded it, can now
expose the animal as much as the god, the
carnal as well as the spiritual. It can speak
of the quintessentially bifurcated human
condition. It was our westernreligious her-
itage (a sense of sin that finds its founda-
tions in St Augustine) that made us so
nervous of exposure, which taught a
society to be embarrassed by the body.
Now, however, in a widely irreligious era,
sex crops up far more openly. Its visceral
urges are acknowledged as a humantruth.
And where visceral feelings start stir-
ring, thequestionof pornographyraises its
irrepressible head. Pornography is explicit
and represents people as objects, while art
invites us intothe subjectivityof the repre-
sented person and relies on suggestion.
This is one of the most popular ways of
drawing a distinction.
Do the objectifications of pornography
preclude a consideration of aesthetic
value, though? Fiona Banner showed her
Arsewoman in Wonderland for the Turner
Prize exhibition in 2002: a transcript of a
sex movie unscrolling in pink letters
across a massive canvas. He cums in her
face, she moans and rolls over. The spec-
tators discomfort perhaps serves to inten-
sify his reflective responses, to provoke
him to consider more carefully what con-
stitutes art.
Of course, most porn is, artistically
speaking, rubbish. Still, like art it is
intended overwhelmingly to be visual.
Thereis alargeareaof overlapontheVenn
diagram. And we should not fight shy of
reconsidering distinctions, of facing up to
our feelings and directly addressing the
emotions that such debate stirs. Remem-
ber that Velzquezs Rokeby Venus was
considered pornographically exploitative
by the suffragette who once slashed it.
Now we flock to gaze awestruck at the
masterpiece.
Art can provide what feels like a safe
forum for the contemplation of a potent-
ially explosive issue. Duchamp trans-
formed a pubic urinal into an artwork by
displaying it ina gallery. Nowa plethora of
the sort of determinedly explicit images
that might once have been dismissed as
porngraphic (the blow-up dollies cast in
bronze by the Chapmanbrothers, Thomas
Ruffs clips from sex sites, John Currins
Kissers, Steve McQueens nymphomaniac
movie Shame, Emins animated drawing of
herself spread-legged and masturbating),
are claimedas art by virtue, if nothing else,
of the fact that they turn up in museums.
(The flip-side of this was exposed when a
scandal arose involving Tyneside civilian
policestaff suspectedof sellingCCTVpho-
tos of a Spencer Tunick art work involving
1,500 people. Images seen as acceptable
when branded as art became something
disreputable when passed under the table
in pubs). Art allows us safely to venture
into what in the past would have felt like
dangerous places.
It is time for traditional distinctions
betweenart and pornto be ditched. Shows
such as those at the Courtauld and the
Drawing Room reveal a way forward into
complex new philosophical territories.
They re-open a timely debate between
ethics and aesthetics, obscenity and
beauty. And in so doing they can more
fully reveal the complexities of the human
condition. And this, after all, is a funda-
mental purpose of art even if it means
facing up to the fact that porn is a part of
our culture.
The Nakeds is at the Drawing Room,
London SE1 (020 7394 5657), from Thur
to Nov 29; Egon Schiele: the Radical
Nude is at the Courtauld Gallery, WC2
(020 7848 2526), from Oct 23 to Jan 18
Schiele was charged
with incitement
to debauchery and
sent to prison
Art lets us safely
venture into what
would have once felt
like dangerous places
Constable: The Making of a
Master at the V&A
Read Rachel Campbell-Johnstons review at
thetimes.co.uk/visualarts
nothing to hide
Above, Schieles Zwei
Freundinnen; top, a 1910
self-portrait; right,
Standing Nude with
Stockings
Chris Ofilis Untitled (Afronude), 2006 in The Nakeds show at the Drawing Room
film
From brotherhood
to motherhood
A
fter spending the past
seven years with ten aw-
ful but awfully well-bred
young men, Laura Wade
is glad to have some
female company. Wade,
36, is the writer of The
Riot Club, the new film that does for Ox-
ford drinking societies and, by exten-
sion, the top tranches of the Tory party
what a jauntily lobbed brick does for a
stained-glass window. She has also just be-
come a mother: she and her partner, the
actor Samuel West, had a baby girl in May.
Now shes sitting in a suite in a fancy
London hotel for a day of interviews.
Down the lushly carpeted corridor, her
cast whichincludes MaxIrons, Douglas
Booth and Freddie Fox and her Danish
director, Lone Scherfig(AnEducation, One
Day), are doing the same. Although none
of the others are interrupting their mater-
nity leave to do so. Shes four and a half
months, Wade says of her baby, whose
name shed rather not mention (more of
which later). So I am sitting here and
doing sentences, which I think is quite
impressive! she laughs.
Actually, if theres one thing Wade can
really do, its sentences. Her fictional club
was first seen on stage in 2010 in the play
Posh at the Royal Court. There, and in its
updatedWest Endversionin2012, it fizzed
with brilliant one-liners, nailed its ruling-
class roustabouts without falling prey to
upper-class-twit clichs. This, after all, is a
club of ten taken from 20,000 students at
one of the worlds best universities. What-
ever is lacking in their manners, you cant
deny their sharp wits and pop-cultural
awareness. Have you seen the YouTube
video of Etonians doing Gangnam Style?
says Wade with a grin. Hilarious.
The change of title is partly because
posh doesnt meanmuchoutside Britain.
Whatever the name, she has always insist-
ed that her storys Riot Club is not exactly
the Bullingdon Club, the debauched and
destructive all-male drinking society
whose old boys include David Camer-
on, George Osborne and Boris John-
son. And yet with their fancy clobber
and heroic hair, their money and
misogyny and uniquely public-
school airs of entitlement, this mob
come freighted with satirical intent.
In the delectable but lightly plotted
play, most of the action happens at the
annual club dinner. Here, we see the boys
colleges, homes, parents, fast cars andgirl-
friends. Alot of those lovely sentences had
to go. Adaptations can drag, she says.
Film munches story. Something I had to
cultivate as a screenwriter was to be bored
quicker thantheaudience. Thefilmshould
feel like a film, not the film of the play.
Among the new material is a line nam-
ing Eton, St Pauls and Westminster as the
clubs prime breeding grounds. These are
also the schools that Cameron, Johnson,
Osborne and Nick Clegg attended, arent
they? What a coincidence. Wade smiles.
Well, the idea that someone fromWinch-
ester would not be quite posh enough
makes thepoint that this is reallytheupper
upper upper echelons of society.
Wade comes from a middle-class back-
ground in Sheffield. Her first encounter
with the super-posh was at university in
Bristol, known when I went there as the
place for Oxbridge rejects. Her drama
course was not, she says, as poshas all that.
But I was aware that there were lots of
people in gilets, looking like they had just
stepped off the back of a horse. When she
arrived, her first play had already been put
on: Limbo was produced at the Crucible in
Sheffield in 1996 when she was only 18.
That was an amazing experience, she
says, but shes glad it happened outside
London. So I didnt get too much, Ooh,
look at this prodigy kind of attention.
It wasnt until 2005, when she had two
plays performed in quick succession in
London (Colder than Here and Breathing
Corpses) that she felt she had found her
voice. Posh, which she started work on a
couple of years later after researching the
topic with her director, Lyndsey Turner,
After her hit satire Posh, Laura Wade tells
Dominic Maxwell shes left the toffs behind
At university
there were
lots of people
who looked
like they had
just stepped
off the back
of a horse
leading couple
Laura Wade with her
husband Sam West;
below, Lone Scherfig,
director of The Riot
Club, bottom
DAVE BENETT/GETTY IMAGES
was her attempt to write something bigger
and better. And shes been writing these
funny little boys, off and on, ever since.
West appears in The Riot Club as an Ox-
ford tutor. Not long after filming wrapped,
last summer, they were expecting their
daughter. She joins theatrical aristocracy
Samuels parents are TimothyWest and
Prunella Scales. They call it the family
business but she would rather their
daughter wasnt any kind of public figure
until she had some choice in the matter.
We would both be delighted if she turned
out to be a physicist or a mathematician. I
just hope its something that engages her
curiosity and that she has a curiosity for
the world. She should have inherited that.
She might well have inherited a talent
for sentences, too. Ive spoken to Samuel
West, I tell Wade, and hes dauntingly
articulate. Yes, terrifying! He speaks in
paragraphs for interviews, I say, but per-
haps he doesnt do it off-duty. No, its
amazing, even at breakfast. Imarticu-
late on paper and hes articulate in
speech. So it works well. It just takes
me a long time to respond when we
have a fight: Come back to me in
three months, Ill have written a
monologue on it . . .
They met in Sheffield seven years
ago, while West was running the Cruci-
ble and Wade was trying to write a play for
it. The play didnt happen, but a relation-
ship did. Now they live in London, and
plan to share the childcare when Wade
goes back to her desk in November. Its
four years since Posh first appeared, but
there is nothing finished in her drawer.
Im getting slower. Im aware of friends
and colleagues who seem to turn some-
thing out every six months. I find writing a
play like getting blood from a stone. She
has, however, startedanadaptationof Sar-
ah Waters novel Tipping the Velvet for the
Lyric Hammersmith,
while her first new play
of her ownis acommis-
sion for the National.
And this time, she says
happily, there are no
posh boys in it at all.
The Riot Club is on
general release now
books
A saga of gentility and insanity
writing as therapy
Tennessee Williams in
Florida; below Marlon
Brando and Vivien Leigh
in the 1951 film of A
Streetcar Named Desire;
top right, a pre-lobotomy
Rose Williams
An abusive father,
a paranoid mother
and a self-pitying
temperament.
Little wonder
Tennessee Williams
turned to writing,
says Roger Lewis
S
uch was the operatic pitch of his
hypochondria (thrombosed hae-
morrhoids was one suspected
complaint) and gay self-pity (All
hell is descended on me, retribu-
tion for all my misdoings), I wonder if
Tennessee Williams was in fact related to
Kenneth Williams? Both men were slight
of built and acerbic. In conversation they
veered between the coarse and the
poetically gilded. They were fond of the
company of dragon-queens Tallulah
Bankhead and Bette Davis in Tennessees
case, Joan Sims and Fenella Fielding in
Kenneths. Both men died of overdoses,
seeing their lives as adding up to nothing
more than a fairytale of decline.
John Lahr, a drama critic for The New
Yorker, doesnt make these fascinating
links, despite the vastness of his text. In-
stead he outlines a traditionally gothic
Deep South saga of gentility and insanity,
concerning a playwright whose work was
entirely and pitilessly autobiographical.
Born in 1911, Tennessee Williams grew up
inahauntedhousehold. His grandfather,
the RevWalter Dakin, was blackmailedfor
an encounter with a boy. Cornelius
Williams, his father, was a shoe salesman
who drank, smoked, danced and had his
ear bitten off during a game of poker.
Threatening and abusive, Cornelius called
his intimidated son Miss Nancy.
Meanwhile, Williamss mother, Edwina,
who lived to be 95, dying in 1980, was the
craziest of the lot. Wanting to be a social
butterfly and refusing to cook and sew
servants were meant to do all that she
was cold and prudish, with a horror of the
subject of sex and any human contact.
She didnt react well to anything physi-
cal, says Lahr. There was no tactile
expression of maternal attention. Quite
how she conceived and had children well
never know.
Edwinas primparanoia was a recipe for
madness. Rose, Williamss sister, was
made to undergo a prefrontal lobotomy in
1943, because of her alleged delusions of
sexual immorality about gentlemancall-
ers. She also endured 65 sessions of
electroconvulsive therapy.
Williams returned to this harrowing
and evil episode in play after play. In
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), the movie
adaptationof his play, Katharine Hepburn
wants Montgomery Clift to operate on
Elizabeth Taylor, an enforcement of
radical innocence through the surgical
removal of the part of the brain that re-
members. Blanche, too, at the end of A
Streetcar NamedDesire (1947), is ledaway
to the asylum for
saying she has been raped: Cut the
hideous story out of her brain!
No wonder Williams wanted to be a
writer, tomakesenseof all this: Nowis the
time for unexpected things, he promised
himself, sharpening his pencils, for mira-
cles, for wild adventures. But though fate
had given him rich Hammer Horror
material, it had also already completely
warped him, making him incapable of
happiness and unable to form or judge
relationships: I love anyone wholikes me,
even if I know it may be an illusion.
Lahr assures us that Williams didnt
masturbate until he was 26 and he was al-
ways a timid homosexual, beaten up by
sailors, who would take his cash and break
his typewriter. I screamed like a banshee
and couldnt sit down for a week, he said
of his very first experience of yielding to a
threatening force. Williams searched all
his lifefor theequivalent of Blanches nem-
esis, Stanley Kowalski, as personified by
Marlon Brando, who on stage and screen
was a beautiful brooding specimen.
Williams was a Broadway hit by 1945,
with The Glass Menagerie. As with all his
plays that were to follow, here was his
family life on the stage: the fragile bour-
geois comfort, a piano in the parlour,
membership of the country club. A sort of
rotting gentility, sustained by romantic
illusions, wheresecrets andtheunsayable
suffuseddaily life witha sense of masquer-
ade, as Lahr explains.
Audiences and critics applauded Willi-
ams corrosive vision. Soon he was receiv-
ing $1,000 a week in royalties, and he was
never to be short of loot. In 1981, for exam-
ple, he was able to brush aside without
qualman offer of $750,000 for the remake
rights to A Streetcar Named Desire, which
would have starred Sylvester Stallone,
though presumably not as Blanche. Today
Williamss sister was
given a lobotomy
for delusions of
sexual immorality
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Williamss estate earns $1.4 million annu-
ally and he always paid for his sister Roses
institutional care, which amounted to a
staggering $300,000 a year. Rose re-
mained in a zombified condition until her
death in 1996, aged 86.
But money was a disaster, really. Willi-
ams, who always felt I bore people and
that Im too ugly, drank too much, trav-
elled erratically, arriving in Europe only to
turnbackimmediately andbeganpopping
pills. I had gottenso bad, he confessed, I
dont dare turn down a street unless I can
sight a bar. He took fistfuls of barbiturates
and amphetamines, which caused wild
mood swings, hyperactivity and impaired
judgment. Williams was never without a
large supply of syringes and ampoules.
Once he had exploited his blighted
backgroundandupbringinginhis plays, he
had no subject left, save a history of his
own emptiness and the spiritual attrition
of fame as exemplified by Sweet Bird of
Youth (1959) or Boom! (1968), the filmwith
the Burtons. By the Sixties, his career now
characterised by a long series of flops and
unproduced scripts, Williams, fragile,
drugged, paranoid, had become, in the
gleeful words of Truman Capote, a
chunky, paunchy, booze-puffed runt.
Reading this marvellous, huge, almost
out-of-control biography, which would be
immeasurably improved if cut by two-
thirds, Williamss final act is inevitable. I
cant write, he said in 1983, and if I cant
write, I dont wish to live. He shut himself
away in a roomin a cheap NewYork hotel
and his body was found a week later, the
bedclothes scattered with tablets. The
autopsyshowedthat his inner organs were
saturated withsecobarbital. Reports that
hedaccidentallychokedtodeathonabot-
tle-top were false. Against Williamss
express wishes, he was buried next to his
despised mother in St Louis.
H
enry (n Heinz) AlfredKissing-
er, born to a German-Jewish
family in Bavaria who fled the
Nazis and came to America in
1938, has for the past half
century exercised more influence over the
theory and practice of foreign policy than
anyone else in the western world. Yet, un-
like one of his heroes, the 19th-century
Prince Metternich, foreign minister of the
Austro-Hungarian empire for almost half
a century, he held office as US secretary of
state and national security adviser for a
mere eight years.
It is testimonytohis achievements under
Presidents NixonandFordandtothe clari-
tyof his thinkingabundantlyinevidence
inthis admirablebookthat, sinceleaving
office, Kissinger has been in constant de-
mandas anadviser, including informally to
several US presidents. I remember in 2002
asenior StateDepartment official furiously
scribblingdownwhat I hadheardKissinger
say about toppling Saddam Hussein.
In the Foreign Office of the 1970s he was
known as the wizard of the western
world. We watched bedazzled as he re-
laxed Cold War tensions with the Soviet
Union; started a thaw in relations with
Maos China; negotiated a ceasefire with
Hanoi enabling the withdrawal of US
troops fromVietnam; was onthe1972cover
of Time magazine as its man of the year
with Richard Nixon; received the Nobel
nonfiction
A sage in the
age of disorder
At 91, Henry Kissinger
is still in demand for
his shrewd advice, says
Christopher Meyer
peace prize the following year; andwas fre-
quently seen with beautiful women on his
arm, thus putting flesh on his aphorism
that power was the ultimate aphrodisiac.
The British foreign secretaries of the
time JimCallaghan and Tony Crosland
got on with himpretty well. Crosland, a
lover of football, discovered that Kissinger
shared his passion. When they first met in
Britain, Crosland eschewed the more
glamorous London clubs and took him to
see Grimsby Town, his constituency team.
Kissinger has been a prolific writer. His
books fall into two categories: memoirs and
accounts of episodes from his career as
helmsman of American diplomacy; and
those where he stands back and draws les-
sons fromthe sweepof history. World Order
falls into the latter. As such it follows A
World Restored (1957) and the magisterial
Diplomacy(1994). TheForeignOfficewould
do well to read it from beginning to end.
Common themes run through all his
work. Oneis abelief inrealpolitik, that is to
say, the conduct of international relations
on the basis of pragmatism, not ideology.
Kissinger is, in the jargon of political
science(let us not forget that hestartedout
as an academic), the doyen of the realist
school of USforeignpolicy, lockedinMan-
ichean struggle with the school of ideal-
ists and their values-based diplomacy.
This has left Kissinger vulnerable to the
charge of amoral cynicism. Tom Lehrer,
the troubadour-satirist, said that when
Kissinger won the Nobel prize, satire died.
Kissinger is sensitive to the charge and at
various points in World Order stresses that
a sound foreign policy cannot be values-
free: the sharp distinction drawn between
realism and idealism rejects the experi-
ence of history. Idealists do not have a
monopoly on moral values; realists must
recognisethat ideals arealsopart of reality.
World Order reviews in sweeping style
the forces that over the centuries have
governed four great regions of the world:
Europe, the Middle East, East Asia andthe
US. Kissinger devotes by far the greatest
attention to America and Europe: the
former, because he believes that America,
wisely led, still has the power to shape the
world for the betterment of mankind;
Europe, because it is the cradle of the
nation state and of Kissingers organising
principle of power andlegitimacy. Order
relies on a stable balance of power
between states, held in place by the recip-
rocal acceptance of legitimacy and sover-
eignty. Getting the balance right between
power and legitimacy is, Kissinger says,
the essence of statesmanship.
Kissinger finds the apogee of this states-
manshipintheCongress of Viennaof 1814-
15, which met to rebuild Europe after the
Napoleonic wars. Thanks tothe skill of the
BritishandAustro-Hungarianrepresenta-
tives, Viscount Castlereagh and Metter-
nich, a new dispensation, marked by a
proper balance between power and
legitimacy, was put in place that enabled
European states to avoid a general war for
almost 100 years. The lessons to be learnt
from the Congress of Vienna have been a
lifelong leitmotif of Kissingers thinking.
In the final chapters Kissinger often
sounds moreidealist thanarch-realist. Since
the Second World War Americas calling
its exceptionalism has been to uphold
an inexorably expanding co-operative or-
der of states . . . embracing liberal economic
systems . . . respecting national sovereignty,
and adopting . . . democratic governance.
But today this is a model under challenge as
never before from Putins revanchism,
Islamic jihadisms contempt for the nation
state, dangerous national rivalries in East
Asia and a world of economic globalisation
incollisionwitharesurgenceof nationalism.
To counter this age of disorder will call,
Kissinger says, for the highest standards of
American statesmanship. His fear is that
the global order mayfragment intofour re-
gional centres of power and that there will
beanimperfect balanceof power andlegit-
imacy not only between these regions but
between the parts of each. It is a pessimis-
tic, Hobbesianvisionof thefuture, inwhich
violencewill playaroleuntil newandmore
stable balances of power are established.
Kissinger sets out a number of questions
that the US must ask itself to define its
national interest incrises abroad, especial-
ly before embarking on military interven-
tion. Topessimism, one must adda slightly
elegiac feel to this book. Perhaps this is
because, at 91, Kissinger knows that he will
not be around for much longer to help
America find the right answers.
Sir Christopher Meyer is a former
ambassador to the US
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Toryism for beginners
R
oger Scruton is a disgrace to
Britain, inthe sense that the por-
trayal in the media or in much of
academia of this brilliant man as
a whacky professor or far-right
scarecrow doesnt say much for the coun-
trys intellectual life.
Anyone unfamiliar with his limpid mind
can catch up quickly in his short newbook,
a compendium of earlier themes, which
includes a reminder of his background. His
father was a Labour man and trade union-
ist, but the Thatcherism of his grammar-
schooled son was no predictable revolt.
Scruton cared greatly for Jack, a man with
a profound instinct for local history, the
environment and civic ways. In this sense
his father embodied the law that everyone
is right-wing on things he knows about.
For readers wary of tackling a work by a
self-confessed conservative thinker, the
task is made easier by chapters acknowl-
edging the merits of things he disapproves
of, such as socialism, the big state, interna-
tionalism and multiculturalism. The sup-
posed Little Englander is alert to the dan-
gers of nationalism, dangerous in the way
all ideologies become when they occupy
the space vacated by religion. And Scruton
the churchman believes firmly in secular
law, and has a horror of theocratic govern-
ment: WhenGodmakes the laws, the laws
become as mysterious as God. At the same
timeheopposes thedisestablishment of the
Church of England, for him an inoffensive
reminder of our history and where we have
come from. The case for no change is elo-
quently put.
The truths he sees in socialism concern
our mutual dependence, thoughhis faithin
governments to redistribute to the needy is
severely limited. Yet he is undogmatic
about functions of the state, admitting for
example that it needs a cultural policy.
Theroleof thestateis, or ought tobe, both
less thanthe socialists recognise andmore
than the classical liberals permit.
True conservatism, Scruton appears
increasingly to believe, should be wary of
theimpact of unrestrainedmarket forces on
ourdailylives, andisall forputtingtheoikos
[home] backintothe oikonomia [economy].
All revolutions, market-orientated includ-
ed, riskdestroyingoursocial capital, andthis
Thatcherite is happy to denounce the envi-
ronmental depredations of big business.
Mass immigration troubles him for cul-
tural reasons. Tothe argument that says we
must adjust our customs to make new-
comers feel at home, he objects that it is our
traditionalist and yet open society, built up
over centuries, that has shown itself able to
assimilate others. A multiculturalism that
encourages incomers to pursue their way
of life while we sacrifice our owncanonly
lead to mutual isolation.
Strictures on the EUs sly dictator-
ship are timely, when the entertainingly
entitled Baroness Ashton, High Repre-
sentative of the Union for Foreign Affairs
and Security Policy, has been replaced
through some sordid deal by an Italian la-
dy of equal lack of distinction. Little won-
der Scruton speaks of the civic alienation
of peoples [of the EU].
It is onculture andeducationthat you
begin to sense something missing. Ah
yes here is a book about conserva-
tism in which the name Cameron is
never mentioned. He laments the sacri-
fice of social mobility on the altar of
egalitarian gods and defends private
schools, but what of the cultural conse-
quences of the great divide, and of the
effortless rise of the entitled classes?
How can our incisive social critic fail to
note that we nowhave an expensively edu-
cated prime minister whose only pre-
political employment was as a well-paid
purveyor of trashTVtotheunder-schooled
masses? And what did the scholarship boy
think when David Cameron appointed the
similarly well-born Peter Bazalgette, of Big
Brother fame and fortune, as chairman of
the Arts Council, after knighting him for
services that go against everything that
Scrutonholds dear? Apage or twoinstruct-
ing Cameron a man with little time for
grammar schools and who must think the
author too clever by three-quarters and a
frightful boreonhowtobeagoodcultur-
al conservative could have been a lively ad-
dition to the book.
In another chapter Scruton celebrates
everything from art and public festivals to
friendship, conversation and laughter. He
has funwiththe Higher Silliness of the Ox-
ford don John Carey, who affects to believe
that reality TV is as good as Shakespeare.
Culture is full of jokes, Scruton responds
deadpan, but no one would pretend there is
nodifferencebetweenabadandagoodone.
For all its misgivings about the future the
book remains good-humoured. In fact the
authors stubborn affection for a country
that caricatures, underrates or ignores him
is one of the remarkable things about it.
George Walden
outfoxing opponents
Roger Scruton is unfairly
caricatured in much of
the media
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C
ustomers entering a particular
Londoncoffee house inthe 1670s
weregreetedbyasquawkingpar-
rot. Whats the news? it shrilly
demanded of every new entry.
Well might it have imbibed that phrase.
The political dissention that punctuated
the 17th century was bubbling up again.
Everybody needed news, Peter Ackroyd
writes of this time. Everybody wanted
news. News was known as hot. It was a
society of conversationsothat rumour and
gossip passed quickly through the streets.
The coffee house came to London in
1660, the year Charles II was restored to
the throne. It was not a development uni-
versally welcomed; as one City official
moaned, these sober clubs produce noth-
ing but scandalous and censorious dis-
courses, and at these nobody is spared.
The word sober is the most important in
that harrumphing sentence. Caffeine-
fuelled discussion was more intoxicating
than the befuddling, mind-numbing
effects of sack fortified white wine or
claret, at araucous taverngathering. It was
littlewonder thegovernment triedtoclose
coffee houses down and, when it failed,
employed spies to infiltrate them.
The coffee house took discussion from
the heated atmosphere of the church or
conventicleandhelpedshapeanewpublic
discoursethat favouredreasonandcivility.
Throughout Ackroyds account of 17th-
centuryEngland, wefollowthebuilding-up
of this public voice. At the beginning of the
period, St Pauls Cathedral provided a key
mart for political rumour and gossip
exchanged by courtiers, merchants and
politicians, inlowvoices, as they walkedup
Arguing over a
cup of coffee
Ben Wilson savours
Peter Ackroyds
account of turbulent
17th-century England
anddowntheaisle. Thenavewas knownas
the ears brothel and it was filled with
what one contemporary called a strange
humming or buzz mixed of walking
tongues and feet.
Rumour and gossip, radical opinions
and daring ideas carried and hawked
around the countrys marketplaces and
taverns bynewsmongers, satirists, itiner-
ant booksellers, roving balladeers and
religious enthusiasts, raised the tempera-
ture in the fraught decades that preceded
the Civil War.
In 1640, some 900 pamphlets issued
forth from the presses; two years later, as
England descended into violence, 4,000
flooded the country, passed from hand to
hand. The mixture of information and
opinion, Ackroyd writes, was com-
pounded by plays, processions, ballads,
playing cards, graffiti, petitions and
prints. As important in disseminating
news and generating conversation were
thunderous sermons from the pulpit.
Attempts were always made to silence
dissent, oftenbybrutal means bybrand-
ing the faces and cutting off the ears of
offenders. But the genie was out of the bot-
tle. In vain did Charles I inveigh against
the poisoners of the minds of his weak
subjects; amazedbywhat eyes thesethings
are seen, and by what ears they are heard.
This bubbling and frothing public
discourse and its clash with the desire for
divinelyordainedorder provides the back-
drop to the third book inAckroyds projec-
ted six-volume history of England. It
covers the time between the accession of
James I in 1603 and the deposition of his
grandson James II in the Glorious Rev-
olution of 1688. Ackroyds rendering of the
history is straightforward and fairly
conventional; his limpid prose and eye for
a memorable anecdote makes this book a
good introduction to the turbulence of the
17th century. This is the history of kings,
politicians and protectors; of constitution-
al strife and famous battles; of great writ-
ers, scientists, painters and diarists.
Ackroyd plunges us into the hubbub of the
streets at times; but this is history told self-
consciously from above.
Ackroyd is one of our finest non-fiction
prose stylists; it is appropriate therefore
that the parts of the book that raise it
above the ordinary are concerned with
words. He dissects Jacobean drama and
identifies the melancholy, morbidity and
restlessness of the years before the Civil
War. The exuberance and optimistic
inventiveness of the Elizabethan years
have disappeared, he writes. The joy has
gone. The vitality has become extremity
and the rhetoric has turned rancid.
Later in the chronology he quotes
William Wycherleys play of 1675 The
Country Wife: Is it not a frank age? The
frankness of Restoration comedies might
have manifested itself in obscenity and
blasphemy, but in the plainness of speak-
ing we see something more important at
work. It was the desire todeal inthings and
not words; a reactionagainst the religious
obscurantism and doctrinaire prejudices
[that] had brought England into confu-
sion. Ackroyd sees Restoration drama re-
flecting a world in which truths were pro-
visional and everything was up for grabs.
That brings us back to coffee houses.
Theywerenot just places todigest thenews
in a civilised atmosphere, but also to talk
about deeper matters. This was an age
when rational scientific discovery was
making headway. The Royal Society was
foundedpartlywiththeintentionof replac-
ing the fanaticism that had inflamed the
Civil War with rigorous observation and
experimentation. This changingattitudeto
life, with its questions and uncertainties,
was the context for the ironical, cynical
and materialist atmosphere of the Resto-
ration court and its dramatic productions.
That is not to say that the tempests and
passions of English life had been tamed by
civility and learning. Far from it. Rumour
and anger still spread like wildfire. But it
was the glimmer of what we call the
Enlightenment. It was time to clear away
the rubble of untested assumptions, false
rhetoric and standard appeals to authority
or to tradition, writes Ackroyd. That
realisation came towards the end of
a century scarred by the widespread
destruction of lives, property and ideas so
vividly brought to life in this book.
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Pl Mister
Take a letter, Mr Johnson
A
lan Johnson, the apple-
cheeked former home secre-
tary, has come to writing books
lateinlife. Hisfirst memoir, This
Boy, published last year was a
hit that wontheOrwell Prizeamongothers.
It told, in clear-eyed and unsentimental
prose, the story of his childhood, growing
up dirt poor in the slums of Notting Hill.
The characters, his hard-working mum,
Lily, and his drunken philandering father
Steve, his protective older sister Linda, are
brilliantly drawn. In a sea of unexceptional
political writing, this was special.
Please, Mister Postman is the second
instalment of his memoirs. It covers ages 17
to 37 years. On a personal level, this is the
story of his marriage at the age of 18 to
Judy, a bit older than him, and already a
single mum. They quickly have more
children and, when offered a council
house in Slough, take up the offer. Profes-
sionally, this is the story of his work as a
postman and, latterly, a union official.
These are some of the most tumultuous
years of politics, withthe Winter of Dis-
content andtheminers strikeandAlan
Johnson had an insiders view in his
role, as he saw it, as militant moderate.
Johnson is a much liked and respect-
ed character at Westminster, seen by
some as the best leader that Labour
never had. But he is also admired for his
love of poetry and music. The Beatles are
anobsession, as his book titles indicate. Of
course, I wanted to like this book. But it is
a disappointment. The writing is as clear
andlucidas ever but thesubject, thegoings
on of Barnes and then Slough post office,
the intricacies of sorting, the details of
rounds, the machinations of unionnegoti-
ations, do not grip.
I canseethat Johnsonwas, inhis way, try-
ing toprovide a personal side tothe story of
the working man. His straightforwardstyle
enhanced his first book which, in other
hands, could have been mawkish. But in
this book, with no background drama, no
struggle to survive, it is just a bit, well, dull.
There are moments when the book
kicks into another gear. The most drama-
ticpart, byfar, is thestoryof his sisters hus-
band, Mike, a secret alcoholic. This chap-
ter is gripping. But there were also other
really interesting bits: the decision that he
and Judy made not to buy a council house,
his unsparingportrait of how, inhis house-
hold, as in the one he grew up in, the
women did all the work.
But thewords that cametomymind, as
I read through, skipping chunks of
uniondetail whenit all just got tobe too
much, was two book deal. This book
must have been written very quickly.
Mr Johnson does not, on the whole,
like to write with emotion. This, for in-
stance, is his account of how he met
Judy. At a pre-new year party at Mike
and Lindas, I met Judith Elizabeth Cox.
Within a fewmonths I had asked her to be
my wife. Her unplanned pregnancy was
dealt with almost as succinctly. I learnt I
was to be a father three months before [my
wedding], he writes. I was only 17. Judy
and I absorbed the news with mixed emo-
tions. He reveals that there were anxie-
ties. Ahyes, anxieties. Youdosurprise me.
Please, Mister Postman ends when he is
just 37. I suspect hes alreadygot thetitlefor
his years as an MP (Revolution? Here
Comes the Sun?). But perhaps, for this one,
he should have just Let It Be.
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T
he dust-jacket blurb says this:
Marr has threaded his wickedly
clever thriller with a distinctive
strand of pitch-black humour.
Now thats a book that Id want
toreadandif anyone ought tobe able to
write a political thriller with added wit, it
ought to be Andrew Marr. Shame he
didnt.
Head of State is neither a thriller that
fiction
A comic thriller that
turns out to be neither
Andrew Marrs jokes
cant overcome the
plots fatal silliness,
says Robbie Millen
thrills, nor a comic novel that makes you
laugh aloud. Instead it flip-flops around in
the no mans land between the two. Its the
Lib Dems of novels. A neither-one-thing-
nor-the-other mishmash.
The story is set in September 2017 in the
last crucial days before an in-out referen-
dum. You might want to look away for this
and the next paragraph, if youre intent on
reading Marrs first novel. The much-loved
PM shows poor timing bydropping deadat
his desk. Hes discoveredby one of his aides
and the foreign secretary. So what do they
do? Well, all politicians know that organis-
ing conspiracies is easy, so they decide to
cover up his death and secretly dispose of
his body so that the referendum doesnt
swing in the wrong direction without him
leading the pro-EU camp. And naturally
enough, theychopoff his headandhands to
ensure his body is not identified. Now, our
present foreign secretary, Philip Ham-
mond, may be a cold fish but still. . .
The plotters then bring in Rory Bremner
topretendtobethePMonradiointerviews,
and use video subterfuge to make it look as
if the premier is campaigning inthe provin-
ces. Ontopof that, asinisterMandelsonian-
type fixer who is a co-conspirator, decides
he can become Croesus-rich by shorting
the UKeconomy if he switches to the anti-
EU camp and reveals the dastardly plot.
Sothepremiseof thestoryis far-fetched.
Absurdity is not necessarily a bar to a
decent thriller solong as a dose of reality is
injected. Do the conspirators, for instance,
start to show doubts or argue among
themselves? No. If theres no psychologi-
cal pressure there can be no suspense. In a
parallel universe where the rules of life can
be changed at the authors whim, its hard
to become gripped.
Well, maybe Marr gives us some insight
into how politics and the establishment
works? Not that either. Marrland is stuck
inthe era of Yes, Minister business is still
done in St Jamess gentlemen clubs and
Whitehall is populated by men who read
Greats at Oxford.
Maybe Im being po-faced its sup-
posed to be a political entertainment.
There are some good gags (one character
receives a blow to the head: he remem-
bered nothing, and in consequence knew
nothing. In time this would assist him in a
newcareer, in daytime television.) but re-
naming Twitter to Witter is feeble. The
jokes arent sharp enough, fast enough
coming or numerous enough to make it a
comic novel that overcomes the fatal silli-
ness of the plot. (Now, if you want to read
a truly funny caper novel, try Kyril Bonfig-
liolis Dont Point That Thing At Me, written
in 1972 but reissued this year.)
Marr clearlywas amusedbyhis ownwit-
ticisms the press secretary, Nelson Fra-
ser, wears a kilt (could this be Fraser Nel-
son, the Scottish editor of The Spectator?
Too clever that) and clandestine messages
are secretedinbooks no one intheir right
mind would ever want to open in the
London Library. Dominic Sandbrooks
800-page history of Britain from 1982-83
is chosenfor this purpose; Sandbrookonce
gave one of Marrs historybooks a stinking
review. But an amused author doesnt a
laughing reader make.
Putting aside the clunking, tin-eared
dialogue and cartoonish characters, Head
of State does have its virtues. It canters
along at a brisk pace, there are flashes of
good writing, and its an amiable read. But
the plots essential silliness robs it of sus-
pense, its not close enough to reality to
have satirical bite, and its just not uproari-
ous. Disappointing.
stuck in the middle Andrew Marrs debut novel is a Lib Dem mish-mash of a book
Head of State
by Andrew Marr
4th Estate, 369pp, 18.99
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There are some good
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Twitter to Witter
is just feeble
Head of Stat
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BenWilsons workis deeplyfelt becausehe
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place, but ten years earlier, as the Celtic
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In the second book in the Austen Project,
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Cat Morland, the daughter of a vicar, lives
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Donal Ryan is already being spoken of as
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Irish town in 2010 after the economic
downturn has wrought hopelessness. The
Thing About December is set in the same
W
hen Father Odran Yates
begins his work for the
Catholic church, he is, in
the eyes of the people of
Ireland, like a rock star. In
1970s and 80s Ireland, mothers and child-
ren offer up their seats to him on public
transport; men hes never met buy him
hamand cheese sandwiches on trains and
small boys are forced to forgo their Tayto
crisps in his presence. Small gestures, per-
haps, but ones that showhowCatholicism
once ruled Ireland. Odran wonders, in his
innocence, how a small twist of white
plastic could inspire so much devotion
readers may wonder the same.
Broken down, A History of Loneliness is
a catalogue of changing attitudes to the
church from a time when the clergy were
infallible to a present day, where because
of child abuse scandals they are viewed
with suspicion. Its not a new premise
Bernardine Bishops novel Hidden Know-
ledge and the filmCalvary have dealt, very
well, with similar themes in the past 12
months. They all ask howit happened and
who to blame. John Boynes answer seems
to be that while the Catholic church had
the power, all of Ireland was complicit in
the crime. The journey to that conclusion,
however, is muddled.
The narrative flits between Odrans
childhood, early years inthe seminary and
his later life. Although he is well read and
thoughtful, this character is for authori-
al purposes conveniently naive and
Church preying
on a nation
This story of the fall
of the Catholic church
in Ireland fails to
convince Fiona Wilson
impressionable. His youth is filled with a
benign mix of prayer, jam sandwiches and
Disney. Onhis tenthbirthday, welearn, his
widowed mother wakes in the night with
the epiphany that Odran is to become a
priest. And, being the obedient young boy
that he is, he thinks she must be right.
Last Tango in Paris is on at the cinema
but, aged 16, hes still watching 101 Dalma-
tians. ThenKatherineSummer appears, all
short skirts and lollipops, and before you
canshout Bejesus! theyreinhis bedroom
sharing a kiss, the only sexual interaction
he will have in life. In walks his mam, who
summons the lecherous Father Houghton
to set him on the straight and narrow.
Through yellow teeth, the Father de-
nounces dirty girls who tempt the love-
ly boy[s] and demands details of Odrans
(non-existent) onanistic activities. The
memory remains with him for the rest of
his chastelife. Does it makehimsuspicious
of other priests inlater life? Seeminglynot.
At seminary school Odran befriends Tom
Cardle, a troubled and troubling character
who is moved from parish to parish at an
alarming rate. Yet Odransuspects nothing
or, perhaps more tellingly, does nothing by
turning a blind eye to his actions.
Odranis there to showus the dangers of
ignoring evidence and failing to question
the world around you. Its a powerful point
but what gets inthe way of this are Boynes
abundant clichs. He paints an emerald
isle full of Tayto crisps, cups of tea and
7-Up. In fact, Tayto is brought up so often,
I started to wonder if it had some sort of
literary significance it did not. The
characterisation, too, is uneven. The com-
munities and the clergy are flat-pack crea-
tions, several of whom seem to have been
borrowed from Father Ted. Just as Boyne
seems to be saying something big and bold
about Ireland and the Catholic church, in
walks a Mrs Doyle, offering you a sand-
wich and oh go on go on go on . . .
It has taken, as theblurbtells us, 15years
and13novels for JohnBoyne, author of the
incredibly moving The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas, to write about his home country,
but his hackneyedformuladoes nothingto
engage with his subject in a new way.
turbulent priests Father Ted caricatures obscure the novels serious ideas
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by Graeme Simsion
Michael Joseph, 432pp
14.99 ** 12.99
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Th Rosie Effe
And next, the baby project
T
here is, according to the influen-
tial British autism researcher
Simon Baron-Cohen, a neglect-
edwayof lookingat the differen-
ces between the sexes: the male
brain is better at systemising than empa-
thising, and the female brain has the re-
verse profile. This insight may be useful
when analysing whether Asperger syn-
dromeis infact avariant of extrememale-
ness, but it is worth no more than a cup
of beans if youre pregnant, craving foot
massages andice cream, andwhere the
hell is that damn bloke
who got you into this
state in the first place?
Thats the premise of
The Rosie Effect, these-
quel to last years The
Rosie Project by Aus-
tralian novelist
Graeme Simsion. On
paper, the phenome-
nal success of The
Rosie Project was
a surprise: who
knew half a
million
readers empathetic novel readers no
less were waiting for a book about the
love quest of a highly unemotional andun-
imaginative man? Yet you only have to
look at the contemporary fashion for a TV
series suchas Sherlock, or thenovel TheCu-
rious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
to realise that there is a craving for heroes
with a puzzled intellectual take on human
relationships, if not as a correct-
ive to our oversharing times,
then as tragi-comic fools,
whose blunderings speak
deeper truths about the
vanity and shallowness of
the discourse we take for
granted.
Enter then, Don, themost
unromantic romantic hero
of The Rosie Project, who in
the opening pages of The
Rosie Effect finds
out his new wife
is pregnant. Can
a man like Don
be a good dad?
Don is a pro-
fessor of ge-
netics at Columbia University in New
York, but is emotionally retarded. The
book does not diagnose him with Asper-
gers. In my head, I figured that he was just
very logical and blind to social cues.
Hence, the expert comic set-pieces: his
arrest for paedophilia when he was simply
observing immature case studies in a local
playground; his design of a soundproof cot;
and his suggestion at an ante-natal class
that mothers wet nurse each others child-
rentoboost immunity. Mygenerationwere
brought up under the advice of Dr Benja-
minSpocks babycaremanual; TheRosieEf-
fect is morelikethestoryof Spock, Star Trek
pointy-ears, mating with an earthling.
Except its not, not really. Simsionis very
smart at negotiating the line between a
satire of the whole modern babyrearing
neurosis and drawing intriguing charac-
ters. But inorder tomake sure that Donre-
mains as sympathetic as he does, he has to
bend his own rules. Don becomes too in-
credible for my satisfaction, unfeeling one
minute, preternaturally empathetic the
next. Still, if you accept that The Rosie Ef-
fect is in fact not about Dons handicaps, it
becomes a parable for all male-female
couples expecting a baby. Any woman has
to feel the pregnancy; for any man, it
remains an abstraction. In that respect,
this book is an intelligent piece of fun, too.
Helen Rumbelow
logical choice The
storys hero is more Mr
Spock than Dr Spock
A History of
Loneliness
by John Boyne
Doubleday, 380pp
14.99 ** 12.99
A Histo of
The Hunted
by Charlie Higson
Penguin, 439pp
7.99 ** 7.59
ebook 4.99
Children are in terrible
danger; everyone over
the age of 14 has been
struck down by a disease that turns
them into hideous, flesh-eating
zombies. In London a group of kids
have taken refuge in the Natural
History Museum, where Ed is trying to
persuade the others to set off with him
in search of Ella. She, meanwhile, wakes
up in the middle of the countryside.
She is with a grown-up, but hes not a
zombie; his face is horribly scarred but
Ella realises he has rescued her, and is
her protector. Gradually she learns to
trust him as they make a perilous
journey. But who is Scarface? And
why are the nations sicko adults all
tramping determinedly towards
London? This is the sixth volume of
Higsons Enemy series; the action is
bloody, the pace relentless. Glorious,
schlocky entertainment for teens and
young adults.
in short
Acceptance
by Jeff VanderMeer
4th Estate, 341pp
12.99 ** 11.69
ebook 8.75
First there was
Annihilation, then
Authority; now we
come to the third volume of
VanderMeers disturbing and rather
complicated Southern Reach trilogy.
Its not set in any known country
or planet. There is a place called
the Southern Reach and another
place called Area X, mysterious
and scary. We meet Saul Evans, once
a preacher, who now maintains the
lighthouse on the Forgotten Coast.
A woman named Ghost Bird and a
man known as Control have formed
a partnership to crack the sinister
secrets of Area X. VanderMeer is one
of those slow-burners its worth
sticking to until the brilliantly weird
atmosphere has sunk into the bones;
he takes humans out of any
recognisable context and shows us
the basic strangeness of human
behaviour.
Away From You
by Kay Langdale
Hodder & Stoughton,
279pp, 19.99 ** 16.99;
ebook 12.99
Monica has been offered
the job of her dreams, but
theres a catch; it will
mean going to Los Angeles for three
months, leaving her husband, Daniel,
and their two children behind in
London. She needs Mrs Doubtfire or
Mary Poppins but the only halfway
decent housekeeper she can find is
the reticent Ursula. Monica persuades
Ursula to change her mind and she
moves in to take care of Daniel,
nine-year-old Ruby and baby Luca.
Ursula lives in a permanent state of
anguish; we start to realise why when
this solitary woman remembers her
lost past as a wife and mother. By
mistake, Daniel finds out the truly
horrific secret. Langdales
psychological intelligence informs
every angle of a thoroughly
contemporary tragedy commercial
with a hard edge.
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Nizwa, which was just as I remembered;
the massive (reconstructed) fort tower-
ing 35m above the palms, a small
cluster of neat, rather sanitised
souks surrounding it. We
climbed stairs that once would
have been death traps
missing steps that sucked
unsuspecting invaders into
spiked pits, overhead holes
that once sizzled as boiling
oil was poured through
to the top, for 360-degree
views of palms and slim
minarets and jumbled
buildings knitting together
in the grey light.
Ah yes, the grey light. Oman
may be a desert country, but by
the time we came down from the
top of the fort, the weather was look-
ing spectacularly British. We carry on,
saidCaroline firmly, andsowe walkedinto
the newtown, picked up pastries and sam-
osas from a small bakery and headed out
intothecountrysidetopicnic inthegloom.
Our first stop was the ruined village of
Tanuf, where we scrambled up on to the
roof of one of the adobe houses andate our
picnic, gazing out over the latte-coloured
landscapes, freckled with russet-coloured
scrub. Therewas noonearoundbut us; just
the dwellings lying silently inthe sand and
gravel that was slowly swallowing them
up. It was poignant enough, without learn-
ing that the village had been destroyed in
the 1950s by our very own RAF, at the
request of the then Sultan, Said bin Tai-
mur, as part of the vicious Jebel Wars. Re-
grettably it was a tale we were to come
across repeatedly; decimated villages,
blown apart at the hands of British forces.
After thedesecrationof Tanuf, thesheer
majesty of Jabrin Fort was something of a
relief, sitting t alone on a dustbowl-empty
plain, visiblefor miles around. Again, there
was noone at the site but us apart from
a stooped, elderly man who took our
500 baisa (80p) and offered us cot-
tonshawls as protectionfromthe
sun. Once inside, room after
room was revealed through
side doors and secret pas-
sageways, andbythetimewe
reached the battlements
and gazed out across the
shimmering seas of palms, I
felt as if I was inmyveryown
version of Tomb Raider.
I had a similar, delicious
sense of adventure the follow-
ing day, as we walkedthe shady
alleyways that link the houses of
Misfat al Abreyeen, anunmodern-
ised village, where the houses are
built into outcrops of rock, and
residents still get their water fromthetradi-
tional falaj system of underground aque-
ducts. Althoughthe village is 10kmintothe
mountains, perched above a squiggle of
precipitous bends, its still on the tourist
route. We were lucky; by the time we
reached the village it was 5pmand the tour
buses hadgone. Wewalkedthemedieval al-
leys in the half-light, while donkeys peered
out of courtyards and childrenplayed foot-
ball inthedust, andfelt as if wewereglimps-
ing a world that was disappearing fast.
Predictably perhaps, the grey skies
finally gave in to some serious downpours
of rain a cause, for Omanis at least, for
real joy. Rain is so rare that parents take
their children out of school and workers
swap their offices for a lazy day by the
newly appeared rivers. But the rains bring
problems too; before we left our hotel we
were warned not to try to cross any wet
wadis; already there were reports of
tourists getting stuck.
We were curious to see the difference
Middle East
Welcome
to Oman
its road-trip
heaven
Superb roads,
amazing scenery
and friendly
people make this
country a dream
for drivers, writes
Annabelle Thorpe
T
he two gentlemen of Jirah
Mansah Washing Machine
and Fridges Repairing (sic)
were looking more than a
little surprised. Sitting on
rickety chairs outside their
ramshackle shop in the
small Omani town of Fanja, they watched
us with intense curiosity. We waved, my
sister Caroline and I, and their eyes fol-
lowedher as shestrodetothemiddleof the
bridgeandphotographedthepalm-strewn
wadi that snaked below the road. As we
pulled away in our gargantuan 4x4, the
two gentlemen raised their hands in salu-
tation. We felt we might well be a story
around their dinner table that evening.
Its a strange feeling, being an object of
fascination. But it was one we soon grew
used to, as we drove the smart new roads
that linkthe peaceful towns andvillages of
rural Oman. Western tourists may be a
familiar sight in the capital Muscat, and
even in the second city of Nizwa, and the
fort-littered landscapes that surround it.
But two women on their own, in the mid-
dleof nowhere? Wewereararesighting, as
every school bus full of overexcited boys
proved, with frenzied waving and bounc-
ing as soon as we were spotted.
Our trip was a product of my desire to
return to Oman, our joint love for the
Middle East andthe newwave of tours and
self-drive itineraries that some travel com-
panies are starting to offer. Under the dic-
tatorship of Sultan Qaboos, the country
has seen massive change; a process that
has brought a better standard of living to
many of its four million inhabitants, with-
out the inflated salaries and conspicuous
consumption that defines some of its
wealthy neighbours. A state-of-the-art
road system is just part of the overhaul,
making it a dreamfor those wanting to ex-
plore. OutsideMuscat, hotels remainquite
simple although clean and comfortable
but almost every kilometre of the thou-
sand or so we drove was on pristine as-
phalt. It is, quite simply, road-trip heaven.
Fanja was our first stop en route to
Annabelle Thorpe was
a guest of Cox & Kings
(020 7873 5000,
coxandkings.co.uk) which
has a nine-day/seven-
night self-drive tour to
Oman priced from
1,545pp, including car
hire for six days, B&B
accommodation and
private airport transfers.
An upgrade to the
Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah
Resort is from 95pp.
Need to
know
OMAN
UAE
QATAR
SAUDI
ARABIA
YEMEN
100 miles
Arabian
Sea
Fanja
Nizwa
Wadi bani
Khaled
Wahiba Sands
Salalah
Desert Nights Camp
Tanuf
Jabrin Fort
Misfat al Abreyeen
Muscat
Route
Travel 51
Off the beaten track: five great driving adventures
many hairpin turns into the lake-
filled plains of Patagonia in
Argentina. Real World Holidays
(0113 262 5329, realworld
holidays.co.uk) has put together a
ten-day self-drive package with the
highlight of the trip being a journey
through the Andes and back, taking
in the wild landscapes of Torres del
Paine and Los Glaciares National
Park along the way. The price
comes to 1,495pp, with B&Bhotels,
hire car and maps. Flights are
about 650pp extra.
Coastal Western Australia
1,600 miles
Head off along the coastline north
of Perth and pass by wide-open
deserts, rainforests, gorges and
vast sandy bays on a fortnight-long
Australia Coral Coast fly-drive
offered by Flight Centre (0800
2585773, flightcentre.co.uk). A
15-night trip with stop-offs in
Cervantes, Kalbarri, Carnarvon,
Exmouth, Geraldton and
Freemantle is from 2,789pp (quote
reference 3119596). The most
northerly point is Exmouth, near
Cape Range National Park. Off the
coast around Exmouth theres
great diving on the Ningaloo reef.
You stay at hotels along the way.
Wildlife in New Zealand
2,220 miles
Stay at B&Bs, farms, homestays and
hotels on a 20-night fly-drive
around North and South Islands
organised by Discover the World
(01737 214 291, discover-the-
world.co.uk). The trip is arranged so
you see as much wildlife as
possible, stopping off to go kiwi
spotting on Stewart Island, swim
with dolphins in Akaroa Harbour,
and visit Otago peninsula, near
Dunedin, to see yellow-eyed
penguins. The price of from
2,290pp covers places to stay
(with some breakfasts and a
dinner), the hire car and excursions
such as whale watching at
Kaikoura. Flights are from about
1,265pp extra. For further
information, see newzealand.com
/uk/themed-highways.
Vikings in Canada 670 miles
This nine-night fly-drive has a
theme: following the Newfoundland
and Labradors Viking Trail. After
landing at Deer Lake you drive to
the breathtaking Gros Morne
National Park, famous for its
towering cliffs and fjords. The park
is also home to many Canadian
moose, and its a good place for
whale spotting. Theres the
opportunity to stop off at LAnse
aux Meadows, considered the only
authentic Viking settlement in
North America. The trip costs from
1,735pp with overnight stays at
inns, B&Bs and hotels, and flights
from Frontier Canada (frontier-
canada.co.uk). See also
atlanticcanadaholiday.co.uk.
Tom Chesshyre
Deserts of Namibia 2,190 miles
Rumble across the Kalahari and the
Namib desert in a four-wheel drive,
before arriving at the jagged
Skeleton Coast on a 24-day fly-drive
adventure in Namibia. Gane &
Marshall (01822 600600,
ganeandmarshall.com) has created
a superb trip that begins in
Windhoek, the Namibian capital,
before heading into the Kalahari
and the Gondwana Kalahari Park,
where vultures and jackals can be
seen. Then its onwards to the
Sossusvlei Desert Camp in the
giant sand dunes of the Namib
desert. Here you stay in luxury
safari tents, although at other times
lodges are booked. Further on in
the Etosha Pan, theres the chance
to see black rhinos, elephants and
lions. All is included in the price
from 2,275pp, as is the four-wheel
drive hire (and insurance) and
some meals; flights are an extra
800pp. Expert Africa
(expertafrica.com) and Safari Drive
(safaridrive.com) also offer trips.
Mountains and plains of Argentina
and Chile 650 miles
This is one of the best fly-drives in
South America. After landing in
Santiago, capital of Chile, you catch
another plane onwards to Punta
Arenas in the south of the country,
where you pick up your hire car.
From here, the roads lead
northwards through the Andes,
before plunging downwards with
the rains made, and so we headed to Wadi
Muayden, where a cluster of Omani dads,
wearing long white dishdashas pulled up
above their ankles, were patiently pad-
dling alongside clusters of overexcited
small boys. As we walked over the rock-
strewn banks, another car pulled up, dis-
gorging two girls in glittery party frocks
and a father with a resigned look on his
face. The kids were as fascinated by us as
we were by them, but I was glad we were
both in long trousers and shirtsleeves.
Oman is a conservative country and we
were anxious not to offend.
Omani people may be traditional, but
they are also incredibly friendly. When we
reached a wadi that had become impass-
able, with police Jeeps blocking the road,
the driver in front came over to explain
what was happening andsuggestedwe fol-
low him back to the nearest junction,
where he could point us to a different
route. At petrol stations, while I filled the
car up, Caroline would disappear into the
nearest dimly lit grocers, returning with
bags laden with flatbread, tomatoes, olives
andlabneh, a soft white cheese that proved
anexcellent sandwichfilling, andstories of
perplexed but beaming shop owners keen
to help her with her purchases. While we
might have been objects of curiosity, we
never oncefelt unsafe; Ivebeenmorewor-
ried in small-town America than I was on
the streets of Nizwa.
We had some unforgettable picnics on
our roadtrip; but myfavourite hadtobe on
the waytothe desert, sittingbeneathatree
in the absolute middle of nowhere, vast
empty plains stretching out tothe horizon.
The sun was finally shining and I was
almost giddy at a night in the Wahiba
Sands; starlit skies, utter peace, dunes that
rippled and shimmered in the sunlight for
as far as the eye could see.
Do you think it rains in the desert?
asked Caroline, as we turned off the road
and on to sand. I didnt answer; the car
suddenly lost all traction. We slipped and
slithered for about a kilometre, until she
suggested, mildly, that it might be an idea
to turn on the rear-wheel drive. It didnt
help with the juddering, but the skidding
became more palatable, and when we
pulled up at the Desert Nights camp
just a handful of gorgeous white, tented
bungalows in the middle of nothing we
were both in a state of high excitement.
And thenwe got our answer. The clouds
gathered just as we were driven up on to
the dunes for sunset viewing; by the time
we were ready to go for dinner it was an
absolute monsoon. With no spaces left in
the restaurant (all the outdoor tables were
doubling as rafts) we headed to the bar,
whereover abottleof chardonnaywetried
to locate a sense of humour about the
whole thing. It rained and it rained and it
rained. We drank quite a lot of wine, ate
quite a lot of curry and went to bed.
But in the morning, waking to a chorus
of birds and insects tweeting and chirrup-
ing furiously, we got our payback. After
most other guests had gone, we hopped a
lift to the top of the dune and had the vast
sandscapes all toourselves as we gazedout
over the yawningtracts of desert plainthat
sprawledlengthwise betweenthe dunes. It
was like nothing I had ever experienced; a
golden, granular sand that slithered in the
breeze and sank beneath our feet. It felt
wildly liberating and a touch intimidating,
and only the fear of heatstroke drove us
back down the slope to the car.
I thought that would be the highlight of
our week, but the beauty of a road trip is
that you can never predict what will come
next. From the desert we headed further
east to Wadi bani Khalid, where a
palm-lined walkway led to beautiful
khaki-green natural pools. It was a Friday,
rest day, and groups of dishdasha-clad
men were strolling beneath the trees,
while boys threw themselves into the
water with whoops of excitement. We
noticed a group of Omani women, all in
brightly coloured abbayas, and offered to
take their picture.
Later, as we walked back to the car, we
cameuponthegroupagain, thewomensat
in a circle unpacking food, their husbands
standingaroundacoupleof smokinggrills.
Beaming, they invited us to join their
picnic and so we did; passing around rice
andsaladandsmokily-delicious fish, while
they told us about their trip from Muscat
and their plans to spend the next night in
the desert. We took photos, laughing, and
I love the one I have of Caroline and I,
cross-legged among the ladies, all of us
palpably delighted at the chance to share
such an unexpected moment.
We had to leave before long the drive
to Muscat was beckoning and as the
mountains begantofall away, andadvertis-
ing hoardings and roadworks and hyper-
markets closed in around us, I felt a real
wave of sadness at leaving rural Oman be-
hind. Wedtreatedourselves toa final night
at the glitzy Shangri-La, a quick hit of luxu-
ry after our week in the wilds, but even
thoughthefoodwas beautiful andtheroom
comfortable I couldnt help envying our
new-found friends, out in the desert be-
neath the stars.
While we
were objects
of curiosity
we never once
felt unsafe
The Desert Nights
camp. Left: Caroline
and Annabelle in
the desert. Far left:
Nizwa Fort
52 Travel
Sri Lanka
Adventure for softies
and great beaches the
two sides to Sri Lanka
Tony Turnbull
wanted thrills but his
wife and daughter
preferred sand and
sun. Sri Lanka was
the ideal destination
A
n hour into our steady
climb and the final mys-
teries of Sigiriya, the cul-
tural centrepiece of all of
Sri Lanka, were about to
reveal themselves. Wed
already marvelled at how
this huge plug of volcanic magma, which
had served as fortress, palace and Bud-
dhist retreat over thousands of years,
loomed up from a flat valley floor. Wed
walked across the geometrically perfect
rectangular moat that surrounds it,
throughthe royal water gardens withtheir
ancient cisterns and intricate fountain
system. Wed clambered over huge boul-
ders and past Cobra Hood Cave, where,
our guide informed us, theyd filmed part
of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Wed seen the cave paintings of buxom,
wasp-waisted concubines and inched
along the Mirror Wall, made shiny by the
hands of centuries of visitors.
Now finally we stood before the huge
stone paws, all that remain of what was
once a 60mlioncarvedintothe rockinthe
5th century. The path continued between
the paws to zigzag up to the 200msummit,
but our eyes werent onthefinal goal. They
were on the half dozen bulbous black
shapes that clung to the rock close to the
stairway. Hornet nests, said our guide.
Now, we put on these.
He held up heavy-duty plastic boiler
suits and bee-keeper masks. Really? In
30C heat, with 90 per cent humidity?
Already drenched insweat despite it being
only 8.30am? We looked around and saw
others happily making their way past the
hornets unencumbered. Ah, but they
werent here yesterday, our guide con-
tinued. The hornets got angry and
attacked. Sixty-five people in hospital and
somepeoplestuckat thetopfor four hours.
Im not going up without it.
Given that hed climbed up in flip-flops
compared with our walking boots we
could hardly doubt his hardiness, so we
acquiesced. Wed come to Sri Lanka for
adventure but anaphylactic shock wasnt
what wed had in mind. In the event the
hornets behaved and 1,200 steps later we
reachedthe top of this Unesco WorldHer-
itagesiteandwererewardedwithviews for
miles across the forested valley.
Were at a tricky stage for family
holidays where things have topass muster,
with two teenagers bored with villas and
starting to make noises about maybe
going to Ibiza with friends (er. . . no) and
aneight-year-oldwhois still never happier
than when splashing in the waves. Add to
that my wife, who just likes to sit on a sun
lounger and read, and its a wonder we can
ever agree where to go. Sri Lanka seemed
like a perfect compromise, a chance to
broaden horizons while incorporating
some old-fashioned beachside fun.
Beaches were never going to be a prob-
lem. The island is ringed with the sort of
crescents of sand and palm trees you
dream of on a wet afternoon in the office
and, because of competing weather pat-
terns, whenthemonsoonrains descendon
one side of the island the other will be dry.
And, because Sri Lanka is only the size of
Ireland, two weeks give you plenty of time
to explore, and the islands diversity is the
stuff of tour brochure clich.
Our journey started with a night at the
beach resort of Negombo, ten minutes
fromColomboairport, andafirst dipinthe
sea while we recovered fromjet lag before
being picked up by our driver, who would
be withus for the next eight days. It sounds
a luxury having your own driver, but its
both affordable and essential. As in a lot of
Asian countries, driving regulations are
pretty much optional and road priority is
based on vehicle size, so it was reassuring
to have Walter negotiating the pedestri-
ans, dogs and tuk-tuks that would lurch
into our path. We soon realised that mile-
age was irrelevant and even an inch on a
map could take several hours.
We gradually left the Dutch canal
systems and coconut groves of the coast
behind and headed for the cultural
The island is
ringed with the
sort of crescents
of sand and
palm trees you
dream of
Travel 53
Tony Turnbull was a
guest of Kuoni (01306
747008, kuoni.co.uk),
which can tailor-make
holidays to Sri Lanka.
Seven nights B&B with
some half board at
Jetwing Sea, Negombo;
Heritance Tea Factory,
Nuwara Eliya; Cinnamon
Wild, Yala; and Vivanta by
Taj, Bentota, including
return flights, transfers
and the services of a
private driver costs from
1,699 per adult and
1,388 per child aged 2-11.
Need to
know
triangle, based around the dusty town of
Habarana. This is also the gateway to the
north of the island, for so many years off
limits because of the civil war with the
Tamil Tigers, but our route was taking us
south. After our climb of Sigiriya we took
in the Royal Rock Temple at Dambulla, a
series of five gilded caves filled with 152
statues of Buddha, before moving on to
Kandy. Rich in faded colonial grandeur,
Kandy is best known for the Temple of the
Tooth, an 18th-century complex said to
house one of Buddhas left canines.
Buddhists are urged to make at least one
pilgrimage to the temple, which perhaps
explains the queues.
After all the Buddhist enlightenment it
was time to fulfil the adventurous end of
the bargain, taking the older two whitewa-
ter rafting on the Kelani river at Kitulgala.
Its famouslythestretchof river usedinthe
filmingof TheBridgeontheRiver Kwai, and
just upstream from where Alec Guinness
fell on his detonator to destroy the bridge
are 5km of rapids. While Georgia-Rose
and her mother enjoyed a gentle ramble
along the waters edge we donned our life
jackets and took to the river, which deliv-
ered just the right amount of adrenaline-
pumping thrills without being too scary.
For the last two rapids we jumped in and
canyoned into calmer waters, where we
were joined by mother and daughter and
we all floatedthroughthe jungle just as the
This was another opportunity to go our
separate ways and before dawn the next
day the teenagers and I left the converted
tea factory where we were staying to go
hiking in Horton Plains national park, a
plateau of wild grassland and rocky out-
crops which suddenly gives way to a sheer
drop of 900m, quite legitimately called
Worlds End. The view is spectacular, a
match for the very best the Lake District
can offer, but only if you get there before
9am, when a wall of mist descends. Mean-
while Georgia-Rose had gone pony trek-
king around the plantation and helped to
pick tea.
The final adventure before five days on
the beach was a trip to Yala National Park
on the southeast coast. With more than
1,000 sq km it is home to monkeys, pea-
cocks, crocodiles, wild boar, buffalo and
elephants. Most of all it is one of the best
places to spot leopards in the wild.
Seeing buffalo and crocodiles was easy
fromthe comfort of our swimming pool
at Cinnamon Wild hotel just outside the
park we could see all we wanted in the
watering hole by the (scarily open) hotel
perimeter. This was the sort of animal
spotting that even my bookworm wife
could enjoy. The afternoon game drive
revealedplentymore, plus peacocks, mon-
gooses, huge monitor lizards and deer.
Suddenly, right beside us, perhaps 10ft
away, ayoungkingelephant withbeautiful
tusks emerged from the bush. Then our
guide slammed the jeep into reverse and
careered down a side track.
A leopard, said Walter. I chose this
guide because he cansmell animals! I sus-
pect it was more the mobile phone all the
guides have clamped to their ears, but sure
enough there was a leopard slinking
throughthe undergrowth, unperturbedby
the half-dozen Jeeps now jockeying for
position.
It had been a hectic eight days and it
wasnt just Georgia-Rose whowas readyto
relax on the beach now. We ended up at
the Vivanta by Taj in Bentota, a smart
international-style resort on the west
coast. While my wife instructed the pool
attendants on precisely where her sun
lounger needed to be (third palm tree
along, back to the pool, views over the In-
dian Ocean) the rest of us spent the days
body surfing in the crashing water. When
that all got too much there were shells to
be collected, coconut milk to be drunk and
baby turtles to be released into the sea
(several hatcheries along this coast use
tourist donations tore-establishdwindling
turtle numbers). And there you have three
things you are never too young or too old
to enjoy.
heavens opened and we were drenched in
a warmtropical rainstorm. It was an expe-
rience that will stay with us all for ever.
It was slightly surreal toleave the humid
rainforest behind and within a couple of
hours to find ourselves shivering as we
twisted through the hairpin bends of the
hill country, climbing 1,500m through the
mist to reach the tea plantations of Nuw-
ara Eliya. The city was founded by the
mainly Scottish tea plantation pioneers
who felt right at home in the chilly, damp
hills wheretheycouldgrowall thecold-cli-
mate vegetables they were used to at
home. They were also not averse to a tea
crop that could be harvested every month,
12 months a year, and they soon ploughed
their profits into British-style mansions
that have led the town to be dubbed Little
England. Its all quite bizarre, seeing men
in woolly hats cycling around with baskets
of carrots and cabbages, against a back-
drop of sari-clad women doing the back-
breaking work of picking the tea among
the neat terraces.
Bentota
Negombo
Colombo
Sigiriya
Habarana
Horton Plains
National Park
Yala
National Park
Bay of Bengal
Kandy
Nuwara
Eliya
Kitulgala
SRI LANKA
30 miles
Left, Buddha statues
inside one of the caves
at the Royal Rock Temple,
Damballa. Top, Bentota
beach. Above, Sigiriya
rock fortress
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The theme was Carol Reeds award-winning
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Is chess in a co-relation with
IQ does chess increase intel-
ligence or vice versa? Do all
chessplayers have a high IQ?
Mental qualities promoted by
chess include spatial ability,
critical thinking, problem solv-
ing, quick reactions to chang-
ing situations, logic, memory
power and analysis. Con-
versely, would those with a
high IQ automatically take to
chess? The great Victorian
chess champion and polymath
Howard Staunton proudly
announced that chess was
meant to be the recreation of
men of genius. And women
too! I recently met Dr Mana-
hel Thabet, President of The
Brain Trust Charity for the
Middle East and North Africa,
President of The World IQ
Foundation and Vice President
of WIN (World Intelligence
Network), with more than
57,000 members from all over
the world. With an IQ herself
of 168 I found that she had
been employing chess strate-
gies in her own career without
actually playing the game.
Earlier this month she taught
herself to play chess and, to
my great delight, won her very
first game overwhelmingly.
The chess player with the
highest IQ was, in my opinion,
Emanuel Lasker. Lasker was a
mathematician, philosopher,
poet, bridge and draughts ex-
pert as well as being world
chess champion. He was also a
friend and confidant of Ein-
stein himself. Here is one of
his masterpieces.
White: Emanuel Lasker
Black: Richard Teichmann
St Petersburg 1909
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4
Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Qe2
This move constitutes the
Worrall Attack. White plans a
quick d4 accompanied by Rd1
to place immediate pressure on
the centre.
6 ... b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4
exd4
Giving up the centre. More
tenacious is 9 ... Bg4.
10 cxd4 Bg4 11 Rd1 d5 12 e5
Ne4 13 Nc3 Nxc3 14 bxc3 f6
15 h3 Bh5 16 g4 Bf7 17 e6 Bg6
18 Nh4 Na5 19 Nxg6 hxg6 20
Bc2 f5 21 Kh1 Bd6 22 gxf5
Qh4 23 Qf3 gxf5 24 Rg1
Inaugurating a dangerous
attack in the g-file.
24 ... f4 25 Rg4 Qh6 26 e7
Bxe7 27 Bxf4 Qe6
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rD D 4kD]
D 0 g 0 ]
pD DqD D]
hpDpD D ]
D ) GRD]
D ) DQDP]
PDBD ) D]
$ D D DK]
28 Rxg7+ Black resigns

An elegant final sacrifice. 28
... Kxg7 29 Rg1+ Kf7 (29 ... Kh8
30 Qh5+) 30 Qh5+ mates.
Sharon Daniel won the
Child Genius competition on
Channel Four TV and also the
British Girls U-11 Chess
Championship. She is a mem-
ber of MENSA and her IQ is
159. This weeks Winning
Move is from a game that
helped her to the U-11 title but
white could have turned the
tables.
The illustration below (Dr
Manahel Thabet) is by the
artist Nette Robinson (see
www.netterobinson-art.co.uk).
Next week commences a
series linking Queen Elizabeth
I to chess.
Winning move
White to play. This position is
from Klinger-Daniel, British
U-11 2013. Here White played 1
R3f2 and Black went on to
win. Can you spot a much
stronger move for White?
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4 D 4 i]
DpD DQD ]
pDpD gpD]
D 0 DpDp]
D DPD D]
DNDPDR) ]
qD D D )]
D D DRDK]
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Solution to last weeks puzzle:
1 ... Bxf2+! destroys White, the
main point being that 2 Kxf2
Nxe4+ 3 dxe4 Qxg5 wins.
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The Facebook Scrabble
League (FSL) occasionally
runs a consensus game where
a number of the group (those
who wish to partake) discuss
moves against a renowned top
player. The pace is about one
move a day to allow time for
contributions from members
in different time zones.
Although some of the racks
and positions suggest
straightforward choices, its
always more interesting when
the rack is awkward and
opinions differ. In such cases a
vote decides on what to play.
After committing the move,
the position is then fed into a
computer simulation to see
how FSLs choice fares against
the programs top moves.
One recent such game
against Chris Lipe (a top US
player from New York state)
developed into the position
shown below with Lipe having
built up an early lead thanks
to an UNSAY (45) follow-up
to PAVIOrS (77). At least FSLs
initial change of HJOQR from
EHJOQRR did produce the
bonus DERIVATE (76).
So with the scores at 136-76
to Lipe, what would you now
play with this post-bonus
pickup? Read on for the main
discussion points at the time.
AEEFOOQ
The obvious, and indeed
only move to dump the Q is
QUA B13a (12) which still
leaves a vowel-heavy rack. If
retaining the Q, some thought
needs to be applied to
turnover to improve the
chances of getting a helpful
letter to use the Q the next
turn, and to assess the scope
for likely Q plays. Although a
U would be most welcome,
more likely picks are a T for
QAT C9a (45) or an I for QI
E5a (25) or (if the A is kept)
QADI B6d (34). The highest
turnover is four (AFORE A8d
(24)) but you could compromise
with OAF C5a (22) (setting up
the QADI possibility) or OOF
F15d (23) to take the H15
triple-word and keep the A.
On balance the vote of the
FSL team was to keep the A
insurance for QUA and opt
for OOF F15d, also because it
was felt OAF C5a invites Lipe
to take the B6 triple-letter for
a good score. See the solutions
for the computer simulations
top five plays.
Now, with the same board
below and these two U-less Q
racks, what would be a good
play in each case? See
solutions for top five plays.
AFILNQR
AIIKOPQ
Definitions
DERIVATE adj. & n. DERIVATIVE
PAVIOR one who lays paving
(US spelling)
Letter
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1 point:
AEIOU
LNRST
2 points:
DG
3 points:
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4 points:
FHVWY
K= 5
JX= 8
QZ= 10
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Ken Jones of
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Pembrokeshire
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U O R R R U L
R I M G I M M I C K R Y
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R U N G A N T I D O T E
H S E Q V S
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Word Watching: Cation (b) A
positively charged ion that is
attracted to the cathode during
electrolysis. Athabaskan (a) A
group of North American Indian
languages, including Apache and
Navaho. Patibulary (c) Of or
resembling a gallows, 15th-
century, usually jocular. Autarky
(a) Self-sufficiency, 17th century.
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hadron, haik, hair, hairdo, hand,
handiwork, handwork, hank,
hard, hark, hawk, hind, hoar,
hoard, hoki, honk, hora, horn,
howk, khadi, khan, kowhai, rhino,
Polygon Roger Phillips
Using the given letters no more than
once, make as many words as possible of
four or more letters, always including
the central letter. Capitalised words,
plurals, conjugated verbs (past tense
etc), adverbs ending in LY, comparatives
and superlatives are disallowed.
How you rate: 15 words average; 21,
good; 26, very good; 31, excellent.
Answers to Fridays Polygon are to the
left. Todays answers are printed in
Mondays newspaper
The winner is David Barnes of
Ely, Cambs
whin, whir, who. Two Brains 1 On
a digital watch or clock(at pm)
they would read: 1415, 1805 and
1940. All famous battles in English
history (Agincourt, Trafalgar and
Battle of Britain). 2 They all gave
their names to geological periods-
Devon (Devonian), Siluri
(Silurian) and Jura (Jurassic).
Scrabble Computer simulation
top five plays in order of
preference for each rack: Rack
AEEFOOQ: OOF F15d (23),
AFORE A8d (24), change
AEFOOQ, OOF G6a (19), OOF
C5a (22); Rack AFILNQR: FAQIR
C3a (42), QIBLA F6d (38), FAQIR
E3a (39), QIN E5a (29), QADI
B6d (34); Rack AIIKOPQ: OKAPI
F15d (38) (which retains QI for a
possible 62 at J14), QADI B6d
(34), OKAPI C8a (35), QI E5a
(25), OIK F15d (26).
Literary quiz All were filmed
under these different titles:
1 Rosamond Lehmann (The Heart
of Me)
2 Philip K Dick (Blade Runner)
3 Philip Pullman (The Golden
Compass) 4 Nigel Balchin
(Separate Lies).
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12 Fixer, securer (8)
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BridgeAndrewRobson
When youve shown a stopper
in the bidding, you dont need
one in the play, said the late
and great Scottish player-
writer Hugh Kelsey. Its advice
that my friend Zia Mahmood
has kept close to his heart all
his Bridge-playing career.
Take this deal from a first-
round Gold Cup match, kindly
reported to me by his opponent
Harold Schogger, whom The
Irrepressible Zia (TIZ) and his
team only narrowly beat. What
would you bid over Easts 1
with Souths hand?
West tried the sneak attack
of a club v 3NT. Declarer beat
Easts jack with the king and
promptly claimed nine tricks
via six diamonds and two
hearts. Game made.
3NT would have failed by
no fewer than five tricks if
West had found a spade lead
(East switching to the queen of
clubs). If West had led his part-
ners suit hearts, it would have
been a photo finish. Declarer
wins dummys king and cashes
six diamonds. My guess is East
will reduce to AK, Q9 and
QJ [AK4, Q9 and Q
would work better].
It would have been interest-
ing to see if TIZ would have
worked out to exit with a
strange-looking king of clubs.
West can only win and lead
over a black card, letting East
take his three black-suit win-
ners, but then have to lead from
Q9, presenting declarer with a
third heart trick and his game.
Easts 4 proved easy. He
ruffed the top diamond lead
and led the queen of clubs, cov-
ered by king and ace. He then
cashed the ace-king of spades
(preparing to leave the queen
out); when it dropped, he
crossed to the jack and ran
clubs (when they split 2-2). 10
tricks and game made.
Even if TIZ had gone down
five in 3NT on a spade lead, his
side would have shown a hand-
some profit. Thats the beauty of
his 1NT: when it loses, it wins.
andrew.robson@thetimes.co.uk
J 9 6 5
3
7 6 2
A 8 5 4 3
Q 3
J 8 5
A K J 10 9 3
K 10
10 8 7
A K 10 6
Q 8 5 4
9 2
A K 4 2
Q 9 7 4 2
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Q J 7 6
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Dealer East E-W Vul
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1
1NT(1) Pass 3NT end
(1) I like it in spite of the lack of
heart stopper (stopper, schtopper).
If your side has a game contract its
far more likely to be 3NT than 5
[and you can always bid diamonds
later if West supports hearts now
that partner can be deduced for heart
shortage]. Furthermore the 1NT over-
call is a rather effective preempt.
Table Two
Table One
S W N E
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2(1) Dbl(2) 3 4(3)[end]
(1) Youcant crimethis honest bid. But...
(2) West chances a light negative
double showing spades and...
(3) East loves his fit and diamond void.
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Two Brains
Raymond Keene
Word Watching
Paul Dunn
Literary Quiz
Paul Dunn
Question 1 What is the
historical relevance of the
following: quarter past two, five
past six and twenty to eight?
Question 2
What is the nominal link
between: an English county, an
ancient British tribe and a
French mountain range?
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Cation a. A holiday
b. A charged atom
c. Stoical
Athabaskan a. A native
language b. From a Balkan
sect c. Like a flowering shrub
Patibulary a. A marbled
entrance b. Bending like a
knee c. Gallows-like
Autarky a. Self-sufficiency
b. Wilful ignorance
c. A fowl
Answers on page 57
Altered images
Who wrote the following
novels and what do the books
have in common?
1 The Echoing Grove
2 Do Androids Dream of
Electric Sheep?
3 Northern Lights
4 A Way Through the Wood
Answers on page 57
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Across
1 Gazelles run by fertile tract without restriction (4)
5 Burnt meat smell, fine for Ramsays starter, stupid
for Afrikaner (3)
8 Indian clerk to perch on Irish toilet flushing last
two letters (6)
13 Madras pot reflected much of coral island with
lid (5)
14 Enlarged vessel, once empty, runs with difficulty
(no force) (5)
16 Section of sky to taunt aircraftsman possibly
from G8 (7)
17 Nag Charles about headdress for Camilla? (5)
18 Newly arrived from the east, wildebeest wool in
Ayr yard (5)
19 Samurais stowed by squadron in Lushun (6)
20 Vintage comb grips near edge (4)
23 Gaga in Scotland to perform old song with sex
appeal (6)
24 Scots strip thatch producer in Ireland (4)
25 Front and back of engraving in obscure Japanese
brass (6)
28 Canadian channel to learn about New York
University (4)
29 Almost embedded fathers old nails (5)
31 Locate most of deposit from hot springs (4)
35 Hoax takes in that lady before party protest in
India (6)
37 Housewife in Cape, jumper in view (4)
38 Habit worn about Greek island (6)
41 Young hawk earlier sent back Malay dish after
noon (4)
43 Become more acceptable to payment with Korean
cash (6, two words)
47 Trannie maybe to eat in back row (5)
48 Greedily eat local potato store quickly losing
energy (5, two words)
49 Drug users omitting first name circulated postal
surveys (7)
50 In places, hawk American bird (5)
51 Prince tracking fabulous bird journeys to
Mecca (5)
52 Bob, perhaps, a soldier initially imagines at least
as much as a peck (6)
53 Evil demon abandoning River Island (3)
54 Pleasure follows Australian ruler (4)
Down
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replica (8)
3 Air-conditioned car picked up railway clerk (7)
4 Pentagon press agent seizes north wing (5)
5 Amusement! Director knocked out with stones (7)
6 Anything said in parts starts to irritate centre of
the ear (4)
7 Condition to feign reality (4)
8 Scrap informal session with plough (5)
9 Worthless to Matthew two old abodes leak
(6, two words)
10 Snake seldom seen in fish container (5)
11 Ians robust wagon carries Queen (4)
12 Hip Aussie, once pursued by models, swaggers (6)
15 At one time, huge vessel with tenth docked (5)
21 Satellite pile up in Romania (4)
22 E German splitting head over tiny particle (5)
26 Turkish address housing Nigerian company (4)
27 Runner stashes blow among Bulgarian cash (8)
30 Islamic body has collapsed laughing (7)
32 Promise to pay money after one cleared heavy
metal (7)
33 Is bark preceding quiet rushing noise? (6)
34 Evil fool nearly drunk (5)
36 Drowsy, moving unsteadily (6)
39 One found under stone hut (5)
40 Chinese province to slam social gathering (5)
42 Pay cut before start of sexy adult dance (5)
44 Novices yellow colour aboard ferry (4)
45 Novel to starve mother (4)
46 House gods institute change in Georgia (4)
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1 Tub-thumper (member of
Kennedys party) keen to get a
hearing (9)
6 Aggressive promoters stress right
to be involved in climb (8,5)
13 Team colours ones torn off in
angry rebuke (5)
14 Sons quietly contact managers,
wanting launch pad for ideas (11)
15 Some inspire curiosity? Come
again? (5)
16 Essential details revealed in dittys
rhymes (5-6)
17 Absurdly and ridiculously drunk?
Not I (11)
18 First of lorries in a French port not
carrying goods (7)
20 Offer to divide charge for
constituent of acetylene (7)
21 Type of desk where lines are
inserted in nonsense work (4-3)
23 City executive pinches state cash
sum not broadcast (6,13)
27 Its used on the river as an
alternative, its said (3)
28 Invitation to compete for cluster of
flowers? (6)
29 Initially how a blockhead rejected
a sponge (6)
31 Nibble good teachers provided
after drinks for everyone (9)
34 Lied, perhaps, after pal arranged
popular church music (9)
35 But one isnt necessarily
accommodated in the
gatehouse (6)
36 Canvas sheet captain finally cuts
in flight (6)
39 Priest regularly tucking into
clair (3)
40 Be absolutely confident, risking
bankruptcy in 23? (3,4,6,6)
42 Temporary current required inside
when kids are at school (7)
43 if wind and rain, for example,
are talked of (7)
45 Old gold coin found by retired
soldiers base (7)
47 Hardy girl cock-a-hoop about
large mosaic being so? (11)
49 Objectivity of blooming old nurse
recalled in sickrooms (11)
51 Again prepared leftist papers (5)
52 New interne embracing very old
actress (11)
53 German writer given a
miraculously sustaining food (5)
54 Varsity athlete taking two
Conservatives round the Archers
place (9,4)
55 Remove former head clutching
short flag (9)
Down
1 Free bus ride men originally
claimed improperly (11)
2 Sort of union mounting strike
when a woman is admitted? (7)
3 Fellow eating very soft fish (5)
4 Grand study of Herschels
epicurism (10)
5 Unpredictable strike-breaker
visiting Morecambe (7)
6 Woman and daughter digested
almost complete pulp novel (5,8)
7 Exaggerate honour? Terrible,
losing head about it (9)
8 Rush hour traveller, perhaps,
put up with enormous expense
at first (7)
9 Soldiers given award for
brightening-up of
barrack-room? (12)
10 Good turn unknown in French
city, making carved figures (9)
11 Ocean predators contributing to
major casualties (5)
12 Festive atmosphere created by
quietly cultured person (5,6)
19 Bouncer gets cross over article
about medium (7)
22 Warbler finally caught by tropical
bird (9)
24 Politician thus appearing on US
intelligence register? (9)
25 Japanese commander holding end
of short smooth-bore (7)
26 FBI agents in standard division (7)
30 Dry old choir he developed in
compound (13)
32 Recently delivered, perceived and
endured, so to speak (7)
33 Brooded over criminal disposed to
take in city (12)
34 Under pressure, poor chorister
accepts one very early (11)
37 Unexpected snag, a trekker losing
heart: its harmless though (6-5)
38 Girl with quarters invested in
range, having mixed feelings (10)
40 Pub employee, one bumping off
man with hereditary title? (9)
41 Veronicas source of
methamphetamine? (9)
43 Say which generation used this
amount of electrical power? (7)
44 Train plant round top of
empty can (7)
46 Reportedly purchase no matter
what article for such periods (7)
48 Note by Catholic dignitary
identifying place of debauchery (5)
50 Raise objections, being largely
coy (5)
Across
1 Feminist movement (6,3)
6 Be very impatient to start (5,2,3,3)
13 Become less tense (5)
14 Portable communication
device (6,5)
15 Folk-inspired form often used by
Dvork (5)
16 As an example (3,8)
17 Deliveries to hotel guests (4,7)
18 Verse form (7)
20 Narrow fissure (7)
21 Online location (7)
23 Without previous thought or
preparation (3,3,3,2,4,4)
27 Hearing organ (3)
28 Roundabout route (6)
29 Fungus attacking wood (3,3)
31 Avoiding alcohol (9)
34 Respiring (9)
35 Rather tired (6)
36 Surrounded by (6)
39 Equipment; clothing (3)
40 Australian landmark
structure (6,7,6)
42 Emit (light, etc) (7)
43 Stupid mistake (7)
45 Ask (someone) for something (7)
47 Four-faced solid (11)
49 Transient quality (11)
51 Listlessness (5)
52 Actors make-up (11)
53 In front (5)
54 One looking into others
minds (7-6)
55 Busy time in town (6,3)
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1 Verbatim, literally (4,3,4)
2 Channel for water wheel (4,3)
3 Disgraced US president (5)
4 A word exactly fitting its
context (2,3,5)
5 Variety of plague (7)
6 Heraldic authority (7,2,4)
7 Share out (9)
8 Stimulate (a reaction) (7)
9 Very small (6-6)
10 Indias City of Pearls (9)
11 Disneys fawn (5)
12 Companys protected
information (5,6)
19 Tire out (7)
22 Thats surprising to me! (1,5,3)
24 TV series cleric (6,3)
25 Lowest point of an orbit (7)
26 Hair cleanser (7)
30 Personification of death (3,4,6)
32 Unethical, unprincipled (7)
33 Boxing category (12)
34 Sherlock Holmes home patch (5,6)
37 Quite recently (3,5,3)
38 Searcher for minerals (10)
40 Travelling by ship (9)
41 Of aquiline appearance (4-5)
43 Native to Myanmar (7)
44 Art genre that is true to life (7)
46 Engage in a struggle (7)
48 Argentinian dance form (5)
50 Become sore by rubbing (5)
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Business
Russian oil
hopes sunk
Rosneft forced to
quit Arctic well
Page 63
Devolution
warning
Business calls for
regional clarity
Pages 64, 65
Mobile store
jobs lifeline
Vodafone agrees
Phones4u deal
Page 66
GSKfined 300m in
China bribes scandal
Andrew Clark, Leo Lewis
Britains biggest pharmaceuticals com-
pany was facing calls last night for top-
level change after it paid a 297 million
fine and issued an abject apology to the
people of China for channelling bribes
to doctors who prescribe its drugs.
Mark Reilly, GlaxoSmithKlines
former country headinChina, andfour
other senior executives who oversaw
the British drugmakers illicit activities
in the worlds second-biggest economy,
were handed suspended jail sentences
of between two and four years. Mr
Reilly is to be deported to Britain.
GSKsincerelyapologises totheChi-
nese patients, doctors and hospitals,
andtotheChinesegovernment andthe
Chinese people, said the company,
which added that it deeply regrets the
damage caused.
The scandal was described as a
deeply disappointing matter by Sir
Andrew Witty, chief executive of GSK,
who pledged: We have, and will con-
tinue to, learn from this.
The display of penitence followed a
trial in the city of Changsha held be-
hind closed doors at the request of
GSK, which told the court it wanted
proceedings to be heard in secret for
reasons of business confidentiality.
It followed a 14-month investigation
into GSKs use of a 320 million hospi-
tality budget inChina that was allegedly
the front for a slushfundusedtoprovide
cash, gifts and sexual favours for physi-
cians who prescribed GSKdrugs.
GSKs shares roseby12pto14.49as
investors reacted with relief that the
case had been resolved, although the
Serious Fraud Office and the US
Department of Justice are still pursuing
parallel investigations.
Alistair Campbell, a drugs analyst for
Berenberg Bank, said that disquiet was
mounting about GSKs progress under
the leadership of Sir Andrew and Sir
Christopher Gent, the chairman who is
widely expected to retire next year.
Imdefinitely hearing some disquiet
among investors about the senior man-
agement of GSK. Theres an appetite
for some degree of change that could
either be a change of chairman, or chief
executive, or both, Mr Campbell said.
The business needs to improve and
thats for reasons beyond just China.
There has been substantial disappoint-
ment with the performance of the US
business and disappointment with the
Advair [asthma treatment] business.
The prosecution of GSK is part of a
broader crackdownoncorruptionbyXi
Jinping, theChinesepresident, whohas
pursued a policy of clamping down on
bribery with such vigour that compa-
nies such as Diageo and Herms have
reported a drop in sales of premium
spirits and watches.
Experts said that GSKs habit of
handing kickbacks to doctors was not
unique in the healthcare industry. One
China-based industry consultant said:
These were practices which previous-
ly werent necessarily regarded as
acceptable, but were overlooked. Now
theyre not overlooked.
Misdemeanours at GSK came to
light when a whistleblower contacted
senior executives in January last year.
The company hired a private investiga-
tor who looked into the claims. How-
ever, Peter Humphrey, the investigator,
fell foul of the authorities himself and
has ended up in prison for illegally ac-
cessing personal information about
Chinese citizens.
In an apparent further effort to
attack the companys integrity, a clan-
destinely filmed sex tape was made of
Mr Reilly last year and emailed to
senior executives in London. Mean-
while, further whistleblowers have
claimed that GSKhad paid similarly
inappropriate incentives to doctors in
Poland, Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Leba-
non.
Now, the yes
men move south
W
hat a thumping
victory for financial
markets as the
bookies have
proved again. Boy,
did they trounce those opinion
pollsters. Remember YouGovs
bombshell 12 days ago, showing
yes on 51 per cent and David
Camerons bug-eyed panic? Pity he
forgot to log on to Oddschecker
before he hoofed it up north with
his devo-max giveaways. The
bookies took a different view
they shortened the odds on a no
vote to 1-4. Bang on.
Follow the money. Yes, the Scots
have done exactly that, voting with
their pockets. Sure, Alistair Darling
bored for Britain, literally, droning
on about currencies, capital flight,
brakes on inward investment,
recession risk, the old central bank
conundrum all that deathly stuff.
He was right, though, even if he
did need a last-minute push from
unionist bosses. The vision thing got
Alex leaping Salmond only so far:
1.5 million voters. Or barely more
than the populations of Barking,
Barnet, Bexley, Brent and Bromley
combined. Not enough, luckily, to
trigger a chaotic break-up of the
307-year old Union.
In fact, no was already priced in
even a resounding one. True, the
pound rallied, hitting a two-year
high against the euro, but it barely
budged against the dollar. As for the
FTSE 100? Only 0.4 per cent up.
Maybe thats all those company
bosses deserved too for their brain-
numbing press releases, relating
how business dislikes uncertainty.
Do platitudes go into the bonus
scheme too nowadays? Neither is it
such a big thrill that Royal Bank of
Scotland and Standard Life are
staying put whatever the downer
for Edinburgh removal men. And
nor does it alter things much that
Mark Carney, the Bank of England
governor, now has one fewer excuse
for not putting up interest rates.
No, if there is change to come, its
rooted in the detail of the Cameron
bribe: greater tax and spending
powers for the Scottish parliament.
Why should the Scots get that and
not the rest of us? Indeed, as even
the PM hinted, the case can only
grow for big cities like Manchester,
Birmingham and Cardiff to take
more control of local infrastructure
spending, say, rather than continue
to suffer Whitehalls top-down,
comatose approach. Look out for
that, then, while remembering one
lesson: next time a votes on, follow
the people betting together.
Drugs didnt work
N
ot even GlaxoSmithKline has
devised a drug that enables
its chief executive to keep
tabs on all 99,000 staff in 115
countries. Yet, the companys
bribery farrago in China is a big
embarrassment for Sir Andrew
Witty, a man not short on the
ethical chat since taking over six
years ago. There are not many
walks of life where coughing up a
297 million fine and issuing a
grovelling apology to the Chinese
government keeps someone in
their job. So, Sir Andrew is lucky
hes running a business worth
70 billion that can ride out such
storms. But the whole episode does
raise questions about the drug
makers controls and, as
important, managements
willingness to react to news it
doesnt want to hear.
When, in July last year, it
emerged that a whistleblower had
sent an email alleging China sales
staff had been giving kickbacks to
doctors to prescribe Botox, GSK
said that its inquiries had found no
evidence of bribery or corruption.
Really?
Then, what about the notorious
sex tape, starring Mark Reilly, its
ex-China chief, which arrived with a
clutch of fresh corruption claims?
The tape turned up in the inbox of
13 executives, including Sir Andrew
a missive that would typically
invite questions over blackmail, say,
or Chinas legendary industrial
espionage. Instead, GSK allowed Mr
Reilly to hire a husband-and-wife
investigation team on a mere
20,000 budget astonishingly
lackadaisical, not least now the pair
have been jailed. By contrast, the
soon-to-be sacked Mr Reilly has got
off with a three-year suspended
sentence. He could just be deported.
GSK has now decoupled
salesmens targets from their pay.
You hope that works. Sir Andrew
cant afford any more deep regrets.
Genghis Sorrell
M
ongolia knows a thing or
two about dominant
personalities, what with it
being the home of Genghis Khan,
but is it really prepared for Sir
Martin Sorrell? The WPP boss has
made the land-locked nation,
squeezed between Russia and China,
the 111th country in the advertising
groups network. Hes commandeered
the creative agency of conglomerate
MCS Holding for a secret sum.
Sir Martin, who already marshals
179,000 troops around the globe
from the end of his mobile phone,
says that he visits Mongolia all the
time not so much for the Gobi
desert or the snowcapped peaks of
Bayan-lgii, but because WPPs
data wing Kantar does biz there for
multinational clients.
Still, the main attraction is
Mongolias GDP forecast to grow
9.5 per cent this year and 10 per cent
next. Its quite a rich country, as
you may have noticed. What SNP
would have positioned Scotland as,
he muses. If only Alex Salmond had
got himself a decent ad man.
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business commentary Alistair Osborne
Inside today
Drugmaker in search
of a new remedy
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A
libaba executives
including Jack Ma,
its founder, enjoy a
stunning debut in New
York. The share price
soared immediately,
valuing the Chinese online
retailer at more than
$220billion. Page 63
Jack heads for
the big league
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Business
economics
Post-referendum landscape:
Business is warning
Westminster against devolving
too much power to the regions
in the coming months as the
repercussions of Scotlands
referendum on independence
become clearer. David
Cameron yesterday promised
to give England, Wales and
Northern Ireland more powers
as part of any deal on greater
devolution to Scotland, after
the nationalists were defeated.
Business groups welcomed
greater local autonomy over
spending decisions, but there
were concerns that differing
tax rates or employment laws
could undermine the UKs
internal market and damage
growth. Page 64
Markets: Stocks rallied, the
pound fluctuated and investors
dumped their insurance
against independence after the
Scots pulled back from
separation. Sterling briefly hit
a two-year high against the
dollar, climbing by 1 per cent,
before heading into reverse in
later trading. The FTSE 100
surged close to 6,900, before it
too dipped later in the day. The
index closed up 18.63 points at
6,837.92. Page 64
banking & finance
1.01%
Banking reaction: The big
Scottish-based banks that
threatened to move their
headquarters to England last
week amid concerns that
Scotland would vote for
independence have professed
their commitment to the
nation. Lloyds Banking Group
and Royal Bank of Scotland
were among five financial
institutions that had said they
would move their headquarters
or operations if Scotland voted
yes. After it voted to stay in
the 307-year-old Union, they
were among a handful of
Scottish-based businesses that
affirmed their future north of
the border.
Foreign investors: The threat
of Scottish independence
spooked foreign investors to
such an extent that more than
$1 billion (613 million) was
withdrawn from British
equities in the week before the
referendum. Research from
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
showed that the sell-off pushed
total weekly redemptions from
European funds to $4.6 billion,
representing the biggest flight
of capital in more than three
years. Page 65
Lending to business: European
Central Bank plans to boost
lending to business were dealt
another blow after banks
decided to repay billions of
euros of cheap ECB credit. The
ECB said banks would repay
nearly 20 billion (15.7 billion)
of credit, known as long-term
refinancing operations, it had
advanced at the height of the
eurozones debt crisis. The
news came a day after the
ECBs fresh offer of up to
400 billion of low-cost loans
fell flat.
Aviva: Britains second-largest
insurer offloaded its stake in its
Spanish joint venture after a
court ruled in its favour in a
long-running legal dispute.
Aviva sold its holding in CxG
Aviva to Novacaixagalicia
Banco for 287 million in cash,
in a deal that will increase its
surplus capital and should
complete by the end of the
year. A court ruled that NCG
Banco had breached its
shareholder agreement in the
joint venture in the wake of its
merger in 2010 and subsequent
restructuring a year later.
Shares gained 1p to 535p.
consumer goods
0.30%
Heineken: Days after rebuffing
a bid approach from
SABMiller, the Dutch brewer
confirmed that it had started
the search for a successor to
Ren Hooft Graafland, its chief
financial officer. The early
favourite to succeed him is
Robin Hoytema van
Konijnenburg, executive
director of global tax and
financial markets, a role Mr
Graafland once held during his
33 years with the company. Mr
Graafland turns 60 this time
next year, and his present four-
year term on the executive
board runs out next April.
Anheuser-Busch InBev: Inge
Plochaet, president of the
Budweiser and Stella Artois
brewers UK and Ireland
operations, is leaving to pursue
other career interests. She will
be replaced by Steve McAllister,
the head of the companys
operations in Germany, Italy,
Spain and Austria.
engineering
0.94%
Siemens: Europes largest
engineering company plans to
offer more than $6.1 billion, or
$80 per share, for Dresser-
Rand, the American
compressor and turbine maker,
according to Manager Magazin,
of Germany. The bid puts the
German company in
competition with the Swiss
pump maker Sulzer, which is in
talks on a potential merger
with Dresser-Rand.
health
0.62%
GlaxoSmithKline: Britains
biggest pharmaceuticals
company was facing calls for
top-level change after it paid a
297 million fine and issued an
abject apology to the people of
China for channelling bribes to
doctors who prescribe its
drugs. Mark Reilly, GSKs
former country head in China,
and four other senior
executives who oversaw the
British drugmakers illicit
activities in the worlds second-
biggest economy were handed
suspended jail sentences of
between two and four years.
Mr Reilly is to be deported to
Britain. Pages 61, 67
industrials
2.82%
Arkema: The French chemicals
group has struck a deal to buy
Bostik, the maker of Blu-Tack,
from Total, the French oil
group, for 1.74 billion. Bostik
is one of the worlds largest
adhesives makers, and Arkema
said that the deal would boost
its cashflow from the first year
of the acquisition. Page 66
leisure
0.86%
Hilton Worldwide: Having
started his hotels career
unblocking toilets at a Holiday
Inn in Washington, Chris
Nassetta is used to sorting out
other peoples mess. Yet when
Blackstone Group, which had
just bought Hilton in a top-of-
the market $26billion deal,
asked him to turn around the
rundown hotel chain, he had
little idea how big a mess he
was taking on. Within weeks of
the deal closing, the global
economy began to stutter. The
father of six daughters says
that, in some ways, the
recession made his job easier.
The downturn allowed us to
be more focused on executing
the changes.
Just Eat: The recently floated
takeaway delivery service has
announced the merger of
RestauranteWeb, its Brazilian
division, with that of local rival
iFood.com Agencia de
Restaurantes Online to create
the clear leader in the Brazilian
online delivery food market.
The group, which will emerge
with a 25 per cent stake in the
enlarged business, is to inject
3.5 million to boost expansion.
natural resources
0.90%
African Minerals: The crisis-
struck iron ore miner has
secured a lifeline from its
Chinese partners, but analysts
said that it had been given
only a temporary reprieve. The
company, which mines iron
ore in Sierra Leone, has been
beset by governance concerns
and allegations of dubious
related-party payments, which
it denies. The controversy over
a $50 million payment to a
company that was linked to an
African Minerals director has
compounded the impact of the
weak iron ore price and
investor fears over the
potential impact of the ebola
virus on its operations. Alan
Watling, its chief executive,
announced price rises
yesterday that he hopes will
mean its Tonkolili mine can
generate cash by the end of the
year. In the meantime, it will
continue using its $284 million
credit facility to keep it afloat.
Arctic oil: Russias dream of
exploring the Arctic for oil is
in tatters after sanctions forced
ExxonMobil and its partner
Rosneft to abort their first well.
Moscow appeared to confirm
reports that the two companies
had suspended the operation
in the Kara Sea one week
before Americas sanctions,
imposed over the conflict in
Ukraine, take effect. Page 63
retailing
0.84%
Home Depot: The American
DIY chain said that a data
breach it admitted to last week
resulted in the information on
56 million credit cards being
compromised more than
the 40 million affected by last
years breach at the discount
retailer Target. Some of the
credit-card data stolen from
Home Depot has already been
offered for sale online on the
black market.
Phones 4u: Vodafone has
agreed to take over 140 stores
from the collapsed mobile
phones retailer in a deal that
saves 900 jobs but leaves
thousands of staff waiting to
learn their fate. PwC, the
administrator, said that it had
agreed a deal with Vodafone as
part of the break-up of Phones
4u. The stores will be
rebranded to Vodafone and the
mobile network operator will
take on the 887 employees at
the stores. Page 66
technology
0.20%
Alibaba: Shares in the
Chinese online giant soared on
its New York debut yesterday,
raising $21.8 billion in what is
set to be the biggest US initial
public offering. Opening at
$92.70, a 36 per cent premium
to the $68 offer price, the
shares spiked to $99 before
levelling off at about $90. That
would value the company at
between $220 billion and
$230 billion, edging it close to
Walmart, the worlds biggest
retailer. Page 63
telecoms
0.68%
Eircom: The Irish
telecommunications group has
pulled plans for an initial
public offering. The former
state-owned company, which
was privatised in 1999, had
been planning a stock market
listing as a way to raise capital
that could then be used to pay
down debt.
South Yorkshire: The regions
telecoms network is set to be
upgraded to fibre-optic cables
after local councils signed a
deal with BTat a fraction of
the 150 million spent on a
botched network in the area
four years ago. A new
22 million project, funded by
BT, local councils and the
governments Broadband
Delivery UK pot, will connect
98 per cent of homes across
the region. BT has already
connected nearly a quarter of
a million homes in the area
and the new project will help
to subsidise the wider upgrade
to less populated areas. Page 66
Mexico: has received its first
bid from a consortium to build
a $10 billion state-owned
mobile network, a linchpin of
efforts to break the hold of
Carlos Slims Amrica Mvil
on telecom services. Telecom
equipment makers Alcatel-
Lucent and Ericsson helped
the consortium to craft the
proposal, four sources said.
The Mexican government,
which estimates the network
will require an investment of
about $10 billion over ten
years, wants to pick a winner
in mid-2015, two sources said,
according to Reuters.
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Results in brief
A jumble of
wishful economic
theorising, social
democrat idealism
and Sixties
hippiedom
Adam Posen, the former Bank
of England policymaker, takes
issue with the Nobel laureate
Joseph Stiglitzs support for
Scottish independence
Business
Russias dream of exploring the Arctic
for oil is intatters after sanctions forced
ExxonMobil and its partner Rosneft to
abort their first well.
Moscowappearedtoconfirmreports
that the two companies had suspended
the operationinthe Kara Sea one week
before Americas sanctions, imposed
over the conflict inUkraine, take effect.
Sergei Donskoi, the natural resour-
ces minister, said: I have received in-
formation that possibly drilling has
been halted.
Asked whether the drilling had been
stopped because of sanctions, he said
that there was a high probability.
The latest round of sanctions, which
were co-ordinated with the European
Union, were much tougher than ex-
pected. For the first time, they banned
US companies from participating in
existingprojects todevelopArcticshale
oil or deepwater fields.
Previous restrictions had covered
only future projects, allowing Exxon-
Mobil to proceed with its Arctic joint
venture with Rosneft, which is jointly
owned by the Russian government and
BP.
Vladimir Putin fired the starting gun
on the race between Russia and the
USto open up their vast Arctic waters
to oil exploration at the start of last
month. The move came days after the
USand the EU announced their first
round of Russian sanctions.
Christopher Granville, managing di-
rector of Trusted Sources, the consult-
ancy, said: This well was the most
closely watched project in the whole
global oil industry, never mind Russia.
The Arctic is the next big thing.
The sanctions leave ExxonMobils
Arctic ambitions in limbo. The com-
pany signed the joint venture three
years ago with Rosneft, which lacks the
technical expertise required for deep-
water drilling in some of the most chal-
lenging conditions in the world.
The pair agreed to invest $3.2 billion
toexplorethreehugeblocks intheKara
Sea in the Russian Arctic.
Drilling was supposedtoendanyway
at the beginning of next month before
the onset of winter and ExxonMobil
may already have gathered useful seis-
mic data from the aborted well.
President Obama said that the sanc-
tions would be lifted if the ceasefire
heldbetweenUkraineandtheRussian-
backed separatists or if peace negotia-
tions between the sides made progress.
The UScompany, which has ear-
marked half its global exploration bud-
get to Russia over the next decade, will
hope for a diplomatic solution in time
for the start of next summers drilling
season. If the sanctions remaininplace,
Rosneft faces the prospect of exploring
on its own. European oil companies
could not replace the US company
because EUsanctions baninvolvement
in new projects.
Mr Granville said: Rosneft could
continue on their own but it will be
much, much slower.
ExxonMobil and Rosneft both de-
clined to comment on their operation.
USsanctions may have sunk ExxonMobils ambitions for Arctic oil
Tim Webb
Alibaba racks up
the superlatives
on its first day
of share-trading
Other floats put in the shade
Agricultural Bank of China
$22.1bn (2010)
ICBC (Industrial and Commercial
Bank of China) $22bn (2006)
Visa $19.7bn (2008)
NTT Mobile (Japan) $18.4bn (1998)
Facebook $16bn (2012)
Its all right,
Ma, youre
still living
the dream
Jack Ma embarked on a charm offen-
sive with the US establishment within
hours of launching Alibabas shares on
the New York stock exchange.
Before he launched himself on a
round of dining with leading figures
from the worlds of politics and busi-
ness, however, he set himself another
job: win over the hearts and minds of
ordinary investors.
For amanwithanimpishsenseof hu-
mour, this was not hard. In a television
interviewbefore shares started trading,
Mr Ma claimed inspiration from a
mythological American everyman.
I got my story, my dream, from
America. The hero I had is Forrest
Gump, he said. Ive been watching
that movie for about ten times.
He watched the 1994 Tom Hanks
filmjust before leaving for his latest trip
to the United States, to remind himself
that no matter how much wealth you
have, you are still you.
Somehow, you just cant imagine
Steve Jobs or Bill Gates getting that sen-
timental. Somehow, its hard not to like
Mr Ma all the better for it. Hes some-
thing akin to a Chinese Warren Buffett.
Now that he had reached 50 and was
rich, Mr Ma told CNBC, he wanted to
use his multimillion-dollar windfall to
help other people make money.
Thats not to say that he does not
have serious ambitions for Alibaba.
We want to be bigger than Walmart,
he said. They changed the business
last century . . . we hope that 15 years
later, they say, [Alibaba] is a good com-
pany like Microsoft, like IBM, like Wal-
mart. They shaped the world.
Mr Ma was expected to meet more
than 20 high-profile chief executives.
His guest list was understoodtoinclude
JeffreyImmelt, of General Electric, and
Larry Fink, of BlackRock. Next week
Mr Ma will cosy up to US political roy-
alty by attending the Clinton Global
Initiative, an annual get-together in
New York for world leaders, sharing a
stage with Mary Barra, the chief execu-
tive of General Motors, and others.
Alexandra Frean Washington
Shares in Alibaba soared on the com-
panys New York debut yesterday, rais-
ing $21.8 billion in what is set to be the
biggest US initial public offering.
Opening at $92.70, a 36 per cent
premium to the $68 offer price, the
shares spiked to $99 before levelling
off at about $90. That would value the
company at between $220billion and
$230billion, bigger than the rival etail-
ers Amazon and eBay combined and
edging it close to Walmart, the worlds
biggest retailer.
Within minutes, trading had already
surpassed Twitters first day. Demand
was so high that underwriters were
considering exercising an option to sell
more shares. That could eventually re-
sult in the amount raised jumping to
more than $24 billion, overtaking Agri-
cultural Bank of Chinas record $22.1
billion listing in 2010.
It was a remarkable achievement for
a company that began life 15 years ago
in the Hangzhou flat of a former
Englishteacher. That teacher, JackMa,
saidyesterdaythat hestill hadbigambi-
tions for the company.
The flotation provides Mr Ma with a
hugewar chest. Hesuggestedthat some
would be spent on the companys eco-
system in helping small companies,
particularly in China, southeast Asia
and Africa, to use Alibabas ecommerce
trading platforms to make money.
The IPO will mean a big payday for
many at the company and
early investors. Mr Ma was
expected to make about
$870 million from selling
about 12.8 million shares.
Walter Price, of Al-
lianz Global Inves-
tors, described the
stock sale as one of
the best managed
IPOs he had ever
seen.
Peter Garnry, of
Saxo Bank, said the
opening price was
close tothe $90fair value he hadplaced
on the shares. He expected Alibabas
operating profit to grow by more than
30 per cent a year over the next three
years. Thesharepricewill moveintan-
dem with the increase in operating
profits, he said.
Youssef Squali, a Cantor Fitzgerald
analyst, started coverage of Alibaba
with a buy rating and a fair value of
$90 on the stock.
It is understood that more than 1,700
investors from around the world tried
to buy shares, but only half were
successful. Most shares were under-
stood to have gone to Americans, with
about 25 investment firms taking about
half of the stock.
But retail investors also showed in-
terest. TD Ameritrade, the online bro-
ker, said the level of individual orders
was 75 per cent the level of initial de-
mand recorded just before the flotation
of Facebook, a company much better
known to American small investors.
Tempus, page 54
6An Edinburgh-based investment
trust renowned for taking big bets
on technology stocks is one
of the rare British winners
from the Alibaba flotation,
notching up a paper profit
of about $200 million
after buying into the
company two years
ago in a private
deal.
Scottish
Mortgage
Investment Trust
paid $50million for
Alibaba convertible
preference shares in
September 2012.
These, in effect,
convert into 2.7 million Alibaba
shares, valued at $183.6million at
the $68-a-share issue price.
The value of the stake grew to
$257million as the Alibaba share
price was pushed as high as $95 in
the first few minutes of trading in
New York yesterday.
Its nice to dwell on the
occasional winners, Tom Slater, the
deputy manager of the trust, told
The Times, recalling how Alibaba
was much less popular with
investors two years ago when it did
the placement. It was a pretty
difficult market environment. There
was a lot of negative press at the
time over the fallout with Yahoo!.
The placing was part of a deal to
enable Yahoo! to reduce its stake in
Alibaba.
SMIT saw the company as
attractive because of its dominant
share of ecommerce in the worlds
fastest-growing large economy.
The Alibaba effect boosted SMIT
shares yesterday, pushing them to a
record of 239p, up 4p. It is now
Britains biggest investment trust,
weighing in at 3billion.
Wellcome Trust, the medical
research charity, is also understood
to have been a big winner yesterday,
sitting on a profit of more than
100million after investing in two
stages, most recently in 2012. It
confirmed that it held Alibaba
shares but did not comment further.
Jack Ma claims that he has made a Forrest Gump journey from zero to hero
Alexandra Frean Washington
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Kara Sea drilling has been suspended
Stars such as Arnold
Schwarzenegger
have been quick to
embrace Jack Ma
Business
John Longworth, director-general of
the British Chambers of Commerce.
John Cridland, the director-gener-
al of the CBI, added: Business is up
for more devolutionbut we want dev-
olution that makes a difference to
peoples lives and living standards.
Government structures are part of
this but, ultimately, strong local polit-
ical and business leadership with
meaningful powers and incentives
aremorelikelytowork. Weneedtobe
careful that the common single
market is protected.
The key areas of concern for
business are:
Business taxes
Business wants UK corporation tax
and capital gains tax rates preserved
across all regions. We are strongly in
favour of uniformbusiness taxes, Mr
Cridland said. Corporation tax raises
40billion a year and has proved a
key consideration for where busi-
nesses locate their operations.
Competition between regions could
distort incentives, and different
rates might complicate a companys
operations. Business rates are
alreadyhandleddifferentlyinNorth-
ern Ireland and Scotland.
Employment law
The last thing that companies want is
a variety of employment laws requir-
ing different contracts that cost them
more in legal fees. We would like
employment contracts and the mini-
mumwage tobe consistent across the
UK, Mr Cridland said. Easy move-
ment of labour across thecountryhas
beencentral tothenations prosperity
andanything that might set that back
could prove damaging.
Delay
David Cameron has set a tight
timetable for formalising additional
tax and spending powers for Scot-
land, with proposals due by Novem-
ber and draft legislation scheduled
for January. His surprise announce-
ment yesterday that greater Scottish
devolution should be matched by a
new deal for the other regions may
delay that timetable.
Uncertainty caused by poli-
ticking, as well as a
lack of clarity about howtax will vary
for eachjurisdiction, couldmeanthat
foreign investors considering putting
money into British ventures freeze
their plans.
According to Morgan Stanley ana-
lysts: Such political uncertainty can,
of course, have economic effects (eg,
dampening investment). The refer-
endum and its aftermath may also
diminish international investor per-
ceptionof the UKinterms of political
stability, in our view.
Neverendum
Like Quebec before it, one referen-
dummaynot be the endof it, withthe
nationalists working towards a fresh
poll as soon as feasible. Business
does not want the worry about con-
tingency planning hanging over its
head. It costs money to monitor and
prepare for and is a cause of concern
for customers.
Paul Marsh, emeritus professor of
finance at the London Business
School, said: There
should be a clear
statement from the
UK government
that, in the inter-
ests of Scotland, and
to quell further un-
certainty, there will not
be another referen-
dum for at least a
generation, where
generation means at
least 25 to 30 years.
Business is warning Westminster
against devolving too much power
to the regions in the coming months
as the repercussions of Scotlands
referendum on independence be-
come clearer.
David Cameron yesterday prom-
ised to give England, Wales and
Northern Ireland more powers as
part of anydeal ongreater devolution
to Scotland, after the nationalists
were defeated.
Although business groups wel-
comed greater local autonomy over
spending decisions, concerns were
voiced that differing tax rates or em-
ployment laws could undermine the
UKs internal market and damage
growth. Scotland is already getting
new powers to vary income tax from
2016 under the Scotland Act 2012.
With Britain facing its biggest con-
stitutional change in generations,
business groups also urged politi-
cians to deliver the planned reforms
swiftly to remove any lingering un-
certainty that may delay investment
decisions.
Businesses will now expect West-
minster and Holyrood to reacha dev-
olutionsettlement that is clear, fair to
both sides and swiftly executed, said
Clarity and
speed vital as
regions gain
more power
The independence party turned sour for Yes campaigners as the no vote left Scotland with the promise of greater devolution
Excitement over, its back to Carney
Stocks rallied, the pound fluctuated
and investors dumped their insur-
ance against independence after the
Scots pulled back from separation.
Sterling briefly hit a two-year high
against the dollar, climbing by 1 per
cent and posting its largest two-day
gain in a year, before heading into
reverse in later trading.
The FTSE 100 surged close to
6,900 in early trading as euphoria
swept the markets, adding billions of
pounds of value to Londons blue-
chip shares, before it too dipped later
in the day. The index closed up
18.63 points at 6,837.92 andthe pound
ended 0.91 cents lower at $1.6309,
having touched $1.6530 in the mo-
ments after the referendum result
was formally announced.
With the threat of secession re-
moved, investors offloaded their
hedges against wild currency swings
and the price of short-dated volatility
fell from 33 per cent to 5 per cent,
marginally above the levels in July
and August before concerns about
independence erupted.
Mark Stafford, a forex trader with
Investec, said that the market reac-
tion indicated that investors had ex-
pected a no vote. Last week, as it
seemed that supporters of independ-
ence might pull off a victory, sterling
hit a ten-month lowof $1.6051. It had
rallied, though, since the weekend.
Short-dated volatility went as
high as the 2008 crisis, as no one
wanted to take risk over the referen-
dum, Mr Stafford said. But now
were back to watching [Bank of En-
gland governor] Mark Carney and
[US Federal Reserve chairwoman]
Janet Yellen. Its boring again.
Anne Richards, chief investment
officer at Aberdeen Asset Manage-
ment, added that investors quickly
turned their attention elsewhere.
The markets will very quickly move
on from Scotland, she said.
The uncertainty createdby the ref-
erendum has left its mark on the
investment markets, experts said.
Banc De Binary, the options trader,
calculated that, despite yesterdays
rally, 7.5 billion has been wiped off
the value of the top 30 Scottish com-
panies in the past six months.
Miles Costello, Philip Aldrick
Philip Aldrick, Miles Costello
Quebecs second separatist vote in
1995 ended in narrowdefeat for yes
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Business Scottish referendum
Business
Big business
unites with
a heartfelt
sigh of relief
PhilipAldrick, Miles Costello
Companies up and down the UK wel-
comed Scotlands decision to remain
with the Union.
As thethreat of capital flight, arunon
the banks and investor anger receded,
one of Scotlands leading corporate
figures also called for a period of recon-
ciliation after emotions were stirred up
by the debate.
Both sides of the independence de-
batenowneedtocometogether sothat,
from today, Scotland moves forward
united, Martin Gilbert, the chief exec-
utive of Aberdeen Asset Management,
said.
Scotland has long been a world
leader in business sectors such as oil
and gas, whisky and investment, and
the task now is to grow the rest of the
economy with the strong support of
politicians of all parties.
John Longworth, director-general of
the British Chambers of Commerce,
called a halt to the politicking: The
companies I speak to are clear that this
cannot simply be the first in a series of
referenda, until one side or the other
gets the result that it wants.
Business and investment prospects
across the UK would be deeply hurt by
a Quebec-style neverendum a
lesson that politicians must heed.
Economists feared that a narrow
victory by the unionists would have left
the prospect of another referendum
hanging, deterring investment as hap-
pened after Quebec nearly seceded
from Canada in 1995.
David Cameron claimed that the
10.6-point winning margin would put
the debate to bed perhaps for a life-
time.
However, economists warned that it
could resurface again before long.
John Cridland, director-general of
the CBI, said: Business has always be-
lievedthat theUnionis best for creating
jobs, raising growth and improving liv-
ing standards, and welcomes that the
people of Scotland want to play an
integral role in this internationally
successful partnership.
The Institute of Directors Scotland
said that political parties and business-
es nowneeded to get together to focus
on growth.
Greater fiscal and political auto-
nomy for Scotland are on the way, and
previously opposing groups now need
to work together, and with the business
sector, tomake sure that the outcome is
successful, David Watt, the IoD Scot-
land executive director, said.
Philip Aldrick
T
he big risk may have passed but
the ripples remain. Greater
devolution for Scotland is likely
to be the start of a more federal
Britain the United States of the
United Kingdom, as it were.
David Cameron set the wheels of
sweeping constitutional reform in
motion yesterday by saying that the
English, Welsh and Northern Irish
should have more power over their
own laws.
Where does it stop? Boris Johnson,
the mayor of London, has requested
devolution for the capital, as has
Margaret Hodge, a prospective
Labour mayoral candidate.
Lord Heseltine recommended
transferring 58 billion of spending to
the regions in his No Stone Unturned
growth review for the Conservatives
two years ago. The Tories shelved the
plans, but Labour has dusted them
off.
Decentralisation can be a big
winner. Decisions made locally tend
to be quicker and more effective. The
danger, though, is that devolution
suffocates growth by lumbering
business with bureaucracy.
If a UK company ends up with
four different corporation tax rates
and a library of contradictory
employment rules, only the lawyers
will benefit. Devolution must come
with a commitment not to tie
companies up in red tape and strangle
the recovery.
Edinburgh already has significant
new powers coming its way, including
greater control over income tax and
the option to raise 2.2 billion of debt
independently of the UK, under the
Scotland Act 2012. Those powers will
now be beefed up further, and all
parties are offering Scotland more
control over where the money is
spent.
Federalism could be good for
Britain, but only if a guiding one
nation principle remained. Too much
devolution could be damaging.
Political risk has not been removed
completely, its just a lot less acute.
Devolution all very well but it must not compound red tape
In the end, Scotland
was not Quebec.
The winning margin
for the unionists was
not measured in
decimal places it was substantial
enough to put the debate on
independence to bed.
The 10.6-point gap, even with the
Scottish diaspora excluded from the
vote and schoolchildren marking
ballot papers, was comprehensive.
The nationalists won in only four of
32 constituencies. For both the
Scottish and the UK economies, it
was the best result possible.
A yes would have been
destabilising rocking stock markets,
triggering capital flight, crashing the
pound and setting off 18 months of
uncertainty that would have drained
both countries of investment as the
terms of separation were negotiated.
Yet, at least a yes would have
been definitive. A paper-thin no
victory would, perhaps, have been the
worst of all worlds, leaving the whole
country, north and south of the
border, in political limbo and markets
unsure where to look.
Investment would have dried up,
Scotland would have embedded a risk
premium into the cost of doing
business north of the border, and the
rest of the UK would have been on
shakier ground.
The relief was almost audible as
Edinburghs silent, cosmopolitan elite
turned out in droves to save the
union. The pound rallied, stock
markets bounced. Royal Bank of
Scotland said that it wouldnt be
moving house to England. It is
business as usual, the bank declared.
At the end of a long, fraught
campaign, then, nothing changes.
But nothing remains the same.
Markets have been in a sleepy
reverie for too long. The promise of
central bank intervention across the
world since the financial crisis has
all but removed traditional risk. Of
the fear and greed that drive
investment decisions, fear has
vanished but greed remains.
Dangerously familiar bubbles are
brewing. Everything from junk debt
to suspiciously innovative financial
instruments has been priced to go.
Markets have been sleepwalking
towards the same abyss that plunged
the world into crisis in 2008.
Harking back to Lehman Brothers
this week, Claudio Borio, the head of
economics at the Bank for
International Settlements, warned: It
all looks rather familiar. The dance
continues until the music eventually
stops. And the longer the music plays,
and the louder it gets, the more
deafening is the silence that follows.
Scotland was a healthy reminder of
that looming silence, that risk is ever
present. The FTSE volatility index, a
proxy for risk, yesterday settled back
at levels higher than before the pre-
referendum polls first shook markets
out of their complacency. A little of
the fear appears to have remained.
So it should. The Bank of England
has been paralysed by Scotland but
no longer. There was never any
chance that interest rates could rise
until the Scottish question was
resolved.
A phoney rhetoric has been played
out on Threadneedle Street. The
minutes to the Banks monthly
Monetary Policy Committee meetings
have not once suggested that
independence was a factor in the rate
decision. The first mention of the
referendum was this month, but only
to observe in passing the currency
market reaction to the polls.
For whatever reason, the Banks
dialogue has been disingenuous in the
extreme. As legitimate as its tortured
arguments over economic slack may
be, the elephant in the room was
deliberately being ignored.
When Mark Carney, the Banks
governor, spoke of contingency
planning, he would not have been
thinking solely of banking
interventions, he would have been
considering delaying the first rate
increase.
The debate can now be more open,
more honest. Two MPC members
fear that slack in the economy is too
small to be a relevant measure any
longer, and are voting to raise rates.
Others may join them now that the
risk of economic Armageddon has
passed, although lingering threats
from a weak eurozone and a
belligerent Russia remain.
Scotlands decisive no vote has
removed the UKs most immediate
and most substantial economic risk.
More significant, though, it could be
the point at which
policy in the UK can
finally start to move
from emergency
back to normality.
The Scottish cloud has lifted; now

the interest rate rises can begin
Philip Aldrick is economics editor of The Times
Foreign investors drained $1bn from UK in fear of yes vote
The threat of independence spooked
foreign investors to such an extent that
more than $1 billion was withdrawn
fromBritishequities inthe week before
the referendum.
Research from Bank of America
Merrill Lynch showed that the sell-off
pushed total weekly redemptions from
European funds to $4.6 billion, repre-
senting the biggest flight of capital in
more than three years.
Analysts believe that overseas inves-
tors started getting the jitters after a se-
ries of polls at the beginning of the
month showed growing support for a
yes vote.
Investors alsoreactedtoincreasingly
gloomy predictions from a series of
leading international business leaders
who warned in the run-up to the vote
onThursdaythat theScottisheconomy
faced disaster if it separated from En-
gland.
Investment banks were also pessi-
mistic. Deutsche Bank said that leaving
the Union would be seen as a political
and economic mistake on a par with
WinstonChurchills 1925decisiontore-
introduce the gold standard.
Goldman Sachs also warned that a
vote for Scottish independence could
have severe consequences for the eco-
nomyandriskaeurozone-style crisis in
Britain.
Merrill Lynchs report, written by
Michael Hartnett, the banks chief in-
vestment strategist, was echoed by
EPFR Global, the funds data provider.
It said that its figures also showed that
outflows fromthesharefunds it tracked
rose to $1.02 billion in the week to
Wednesday, the day before the Scots
headed to the polling stations.
This was on top of the $672 million
that flowed out of the funds during the
previous week.
The funds data provider calculated
that, collectively, European equity
funds recorded outflows of $4.6 billion,
thelargest figurerecordedsinceAugust
2011.
However, despite the strong selling,
share prices remained resilient in the
week before the vote, and EPFR said
that the outflows from British bond
funds were also modest, with only
$65 million taken out in the past
week.
Deirdre Hipwell
6A slew of prominent businesses
have abandoned plans to leave
Scotland, but raised immediate
concerns about the impact of
further devolution.
Standard Life responded to
Westminsters promise to hand
Scotland additional tax and
spending powers by predicting that
further constitutional change was
very likely. The Edinburgh
insurer, which has 3.8 million
policyholders in Britain, said: We
will consider the implications of any
changes for our customers and other
stakeholders to ensure their
interests are protected.
Royal Bank of Scotland surprised
some in the market by issuing a
definitive statement dropping all
contingency measures within hours
of the referendums outcome. Lloyds
Banking Group said that it would
continue to have a significant
presence in Scotland.
Aberdeen-based Alliance Trust,
Britains biggest investment trust,
did not publicly drop its
commitment to a contingency plan.
Alliance Trust will continue to
engage with all political parties
involved in the development of
Scotland within the UK, it said.
Paul Gallagher, tax partner at
Ernst &Young in Scotland, said: Its
clear that further powers around
taxation are going to be given to
Scotland. The big questions for
business will not be answered until
the powers are granted.
Scottish referendum Business
Business
Vodafone reaches deal to save
hundreds of jobs at Phones4u
Vodafone has agreed to take over 140
stores from Phones4u in a deal that
saves 900 jobs but leaves thousands
of staff waiting to learn their fate.
PwC, the administrator, said last
night that it had agreed a deal with
Vodafone as part of the break-up of
the collapsed mobile phone retailer.
The stores, whose locations have
not been disclosed, will be rebranded
to Vodafone and the mobile network
operator will take on the 887 employ-
ees at the stores.
More than 600 staff at Phones4us
head office in Newcastle-under-
Lyme were told yesterday that they
would lose their jobs. The adminis-
trator is trying to reach a deal with
Dixons Carphone potentially to save
800 positions. Before its collapse,
Phones4u had 4,800 employees.
EE is still locked in talks with PwC
over the terms of a deal to take a
smaller number of stores. The
Phones4u mobile brand Life, which
has 90,000customers, is alsoset tobe
absorbed by EE.
The Vodafone takeover could
prove bittersweet for some workers
given the furore over the collapse of
the retailer. BC Partners, the private
equity owner of Phones4u, blames
Vodafone for the collapse of the com-
pany after the network cancelled
contracts to sell its phones through
the retailer. EE and O
2
had earlier
cancelled their agreements.
Both EE and Vodafone have dis-
patched staff to run the rule over
potential store acquisitions. The
process has proved to be complex
because of leases, negotiations with
landlords and overlapping locations.
It is understood that Vodafone,
which had already pledged to in-
crease its retail presence, may have
had the pick of the most attractive
stores as it had agreed to take on the
largest block during discussions with
PwC. Jonathan De Mello, head of
Harper Dennis Hobbs, the retail con-
sultancy, said that other operators
may also be looking to cherry-pick
stores. Mr de Mello said that some of
the retailers most successful, higher-
margin stores were smaller outlets in
lower-income areas. Some of the
best-performing stores were in areas
like Hounslow, Walthamstow, Strat-
ford and Erdington in Birmingham,
he said. Rob Hunt, joint administra-
tor at PwC, saidthat hewas pleasedto
have secured a future for a signifi-
cant number of stores and staff but
that it was necessary to make head
office employees redundant. Of the
628 staff losing their jobs, more than
400will beemployedonashort-term
basis to help the administrator. Tele-
sales workers have already been
made redundant.
The collapse of the business will
also result in significant losses for
high-yield bond investors. Senior
bondholders are owed 430million
and last September BC Partners is-
sued a payment-in-kind bond that
loaded a further 200million on to
the retailers balance sheet. The bond
enabled BC Partners to pay itself,
and its investors, a dividend that
coveredits owninvestment inbuying
the business.
The retailer is one of the biggest
employers inStaffordshire, but David
Frost, chairman of the Stoke-on-
Trent and Staffordshire Enterprise
Partnership, said that the presence of
companies such as JCB and Jaguar
Land Rover meant that the overall
trend in the area was buoyant.
Yorkshire gets to grips with broadband
South Yorkshires telecoms network
is set to be upgraded to fibre-optic
cables after local councils signed a
deal with BT at a fraction of the
150 million spent on a botched net-
work in the area four years ago.
A new 22 million project, funded
by BT, local councils and the govern-
ments Broadband Delivery UK pot,
will connect 98 per cent of homes
across the region. BT has already
connected nearly a quarter of a mil-
lion homes in the area and the new
project will helptosubsidisethewider
upgrade to less populated areas.
The relatively low cost underlines
the huge waste of money on the
Digital Region project that was burn-
ing through 1 million a day by the
time it closed a year ago. The project
came to be known as the biggest
white elephant intelecoms, withonly
3,000 customers signing up to what
was intended to be the fastest broad-
band in the country.
Digital Region was established in
2010 and designed to pipe superfast
broadband to nearly half a million
homes and businesses in the region.
The network, which was built in iso-
lation to BTs national infrastructure,
was funded mostly by Yorkshire For-
ward, a now-defunct regional devel-
opment agency, local councils and
the European Union, which pumped
30 million into Digital Region.
BT offered to take over Digital Re-
gion last year but was shunned by
local councils, which instead tried to
sell it to Bouygues, a French con-
glomerate that specialises in road
building, power transmission and
transport and has no history in Brit-
ish telecoms.
That deal fell apart and Digital Re-
gion was shut down to save the tax-
payer about 12.5 million. The assets
were handed to Geo Networks this
year.
Nic Fildes
Nic Fildes, Deirdre Hipwell
T
he maker of Blu-
Tack, the sticky
stuff used to hang
posters that is loved
and loathed in equal
measure by teenagers and
parents, is to be sold for
1.74billion (Deirdre Hipwell
writes).
Total, the French oil
company, said yesterday that
it had struck a deal to sell
Bostik, its adhesives division,
to Arkema, a chemicals
group that was itself spun out
of Total in 2006.
Bostik is one of the worlds
largest manufacturers of
adhesive products for the
industrial and consumer
markets, with brands such as
Blu-Tack, Grip Fill, Evo-Grip,
Serious Stuff Liquid Metal
and Super Glue.
In Britain, Bostik is best
known for its child-friendly
Blu-Tack products, which for
decades have helped
teenagers to adorn their
rooms with posters and
destroy wallpaper.
It has other uses. In 2007,
Elizabeth Thompson, an
artist, created a 200kg
sculpture of a house spider,
right, using Blu-Tack over a
wire frame. The sculpture
required about 4,000 packs
of Blu-Tack and was
exhibited at London zoo.
The company can trace its
history back to 1889 and the
Boston Blacking Company in
Massachusetts, where it
began making shoe
adhesives. Bostik was bought
by Total in 1990.
It employs 4,800 people in
more than 40 countries and
five continents. Its main
rivals include Henkel, of
Germany, and HB Fuller, of
the United States. It is
developing new elastic
bonding for nappies.
Total said that a tie-up
between Bostik and Arkema
was a natural next step.
Patrick Pouyann, Totals
head of refining and
chemicals, said: Joining
Frances leading chemicals
company would give Bostik
the resources it needs to
pursue its industrial and
commercial development.
The sale price values
Bostik at 11 times last years
earnings before interest, tax,
depreciation and
amortisation. The sale is part
of Totals strategy in the past
few years to sell between
$15billion and $20billion of
non-core assets as it seeks to
improve profits and cashflow.
Arkema said that it would
use 350million in rights
issues, up to 700million of
hybrid securities and a senior
bond of 500million to
600million to fund the deal.
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Blu-Tack lured into
Arkemas web in
1.74bn transaction
Business
Bribery scandal leaves GSK in search of a remedy
Sir Andrew Witty has cut drug prices in developing countries, but its pattern of bribery in China has dismayed the industry
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Fined 297m
for bribing
Chinese
doctors
I
f ever therewas aweektoforget for
Sir Andrew Witty, it was this one.
First, the drugs chiefs pet philan-
thropic project, a 15million
chemistry building at the Univers-
ity of Nottingham, burnt down. Then
GlaxoSmithKlinewas obligedtowritea
humbling cheque to the Chinese
government after becoming embroiled
in a bribery scandal.
The boss of Britains biggest drugs
company kept a low profile yesterday
apart from a terse statement declaring
that GSK would stay in China. GSK
has beeninChinafor closetoahundred
years andweremainfullycommittedto
the country and its people, it said.
However, there was no hiding the
fact that a 297million fine, together
with a grovelling apology addressed to
Chinas 1.4 billion people, was the low-
est moment for GSK since 2000, when
the company was created in its present
form through the merger of Glaxo
Wellcome with SmithKline Beecham.
Savvas Neophytou, a Panmure Gor-
don healthcare analyst, pointed out
that GSKs sales of nearly $1 billion in
China had all but evaporated since the
scandal erupted: This is a serious
amount of money. But the fine does, at
least, allow both parties to emerge not
feeling that its the end of the world.
Reputation is crucial in pharmaceu-
ticals, a highly politicised industry in
which prices for drugs are negotiated
not by market forces but throughnego-
tiations with public health authorities.
Apoor public image makes it easier for
politicians to squeeze revenues.
Chris Stirling, head of life sciences at
KPMG, said: Theres no question this
industryhas animage problembecause
of thenumber of prosecutions andfines
companies have faced over the past few
years. The worse the image, the easier it
is for governments around the world to
apply pressure to reduce prices.
In terms of clashes with lawenforce-
ment authorities, GSK is a repeat of-
fender. The company was obliged to
pay $3billion in 2012 to settle charges
that its staff had encouragedAmerican
doctors to prescribe drugs for unap-
proved uses, including the untested use
of powerful antidepressants on child-
ren. The same year, a court in Argenti-
na fined GSKover clinical trials that
involved testing a vaccine on babies in
impoverished areas without obtaining
adequate permission from parents.
Any multinational company will
have occasional brushes with regula-
tors. However, the charge sheet at GSK
is becoming difficult to explain away,
particularly given that Sir Andrew put
ethics at the centre of his agenda when
he took the top job in 2008. On his
appointment as chief executive, GSKs
public image was at rock bottom
because of a hardline pricing policy
pursued by his predecessor, Jean-
Pierre Garnier, on HIVdrugs in Africa.
Declaring that he wanted to reset the
businesss moral compass, Sir Andrew
cut prices in developing countries and
declared that he wanted to move away
from an obsession with white pills in
western markets.
That approach won guarded praise.
However, the discovery of a systematic
pattern of bribing Chinese doctors has
dismayed the medical community.
Omar Qureshi, a corporate crime ex-
pert at CMS, the lawfirm, believes that
the USDepartment of Justice could be
the next to act. The fact that GSKhas
settledwiththe Chinese wont deter the
US from forming their own view and
bringing proceedings if they can estab-
lish jurisdiction, Mr Qureshi said.
Critics of the drugs industry have lit-
tle sympathy. Mohga Kamal-Yanni,
senior health policy adviser at Oxfam,
said: GSKs reputation has been tar-
nished but its not the only one in-
volved in this kind of conduct. The
whole industry needs to rethink its be-
haviour. China has a systemfor discov-
ering corruption, but these companies
operate in many poorer countries, too.
What do you think happens there?
A drink with
a real kick
Behind the story
W
hen China
celebrated the
mid-autumn
festival in
September 2012,
a bottle of 53-degree Feitian
Moutai the throat-rasping
spirit that had doubled for
decades as an acknowledged unit
of bribery cost 2,000 yuan
(Leo Lewis writes).
It marked a high point. Within
weeks, Xi Jinping was anointed
general secretary of the Chinese
Communist party and, as the
political mood began to change,
Moutai prices began to fall.
As he came to power, the
warning was clear: a war on
corruption was coming, and no
bribe-giver or bribe-taker big or
small should feel safe. The venal,
illicit and profitable antics that
companies and government
officials got away with under the
previous regime, it implied,
belonged in the liability column.
For China, GSK was perfect
propaganda: double-proof that no
company is too big to escape an
anticorruption campaign that
reaches beyond individual
villains to companies, industries
and foreign multinationals.
The campaign has been the
signature policy of Mr Xis
administration and the only real
area where the promise of
change has become reality. At
times, the anticorruption drive
has resembled an old-fashioned
purge, a ruse to bring down Mr
Xis potential opponents. Many
areas of Chinese life remain
riddled with corruption. There
are doubts that Mr Xi has the
will or the backing to continue
sawing off the branch on which a
huge number of senior party
officials are sitting.
And yet, the momentum is
strong. At this years mid-autumn
festival, the same bottle of Feitian
Moutai costs 950 yuan (94).
The drugmakers
humiliation in China
raises questions over its
commitment to ethics,
writes Andrew Clark
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Intl Cons Air 9,894
Intertek 723
ITV 19,440
Johnson Math 853
Kingfisher 13,124
Land Secs 4,027
Legal & Gen 28,665
Lloyds Bkg Gp 389,971
London Stock Exch 1,886
Marks Spr 8,958
Meggitt 3,490
Melrose 4,178
Mondi PLC 1,272
Morrison (W) 21,944
Natl Grid 13,897
Next 683
Old Mutual 23,087
Pearson 4,022
Petrofac 2,000
Persimmon 2,115
Prudential 13,112
Randgold Res 684
Reckitt Benck 2,068
Reed Elsevier 4,360
REXAM 18,600
Rio Tinto 8,107
Rolls-Royce 8,523
Ryl Bk Scot 39,851
Ryl Dtch Sh A 7,858
Ryl Dtch Sh B 5,960
RSA Ins 5,037
SABMiller 7,659
Sage Gp 4,709
Sainsbury 11,278
Schroders 637
Svrn Trent 1,165
Shire 1,996
Smith & Neph 3,102
Smiths 1,737
Sports Direct 1,378
SSE 9,059
Std Chartd 8,195
Standard Life 10,369
Tate & Lyle 3,501
Tesco 49,245
Travis Perkins 1,425
TUI Travel 5,801
Tullow Oil 3,143
Unilever 5,286
Utd Utilities 2,972
Vedanta Res 889
Vodafone 104,126
Weir 1,120
William Hill 3,932
Whitbread 789
Wolseley 1,663
WPP 6,661
FTSE volumes
European money
deposits %
Gold/precious
metals
Dollar rates
Australia 1.1203-1.1206
Canada 1.0966-1.0966
Denmark 5.7978-5.8003
Euro 0.7790-0.7791
Hong Kong 7.7512-7.7513
Japan 109.03-109.05
Malaysia 3.2394-3.2409
Norway 6.3445-6.3477
Singapore 1.2665-1.2671
Sweden 7.1500-7.1550
Switzerland 0.9404-0.9407
Other Sterling
Argentina peso 13.736-13.739
Australia dollar 1.8267-1.8276
Bahrain dinar 0.6111-0.6187
Brazil real 3.8736-3.8899
Euro 1.2702-1.2704
Hong Kong dollar 12.638-12.640
India rupee 99.059-99.262
Indonesia rupiah 19472-19510
Kuwait dinar KD 0.4676-0.4702
Malaysia ringgit 5.1795-5.3827
New Zealand dollar 2.0084-2.0099
Singapore dollar 2.0652-2.0663
S Africa rand 18.073-18.101
U A E dirham 5.9875-5.9938
Eurotop 100
Money rates %
Base Rates Clearing Banks 0.5 Finance House 1.0 ECB Refi 0.05 US Fed Fund 0-0.25
Halifax Mortgage Rate 3.5
Treasury Bills (Dis) Buy: 1 mth 0.42; 3 mth 0.47. Sell: 1 mth 0.35; 3 mth 0.41
1 mth 2 mth 3 mth 6 mth 12 mth
Interbank Rates
0.5063 0.5321 0.5665 0.7141 1.0618
Clearer CDs
0.58-0.43 0.60-0.45 0.65-0.50 0.80-0.65 1.13-0.98
Depo CDs
0.58-0.43 0.60-0.45 0.65-0.50 0.80-0.65 1.13-0.98
Eurodollar Deps 0.15-0.25 0.19-0.29 0.24-0.34 0.36-0.46 0.68-0.78
Eurodollar CDs 0.15-0.08 0.18-0.12 0.22-0.15 0.36-0.21 0.52-0.38
Mkt Rates for Range Close 1 month 3 month
Copenhagen 9.4504-9.5310 9.4555-9.4563 45ds 148ds
Euro 1.2806-1.2698 1.2705-1.2701 4pr 12pr
Montreal 1.7821-1.8114 1.7875-1.7885 8pr 23pr
New York 1.6303-1.6522 1.6305-1.6308 4ds 14ds
Oslo 10.345-10.451 10.352-10.359 83pr 254pr
Stockholm 11.523-11.720 11.660-11.666 18ds 68ds
Tokyo 177.56-180.65 177.78-177.80 13ds 32ds
Zurich 1.5324-1.5453 1.5333-1.5339 8ds 26ds
Premium = pr Discount = ds
Sterling spot and forward rates
Major indices
New York
Dow Jones (noon) 17290.44 (+24.45)
Nasdaq Composite (noon) 4570.53 (-22.90)
S&P 500 (noon) 2010.22 (-1.14)
Tokyo
Nikkei 225 16321.17 (+253.60)
Hong Kong
Hang Seng 24306.16 (+137.44)
Amsterdam
AEX Index 425.74 (+3.69)
Sydney
AO 5437.30 (+18.30)
Frankfurt
DAX 9799.26 (+1.13)
Singapore
Straits 3305.05 (+7.76)
Brussels
BEL20 3220.40 (+12.18)
Paris
CAC-40 4461.22 (-3.48)
Zurich
SMI Index 8840.17 (+9.68)
DJ EURO Stoxx 50 3273.25 (+1.88)
London
FTSE 100 6837.92 (+18.63)
FTSE 250 15859.10 (+136.29)
FTSE 350 3712.34 (+13.40)
FTSE Eurotop 100 2848.56 (+7.25)
FTSE All-Shares 3646.05 (+13.43)
FTSE Non Financials 4261.53 (+13.14)
techMARK 100 3387.85 (+23.96)
Bargains 1568344
US$ 1.6305 (-0.0129)
Euro 1.2702 (-0.0019)
:SDR 1.08 (+0.00)
Exchange Index 87.90 (-0.10)
Bank of England official close (4pm)
CPI 127.80 Jul (2005 = 100)
RPI 256.00 Jul (Jan 1987 = 100)
RPIX 255.50 Jul (Jan 1987 = 100)
Morningstar Long Commodity 866.81 (-11.35)
Morningstar Long/Short Commod 4562.55 (+5.39)
Commodities
ICIS pricing (London 6.00pm)
Crude Oils ($/barrel FOB)
Brent Physical 96.80 +0.25
Brent 25 day (Jan) 97.80 +0.40
Brent 25 day (Feb) 98.55 +0.40
W Texas Intermed (Jan) 91.40 -0.75
W Texas Intermed (Feb) 90.90 -0.60
Products ($/MT)
Spot CIF NW Europe (prompt delivery)
Premium Unld 932.00 934.00 +0.00
Gasoil EEC 827.25 829.25 -0.75
3.5 Fuel Oil 530.50 533.00 -0.50
Naphtha 839.00 841.00 +4.00
ICE Futures
Gas Oil
Oct 824.00-823.75 Jan 833.50-832.75
Nov 827.00-826.75 Feb BID
Dec 830.25-830.00 Volume: 143478
Brent (6.00pm)
Oct unq Jan 99.28-99.24
Nov 98.07-98.05 Feb 100.31-98.00
Dec 98.71-98.70 Volume: 579512
LIFFE
Cocoa
Sep unq Dec 1899 BID
Dec 2106-2105 Mar 1970-1968
Mar 2054-2053 May unq
May 2037-2034
Jul 2016-2011
Sep 1901 BID Volume: 21347
RobustaCoffee
Sep 1930 BID May 2000-1959
Nov 1945-1940 Jul 2175-1973
Jan 1959-1935
Mar 2175-1950 Volume: 25471
White Sugar (FOB)
Reuters May 430.50-429.70
Aug 441.20-438.50
Oct 429.90 SLR Oct 516.50-447.80
Dec 409.70-409.50 Dec 499.00-455.40
Mar 420.80-420.30 Volume: 7112
London Grain Futures
LIFFE Wheat (close /t)
Nov 111.55 Jan 113.55 Mar 115.35
May 117.60 Jul 118.40 Volume: 1374
Wall Street
Sep 19
midday
Sep 18
close
21st Century Fox 35.24 34.91
3M 147.39 146.84
Abbott Labs 43.80 43.69
AbbVie 59.34 59.45
Accenture 80.11 80.46
ACE 107.41 107.39
Actavis 238.50 237.93
Adobe Sys 66.77 67.91
Aetna Inc 83.76 83.91
Aflac 58.42 58.69
Agilent Tech 58.34 58.40
Air Prods & Chm 134.38 133.04
Alcoa 16.20 16.20
Alexion Pharmas 161.11 161.56
Allergan 168.00 169.97
Allstate 62.28 62.32
Altria 45.02 44.74
Amazon 330.35 325.00
Amer Elec Pwr 53.16 52.74
Amer Express 89.70 90.10
Amer Tower 95.12 95.52
American Int 55.27 56.33
Ameriprise 126.58 127.57
AmerisrceBerg 77.46 77.13
Amgen 144.00 142.02
Amphenol 104.56 105.32
Anadarko Petrlm 105.67 105.80
Analog Devices 50.10 50.29
Aon Corp 87.10 87.90
Apache 97.08 97.01
Apple 101.62 101.79
Applied Mats 22.60 22.60
Archer Daniels 51.80 52.06
AT&T 35.38 35.16
Auto Data Proc 83.95 84.19
Autozone 527.54 532.31
Avago Tech Ltd 89.36 89.52
AvalonBay 144.30 144.25
Baker Hughes 68.02 67.90
Bank NY Mellon 40.09 40.25
Bank of America 17.01 17.04
Baxter Intl 72.46 73.10
BB&T 38.92 38.63
Becton Dickinsn 114.15 115.01
Berkshire Hath 141.58 141.28
Biogen Idec 331.99 329.99
Blackrock 333.19 333.61
Boeing 129.35 128.58
Boston Props 117.17 117.36
Boston Sci 12.33 12.42
Bristol-Myrs Sq 51.61 51.12
Broadcom 40.86 41.44
Cameron Intl 70.09 70.55
Capital One Fin 84.32 83.67
Cardinal Health 76.10 75.42
Carnival 40.92 40.11
Caterpillar 102.25 104.34
CBS Corp 56.10 56.50
Celgene 94.20 93.27
CenturyTel 40.87 40.52
Cerner 58.70 58.92
Chesapeake Engy 24.75 24.77
Chevron 125.51 124.14
Chipotle Mex Grill 665.22 664.32
Chubb 92.52 92.73
Cigna Corp 95.29 95.21
Cisco Systems 25.12 25.22
Citigroup 53.63 53.66
CME 82.95 82.96
Coca-Cola 42.14 41.79
Cognizant Tech 45.01 45.31
Colgate-Palm 65.40 65.31
Comcast 56.94 56.85
Conagra Foods 33.88 33.48
ConocoPhillips 80.52 79.97
Consd Edison 57.05 56.63
Constellation Brs 87.60 87.78
Corning 20.57 20.75
Costco Whole 127.24 126.48
Covidien 91.55 91.60
Crown Castle 80.03 80.18
CSX 32.49 32.39
Cummins 137.37 138.71
CVS Caremark 81.58 81.18
Danaher 79.61 79.36
Davita 74.97 74.71
Deere&Co 83.70 84.15
Delphi Auto 65.60 65.89
Delta Air Lines 39.03 39.44
Devon Energy 71.21 71.56
DirecTV Grp 87.41 87.25
Discover Financial 65.40 65.59
Dollar General 62.99 63.00
Dominion Res 68.83 68.52
Dover 85.34 85.40
Dow Chemical 53.68 53.59
Du Pont 71.79 71.20
Duke Energy 74.20 73.48
Eaton 66.43 66.56
eBay 53.04 52.70
Sep 19
midday
Sep 18
close
Ecolab 118.01 117.53
Edison Intl 57.78 57.71
Eli Lilly 66.77 66.59
EMC Corp 29.59 29.72
Emerson Elec 64.84 64.74
EOG Res 104.70 104.98
EQT 93.97 94.80
Equity Res 61.38 61.40
Estee Lauder 75.56 74.96
Exelon 34.20 33.78
Express Scripts 74.48 74.60
Exxon Mobil 97.35 96.61
Facebook 77.02 77.00
Fedex 159.02 158.93
Fifth Third 21.06 21.01
FirstEnergy 34.71 34.30
FIS 57.24 56.95
Fiserv Inc 65.58 65.54
Ford Motor 16.62 16.58
Franklin Res 55.99 56.67
Freeport-Mcm 34.16 34.31
Gap 44.03 43.84
Gen Dynamics 129.32 129.28
Gen Electric 26.29 26.21
Gen Growth Props 23.93 23.97
General Mills 51.38 51.22
General Mtrs 33.95 34.03
Gilead Sciences 106.12 105.93
Goldman Sachs 186.22 187.89
Google Inc 592.97 589.27
Google Inc Class A 601.23 597.27
Grainger (WW) 252.95 253.08
Halliburton 66.58 66.33
Hartford Financial 37.72 37.79
HCP 39.77 39.83
Health Care REIT 62.74 62.89
Hershey 93.86 94.17
Hess 97.91 97.73
Hewlett Packard 36.93 37.01
Home Depot 93.06 92.09
Honeywell Intl 96.33 96.39
Host Hotels 21.78 21.96
Humana 134.42 133.18
ICE Group 202.83 204.05
Illinois Tool 88.49 88.93
Ingersoll-Rand 59.49 60.14
Int Business Mach 194.27 193.75
Intel 35.08 35.17
Intl Paper 48.95 49.00
Intuit 86.17 85.66
Intuitive Surg 475.62 475.54
Invesco 41.07 41.25
Johnsn & Johnsn 108.12 107.35
Johnson Cont 46.54 46.54
JP Morgan Chase 61.29 61.32
Kellogg 62.88 62.89
Keurig Green 137.85 137.48
Kimberly-Clark 106.95 106.72
Kinder Morgan 38.21 38.00
Kraft Foods 57.09 57.44
Kroger 52.30 52.49
L Brands 66.35 66.56
Lincoln National 56.11 55.69
Lockheed Martin 180.55 179.57
Loews 42.98 43.02
Lorillard 59.32 59.52
Lowes Cos 54.13 54.15
LyondellBasell 114.03 113.75
Macy's 60.21 60.56
Marathon Oil 39.47 39.32
Marathon Petroleum88.46 87.33
Marriott Intl 72.64 72.45
Marsh & McLenn 53.28 53.50
MasterCard 77.87 77.80
McDonald's 94.42 93.48
McGraw Hill Fin 86.39 86.56
McKesson 195.99 196.00
Mead Johnson 97.54 97.94
Medtronic 66.79 66.53
Merck & Co 60.70 60.31
Metlife 56.22 55.89
Michael Kors Hdgs 76.47 77.22
Micron 31.93 32.48
Microsoft 46.85 46.68
Mondelez 35.69 35.81
Monsanto 115.10 115.49
Monster Beverage 90.18 90.44
Moodys 95.09 95.25
Morgan Stanley 36.02 36.13
Mosaic 46.49 46.73
Motorola Sols 61.85 62.04
M&T Bank Corp 128.23 127.14
Mylan 47.65 48.43
Natl Oilwell 80.50 80.59
Netflix 456.85 459.01
NextEra Energy 95.31 94.58
Nielsen Holdings 45.15 44.49
Nike 81.55 81.97
Noble Energy 71.52 71.22
Norfolk Sthn 112.24 112.15
Sep 19
midday
Sep 18
close
Northeast Utilities 45.42 45.26
Northern Trust 70.18 70.33
Northrop Grum 133.45 132.44
Nucor 57.79 58.09
Occidental Petr 98.16 97.87
Omnicom 70.21 70.16
ONEOK 68.72 68.54
Oracle 39.53 41.55
O'Reilly 155.01 155.18
Paccar 59.91 60.08
Parker-Hannifin 116.43 117.26
Paychex 42.89 42.98
PepsiCo 94.14 93.37
Perrigo Company 146.46 146.64
Pfizer 30.33 30.58
PG&E 45.95 45.90
Philip Morris Intl 85.09 84.72
Phillips66 86.03 85.89
Pioneer Ntrl Rscs 201.05 202.16
PNC Finl 88.25 87.94
PPG Inds 203.70 203.16
PPL 33.57 33.28
Praxair 133.47 133.46
Precision Cast 246.28 247.04
Price T Rowe 79.94 80.21
Priceline.com 1193.49 1197.20
Principal Fin 54.66 54.61
Procter & Gmbl 84.56 84.19
Progressive Cp 25.36 25.47
Prologis 38.45 38.31
Prudential Finl 93.30 92.95
Public Serv Ent 38.16 37.76
Public Storage 165.30 165.12
Qualcomm 76.25 76.44
Raytheon 103.15 102.48
Regeneron Pharm 360.95 362.74
Regions Financial 10.51 10.54
Reynolds Amer 57.31 57.51
Rockwell Auto 117.19 117.72
Roper Inds 150.47 150.23
Ross Stores 75.32 75.67
Salesforce.com 58.22 57.66
SanDisk 101.73 103.22
Schlumberger 103.94 104.47
Schwab (Charles) 30.63 30.78
Seagate Tech 58.86 59.79
Sempra Energy 105.75 105.33
Sherwin-Williams 220.26 219.86
Simon Prop 165.68 166.02
Southern Co 43.63 43.28
Spectra Engy 40.49 40.28
St Jude Medical 62.50 63.46
Stan Blk & Dkr 93.06 93.46
Starbucks 76.06 75.73
Starwood 84.32 83.71
State Street 75.19 75.73
Sthwest Airlines 34.96 35.23
Stryker 83.43 84.07
SunTrust Banks 40.23 40.12
Symantec 24.44 24.59
Sysco 38.14 38.00
Target 64.08 63.93
TE Connectivity 61.24 61.90
Texas Insts 49.03 48.98
Thermo Fisher 123.38 124.13
Time Warner 77.98 77.38
Time Warner Cab 153.65 153.51
TJX 59.96 60.22
Travelers 95.09 94.78
Tyco Intl 44.85 45.04
Union Pacific 109.62 109.40
UPS 99.67 99.63
US Bancorp 43.40 43.03
Utd Health 88.09 87.63
Utd Tech 108.26 108.52
Valero Energy 48.44 47.62
Ventas 61.06 61.03
Verizon Comm 50.00 49.69
Vertex Pharma 100.42 97.35
VF Corp 67.20 67.04
Viacom 81.02 80.46
Visa 216.43 216.44
Vornado Realty 102.40 102.67
Walgreen 63.23 63.18
Wal-Mart 77.00 76.22
Walt Disney 90.85 90.34
Waste Mgt 47.44 47.40
WellPoint 122.15 122.16
Wells Fargo 53.53 53.24
Western Digital 98.76 99.58
Weyerhaeuser 32.51 32.63
Whole Foods Mkt 39.10 39.79
Williams Cos 56.43 56.50
Wynn Resorts 185.21 187.83
Xcel Energy 31.10 30.96
Xerox 13.99 13.88
Yahoo 42.41 42.09
Yum Brands 73.19 72.64
Zimmer Hldgs 103.76 104.25
Zoetis 37.26 36.70
London Financial Futures
Period Open High Low Sett Vol Open Int
Long Gilt Sep 14 112.31 112.85 112.31 112.86 76 14581
Dec 14 111.37 112.13 111.32 112.00 189829 372372
3-Mth Sterling Sep 14 99.440 99.440 99.430 99.433 1240 281817
Dec 14 99.300 99.310 99.290 99.305 177955 502443
Mar 15 99.100 99.120 99.090 99.105 173046 412379
Jun 15 98.880 98.920 98.880 98.895 118393 354357
Sep 15 98.680 98.710 98.660 98.685 81698 252625
3-Mth Euribor Sep 14 99.915 99.920 99.915 99.919 11688 481705
Dec 14 99.910 99.925 99.905 99.920 67470 507192
Mar 15 99.920 99.935 99.915 99.930 51419 376375
Jun 15 99.920 99.940 99.910 99.930 31096 318970
Sep 15 99.905 99.925 99.895 99.920 30889 271376
3-Mth Euroswiss Sep 14 100.00 100.00 99.990 99.995 3364 32994
Dec 14 100.05 100.06 100.04 100.06 4957 76279
Mar 15 100.08 100.10 100.08 100.10 6435 73971
Jun 15 100.09 100.11 100.08 100.11 3300 41490
2 Year Swapnote Sep 14 111.58 111.60 111.58 111.60 787 2691
Dec 14 111.51 111.55 111.51 111.55 755 21983
Dec 14 126.78 126.94 126.64 126.92 1000 8205
Dec 14 144.33 144.94 144.28 145.01 261 4179
FTSE100 Sep 14 6837.0 6900.0 6832.5 6877.5 16819 48139
Dec 14 6809.0 6875.0 6806.0 6814.5 124932 601974
FTSEurofirst 80 Sep 14 4308.8 350
Dec 14 4278.5 4279.5 4278.5 4296.5 75 75
Data as shown is
for information
purposes only. No offer is made by
Morningstar or this publication
Close +/- 12mthhigh 12mthlow Yield P/E
AP Moller-Maersk A Dn Kr 14660.00 +190.00 14660.00 12070.00 1.40 24.29
AP Moller-Maersk B Dn Kr 15220.00 +150.00 15220.00 12660.00 1.35 25.22
ABB Ltd S SF 21.66 +0.13 24.75 20.17 21.70
Air Liquide Fr 99.08 +0.03 106.85 92.84 2.62 20.38
Allianz G 138.45 +1.00 138.55 116.33 2.92 10.16
Anglo American UK p 1472.00 -17.50 1648.00 1226.50 3.36 322.95
Anheuser-Busch InBev B 89.15 +0.36 89.15 69.55 1.76 22.00
ASML Holding Nl 78.70 -0.19 15220.00 12660.00 0.67 26.20
Assicurazioni Generali SpA 16.50 +0.02 17.43 14.75 2.22 16.81
AstraZeneca UK p 4578.50 +42.00 4823.50 3113.00 3.66 48.76
Atlas Copco A Sw Kr 212.20 +1.20 212.20 188.20 2.65 21.20
Atlas Copco B Sw Kr 193.20 +1.10 212.20 188.20 2.91 19.30
AXA Fr 19.90 +0.04 20.50 16.98 4.14 9.43
Banco Santander Es 7.75 -0.02 7.89 5.89 4.70 17.83
BBVA Es 9.72 -0.04 9.93 7.95 1.65
Barclays UK p 234.39 -0.16 296.50 207.90 2.74 33.96
BASF G 77.14 +0.43 87.36 73.95 3.56 13.89
Bayer G 112.25 -0.45 112.75 94.73 1.90 25.63
BG Group UK p 1166.50 -4.00 1351.50 1008.50 1.45 25.91
BHP Billiton UK p 1793.50 -23.00 2096.00 1754.50 3.93 14.61
BMW G 88.99 -1.39 95.51 86.20 2.23 9.74
BNP Paribas Fr 54.00 -0.30 60.85 47.69 2.83
BP UK p 473.30 +2.00 523.90 432.30
British Am Tob UK p 3640.00 +25.00 3633.50 2881.00 3.92 18.94
BT Group UK p 403.37 +7.87 418.10 340.60 2.49 16.23
Centrica UK p 320.00 -1.10 402.20 304.50 5.31 24.67
Christian Dior Fr 136.65 -2.80 153.50 127.35 1.73 15.97
CS Group S SF 26.14 +0.17 30.29 24.17 1.78 125.14
Daimler G 63.75 -0.12 70.44 58.95 3.59 10.15
Danone Fr 53.62 -0.05 57.72 48.83 2.75 29.25
Deutsche Bank G 28.30 +0.59 39.95 24.49 1.89 30942.17
Deutsche Post AG 26.15 +0.25 27.93 23.25 15.20
Deutsche Telekom G 12.09 +0.44 13.12 11.09 3.16 22.28
Diageo UK p 1826.00 +7.00 2060.50 1709.50 2.68 19.72
EON G 14.57 +0.13 15.31 12.93 1.19
EDF Fr 25.45 -0.06 29.73 21.78 5.00 13.18
Enel It 4.17 -0.03 4.46 2.77 2.54 11.90
ENI It 19.00 20.40 16.25 4.71 13.25
Ericsson B Sw Kr 94.30 +0.15 3.25 21.48
EADS Fr 49.38 -0.17 55.91 0.00 1.54 20.61
GDF Suez Fr 19.80 +0.17 21.09 16.17 7.71
GlaxoSmKline UK p 1449.32 +12.82 1690.50 1377.00 5.45 14.94
Glencre Xstrata 359.25 +1.45 377.50 297.00 2.68 21.80
Heineken NV Nl 58.43 -0.40 60.75 44.96 1.32 24.40
Henkel KGaA G 76.10 -0.43 77.10 69.00 1.20 18.92
Henkel KGaA Pref G 82.45 -0.60 86.52 62.20 1.11 20.50
Hennes & Mauritz Sw Kr 314.90 +1.70 314.90 262.10 3.14 27.05
Hermes Intl SCA Fr 245.60 +1.05 271.60 226.90 1.12 30.95
HSBC UK p 662.45 +0.55 703.00 589.00 4.23 13.63
Iberdrola Es 5.62 +0.04 5.75 4.25 2.23 14.55
Imperial Tobacco UK p 2754.55 -19.45 2774.00 2174.00 4.20 38.73
Inditex Es 22.59 -0.11 121.00 20.89 1.42 29.69
ING Nl 11.95 +0.65 11.95 8.35 235.06
Intesa Sanpaolo It 2.42 -0.05 2.61 1.53 1.68
Linde G 156.60 +0.95 157.30 144.60 1.46 22.37
Lloyds Bkg Gp UK p 77.28 +1.41 86.30 70.94
L'Oreal Fr 125.65 +0.70 130.00 115.20 2.02 25.39
LVMH Fr 134.45 -1.20 149.25 122.50 2.35 19.74
Munich Re G 156.25 +2.40 166.45 147.50 3.53 7.74
Natl Grid UK p 886.50 -2.00 916.00 730.50 4.61 13.42
Nestle S SF 70.40 +0.05 71.70 60.95 2.01 23.38
Nordea Sw Kr 93.35 +1.00 4.30 13.03
Novartis S SF 88.30 -0.15 88.90 66.60 1.82 26.46
Novo Nordisk B Dn Kr 281.70 +0.10 281.70 230.50 1.17 28.46
Orange 11.60 +0.09 12.81 8.55 7.02 19.45
Pernod Ricard NV Fr 91.12 +0.15 94.28 79.36 1.90 19.59
Philips Elect Nl 23.74 +0.17 28.10 22.11 20.48
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Rio Tinto UK p 3186.34 -43.16 3627.50 2957.50 3.57 16.34
Roche Hldgs S SF 276.00 +0.50 283.30 231.90 2.86 21.89
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Royal Bank Scot UK p 368.05 +10.85 384.90 295.50
Royal Dutch Shell A UK p 2411.62 +9.12 2453.00 1987.00 4.53 15.91
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Martin Waller Tempus
Buy, sell or hold: todays best share tips
Pages and
pages of
dangers
league to the average software
producer. Unusually among tech
stocks, it also has a history of
making a profit. Its a real
business, Mr OConnor says. Its
an actual property, as opposed to
something somebody just made up.
Running the numbers is not easy
because Alibabas breakneck
expansion makes reliance on
historical data irrelevant. The
numbers in the prospectus suggest
that, for a tech stock, the shares
were floated on a surprisingly
restrained multiple.
Take the year to the end of
March, the latest full year published
in the prospectus. The earnings per
share figure, translated into dollars,
represents 42 times the $68
flotation price, though the sharp rise
on first dealings makes the higher
multiple more challenging.
There are, however, some
substantial negatives. The
company does not comply
with anything we would
regard as proper corporate
governance. Indeed, if you
buy the shares in the
aftermarket on Wall
Street, Chinese law means
you do not actually own
them, but hold them at arms
length through a special vehicle.
This gives no opportunity to
influence events in the boardroom
in Hangzhou.
Concerns have been raised over
possible competition in its home
market from companies such as
Tencent, quoted in Hong Kong, and
Baidu, which is on Nasdaq. Tencent
is increasingly trying to go head to
head with Alibaba, and both have
their own online payment systems.
The latter is the clear leader, but in
a market of that size may not always
have it all its own way.
Then there is the question of to
what extent existing investors can
sell. Shares equivalent to about a
third of those being issued in the
flotation can be sold in the
aftermarket.
Yahoo!, which has 23 per cent,
could be a seller. The companys
China domicile means that it will
not be included in some indices.
Then there are all those risk
factors. They are there for a reason.
The shares look worth buying even
at the current price, but only with
money you can afford to lock away.
This is an exciting one, but
excitement is not always what
investors need.
A caveful of riches
Active buyers
Mobile gross merchandise volume
133
145
160
172
185
201
231
265
279
Jun Sep Dec Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Mar
2012 2013 2014
Year end March
(*RMB millions)
3 months
end June
(RMB millions)
2013 2014 2014
Company: Alibaba in millions
as a %of total
Total revenue
34,517 52,504 15,771
Revenue costs
9,719 13,369 4,585
Net income for ordinary shareholders
8,404 23,076 12,344
Earnings per share
3.57 10.00 5.20
Jun Sep Dec Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Mar
2012 2013 2014
40
30
20
10
0
Source: Alibaba prospectus *RMB=Renminbi
MY ADVICE Cautious buy
WHY Shares look fairly valued
for a tech stock, but there are
inevitably a lot of negatives
alibaba
Tangiers raises hackles
with bid to raise capital
Gary Parkinson Market report
M
alcolm Graham-Wood
was bristling. It takes a
lot to startle the stock
market veteran, founder
of HydroCarbon Capital
and blogger on matters gas and oil.
Tangiers Petroleum managed to do it.
This is the AIM explorer that raised
4.3million in February 2012 to
prospect off Australia, where it is also
listed, and Morocco by selling new
shares to Britons, Americans and
Australians at 33p through Old Park
Lane Capital and Shore Capital. Back
then, Tangiers was valued at north of
32million.
No longer. In August, shares that
had drifted inexorably lower for more
than two years lost nearly two thirds
of their value on the day Tangiers said
that it had plugged and abandoned its
TAO-1 exploration well off Morocco.
Among those nursing singed digits
was Simon Cawkwell, the professional
investor better known as Evil Knievel,
who owned 400,000 shares that
tanked by 64.9 per cent to 2p.
Two days later, trading in
those shares was suspended.
Interim results were delayed
and have yet to be produced.
The suspension endures.
Then yesterday, Perth-based
Tangiers made a statement to
the market through the London
stock exchanges regulatory news
service, RNS. It is proposing a capital
raising of $1.2million by issuing 200
million new shares at $0.006 a share,
for working capital and the
assessment of new ventures.
Mr Graham-Wood was decidedly
unimpressed. I have seen some
outrageous statements in 35 years
looking at energy companies but this
really does take the biscuit, he railed.
Tangiers policy of betting the ranch
on one high-risk exploration well has
been questionable at best.
The thought that anyone would be
interested in throwing good money
after bad is totally absurd, but if
anyone does think of investing they
should also invest in the famous
flying pigs company which will return
more and is probably better
managed. . .
RFC Ambrian, Tangiers adviser on
the new issue in London, did not
respond to calls. Mr Cawkwell will
not be subscribing.
The wider market was all Scotland,
China and America. Scotland voted to
remain part of the UK. Shares rose in
response. Shares in companies with
strong ties to Scotland Royal Bank
of Scotland, Babcock International,
Infinis Energy et al rose more
(8p to 366p, 26p to 10.91 and 19p to
236p respectively). Traders and
bookmakers had been right.
The FTSE100 managed no more
than an 18.63-point rise to 6,837.92, up
31 points over a week in which
$4.6billion was redeemed from
European equity funds, the most
for more than three years.
According to Bank of
America Merrill Lynch,
$1 billion of that was pulled
from UK shares in the run-
up to the referendum.
Yesterday, miners held
back London because of the
usual worries that the Chinese
economy is not as strong as it might
be. Copper fell for the fourth week,
Rio Tinto lost 50p to 31.79. And
Thursdays fall in weekly jobless
claims by Americans was read as a
signal that the Federal Reserve might
raise interest rates sooner. Dearer
borrowing is usually bad for shares.
Gains across most of Europe were
similar to gains in London.
Nomura poured cold water on
widespread, longstanding speculation
that Anheuser-Busch InBev might be
eyeing up SABMiller, arguing that the
worlds biggest drinks group has
historically been a value investor,
buying undermanaged assets cheaply
and running them better. SABMiller
does not appear to fit this criteria.
Still, SAB, which is behind Peroni and
Grolsch lagers, added 40p to 35.77.
On AIM, Merrill Lynch
downgraded the online fashion
retailer Asos, off 32p at 20.33, its
lowest in two years. There were profit
warnings from Clean Air Power,
which has developed dual-fuel
engines running on natural gas and
diesel for the truck market, and from
Surgical Innovations, a specialist in
tools for keyhole surgery. Shares
tumbled 34.2 per cent to 3.13p and
31.4 per cent to 3p respectively. Clean
Air Power was never cheaper, and
Surgical Innovations was at its lowest
in more than four years.
Though unchanged at 3.88p, there
were rumours that CA Sperati, a
supplier of buttons to the police and
army, was set to buy into Kentucky
Oil and Gas, which owns nearly 500
acres of producing oilfield in the US.
There was also interest in Obtala
Resources, up 3.9 per cent at 10p in
anticipation of interim results within
the next fortnight that were expected
to deliver higher revenues and further
details on plans to open three
African Home Stores next year.
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Wall Street report
The stock market wavered as Wall
Street watched Alibaba shares soar
in its first day of trading. The S&P
500 edged above the record level
reached on Thursday. The Dow
Jones industrial average was up
26.23 points at midday at 17,249.81.
T
he company behind
Londons second-
largest black cab
company warned that it
could go into
administration (Nic Fildes
writes).
Shares in EcoCity
Vehicles, the company
behind the Mercedes Vito
taxi, fell by 8 per cent to
0.3p before trading was
suspended, valuing the
business at 1.5 million.
The company, founded
by Peter DaCosta, a
former cabbie who was
once ShirleyBasseys
driver, has lost 81 per cent
of its value this year. It has
blamed the arrival of
Uber, the taxi-ordering
app, earlier this year.
Manganese Bronze,
maker of the traditional
black cab, went into
administration in 2012.
Cab company
crashes into
the buffers
REX FEATURES
A
nyone investing in
Alibaba cannot say they
werent warned. The list
of risk factors in the
latest published
prospectus to the $168 billion float is
43 pages long. I have no idea if this
is a record for Wall Street, but the
equivalent entry in the 2012
prospectus for Facebook, another
tech flotation over which many
had their doubts, ran to 22
pages.
Those risk factors range
from any loss of trust in
the business to deliver the
goods promised or
technical failings through
to epidemics and natural
disasters.
Alibaba is Chinas biggest online
shopping site, putting the Chinese
consumer in touch with companies
and individuals that provide goods
and services, a sort of combination
of Google and eBay.
The sites that it operates have
279 million active consumers, the
prospectus says. This is less than a
quarter of Chinas population. That
number grew by 51 per cent from a
year ago. A straight line
extrapolation of that graph would
show that within less than four
years the entire Chinese population
would be using the sites, which
suggests saturation level quite soon.
In fact, the growth will also come
from China s rising spending power
and growing internet use. The
Chinese are increasingly using
mobile phones to shop. Alibaba is
well advanced in this.
There is also the prospect of
expanding overseas, not something
the company is discussing at
present. This would, however, put
Alibaba up against established
etailers with entrenched customer
bases such as Amazon and eBay,
while India has its own equivalent.
There was a huge buzz building
over the flotation. George
OConnor, a Panmure Gordon
technology analyst who does not
formally cover the stock, says that
fund managers in America, Europe
and Britain were keen. He says that
Alibaba is a champion type tech
company, along the lines of
Amazon, Google and Facebook, of
such a size that it is in a different
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Obituaries
Patricia Davies
Member of the intelligence team that planned Operation Mincemeat
Amid the sea of smoke wafting through
the fluorescent light in a dungeon-like
room at the Admiralty, Patricia
Trehearne, a beautiful, intelligent but
discreet young woman was a keeper of
secrets the greatest secrets of
Britains war against Nazi Germany.
Recruited by Naval Intelligence as a
teenager from Roedean, a rigorous
girls boarding school overlooking the
Sussexcoast, Trehearne, always known
as Pat, joined a team that would carry
out the greatest military deception of
the war, perhaps of any war since Troy.
She was the last survivor of Room13,
where a disparate group of men and
womendeveloped anidea suggested by
IanFleming, anintelligenceofficer who
wouldlater createJames Bond; theplan
was to deceive the Germans by using a
dead body to convey false military
information. It was called Operation
Mincemeat .
Washed up on the coast of Spain in
the spring of 1943, the body of a fiction-
al Royal Marines officer called Major
William Martin carried a number of
forged letters and documents ina brief-
case chained to his wrist. These
convinced Adolf Hitler that the Allies,
poised in North Africa, would attack
southern Europe by way of Greece or
Sardinia, rather thanSicily, as theNazis
had assumed.
The envelope containing one of the
letters, from General Sir Archibald
Nye, vice chief of the Imperial General
Staff, to General Sir Harold Alexander,
Commander-in-Chief MiddleEast, was
addressed in Trehearnes hand. The
Germans moved thousands of men to
Greece; but on the night of July 9-10,
1943, the Allies invaded Sicily, and
succeeded in getting ashore with just a
fraction of the casualties they had
feared.
Entwined within this great military
drama was a romance yet to happen.
Three days before the invasion, Paddy
Davies, a special forces officer, was in
Sicily reconnoitring the landing
grounds. Had it not been for Mince-
meat, he might well have beena casual-
ty of war. Instead he met and married
Patricia Trehearne.
She had been recruited through
family connections just after leaving
school, where she shone in class and on
the games field, a combination of
sporty, intelligent and glamorous that
made her ideal for the intelligence
services. She made the archery team,
kept goal at lacrosse and played for the
first six at tennis.
Trehearnewas sent toBletchleyPark,
the governments code and cipher
school in Buckinghamshire that had
penetrated Germanys secret commu-
nications bybreakingtheEnigmacodes
used by Hitlers forces. Intelligence
garnered from Enigma was known as
Ultra, the biggest secret of the war.
Admiral John Godfrey, the head of
Naval Intelligence whowas the inspira-
tionfor M intheBondbooks, believed
that beautiful girls of a certain back-
ground were safe recruits because they
wouldnot feel the needtoboast totheir
boyfriends about what theywere doing.
Trehearne moved to the Admiralty
in May 1941, at the very moment that
the German battleship Bismark sank
deception operations. Educated at
Westminster School and Trinity Col-
lege, Cambridge, where he had a valet
and drove a Lancia, Montagu, 42, was a
barrister, the son of a wealthy banker.
His planning partner at Naval Intelli-
gencewas Charles Cholmondeley, a25-
year-old RAF officer who had studied
at Oxford and was seconded to MI5.
Cholmondeley was an eccentric. Both
men were original thinkers.
Montagulatchedontoanideafloated
by Fleming, who compared deceiving
the enemy in wartime to fly fishing for
trout. He put down his ideas in what he
called the Trout Memo. One of these
was using a dead body to plant false
information. In Room 13, according to
BenMacintrye, author of thebestselling
Operation Mincemeat, Montagu started
to create a fiction so dazzling that the
Germans would accept it as truth.
As their plans took shape, Trehearne
sat next to Montagu at the heart of the
team. We were all in on the plot, said
Trehearne years later. We were just
enthralled by the whole idea.
In early 1943 they started to create
the lies that would convince the Ger-
mans that Major WilliamMartin was a
real person carrying genuine docu-
ments from British commanders. The
coroner of St Pancras found a suitable
corpse the body of Glyndwr Mich-
ael, a Welshman who had committed
suicide withrat poison. Montagus team
assembled what was known in spy par-
lance as wallet litter receipts, bills
and bus tickets as well as clothing,
letters. As Martins character came to
life, he was also given a girlfriend.
Montagu held a top secret beauty
contest in which women working for
the security services were asked to sub-
mit a photograph (for inclusion in
Major Martins wallet). The contest was
won by a secretary called Jean Leslie
(obituary, April 9, 2012) from the MI5
typing pool. We were all rather
jealous, said Trehearne, but Jeans
photograph was added to the growing
pileof Martins possessions. Loveletters
werewritten. Passiongrew. Thefiction-
al romance flourished.
On April 18, 1943, Major Martins
body was taken aboard the submarine
HMS Seraph, which was moored at
Holy Loch. Twenty-four hours later
Seraph set sail for a point just off the
Spanish coast at Huelva, where the
body was released into the sea, ostensi-
bly the victim of an air crash.
The bogus Britishofficer was brought
ashore by a fisherman, Jose Antonio
Rey Maria, on April 30. Investigated by
a Spanish coroner, Major Martins body
was released for burial just days later.
These events were reported to a Ger-
man agent based in Huelva and, two
weeks later, a Spanish security officer
allowedtheGermans tophotographthe
contents of Major Martins briefcase.
The efforts that Trehearne and her
colleagues had put into creating Major
Martins identitypaidoff. The Germans
noted all the personal details and
recorded that he must have been on an
aircraft flying fromBritainto Gibraltar.
Writing in his diary, Joseph Goebbels,
the Nazi propaganda minister, record-
ed serious doubts, but Hitler was con-
vinced by the story and the documents.
Orders for the movement of German
troops to Greece including a panzer
division transferred from Russia just
before the crucial Battle of Kursk
were picked up at Bletchley Park. The
first signcame throughUltra, saidTre-
hearne. It was the most exciting time
in my life when the news came through
. . . The evidence came in fast and furi-
ous, it showed that it was working.
We were ecstatic. We all simply
jumped up and down. It was unbelieva-
ble that this had come to a happy end-
ing and there wasnt much good
news at that time and this was a real
triumph.
Her future husband, Paddy Davies,
was evacuated from Sicily shortly after
the invasion. The couple later met on a
blind date but the lunch did not go well.
About a month later, wrote Trehear-
ne, I was asked to a charity dance in a
HMSHood, theprideof theRoyal Navy
her father jokedabout her disastrous
impact on the senior service and
began working for Naval Intelligence,
at first with Fleming in Room 39, and
then with Commander Ewen Montagu
in Room 13.
Inthis secret world, the working con-
ditions were murky too. Room 13 was a
low-ceilinged, windowless cavern that
had been the Admiraltys wine cellar.
Montagu smoked a pipe all day and
there was no fresh air. The only light
came from fluorescent strips, which
apparently turned everyone mauve.
Years later, Trehearne wrote: Our
section scrutinised all the enemy inter-
cepts from Bletchley Park naval,
army, air force, diplomatic and enemy
agents messages. The traffic, as it was
called, came in fast and furious and we
producedthree reports a dayinforming
the Board of the Admiralty of our
findings and carefully disguising the
wording so that they could not be
traced to source. Other interested
parties were informed on a need to
know basis.
The head of the section, Montagu,
was also the chief architect of several
Patricia Trehearne and, below, back row, second right, in Room 13. Montagu is on With Paddy Davies on her wedding day
John McIlwaine
lovely, lovely people who have
suffered decades of heartbreak that
have finally come to an end. He
described how,on a case like this, you
never forget that youre looking for a
real human being. Theyd come down
to the site for a chat quite regularly,
bringing us scones and other food.
Theyre very devout and it means an
immense amount to them to bury Mr
Armstrong in consecrated ground.
But, headded, it is reallytoughwhen
you have to tell a family that we cant
bring them their loved one home. He
was absolutely gutted when a long
search in a Normandy forest for the
remains of another victim, Seamus
Ruddy, proved fruitless. The searches
lasted weeks, sometimes months.
Colleagues in Bradford said that he
oftenreturnedtohis home emotionally
and physically exhausted at the end of
a search.
McIlwaine suffered a heart attack on
his 51st birthday and died two days
later. He is survived by his wife, Steph-
anie, and a teenage son, Joseph.
He was due to assist in a new search,
for a 24-year-old Belfast man named
BrendanMcGrawwhowas abductedin
1978, starting next month. Some of the
warmest tributes came from the
families he haddone somuchtohelp. I
remember him as an awfully nice man
who was so good to our family. He
worked tirelessly in the most dreadful
conditions to find my father, Anna
McShane, Armstrongs daughter, said.
Sandra Peake of Wave, an
organisation that supports victims of
the Troubles, said: There was a bond
betweenJohnand the families and that
is reflectedtodayinthenumber of them
who have contacted Wave to express
their shock and sorrow.
John McIlwaine, forensic archaeologist,
was born on September 14, 1963. He died
on September 16, 2014, aged 51
mountainside in Co Wicklow an
area roughly the size of 20 football
pitches, but McIlhones remains were
finally retrieved in late 2008.
McIlwaine later explained how the
Disappeared were mostly dumped in
places selected for their remoteness
and to make the recovery of their
bodies as hard as possible. After 30
years the bogs are no longer worked;
they are covered in heather and other
vegetation. Sometimes they have to be
drained.
Initially the searchers use aerial
imagery, ground penetrating radar and
dogs. The soil then has to be removed
inches at a time by mechanical diggers,
to a depth of two metres in the case of
the Armstrong search. The bones are
stained brown by tannin and so they
blend in with the peat. Intense concen-
tration is required because any item,
however small, could provide vital
evidence for a murder investigation.
The searches are conducted often in
the rain, sometimes in a howling gale
but occasionally snow for a bit of light
relief, McIlwaine said. You see some
pretty unpleasant things, he added.
Sometimes he met families of the
Disappeared during the searches and
got to know them. That underscored
the importance of the searches, espe-
cially for someone who had witnessed
the destruction and suffering of the
Troubles. At one meeting the brother
of a victimasked McIlwaine a couple of
questions, then looked at him, and said:
This isnt just a job to you, is it?
It never was. McIlwaine was elated
when a search was successful; he
described the Armstrong family as
The weather, however foul, made no
difference. Nor did the terrain. It could
be a remote peat bog, or a bleak moun-
tainside, or a windswept seashore.
NothingdeterredJohnMcIlwaine, afo-
rensicarchaeologist, fromsearchingfor
the remains of the Disappeared
the 15 men and one woman who were
abducted, murdered and secretly
buried by the Provisional IRA and
other republican paramilitary groups
during the 1970s and 1980s.
McIlwainehadgrownupinNorthern
Ireland at the height of the Troubles in
the 1970s and 1980s. He knew how the
families of the Disappeared had suf-
fered and were still suffering despite
the GoodFriday agreement of 1998 and
the returnof a fragile peace to the prov-
ince. They had been unable to hold fu-
nerals for their fathers or brothers. They
had no graves at which to mourn or to
remember their loved ones. They had
seen nobody tried or convicted for the
murders, though in some cases they
knew exactly who the killers were and
even passed them in the streets. For
those families, McIlwaine observed,
time did not heal and helping to end
their misery was a privilege.
John James McIlwaine was born in
Hayle, Cornwall, raised in Portadown
in Co Armagh and graduated in
archaeology from the University of
Lancaster. After nineyears of fieldwork
he joined the University of Bradford in
1994 where he became a popular and
inspiring lecturer. He hated adminis-
tration and red tape, but loved getting
his hands dirty on a dig. He was pas-
sionate about his subject, and particu-
larly interested in training adults and
community groups to take part in
archaeological projects.
He also worked as a consultant to
several police forces in northern
England, and in 2006 he and a team
from Bradford were taken on by the
Independent Commission for the
Location of Victims Remains. Estab-
lished by the British and Irish govern-
ments in 1999 as part of the Good
Friday agreement, the commissions
task was to obtain information on the
Disappeared that could lead to the
recoveryof their remains but wouldnot
be passed to any other agency. Some
bodies were recovered in 1999 and
2000, but by 2006 11 had still not been
found and various specialists were
taken on to reinvigorate the effort.
McIlwaine was involved in several
searches, four of them successful. One
of them was for Charlie Armstrong, a
54-year-old father of five from Cross-
maglenwhowas abductedin1981 while
going to pick up an elderly neighbour
for Mass. In 1999 the commission had
received from an anonymous source a
map of a site on Aughrim Moor in Co
Monaghan, but twosearches hadfound
nothing. In 2009 a new search, based
on fresh information, was conducted
500metres fromthe first site. That, too,
was unsuccessful, but yet more ano-
nymous informationfinallyenabledhis
team to find Armstrongs remains just
south of the second site in July, 2010.
The biggest search was for Danny
McIlhone, aged 19, who was abducted
from West Belfast by the IRA in 1981.
The site covered ten hectares of boggy
large party. Paddy was also at the dance
but his hosts table was teetotal. He
looked across the roomand sawme sit-
tingat atablewherechampagneflowed
and everyone was roaring with laugh-
ter. Always quick to seize anopportuni-
ty, he leapt tohis feet, crossedthe room,
asked me to dance, and could I please
get him a glass of champagne? We saw
more and more of each other over the
next fewmonths by VEDay we were
in love.
On May 8, 1945, the day the war in
Europe ended, Davies proposed after
they had watched Winston Churchill
and the royal family on the balcony at
Buckingham Palace and celebrated in
Trafalgar Square.
Patricia Helen Trehearne was born
in 1921 and grewup in homes in Surrey,
Sussex and Devon. Her father, Edward
Trehearne, was a lawyer, while her
mother, Nell, was an amateur operatic
singer who appeared in leading roles at
Covent Garden and Drury Lane. Pats
sister, Anne, became the fashion editor
of Queen magazine and her brother,
John, pursued farming and foxhunting.
After the war, she kept her secrets.
Her parents thought she had been a
secretary at the Admiralty. Her father,
who died in 1948, never knew about
Operation Mincemeat. Her mother
found out only in 1956 when the family
attended the premiere of the Holly-
wood film The Man Who Never Was
a rather fictionalised account of the
story written by Montagu.
While her husband pursued a career
in business he developed the cos-
metics companyLentheric andbecame
chairman of Yardley, Morny and Ger-
maine Monteil Pat Davies settled
down to family life. The couple had
three children: Annabel, who became a
literary agent; Charlotte, a psychother-
apist, and Mark, chief executive of the
asset management company Flemings
Family and Partners (coincidentally,
ownedbyIanFlemings family), whoall
survive her. Their father died in 2010.
She travelled a lot Venice was a
particular favourite andinSpainsaw
the great bullfighters, Antonio Ord-
ez and Luis Miguel Dominguin, but her
favourite was Alvaro Domecq, who was
particularly handsome, threw good
parties andservedexcellent sherry. She
also made frequent visits to Wimble-
don, often accompanied by Jean Boro-
tra, the Frenchman who had won the
mens singles in 1924.
She was passionate about her garden
and could often be seen pruning the
roses, wearingalargehat. Her husband,
a gregarious man, liked the sun, she
preferred to live in the shadows.
When he wrote to Ian Fleming in
1959 inquiring whether James Bond
might have used the Lentheric shaving
lotions, the author replied in the
negative, but remembered his wife. In
his reply, Fleming wrote: Patricia
Trehearne was by far the prettiest girl
in the whole of Naval Intelligence and
she brought a light of varying intensity
into all our eyes. It is only right that she
should have entered into such a
fragrant union with the headman at
Lentheric. Please give her my warmest
regards.
Self-effacing, stoic and forthright,
Davies put upwithlittlenonsense, even
when faced with her own death after
contracting an infection while she was
in hospital earlier this year. She never
complained; indeed she retained her
sense of humour. When one of her
daughters thought she had heard her
say she wantedtolove, she replied: No,
I want to laugh, L-A-U-G-H.
As for the war, she had kept in touch
with Montagu until his death in 1985 as
well as many of those who had worked
in Room 13. The bonds were strong.
When a German television company
askedtointerviewher about Operation
Mincemeat, she was reluctant, but they
were persistent. Asked what she did in
the war, she looked surprised and
then told the interviewer: Well, I tried
to ensure that as many of you were
killed as possible.
Patricia Davies, Naval Intelligence, was
born on July 18, 1921. She died on July
22, 2014, aged 93
Forensic archaeologist who joined the search for the Disappeared in Ulster
Its tough when you have
to tell a family you
cant find their loved one
McIlwaine worked as a consultant to several police forces in northern England
Fleming thought that
deceiving the enemy
was like fishing for trout
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The deep power
of religious mottos
Next week poses a problem for
Jews. It is our religious new
year Rosh Hashannah a
time to look back on the faults
we committed in the past 12
months and to try to avoid
them in the ones ahead.
Although the idea of having a
personal MoT and making next
year a better year is wonderful
in theory, it is hard in practice.
We are not ethereal beings
who live in a state of perpetual
piety but are rooted in the
muddy world and are often
overwhelmed with work or
family life. It can be hard to
shift bad habits or to rectify
poor relationships. Yes, there
are plenty of religious books to
instruct us about ethical values,
but the problem is precisely
that we lack time for reflection
in the first place, and so those
literary tomes are of little use.
Still, it is not a new problem.
Religious leaders of old were
constantly battling to gain their
errant flocks attention just as
much so rabbis developed a
series of pithy sayings to
condense their message into
memorable soundbites, which
are just as relevant today.
One of the greatest was the
first-century Hillel, who
declared: If I am not for
myself, who is for me? (ie, we
have to stick up for our rights).
But if I am only for myself,
what am I? (being self-
obsessed is equally wrong).
And if not now, when?
(theological debate is fine, but
there is a time to stop
theorising and start doing.) A
contemporary of his was
Shammai, who said: Say little,
do much, and welcome
everyone cheerfully.
In some cases, the memory
of a particular sage might have
vanished had it not been for the
enduring appeal of their motto
such as Rabbi Tarphon,
whose personal bon mot has
been adopted as a slogan by
modern Jews campaigning for
various causes. He said: It is
not your duty to complete the
work, but neither are you free
to desist from it. This has
inspired those battling against
the odds to save families faced
with famine, to innoculate
children against malaria or to
rescue animals caught in an oil
slick. People know they cannot
help everyone, but they can
make a difference for those
they do reach. Tarphons words
assure them that the only other
option giving up is not
really an answer.
There are earlier examples of
sacred one-liners that are more
helpful than long sermons
when battling to get through
the day. The most succinct
utterance is the cry of Moses to
Pharoah: Let my people go.
Whereas some biblical phrases
have limited usage, that one has
echoed across the generations
and has been heard in recent
decades by Martin Luther King
and Nelson Mandela.
Modern rabbis have
continued the tradition, such as
Leo Baecks Mere good will
cannot replace definite ethical
action. My own ministry has
been inspired by Harold
Reinharts It is not what
people want that counts, it is
what they ought to want. I am
also guided by Mendel of
Kotzk: Take care of your own
soul and another persons body,
but not of your own body and
another persons soul.
They highlight the power of
the religious motto at its best
memorable and impelling.
However, it still needs us to
adopt it for our own lives, and
keep repeating it until it
becomes embedded in our
thoughts and actions.
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain is
minister of Maidenhead
Synagogue and author of
Really Useful Prayers
Credo
Jonathan Romain
Buckingham Palace
19th September, 2014
The Earl of Wessex this morning attend-
edthe WhitecapDakota First NationWar
of 1821 Monument Dedication at River
Landing, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Ca-
nada.
His Royal Highness today attended a
Community Leader Luncheon at Swift
Current Art Gallery, Herbert Street East,
Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
The Earl of Wessex, Honorary Deputy
Commissioner, this afternoon visited the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Rural
Detachment at Swift Current, Saskatche-
wan.
His Royal Highness afterwards visited
All Ecole Centennial and All Saints Cath-
olic Elementary School, Woodrow Lloyd
Place, Swift Current.
The Countess of Wessex this morning
attended a Breakfast with the Canadian
Rangers at Mamow Building, North Bay,
Ontario.
Her Royal Highness this afternoon at-
tended a First Nations Education Work-
ing Luncheon at Nipissing University,
North Bay, followed by Nipissing Uni-
versity First Nations Education Symposi-
um.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex this
evening departed Canada for the United
Kingdom.
Kensington Palace
19th September, 2014
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester this
evening attended a Gala Dinner in
support of the Holfords of Westonbirt
Trust at Westonbirt House, Tetbury, and
were received by Her Majestys Lord-
Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (Dame
Janet Trotter).
The Duchess of Gloucester this after-
noon visited the newly renovated Cots-
wold Chine School, Box, near Stroud, on
the occasion of the Sixtieth Anniversary.
Her Royal Highness, Patron, after-
wards visited Parkinsons UK at EdShed,
Gloucester Folk Museum, 99-103 West-
gate Street, Gloucester.
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Sport Racing
Ayr
Rob Wright
1.30 Gabrial The Viking (nb) 3.50 Heavens Guest
2.05 Lady Desire 4.25 Top Of The Glas
2.40 Huntsmans Close 5.00 Earth Drummer
3.15 Sennockian Star 5.35 Thorntoun Care
Thunderer 3.15 Sky Hunter. 3.50 Highland Acclaim (nap).
Timekeepers top rating 2.40 Compton Park.
Going: good (good to firm in places) Racing UK
Draw: 6f, high numbers best Tote Jackpot meeting
1.30 QTS Nursery Handicap
(2-Y-O: 12,450: 1m) (10 runners)
1 (10) 021604 CHADIC 14 (C,G) M Johnston 9-7 F Norton v67
2 (3) 52131 POWER PLAY 48 (S) R Hannon 9-6 James Doyle 58
3 (2) 2100 GERRY THE GLOVER 9 (G) B Ellison 9-2 P Pickard 57
4 (4) 2113 ALANS PRIDE 14 (G) M Dods 8-11 C Beasley (3) 58
5 (5) 31 GABRIAL THE VIKING 8 (D,G) R Fahey 8-10 J Garritty (5) 62
6 (8) 03314 DIVINE LAW 40 (S) R Hannon 8-10 C Hardie (5) 59
7 (7) 141 JUMEIRAH GLORY 25 (S) R Fahey 8-10 T Hamilton 61
8 (9) 64124 SPECIAL VENTURE 14 (F) T Easterby 8-9 D Allan 61
9 (6) 443242 SCULPTURED (BF) J Hughes 8-6 B A Curtis 57
10 (1) 642 SIR CHAUVELIN 26 J Goldie 8-0 J Sullivan 61
4-1 Gabrial The Viking, 9-2 Power Play, 5-1 Jumeirah Glory, 7-1 Chadic, 8-1 Alans Pride, 10-1 Divine
Law, Sir Chauvelin, Gerry The Glover, 14-1 Special Venture, 20-1 Sculptured.
2.05 William Hill Firth Of Clyde Stakes C4
(Group III: 2-Y-O fillies: 34,026: 6f) (16)
1 (9) 115 AINIPPE 8 (BF,F,G) G Lyons (Ire) 9-0 C T Keane v86
2 (16) 523016 BLACKBRIAR 20 (P,D,G) T Stack (Ire) 9-0 W J Lee 77
3 (12) 43115 DARK RECKONING 26 (D,F,G) Mrs A Duffield 9-0 G Lee 73
4 (14) 4213 DISPROVE (D) H Palmer 9-0 C D Hayes 76
5 (7) 10 EFFUSIVE 92 (G) W Haggas 9-0 G Gibbons 65
6 (11) 4 GOODNIGHTSUZY 15 E Walker 9-0 Doubtful 59
7 (8) 411 LADY DESIRE 43 (D,G) K Dalgleish 9-0 P Makin 74
8 (4) 13 MARSH PRIDE 16 (D,BF,G) Mrs A Duffield 9-0 P McDonald 64
9 (1) 611 PARK GLEN 23 (D,S) N Quinlan 9-0 Sam James 64
10 (10) 124613 PARSLEY 36 (S) R Hannon 9-0 James Doyle 76
11 (5) 50220 PASTORAL GIRL 16 J Given 9-0 J Sullivan 79
12 (6) 421416 PRIZE EXHIBIT 16 (H,D,G) J Osborne 9-0 D Tudhope 80
13 (13) 0215 ROYAL RAZALMA 16 (D,F) J Portman 9-0 R Kingscote 75
14 (3) 346601 SPIRIT OF XIAN 21 (D,G,S) R Hannon 9-0 F M Berry 78
15 (15) 3141 WAR ALERT 7 (D,F) D Brown 9-0 M Harley 68
16 (2) 13 ZUHOOR BAYNOONA 127 (BF,F) R Fahey 9-0 P J Smullen 72
7-2 Ainippe, 5-1 Zuhoor Baynoona, 8-1 Disprove, 9-1 Parsley, Spirit Of Xian, 10-1 Prize Exhibit, 11-1
Lady Desire, 14-1 War Alert, 16-1 Effusive, Pastoral Girl, 20-1 others.
Rob Wrights choice: Lady Desire was impressive in a nursery at Haydock
and can handle this rise in class Dangers: Dark Reckoning, Royal Razalma
2.40 William Hill Ayr Silver Cup C4
(Handicap: 31,125: 6f) (27)
1 (3) 6114 TELMEYD 42 (D,BF,G,S) W Haggas 3-9-10 Doubtful 96
2 (20) 060004 SANTEFISIO 14 (B,D,F) K Dalgleish 8-9-10 P Makin 87
3 (13) -40062 REDVERS 14 (V,D,F,G) E Vaughan 6-9-10 R Kingscote 101
4 (17) 011010 COMPTON PARK 7 (T,D,F,G,S) L Eyre 7-9-10 D Allan v102
5 (24) 231005 MAJESTIC MOON 28 (P,CD,F,G,S) R Fahey 4-9-9 J Garritty (5) 95
6 (18) 230202 FOXTROT ROMEO 14 (T,P,D,BF,G) M Botti 5-9-9 M Harley 99
7 (21) 053644 NEWSTEAD ABBEY 99 (D,S) T D Barron 4-9-9 J Sullivan 97
8 (11) 505004 HITCHENS 8 (D,F,G) T D Barron 9-9-8 G Gibbons 92
9 (25) -00062 BOGART 7 (CD,F,S) K A Ryan 5-9-8 Amy Ryan 99
10 (19) 240100 LEXI'S HERO 21 (V,D,F,G,S) R Fahey 6-9-7 D Nolan 98
11 (15) 020450 SIR REGINALD 8 (D,F,G,S) R Fahey 6-9-7 G Chaloner (3) 95
12 (7) 312330 TATLISU 6 (D,F,G,S) R Fahey 4-9-7 G Lee 99
13 (16) 241066 INXILE 14 (P,D,F,G,S) D Nicholls 9-9-6 F Norton 86
14 (5) 030606 YEEOOW 8 (D,F) K Burke 5-9-6 D P McDonogh 94
15 (23) 343220 ANSAAB 35 (T,G,S) A McCabe 6-9-4 W J Lee 96
16 (8) -23325 MISSION APPROVED 9 (BF,S) L Cumani 4-9-4 F M Berry 97
17 (12) 035404 FARLOW 35 (D,BF,F,G,S) R Fahey 6-9-3 T Hamilton 100
18 (2) 003000 COSMIC CHATTER 47 (F) T D Barron 4-9-3 J Hart 89
19 (14) 311240 TROJAN ROCKET 14 (P,D,F,G,S) M Wigham 6-9-3 C Beasley (3) 83
20 (10) 502511 GREEN HOWARD 15 (D,G,S) R Bastiman 6-9-3 D Tudhope 100
21 (4) -04160 ANGUS OG 9 (D,G,S) K Burke 4-9-2 B A Curtis 97
22 (26) 220-50 MEHDI 7 (T,D,G,S) R Fahey 5-9-2 P McDonald 98
23 (27) 603623 HUNTSMANS CLOSE 8 (D,G,S) R Charlton 4-9-2 James Doyle 97
24 (1) 461214 ARCTIC FEELING 6 (C,D,F,G,S) R Fahey 6-9-2 Sammy Jo Bell (5) 97
25 (9) 054620 MEZZOTINT 7 (D,F,G) S C Williams 5-9-0 C T Keane 98
26 (6) 131150 REPETITION 49 (D,F,S) K Stubbs 4-9-0 K Fallon 98
27 (22) 014222 LEXINGTON ABBEY 13 (D,F,G) K A Ryan 3-9-0 P J Smullen 100
10-1 Bogart, 11-1 Huntsmans Close, Lexington Abbey, 12-1 Foxtrot Romeo, Redvers, 14-1 Arctic
Feeling, Green Howard, Mission Approved, 15-1 Mehdi, 16-1 Compton Park, Tatlisu, 18-1 others.
Wright choice: Huntsmans Close was unlucky not to finish closer when
third at Doncaster and is 4lb lower here Dangers: Mehdi, Majestic Moon
3.15 William Hill 80th Anniversary Book C4
Launch Doonside Cup Stakes
(Listed: 34,026: 1m 2f) (8)
1 (7) 121000 ABSEIL 56 (G) Sir M Stoute 4-9-0 James Doyle 104
2 (3) 500064 GABRIAL 7 (F,G) R Fahey 5-9-0 D Nolan 107
3 (1) -02040 MIRSAALE 53 (P,D,F,G) K Dalgleish 4-9-0 P Makin 100
4 (6) 513546 PRESBURG 2 (D,F,S) J Tuite 5-9-0 Doubtful 102
5 (8) 406145 SENNOCKIAN STAR 7 (V,C,D,F,G,S) M Johnston 4-9-0 F Norton v117
6 (4) 131-46 SKY HUNTER 126 (H,D,G,S) S Bin Suroor 4-9-0 K Fallon 116
7 (5) 001111 TREASURE THE RIDGE 21 (B,D,F,S) A Reid 5-9-0 Jenny Powell 99
8 (2) 5-4640 MUTATIS MUTANDIS 38 (F) E Walker 3-8-3 J Sullivan 105
6-4 Sky Hunter, 3-1 Sennockian Star, 9-2 Gabrial, 6-1 Abseil, 12-1 Mirsaale, 14-1 others.
Wright choice: Sennockian Star has failed to stay over farther on his past
two starts and can return to form Dangers: Sky Hunter, Mirsaale
3.50 William Hill Ayr Gold Cup C4
(Handicap: 99,600: 6f) (27)
1 (4) 365000 JACK DEXTER 70 (CD,S) J Goldie 5-9-10 G Lee 107
2 (7) 404432 ALBEN STAR 28 (CD,F,G,S) R Fahey 6-9-9 J Garritty (5) 111
3 (6) 100633 HAMZA 28 (V,D,BF,F,G,S) K A Ryan 5-9-8 P J Smullen 108
4 (15) -06400 MASS RALLY 13 (H,B,CD,G,S) M Dods 7-9-5 P McDonald 110
5 (24) 001400 HEAVEN'S GUEST 29 (D,F,S) R Fahey 4-9-5 Sammy Jo Bell (5) 112
6 (26) 30U101 BLAINE 31 (B,D,F,G) K A Ryan 4-9-4 Amy Ryan 111
7 (19) 201000 LOUIS THE PIOUS 14 (V,D,F,G,S) D O'Meara 6-9-4 James Doyle 110
8 (23) 103060 AN SAIGHDIUR 28 (P,D,S) A Slattery (Ire) 7-9-3 W J Lee 99
9 (1) 022400 RUWAIYAN (P,G) J Tate 5-9-3 D Allan 112
10 (11) 641521 EASTERN IMPACT 35 (D,F,S) R Fahey 3-9-3 T Hamilton 111
11 (9) 421005 ASHPAN SAM 31 (D,F,G,S) J Spearing 5-9-3 K Fallon 109
12 (5) 134331 WATCHABLE 6 (P,CD,F,G) D O'Meara 4-9-3 D Tudhope 111
13 (12) 4-4200 JIMMY STYLES 91 (P,CD,F,G) Clive Cox 10-9-1 R Tate (3) 113
14 (2) 54-041 MINALISA 59 (D,F,G,S) Rae Guest 5-9-1 F M Berry 108
15 (13) 103120 RENE MATHIS 7 (D,G,S) R Fahey 4-9-0 D Nolan 112
16 (27) 001000 RACY 14 (P,D,F,S) B Ellison 7-9-0 P Pickard 112
17 (16) 500006 HAWKEYETHENOO 14 (C,D,F,G,S) J Goldie 8-9-0 G Bartley (3) v114
18 (21) 000000 YORK GLORY 7 (V,D,F,G,S) K A Ryan 6-9-0 D P McDonogh 92
19 (14) 421116 GO FAR 7 (V,D,F,G) A Bailey 4-8-13 M Harley 111
20 (8) 450600 CAPTAIN RAMIUS 14 (CD,G,S) K A Ryan 8-8-12 F Lynch 90
21 (3) -00100 BURN THE BOATS 7 (D,BF,F,G) G Lyons (Ire) 5-8-11 C T Keane 107
22 (20) 500033 BALLESTEROS 21 (D,F,S) R Fahey 5-8-11 F Norton 111
23 (10) 600-03 DUKE OF FIRENZE 11 (P,D,G) R Cowell 5-8-11 G Gibbons 100
24 (17) 666215 BARNET FAIR 14 (D,F) D Nicholls 6-8-10 C Hardie (5) 112
25 (25) 011400 FAST SHOT 35 (D,F,G,S) T Easterby 6-8-10Rachel Richardson (7) 105
26 (22) -06000 SUPPLICANT 35 (D,F,G,S) R Fahey 3-8-10 G Chaloner (3) 110
27 (18) 033115 HIGHLAND ACCLAIM 14 (H,D,F,G) D O'Meara 3-8-10Sam James (3) 113
12-1 Alben Star, Blaine, Highland Acclaim, Watchable, 14-1 Go Far, Mass Rally, 16-1 Ashpan Sam,
Eastern Impact, Hawkeyethenoo, 18-1 Barnet Fair, Supplicant, 20-1 Heavens Guest, Jack Dexter,
20-1 Burn The Boats, Louis The Pious, Rene Mathis, 25-1 others.
Wright choice: Heavens Guest has had excuses on his past two starts and
can make the most of a good drawDangers: Supplicant, Highland Acclaim
4.25 William Hill Ayrshire Handicap
(15,562: 1m) (12)
1 (11) 310000 TWO FOR TWO 30 (P,CD,F,G,S) D O'Meara 6-9-12 D Tudhope 99
2 (3) 000510 DON'T CALL ME 14 (T,CD,F,G,S) D Nicholls 7-9-10 P Makin 100
3 (7) 565100 LAFFAN 21 (F,G) T Easterby 5-9-9 D Allan 100
4 (8) 006013 OSTEOPATHIC REMEDY 26 (T,CD,F,G,S) M Dods 10-9-3C Beasley (3) 101
5 (2) -14160 MUHARRER 20 (CD,F,G) M Dods 5-9-3 G Lee 101
6 (10) 130343 DUSKY QUEEN 7 (G) R Fahey 4-9-2 J Garritty (5) v102
7 (4) 422152 KIWI BAY 21 (D,F,G,S) M Dods 9-9-0 P McDonald 99
8 (9) 031234 TICKING KATIE 14 (P,C,F) K Burke 3-8-13 M Harley 99
9 (1) 040054 NORSE BLUES 2 (D,F,G) T D Barron 6-8-10 G Gibbons 98
10 (6) -00121 TOP OF THE GLAS 35 (D,F,G,S) B Ellison 3-8-10 C Hardie (5) 100
11 (12) 0-1141 JACOB BLACK 18 (D,F,G) K Dalgleish 3-8-9 D P McDonogh 99
12 (5) 422152 COINCIDENTLY 2 (H,D,F,S) A Bailey 4-8-7 F Norton 100
5-1 Top Of The Glas, 6-1 Osteopathic Remedy, 15-2 Two For Two, 8-1 Muharrer, 9-1 Dusky Queen,
Jacob Black, Kiwi Bay, 10-1 Don't Call Me, 11-1 Norse Blues, Ticking Katie, 12-1 others.
5.00 Microtech Support Handicap
(9,703: 7f 50y) (14)
1 (3) -60002 DEAUVILLE PRINCE 15 (D,S) T Dascombe 4-9-7 R Kingscote 99
2 (12) 3124-0 FROG HOLLOW 147 (D,F,S) D O'Meara 5-9-5 Sam James (3) 98
3 (2) 130100 SILVER RIME 10 (CD,F,G,S) Miss L Perratt 9-9-3 C Hardie (5) 81
4 (4) 412331 ATHLETIC 8 (V,D,F,G,S) A Reid 5-9-2 Jenny Powell (5) 97
5 (6) 142101 KHELMAN 43 (D,F,G,S) R Fahey 4-9-2 G Chaloner (3) 98
6 (13) 140202 LESHA 14 (F,S) K A Ryan 3-9-2 F Lynch 98
7 (7) 516003 EARTH DRUMMER 21 (D,F) D O'Meara 4-9-1 D Tudhope 97
8 (5) 022025 PICENO 37 (P,D,BF,G,S) S Dixon 6-8-11 M Hopkins (5) v100
9 (9) 625165 FIELDGUNNER KIRKUP 4 (D,G,S) T D Barron 6-8-11 G Gibbons 97
10 (10) 213335 GEORGE ROOKE 35 (P,D,F,S) K Dalgleish 4-8-10 P Makin 97
11 (11) 500350 RASAMAN 1 (CD,F,G,S) J Goldie 10-8-9 G Lee 98
12 (14) 030000 STONEFIELD FLYER 1 (D,F,G) K Dalgleish 5-8-9 D P McDonogh 92
13 (1) 123030 GRAN CANARIA QUEEN 1 (F,G) T Easterby 5-8-9 D Allan 97
14 (8) 315060 ANOTHER FOR JOE 2 (C,F,G,S) J Goldie 6-8-7 J Garritty (5) 92
7-1 Deauville Prince, 15-2 Athletic, Khelman, 8-1 Earth Drummer, George Rooke, 10-1 Gran Canaria
Queen, Lesha, 11-1 Another For Joe, 12-1 Fieldgunner Kirkup, Frog Hollow, Piceno, 14-1 others.
5.35 Jordan Electrics Ltd Handicap
(9,703: 1m 5f 13y) (11)
1 (10) 040-04 SHREWD 1 (F,S) K Dalgleish 4-10-0 J Hart 88
2 (4) 415240 MISTER FIZZ 16 (F,G,S) Miss I Pickard 6-9-12 G Downing (5) 88
3 (1) 123205 DARK RULER 16 (S) G A Swinbank 5-9-10 K Fallon 87
4 (2) 005602 BUTHELEZI 28 (P,F,G,S) B Ellison 6-9-7 B A Curtis 87
5 (7) 150002 JONNY DELTA 1 (C,D,F,G) J Goldie 7-9-5 G Bartley (3) 83
6 (6) 6516-1 FORCED FAMILY FUN 168 (CD,S) J J Quinn 4-9-5 D Tudhope 85
7 (9) 660360 LOVE MARMALADE 29 (F,G) A Whillans 4-9-2 P McDonald 85
8 (8) 223301 MERCHANT OF DUBAI 5 (C,F,G,S) J Goldie 9-9-2 G Lee 83
9 (5) -33425 LEXINGTON BAY 14 (CD,F,G,S) R Fahey 6-9-1 T Hamilton v91
10 (3) 2-0461 PRESSURE POINT 15 (G) K Dalgleish 4-8-12 P Makin 85
11 (11) 2-4210 THORNTOUN CARE 15 (CD,F) J Goldie 3-8-5 J Garritty (5) 84
4-1 Forced Family Fun, 9-2 Merchant Of Dubai, 6-1 Buthelezi, 15-2 Dark Ruler, 8-1 Pressure Point,
Shrewd, 11-1 Lexington Bay, 12-1 Jonny Delta, Love Marmalade, 14-1 Mister Fizz, Thorntoun Care.
Newbury
Rob Wright
1.20 Azilian 3.30 Meccas Angel
1.50 Tasaday 4.05 Little Palaver
2.20 Strath Burn (nap) 4.40 McCreery
2.55 Roseburg 5.15 Maraayill
Going: good to soft
Draw: no advantage Racing UK
1.20 Wedgewood Estates EBF Stallions
Maiden Stakes
(Div I: 2-Y-O: 5,175: 7f) (16)
1 (2) 5 ASHRIDGE LAD 14 B Meehan 9-5 J Fortune 49
2 (1) AZILIAN P Cole 9-5 S De Sousa --
3 (4) BACKCOUNTRY J Gosden 9-5 Doubtful --
4 (13) BURMA BRIDGE R Hannon 9-5 S Levey --
5 (5) COMPTON MILL H Morrison 9-5 J Fahy --
6 (10) GRASS ROOTS C Hills 9-5 W Buick --
7 (9) 03 HARBOUR PATROL 17 R Hannon 9-5 R Hughes v52
8 (3) 50 MASTER ZEPHYR 22 R Charlton 9-5 G Baker 38
9 (15) OFFICER SYDNEY B Meehan 9-5 Martin Lane --
10 (6) PRINCE OF CARDAMOM A Balding 9-5 O Murphy --
11 (8) REVISION John Best 9-5 S Drowne --
12 (14) ROCK LOBSTER E Dunlop 9-5 Doubtful --
13 (7) 4 STOKED 29 E Walker 9-5 R L Moore 50
14 (16) VICTORY MEGASTAR Clive Cox 9-5 A Kirby --
15 (11) 4 YEENAAN 26 (BF) M Botti 9-5 D Muscutt (5) 38
16 (12) ROSSLARE C Hills 9-0 J P Spencer --
9-2 Harbour Patrol, 6-1 Stoked, 7-1 Burma Bridge, Yeenaan, 8-1 Victory Megastar, 10-1 Grass
Roots, Master Zephyr, Prince Of Cardamom, Rosslare, 12-1 Azilian, 14-1 Ashridge Lad, 20-1 Officer
Sydney, 25-1 Compton Mill, 33-1 Revision.
1.50 Dubai Duty Free Legacy Cup C4
(Group III: 34,026: 1m 3f 5y) (9)
1 (9) 1-0000 CAMBORNE 35 (P,CD,S) J Gosden 6-9-3 R Havlin 111
2 (2) 21-100 CUBANITA 112 (C,G,S) R Beckett 5-9-3 A Atzeni 115
3 (3) 2-3011 GLORIOUS PROTECTOR 28 (G,S) E Walker 4-9-3 G Baker 113
4 (4) 101342 GRANDEUR (P,C,BF,F,G) J Noseda 5-9-3 Doubtful 119
5 (7) -02222 HILLSTAR 42 (F,S) Sir M Stoute 4-9-3 R L Moore v120
6 (8) 5-2011 NAUTILUS 14 (P,F,G) J Gosden 4-9-3 Doubtful 112
7 (1) 000-55 QUEST FOR PEACE 28 (BF,F,G,S) L Cumani 6-9-3 A Kirby 109
8 (6) -16001 BEACON LADY 26 (H,F,G,S) W Knight 5-9-0 J Duern 109
9 (5) -01013 TASADAY 30 (F,G,S) S Bin Suroor 4-9-0 S De Sousa 116
9-4 Tasaday, 5-2 Hillstar, 3-1 Glorious Protector, 8-1 Cubanita, 10-1 Camborne, 14-1 Quest For
Peace, 25-1 Beacon Lady.
Rob Wrights choice: Tasaday travelled well for a long way when a good
third to Tapestry in the Yorkshire Oaks Dangers: Cubanita, Hillstar
2.20 Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes C4
(Group II: 2-Y-O: 42,532: 6f 8y) (8)
1 (7) 21110 BAITHA ALGA 28 (D,BF,F,G,S) R Hannon 9-4 L Dettori 87
2 (1) 10 GROWL 31 (T,D,F) B Meehan 9-1 J Fortune 72
3 (8) 313232 JUNGLE CAT 28 (D,G) M Johnston 9-1 W Buick 93
4 (4) 411220 KIBAAR 9 (D,F,G) B Hills 9-1 Dane O'Neill 82
5 (3) 111 LIMATO 64 (CD,F) H Candy 9-1 R L Moore 91
6 (5) 21301 MUBTAGHAA 30 (D,G,S) W Haggas 9-1 Doubtful 85
7 (2) 12 STRATH BURN (C,G) C Hills 9-1 J P Spencer v94
8 (6) 3122 TOOCOOLFORSCHOOL 8 (P,D,G) K Burke 9-1 S De Sousa 90
6-4 Limato, 7-2 Strath Burn, 4-1 Jungle Cat, 7-1 Baitha Alga, 12-1 Toocoolforschool, 14-1 Growl,
20-1 Kibaar.
Wright choice: Strath Burn shaped as though ready for this stiffer test
when second to Kool Kompany in France Dangers: Limato, Baitha Alga
2.55 Dubai Duty Free Handicap C4
(46,687: 1m 2f 6y) (18)
1 (8) 335641 ENERGIA DAVOS 42 (D,G,S) M Botti 6-9-10 T E Durcan 105
2 (15) 0-0001 QUEENSBERRY RULES 28 (P,D,G) W Haggas 4-9-7 R L Moore 105
3 (14) 044005 REGULATION 84 (G,S) N King 5-9-1 J Fahy 105
4 (16) 145264 HIT THE JACKPOT 28 (D,F,G,S) D O'Meara 5-9-1 S De Sousa 108
5 (11) -31116 ROSEBURG 51 (D,BF,G,S) L Cumani 3-9-1 A Atzeni 104
6 (18) 026410 NICHOLASCOPERNICUS 16 (C,D,S) E Walker 5-9-0 J P Spencer 105
7 (6) 024540 STEPPING AHEAD 15 (B,D,G,S) K Burke 4-9-0 A Kirby 103
8 (5) 334142 BORDER LEGEND 28 (P,CD,F,G,S) R Charlton 5-9-0 W Buick v111
9 (7) 001422 SPIRIT OF THE LAW 28 (D,F,G,S) R Fahey 5-8-11 P Mulrennan 106
10 (13) -33015 FIRST FLIGHT 27 (C,D,F,G) S Bin Suroor 3-8-9 R Hughes 110
11 (12) 231545 RUNNING DEER 21 (D,G,S) Eve Johnson Houghton 5-8-9
J Fortune
107
12 (9) 004000 BUSATTO 21 (D,F,G,S) M Johnston 4-8-8 R Havlin 94
13 (17) 044200 MONSIEUR CHEVALIER 14 (C,F,G,S) P O'Gorman 7-8-7 R Tart 104
14 (10) -21204 BLACK SHADOW 27 (S) Mrs A Perrett 3-8-7 Martin Lane 106
15 (4) -60323 MADEED 15 (T,B,BF,G) B Meehan 3-8-6 P Hanagan 108
16 (2) 2/212 AIR PILOT 106 (G) R Beckett 5-8-6 O Murphy 109
17 (3) -11153 ARAB DAWN 9 (C,D,G,S) H Morrison 3-8-3 Martin Dwyer 107
18 (1) 625205 VENTURA QUEST 21 (G,S) R Fahey 3-8-0 J F McDonald 103
4-1 Air Pilot, 13-2 Arab Dawn, Roseburg, 9-1 Madeed, 11-1 Black Shadow, 12-1 Border Legend, First
Flight, 16-1 Energia Davos, Spirit Of The Law, 18-1 Hit The Jackpot, Nicholascopernicus, Running
Deer, 20-1 Stepping Ahead, 25-1 Busatto, 33-1 Regulation, Ventura Quest, 40-1 Monsieur
Chevalier.
Wright choice: Roseburg has progressed well this year and can bounce
back from a below-par effort at Goodwood Dangers: Air Pilot, Madeed
3.30 Dubai International Airport C4
World Trophy
(Group III: 34,026: 5f 34y) (13)
1 (8) 2-0110 TAKE COVER 29 (D,F,G,S) D Griffiths 7-9-6 R L Moore 117
2 (5) 602001 AJJAADD 11 (D,F,G,S) T Powell 8-9-1 W Twiston-Davies 107
3 (4) 063350 DINKUM DIAMOND 14 (D,F,S) H Candy 6-9-1 O Murphy 114
4 (9) -66613 JUSTINEO 13 (D,F,S) R Varian 5-9-1 Doubtful 116
5 (6) 101042 LADIES ARE FOREVER 13 (H,B,D,F,G,S) G Oldroyd 6-9-1B McHugh 117
6 (11) 500340 MOVIESTA 14 (D,F,G,S) B Smart 4-9-1 P Mulrennan 121
7 (7) 251661 SCREAM BLUE MURDER 41 (D,G,S) T Stack (Ire) 4-9-1W M Lordan 112
8 (13) 440105 JUSTICE DAY 28 (CD,G,S) D Elsworth 3-9-0 S De Sousa 117
9 (1) 50-204 GRAPHIC GUEST 119 (D,G,S) R Cowell 4-8-12 R Hughes --
10 (3) 262100 HAY CHEWED 50 (D,F,G) C Allen 3-8-11 Martin Dwyer 111
11 (12) 4-1151 MECCA'S ANGEL 10 (D,G,S) M Dods 3-8-11 P Hanagan v122
12 (2) 562450 ONE CHANCE 21 (D,F) J Butler 3-8-11 W Buick 99
13 (10) -42116 ONLINE ALEXANDER 10 (D,F,G) K A Ryan 3-8-11 Doubtful 114
9-4 Meccas Angel, 7-2 Moviesta, 11-2 Take Cover, 8-1 Ladies Are Forever, 9-1 Justice Day, 11-1
Scream Blue Murder, 12-1 Dinkum Diamond, 28-1 Ajjaadd, Graphic Guest, Hay Chewed, 50-1 One
Chance.
Wright choice: Meccas Angel showed terrific speed when winning at
Doncaster andwill betoughtopassDangers: LadiesAreForever, TakeCover
4.05 Dubai Duty Free Nursery Handicap
(2-Y-O: 6,225: 7f) (8)
1 (6) 6321 FIELDSMAN 12 (D,G) E Dunlop 9-7 Doubtful 57
2 (1) 2310 POLARISATION 31 (F) M Johnston 9-2 W Buick 62
3 (8) 040014 SILVER QUAY 7 (G) R Hannon 9-2 R Hughes 60
4 (4) 523201 HARLEQUIN STRIKER 9 (D,G) M Channon 9-0 C Bishop (3) 59
5 (2) 210130 L'ETACQ 16 (G) R Hannon 8-11 R L Moore 60
6 (7) 2243 LITTLE PALAVER 19 Clive Cox 8-10 A Atzeni 56
7 (5) 0105 GUIDING LIGHT 25 (F) A Balding 8-10 O Murphy v63
8 (3) 5344 LOOKING GOOD 21 D Brown 8-6 S De Sousa 56
11-4 Silver Quay, 9-2 Harlequin Striker, Polarisation, 6-1 Little Palaver, L'Etacq, 7-1 Looking Good,
10-1 Guiding Light.
4.40 Wedgewood Estates EBF Stallions
Maiden Stakes (Div II: 2-Y-O: 5,175: 7f) (16)
1 (10) BOARDING PARTY C Fellowes 9-5 Martin Lane --
2 (1) COORG Sir M Stoute 9-5 R L Moore --
3 (3) GEORGIA'S GAMBLE P Cole 9-5 S De Sousa --
4 (14) HATHAL W Haggas 9-5 L Dettori --
5 (7) 04 MARAAKIB 78 B Meehan 9-5 P Hanagan v51
6 (12) MCCREERY R Charlton 9-5 G Baker --
7 (6) MIRACLE NINETYNINE R Hannon 9-5 J Fortune --
8 (9) NAPOLEON SOLO P Chapple-Hyam 9-5 A Kirby --
9 (15) PUISSANT M Botti 9-5 J P Spencer --
10 (8) PURPLE ROCK C Hills 9-5 W Buick --
11 (16) SARSTED H Morrison 9-5 R Havlin --
12 (13) SONNOLENTO A Balding 9-5 O Murphy --
13 (4) WHO DARES WINS R Hannon 9-5 S Levey --
14 (11) WINTERVAL L Cumani 9-5 A Atzeni --
15 (5) 00 KYLLARNEY 17 C Hills 9-0 P Mulrennan 27
16 (2) ZEBELLA B Millman 9-0 T E Durcan --
6-1 Hathal, 13-2 Maraakib, 15-2 Winterval, 8-1 Miracle Ninetynine, 9-1 McCreery, Puissant, Who
Dares Wins, 12-1 Coorg, Purple Rock, Sonnolento, 14-1 Zebella, 16-1 Georgia's Gamble, Napoleon
Solo, 25-1 Boarding Party, Sarsted, 50-1 Kyllarney.
5.15 Heatherwold Stud Handicap
(3-Y-O: 4,690: 7f) (18)
1 (13) 331623 WEEKENDATBERNIES 9 (D,F) E De Giles 9-9 J P Spencer 79
2 (15) 52315 ABOVE THE REST 14 (F) T Jarvis 9-7 W Buick 82
3 (10) -50250 CHAMPAGNE SYDNEY 17 (D) R Hannon 9-6 S Levey 81
4 (7) 541511 GRATZIE 9 (F,G) M Channon 9-6 C Bishop (3) 79
5 (16) -66044 ART OFFICIAL 31 (D,F,G) R Hannon 9-6 J Fortune 75
6 (17) 052166 MARAAYILL 30 (T,P,CD,F) M Botti 9-5 A Atzeni 80
7 (14) 053606 COOL BAHAMIAN 45 (P,BF,G) Eve Johnson Houghton 9-4 J Fahy 81
8 (8) -00240 LA TINTA BAY 36 (F) R Hannon 9-3 K O'Neill 79
9 (2) 255-6 CONFLICTING 248 (H,T) C Fellowes 9-2 Martin Lane 78
10 (11) 2523 DEBIT 9 (P,BF) Clive Cox 9-1 A Kirby 82
11 (9) 135344 PACTOLUS 9 (D) S C Williams 9-0 Doubtful 79
12 (3) 310-66 ZESHOV 37 (V,D,G) J Noseda 9-0 Doubtful 74
13 (6) 064001 PENSAX LAD 32 (G) R Harris 8-13 W Twiston-Davies 79
14 (1) -20401 PERFECT PURSUIT 81 (D,F) P Chamings 8-13 O Murphy 78
15 (12) 4-2155 BYRON'S GOLD 12 (F) B De Haan 8-13 Doubtful 66
16 (18) -06413 CINCUENTA PASOS 33 (D,BF,F) J Tuite 8-12 P Mulrennan 79
17 (4) 055135 CLASSIC PURSUIT 36 (P,F) R Harris 8-11 R Havlin 80
18 (5) 232146 BIOTIC 19 (D,F) B Millman 8-8 T E Durcan v83
13-2 Debit, 8-1 Cincuenta Pasos, Maraayill, Weekendatbernies, 9-1 Gratzie, Perfect Pursuit,
10-1 Art Official, Biotic, Cool Bahamian, 12-1 others.
Course specialists
Ayr: Trainers J J Quinn, 13 winners from 44 runners, 29.5%; D
O'Meara, 16 from 76, 21.1%; K Burke, 5 from 24, 20.8%. Jockeys K
Fallon, 5 winners from 24 rides, 20.8%; R Kingscote, 3 from 19, 15.8%.
Catterick: Trainers M Johnston, 28 from 140, 20%; R Fahey, 27
from 144, 18.8%; J Bethell, 4 from 22, 18.2%. Jockeys P M Quinn, 7
from 40, 17.5%; R Winston, 13 from 89, 14.6%.
Newbury: Trainers D Brown, 3 from 11, 27.3%; L Cumani, 18 from
76, 23.7%; J Gosden, 34 from 163, 20.9%. Jockeys L Dettori, 19 from
90, 21.1%; S De Sousa, 18 from 105, 17.1%.
Newmarket: Trainers C Appleby, 11 from 44, 25%; R Hannon, 9
from 36, 25%; R Eddery, 3 from 14, 21.4%. Jockeys P Dobbs, 9 from
76, 11.8%; D Sweeney, 4 from 39, 10.3%.
Wolverhampton: Trainers S Bin Suroor, 29 from 82, 35.4%;
H Candy, 4 from 15, 26.7%; Rae Guest, 11 from 44, 25%. Jockeys G
Baker, 69 from 346, 19.9%; J P Spencer, 71 from 357, 19.9%.
Blinkeredfirst time: Ayr 2.40Redvers. 3.50Louis ThePious. Catterick5.40
Look On By, Day Of The Eagle, Princess Rose. Newbury 2.55 Stepping
Ahead, Madeed. 5.15 Zeshov. Newmarket 3.05 Anastazia, Stocking.
Leg 1 1.50 Newbury
Leg 2 2.40 Ayr
Leg 3 2.55 Newbury
Leg 4 3.15 Ayr
Leg 5 3.30 Newbury
Leg 6 3.50 Ayr
Rollovers: Bonus 1,249,353
Totescoop6
Heavens Guest is well placed for Gold strike
A high draw looked invaluable at Ayr
yesterday and Heavens Guest, from
stall 24, is fancied to land the William
Hill Ayr Gold Cup (3.50) there today.
One of six Richard Fahey-trained
runners inthe field, Heavens Guest has
alreadylandeda valuable handicapthis
year, beatingAbsolutelySooff just a4lb
lower mark in the Bunbury Cup at
Newmarket in July.
He followed that witha fine fourthto
Heavy Metal in the International
Handicapat Ascot andthe formof both
races has worked out well. Heavens
Guest is weightedtoreverseAscot form
with todays favourite, Watchable, who
was a short head infront of himinthird
but reopposes on 5lb worse terms.
Two subsequent defeats are easily
explained, as he failed to stay a mile at
Goodwood and was then forced wide
from a poor draw at York.
Heavens Guest did well to finish
fourthinthis race as a three-year-old12
months ago, which was a fine effort
considering that the classic generation
has wonthis cavalry charge just once in
the past 20 years.
He will need luck in running given
his hold-up style of racing but, at 25-1
with Ladbrokes, Heavens Guest is well
worth an interest.
Fahey has a similarly strong hand in
the William Hill Ayr Silver Cup (2.40),
saddling over a quarter of the field, but
Huntsmans Close can foil his team.
The latter has been running
well in competitive sprints all
year, followingawin in a hot
handicap at Windsor
with a string of good
efforts. He did not
have the clearest
of runs when a
close sixth in a
similar race at
Goodwoodandhas sincefinishedinthe
frame at both Epsom and Doncaster.
Able to race off a 4lb lower mark than
for his latest thirdto Badr Al Badoor, he
can make the most of a plum draw
against the stands rail.
All eyes will be on the unbeaten
Limato in the Dubai Duty Free
Mill Reef Stakes (2.20) at
Newbury, but he is far from
certain to handle cut in the
ground and preference
is for Strath Burn.
The latter won
impressively on
his debut at this
track and then
ran a cracker to be beaten a half-length
by Kool Kompany in the Prix Robert
Papinat Maisons-Laffitte. Thewaythat
he finished there suggested that this
slightly longer trip would suit and,
proven on easy ground, he rates good
value at the 7-2 offered by WilliamHill.
Tasaday looks the one to beat in the
Dubai Duty Free Legacy Cup (1.50),
while Roseburg can take the Dubai
Duty Free Handicap (2.55). He had his
winning streak ended at Goodwood
last time, but was forced to race wider
than ideal from a poor draw there.
Rob Wright
Sunday best
Teak (4.30 Plumpton)
Heavens Guest
has strong claims
Racing Sport
Saturday interview
Dalgleish tips scales
in his favour with
switch to training
A
momentous week for Scot-
land will end with about
12,000yes andno voters
mingling at Ayr today. They
will be united in trying to
find winners and Keith Dalgleish will
be doing his utmost to oblige them.
Based in Carluke, around an hour
from the course and high up in the
idyllic countryside of South Lanark-
shire, Dalgleish has twice been a quick
starter first as a jockey, before weight
issues forcedhimtoquit at the age of 21,
and now, a decade later, as a trainer.
He has a teamof 80horses andabout
40 per cent of them will have been in
action at the William Hill Gold Cup
Festival by the time it concludes today.
The majority of his owners are based
north of the border and, naturally, they
crave success at the meeting.
Nowonder, then, that Dalgleishslept
a little easier on Thursday night after
his Harrisons Cave swoopedlate towin
the finale at 12-1. It takes the pressure
off, abit, but it will benicetoget another
one, Dalgleish said before racing
resumed yesterday. Later in the
afternoon his wish was granted when
Beautiful Stranger won the one-mile
handicap.
Its not a meeting which you can
really target horses at because it comes
towards the end of the year and you
would hope that they have done
something beforehand, he continued.
Generally, we find races that fit our
horses and, if they are eligible and OK,
they run.
Dalgleish rode twice in the Gold Cup
without making an impression, trailing
home last in the 2003 renewal. Less
than a year later, he had retired.
A tally of 285 winners and a fruitful
partnership with Mark Johnston,
which included successes at Royal
Ascot and another at group one level,
made no difference. The daily torment
of keeping his 6ft frame below 9st had
become too much.
I felt a mixture of sadness and relief
whenI stopped, he said. Sadthat I was
not going to be able to compete every
day and ride nice horses but relief that
I could eat what I wanted, when I
wanted. These days I weigh about 15st
and it is hard to convince anybody who
never knew me in the past that I was
once a jockey.
I was very light when I started and I
managedtodowell inthose earlyyears,
but I was still growing and, by the time
I got to 21, was working with the nar-
rowest of bodies. I wouldnt eat, used
thesaunaandranall theusual things
but it could not be done any more.
Dalgleish experimented with jump
racing but, after six rides, gave up for a
second time. It wasnt what I wanted,
he said. The reality is that Id have
been too heavy anyway.
He resorted to riding work and
helped break in yearlings before
beginning employment at Carluke,
initially as an assistant to Val
Donoghue and then, after him, Noel
Wilson. The latters departure
prompted Gordon McDowall, the
yards owner, to promote Dalgleish.
We were fortunate in that we had
some winners early on, Dalgleish said.
That helped to get more horses and,
when youve got more horses, youve
got more chance of winners. It
snowballed. Our facilities are goodand,
geographically, we are well placed
because we are central and close to the
motorway.
Now in his fourth season with a
licence, Dalgleish has chalked up more
than 200 winners and is no longer
salaried, having bought out McDowall
two years ago. Last year he enjoyed 58
successes and set a Scottish record for
winners. This term, he is within
touching distance of surpassing that.
I think you get a better thrill out of
training a winner, than than riding it,
he said. As a jockey, you can go home
and switch off but training is 24/7 and
you are more committed to it.
He is proud of the facilities at
Belstane Stables, which include an
uphill all-weather gallop of five
furlongs, and his team of around 20
stable staff include his father, John, and
brother, Kevin, his assistant.
Dalgleish would not be drawn on the
Scottish referendum and was happier
fieldingamorefamiliar question. Yes or
no, will he have a winner today?
He mentions the competitive nature
of all the races but clearlyhas asoft spot
for LadyDesire, whocouldprovide him
with a breakthrough pattern victory in
the WilliamHill Firth Of Clyde Stakes.
Shes progressed really nicely, he
said. The form of her maiden win at
Hamilton has worked out quite well,
and then she went down to Haydock
and won in good fashion. Shes in good
form at home and weve specifically
kept her for this.
In the spotlight
Name: Keith Dalgleish
Born: March 22, 1983 in border town
of Coldstream. Grew up in Hawick
Marital status: Due to wed Christine
Munro next June and has two
children Poppy, 5, and Daisy, 1
Overall victories in Scotland:
Hamilton Park (33), Ayr (33) and
Musselburgh (20)
Biggest winner as a jockey:
Yavanas Pace in German group one
Follow him: @DalgleishRacing on
Twitter. His website is
keithdalgleish.co.uk
Newmarket
Rob Wright
1.55 Sweet Dream 4.15 Ray Ward
2.30 Lady Of Dubai 4.50 Diamond Lady
3.05 Phoibe 5.25 Spiritoftheunion
3.40 Heartbreak Hero 5.55 Sir Guy Porteous
Going: good to firm (good in places)
Draw: no advantage Racing UK
1.55 Maiden Fillies' Stakes
(Div I: 2-Y-O: 4,528: 1m) (10)
1 (2) AL NOFOR R Hannon 9-0 P Dobbs
2 (4) ASIMA C Hills 9-0 Luke Morris
3 (8) DREAMLIKE L Cumani 9-0 T Queally
4 (1) EASTERN ROMANCE W Haggas 9-0 L Jones
5 (7) MAYBE TOMORROW D Simcock 9-0 D Sweeney
6 (6) 3 MOONLIGHT SONATA 17 Sir M Stoute 9-0 S W Kelly
7 (3) 0 SPIRITED ACCLAIM 14 D Elsworth 9-0 L Keniry
8 (9) 2 SWEET DREAM 22 R Beckett 9-0 H Bentley
9 (5) TOCORORO E Dunlop 9-0 J Crowley
10(10) TOUJOURS L'AMOUR W Haggas 9-0 J Fanning
9-2 Al Nofor, 6-1 Moonlight Sonata, Sweet Dream, Toujours L'Amour,
13-2 Eastern Romance, 15-2 Dreamlike, 9-1 Tocororo, 10-1 others.
2.30 Maiden Fillies' Stakes
(Div II: 2-Y-O: 4,528: 1m) (9)
1 (5) 0 BEACH WALKER 16 B Meehan 9-0 Hayley Turner
2 (8) 00 CASCADES 24 D Elsworth 9-0 J Crowley
3 (1) 0 FLAMME FANTASTIQUE 11 W Haggas 9-0 S Sanders
4 (6) 03 LADY OF DUBAI 29 L Cumani 9-0 T Queally
5 (9) SCOTS FERN A Balding 9-0 D Probert
6 (4) SPERRY J Gosden 9-0 N Mackay
7 (2) SYLVETTE R Varian 9-0 F Tylicki
8 (7) TEOFILO'S PRINCESS C Brittain 9-0 H Bentley
9 (3) 3 WIENER VALKYRIE 16 E Walker 9-0 Luke Morris
9-4 Lady Of Dubai, 7-2 Wiener Valkyrie, 6-1 Sperry, Sylvette, 15-2 Flamme
Fantastique, 9-1 Scots Fern, 10-1 Cascades, 20-1 others.
3.05 Fillies' Median Auction Stakes
(2-Y-O: 56,056: 6f) (8)
1 (1) 56505 STAR OF SPRING 7 (H) C Hills 8-13 D Probert
2 (3) 1144 SUPREME OCCASION 8 D O'Meara 8-13 P Dobbs
3 (4) 0260 STOCKING 9 (B) R Varian 8-11 F Tylicki
4 (5) 45204 ANASTAZIA 18 (B) P D'Arcy 8-9 Luke Morris
5 (8) 023 HUNDI 35 (BF) C Hills 8-9 J Crowley
6 (7) 10 SLEEPY DUST 35 (D) S Kirk 8-9 L Keniry
7 (6) 0320 LACING 49 R Fahey 8-7 J Quinn
8 (2) 2 PHOIBE P Schiergen (Ger) 8-7 J Fanning
4-11 Supreme Occasion, 8-1 Hundi, 12-1 Phoibe, Stocking, 16-1 Lacing, Sleepy
Dust, 40-1 Star Of Spring, 50-1 Anastazia.
3.40 Median Auction Race
(2-Y-O: 56,056: 6f) (9)
1 (6) 312 BALLYMORE CASTLE 105 R Fahey 9-1 F Tylicki
2 (2) 3621 SECRET BRIEF 14 M Johnston 9-1 J Fanning
3 (1) 10012 BOSSY GUEST 26 (D,BF) M Channon 8-13 L Keniry
4 (9) 64 DOUBLY CLEVER 9 (BF) C Hills 8-13 J Crowley
5 (5) 02112 HEARTBREAK HERO 9 (D) W Haggas 8-13 S Sanders
6 (8) SILENCE IN COURT Eve Johnson Houghton 8-13 T Queally
7 (3) 30 EXCELLENT GEORGE 13 S C Williams 8-11 H Bentley
8 (4) 454 PRINCE OF TIME 38 M Johnston 8-7 L Jones
9 (7) 03 YORKIE TALKIE 26 M Johnston 8-7 D Probert
8-11Heartbreak Hero, 9-2Bossy Guest, 7-1Secret Brief, 8-1Ballymore Castle,
20-1 Yorkie Talkie, 22-1 Doubly Clever, 25-1 others.
4.15 Handicap (31,125: 2m 2f) (11)
1 (8) 43-24 MUBARAZA 136 (BF) E Dunlop 5-9-10 F Tylicki
2 (9) 32000 REPEATER 8 (P) D O'Meara 5-9-10 S W Kelly
3 (2) -0062 RAY WARD 52 D Simcock 4-9-5 J Crowley
4 (3) 02401 GABRIAL'S KING 70 D Simcock 5-9-4 D Sweeney
5 (7) 0/00- BIG EASY 133J P Hobbs 7-8-13 T Queally
6 (6) 13011 TEAK 6 (P,D) I Williams 7-8-12 S Donohoe
7 (11) 62621 ENTIHAA 13 G A Swinbank 6-8-9 J Quinn
8 (1) 20523 SIR FRANK MORGAN 10 (BF) M Johnston 4-8-8 J Fanning
9 (10) 60500 ARGENT KNIGHT 46 W Jarvis 4-8-7 D Probert
10 (4) 41202 SEE AND BE SEEN 6 (P) S Kirk 4-8-1 N Garbutt (5)
11 (5) 45203 EX ORIENTE 2 (H) S C Williams 5-8-1 H Bentley
9-2 Teak, 6-1 Gabrial's King, Mubaraza, Ray Ward, 7-1 Entihaa, 15-2 Sir Frank
Morgan, 9-1 Repeater, 10-1 Argent Knight, 12-1 others.
4.50 Handicap (5,175: 6f) (14)
1 (10) 06043 CORPORAL MADDOX 15 (H,P,D) R Harris 7-9-7T Queally
2 (9) 15000 DAYLIGHT 15 (E,T,D) A Balding 4-9-7 D Probert
3 (13) 23135 LIGHT FROM MARS 18 (P,D) R Harris 9-9-7
M M Monaghan (5)
4 (7) 00000 TELLOVOI 7 (P) Miss A Stokell 6-9-6 L Keniry
5 (6) 05520 JOE PACKET 26 (P,D) J Portman 7-9-5 J Fanning
6 (8) -0000 ROCKSILLA 22 (D) C Wall 4-9-3 S Sanders
7 (4) 15202 DIAMOND LADY 7 (D) W Stone 3-9-2 F Tylicki
8 (11) 40041 FRONT PAGE NEWS 18 (C,D) R Eddery 4-9-2
L Steward (5)
9 (1) 00100 NOVA CHAMP 46 (P,CD) S C Williams 3-9-2 H Bentley
10 (5) 32-43 CHARTER 24 (H) M Wigham 4-8-13 J Crowley
11 (3) 05241 JONTLEMAN 9 (D) M Channon 4-8-12 S Hitchcott
12(14) 53613 MEANDMYSHADOW 24 (D) Alan Brown 6-8-11S Donohoe
13 (2) 00420 COMMANCHE 10 (D) C Dwyer 5-8-11 J Quinn
14(12) 04126 HE'S MY BOY 11 (V,D,BF) J Fanshawe 3-8-5
Hayley Turner
6-1 Front Page News, 13-2 Jontleman, 8-1 Diamond Lady, 9-1 Charter,
Daylight, Joe Packet, 10-1 Corporal Maddox, 11-1 others.
5.25 Fillies' Handicap
(9,703: 1m 4f) (10)
1 (1) 6-520 KIKONGA 16 (D,BF) L Cumani 4-10-0 L Steward (5)
2 (5) 4100- PRINCESS CAETANI 121J (D) D Dennis 5-9-12 S Sanders
3 (8) 04426 YOJOJO 9 (H,C) Miss G Kelleway 5-9-10 D Muscutt (5)
4 (9) -4042 HEADLINE NEWS 16 (D) Rae Guest 5-9-9 C Catlin
5 (10) 41-21 ASYAD 77 Sir M Stoute 3-9-6 S W Kelly
6 (3) 41 REWAAYA 117 (D) J Gosden 3-9-2 T Queally
7 (2) 40411 SKI LIFT 22 J Gosden 3-9-2 N Mackay
8 (7) 2214 DESERT SNOW 63 (D,BF) S Bin Suroor 3-9-0 F Tylicki
9 (6) 0-216 SPIRITOFTHEUNION 27 (H,D,BF) Michael Bell 3-8-11
J Crowley
10 (4) 01112 SLEEPER 17 (D) R Beckett 3-8-11 P Dobbs
5-1 Rewaaya, 6-1 Asyad, Headline News, 13-2 Desert Snow, Kikonga, Ski Lift,
15-2 Sleeper, 12-1 Princess Caetani, Spiritoftheunion, Yojojo.
5.55 Handicap (12,938: 1m) (10)
1 (2) 12402 DARK EMERALD 7 (D) B Powell 4-9-10 S Sanders
2 (3) /6560 ENERGIZER 30 (H,D) C Appleby 5-9-10 J Crowley
3 (6) 11 DREAM SPIRIT 42 (D) W Haggas 3-9-4 L Jones
4 (1) 36313 MASTER THE WORLD 14 (P,CD) D Elsworth 3-9-1 L Keniry
5 (9) 20400 IFWECAN 26 (D) M Johnston 3-9-1 J Fanning
6 (5) 41236 GEORGE CINQ 14 (D) Michael Bell 4-9-0 L Steward (5)
7 (7) 1464- STORMY PARADISE B Meehan 3-9-0 R Clark (3)
8 (10) 12000 SIR GUY PORTEOUS 29 (D) M Johnston 3-8-13 T Queally
9 (4) 00540 MOONDAY SUN 21 (P,D) Mrs A Perrett 5-8-13 P Dobbs
10 (8) 00060 MABAIT 7 (CD) D Simcock 8-8-10 S Killoran (7)
4-1 Dream Spirit, 6-1 Energizer, 13-2 Dark Emerald, Master The World,
8-1 George Cinq, Ifwecan, Moonday Sun, 9-1 Sir Guy Porteous, 11-1 others.
Catterick
Rob Wright
2.10 Midlander 4.30 Poetic Verse
2.45 Flash Fire 5.05 Walter De La Mare
3.20 Scrafton 5.40 Orwellian
3.55 Kiss Of Spring 6.10 Tanawar
Going: good (good to firm in places)
Draw: 5f-7f, low numbers best Racing UK
2.10 Maiden Stakes
(2-Y-O: 3,234: 5f 212y) (6)
1 (1) 332 DOPPLER EFFECT 18 Mrs A Duffield 9-5 D Swift
2 (5) 06 JUNCART 16 K A Ryan 9-5 Kevin Stott (5)
3 (3) KYLLACH ME B Smart 9-5 D Fentiman
4 (6) 26024 MIDLANDER 18 (BF) M Johnston 9-5 A Nicholls
5 (2) 05 MY SPECIALBRU 15 Miss T Waggott 9-5 R Ffrench
6 (4) 00 MAGIC EMPRESS 35 T Coyle 9-0 P P Mathers
11-10 Midlander, 9-4 Doppler Effect, 13-2 Juncart, 15-2 Kyllach Me, 9-1 My
Specialbru, 100-1 Magic Empress.
2.45 Nursery Handicap
(2-Y-O: 4,657: 7f) (5)
1 (3) 3212 FLASH FIRE 18 (BF) M Johnston 9-7 A Nicholls
2 (2) 032 FAST CHARLIE 21 Mrs A Duffield 8-11 R Scott (7)
3 (4) 42025 MADAMOISELLE BOND 15 (H) W Jarvis 8-8 Joe Doyle (5)
4 (1) 4044 LITTLE BELTER 25 (P,BF) T Dascombe 8-5 W A Carson
5 (5) 6500 PIPE BOMB 15 (P) K A Ryan 8-4 I Brennan
13-8 Flash Fire, 4-1 Fast Charlie, Little Belter, Pipe Bomb, 13-2 Madamoiselle
Bond.
3.20 Handicap
(3-Y-O: 6,135: 1m 5f 175y) (6)
1 (6) 52611 MAMBO RHYTHM 8 (V) M Johnston 9-7 A Nicholls
2 (2) 61-00 ISTIMRAAR 26J (P) P Kirby 9-0 P Cosgrave
3 (1) -2622 MIGHTY MISSILE 25 (P,BF) T Tate 8-6 A Elliott
4 (4) -0021 CRAKEHALL LAD 11 (D) G A Swinbank 8-6 D Fentiman
5 (3) 03126 EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT 35 O Pears 8-4 I Brennan
6 (5) 00-01 SCRAFTON 15 J Bethell 8-2 J Haynes (3)
5-2 Mambo Rhythm, 100-30 Crakehall Lad, 5-1 Scrafton, 11-2 Istimraar,
6-1 Mighty Missile, 7-1 Exclusive Contract.
3.55 Maiden Stakes
(3,234: 7f) (7)
1 (1) 3 MUZAAHIM K Morgan 3-9-5 Kevin Stott (5)
2 (2) 30-4 RETROFIT 51 (H) W Muir 3-9-5 D C Costello
3 (4) 0 THE GAY CAVALIER 19 (T) John Ryan 3-9-5Joe Doyle (5)
4 (7) HIGH MEADOW JENNY James Turner 3-9-0 I Brennan
5 (3) 62333 IRONDALE EXPRESS 66 (BF) T Coyle 3-9-0 A Nicholls
6 (5) 432 KISS OF SPRING 15 D O'Meara 3-9-0 R Winston
7 (6) 04224 MENDACIOUS HARPY 14 G Baker 3-9-0 P Cosgrave
5-2 Muzaahim, 11-4 Irondale Express, Kiss Of Spring, 6-1 Mendacious Harpy,
11-1 The Gay Cavalier, 14-1 High Meadow Jenny, 22-1 Retrofit.
4.30 Handicap
(12,938: 1m 3f 214y) (9)
1 (2) 05011 ZEUS MAGIC 13 (D) B Ellison 4-9-10 Megan Carberry (5)
2 (8) -5314 POETIC VERSE 26J (D,BF) J J Quinn 4-8-13 Joe Doyle (5)
3 (4) 13662 SIR CHARLIE KUNZ 3 M Johnston 3-8-11 A Nicholls
4 (7) 01212 INDIRA 24 (CD) J Berry 3-8-10 R Winston
5 (5) 20166 SHERMAN MCCOY 75 (P,CD) Mrs M Fife 8-8-8J Nason (5)
6 (1) 00106 TINSELTOWN 36 (CD) B Rothwell 8-8-7 I Brennan
7 (3) 23435 FLYING CAPE 7 (P) A Hollinshead 3-8-1 R Ffrench
8 (9) 45013 MENDELITA 24 (D) R Fahey 3-8-0 J Haynes (3)
9 (6) 05443 AL FURAT 28 R Barr 6-8-0 P P Mathers
4-1 Zeus Magic, 9-2 Sherman McCoy, 5-1 Poetic Verse, Sir Charlie Kunz, 6-1
Indira, 7-1 Mendelita, 10-1 Flying Cape, 16-1 Tinseltown, 20-1 Al Furat.
5.05 Handicap (2,726: 1m 5f 175y) (15)
1 (4) 0454U TRIPLE EIGHT 23 (B) P Kirby 6-9-7 Megan Carberry (5)
2 (11) 60331 GIOIA DI VITA 15 D Thompson 4-9-6 R Winston
3 (10) 43415 GRAYSWOOD 30 (P,D) W Muir 4-9-4 D C Costello
4 (8) 02322 CORN MAIDEN 25 Phil McEntee 5-9-4 P Aspell
5 (7) -2020 WALTZ DARLING 11 K Reveley 6-9-1 J Nason (5)
6 (12) 00000 ENZAAL 7 P Kirby 4-8-13 D Fentiman
7 (9) 4555/ STAGS LEAP 618J P Kirby 7-8-11 J Haynes (3)
8 (5) 20304 ROCKY TWO 11 (P) P Kirby 4-8-9 J Butterfield (3)
9 (13) 64123 MIDNIGHT WARRIOR 15 (H,BF) R Barr 4-8-9
Joe Doyle (5)
10 (6) -2053 WALTER DE LA MARE 9 (T) Anabel Murphy 7-8-5P M Quinn
11 (3) /0220 COOL BARANCA 28J Mrs D Sayer 8-8-5 E Sayer (5)
12(14) 52360 IMPECCABILITY 14 (P) J Mackie 4-8-2 P P Mathers
13 (2) -4664 WASABI 37 (T,P) J Berry 5-8-2 R Ffrench
14 (1) 40036 RHINESTONE REBEL 57J (H) P Hiatt 8-8-2 A Elliott
15(15) 60000 JEBULANI 15 (T,P) F Murtagh 4-8-2 I Brennan
13-2 Grayswood, 8-1 Cool Baranca, Gioia Di Vita, Rocky Two, Triple Eight,
9-1 Corn Maiden, Waltz Darling, 10-1 Midnight Warrior, 11-1 others.
5.40 Handicap (Div I: 2,726: 7f) (12)
1 (1) 13243 ORWELLIAN 5 (BF) B Smart 5-9-7 Joe Doyle (5)
2 (3) 30643 DAY OF THE EAGLE 32 (B,D) M W Easterby 8-9-6
I Brennan
3 (7) 54310 NO QUARTER 11 (CD) Miss T Waggott 7-9-6 R Ffrench
4 (8) 40045 MYSTERIAL 40 (D) Declan Carroll 4-9-4 N Farley (3)
5 (2) 50213 SMART ALEC 24 (CD) G A Swinbank 3-9-3 D Fentiman
6 (11) 01320 SEE CLEARLY 11 (P,C,D) T Easterby 5-9-0 P Aspell
7 (9) 05000 THE BLUE BANANA 26 (B) E Tuer 5-8-11Kevin Stott (5)
8 (12) 16600 LOOK ON BY 5 (B) Mrs R Carr 4-8-10 A Elliott
9 (10) 06325 IT'S ALL A GAME 15 (B,D) Richard Guest 3-8-10
R Winston
10 (5) 55003 LA DANZA 33 (V) Mrs L Williamson 4-8-7 P P Mathers
11 (4) 02665 THRUST CONTROL 5 (P,CD) Miss T Waggott 7-8-7
J Butterfield (3)
12 (6) 64606 PRINCESS ROSE 15 (V) J Weymes 3-8-4 J Haynes (3)
9-2 Smart Alec, 5-1 Orwellian, 6-1 Day Of The Eagle, 7-1 No Quarter, See
Clearly, 15-2 It's All A Game, 8-1 Thrust Control, 12-1 others.
6.10 Handicap (Div II: 2,726: 7f) (11)
1 (3) 60000 BOGSNOG 16 (D) K Stubbs 4-9-7 R Ffrench
2 (10) 24201 SHOWTIME STAR 23 G A Swinbank 4-9-6 D Fentiman
3 (11) 56501 RUNNING REEF 5 (P,CD) Miss T Waggott 5-9-5
R Winston
4 (4) 56305 TANAWAR 11 (B) Mrs R Carr 4-9-3 I Brennan
5 (1) 00200 NELSON'S BAY 15 (D) W Storey 5-9-0 Kevin Stott (5)
6 (9) 46250 SHILLITO 18 T Coyle 4-9-0 D C Costello
7 (8) -0660 UNCLE BRIT 40 R Menzies 8-8-9 Joe Doyle (5)
8 (2) 34203 MOUNT CHEIRON 10 (P,CD) Mrs D Sayer 3-8-9
E Sayer (5)
9 (6) 56450 VIKING WARRIOR 19 (CD) Shaun Harris 7-8-7J Nason (5)
10 (7) 42430 BENIDORM 3J (E) Richard Guest 6-8-7 J Haynes (3)
11 (5) 056 IM DAPPER TOO 15 John Davies 3-8-5 A Elliott
2-1 Running Reef, 4-1 Showtime Star, 6-1 Mount Cheiron, 8-1 Viking Warrior,
9-1 Tanawar, 10-1 Shillito, 14-1 Bogsnog, 16-1 Uncle Brit, 20-1 others.
Wolverhampton
Rob Wright
5.50 Danzoe 7.50 International Name
6.20 Sacha Park 8.20 Zampa Manos
6.50 Mandarin Girl 8.50 Aristocratic Duty
7.20 Tapis Libre 9.20 Plucky Dip
Going: standard
Draw: 5f-7f, low numbers best At The Races
5.50 Handicap (2,264: 5f 20y) (13)
1 (4) 62333 LUCKY MARK 9 (P,C,BF) J Balding 5-9-8 Luke Morris
2 (1) 40050 AVONVALLEY 9 (C,D) P Grayson 7-9-6 Stephen Craine
3 (5) 45510 DANZOE 23 (H,P,C,D) Mrs C Dunnett 7-9-5 E J Walsh (5)
4 (13) 00000 SAGA LOUT 5 (P,C,D) A Hollinshead 4-9-4 J Duern (5)
5 (2) 04206 VOLCANIC DUST 67 (T,C,D) J M Bradley 6-9-4D J Bates (3)
6 (11) 53635 YOUR GIFTED 9 (V,D) Mrs L Williamson 7-9-4
Alistair Rawlinson (5)
7 (8) 50054 FIRST REBELLION 5 (B,C,D) A Carroll 5-9-3 R Da Silva
8 (7) -0054 LITTLE BRIAR ROSE 26 (H) J Spearing 3-9-2 W A Carson
9 (12) 20333 DREAM SIKA 7 Mrs R Carr 3-9-1 D Swift
10(10) 56522 CHINA EXCELS 5 (D) Miss M Rowland 7-9-1 Doubtful
11 (3) 00004 YANKEE RED 15 (B) John Best 3-9-1 S Drowne
12 (9) 03004 AARANYOW 25 (H,T) C Lines 6-9-0 R Tart
13 (6) -0000 RAT CATCHER 17 (B,D) Mrs L Williamson 4-9-0 R Hornby (7)
9-2 Lucky Mark, 11-2 Volcanic Dust, 7-1 Dream Sika, 8-1 Danzoe, Your Gifted,
9-1 First Rebellion, 12-1 Aaranyow, 14-1 Yankee Red, 16-1 others.
6.20 Handicap (2,911: 5f 216y) (9)
1 (2) 42321 THE DANDY YANK 10 (P,D) J Osborne 3-9-6 W A Carson
2 (5) 03304 SACHA PARK 9 R Hannon 3-9-5 R Hughes
3 (7) 10604 ASHKARI 17 (P,D) Clive Cox 3-9-4 S Drowne
4 (9) 02121 CHAPELLERIE 16 (B,CD) B Powell 5-9-1 Dane O'Neill
5 (1) -6226 POINT NORTH 133 (B,C,D,BF) J Balding 7-9-0Luke Morris
6 (8) 02655 LOUD 10 (B,D) Miss A Weaver 4-8-12 B McHugh
7 (6) 35666 QUEEN AGGIE 26 (C,D) A Carroll 4-8-12 R Tart
8 (3) 35304 DYNAMO WALT 30 (C) D Shaw 3-8-11 D Swift
9 (4) 53100 MAMBO SPIRIT 9 (D) A G Newcombe 10-8-7E J Walsh (5)
7-2 The Dandy Yank, 5-1 Chapellerie, 11-2 Sacha Park, 6-1 Point North,
15-2 Ashkari, 8-1 Dynamo Walt, 10-1 Loud, Mambo Spirit, Queen Aggie.
6.50 Seller (2-Y-O: 2,264: 5f 216y) (13)
1 (5) 52604 DIMINUTIVE 18 (P,D) G Harris 8-12 K Shoemark (7)
2 (13) 00120 MULTI QUEST J Hughes 8-12 P Cosgrave
3 (12) 06520 CUPULATION 17 (H) Miss A Weaver 8-11 R Hughes
4 (8) 60 EXCELLING OSCAR 19 C Dore 8-11 D Swift
5 (4) 03330 AR COLLEEN AINE 15 M Channon 8-6 Luke Morris
6 (2) 20055 BLUE BURMESE 16 M Usher 8-6 N Garbutt (5)
7 (6) 00U BONITA BROWN EYES 11 J Moore 8-6 P Prince (3)
8 (3) 53430 FAZENDA'S GIRL 11 (B) M W Easterby 8-6 B McHugh
9 (11) 0 ILUMINATION 3 M W Easterby 8-6 Danielle Mooney (7)
10(10) 64432 ITSINDEBAG 43 (P) J Moore 8-6 J Gordon (7)
11 (9) 03 MANDARIN GIRL 149 R Hannon 8-6 J F McDonald
12 (7) 40 PICTURE POSTCARD 19 (P) W Haggas 8-6 N Alison (5)
13 (1) 50603 STRATEGISE 22 (P) T Dascombe 8-6 W A Carson
11-4 Ar Colleen Aine, 6-1 Multi Quest, Strategise, 7-1 Itsindebag, Picture
Postcard, 8-1 Mandarin Girl, 9-1 Diminutive, Fazenda's Girl, 14-1 others.
7.20 Handicap (2,264: 1m 4f 50y) (12)
1 (7) 05403 TAPIS LIBRE 30 (C,D) M W Easterby 6-9-11 B McHugh
2 (3) 16000 GENTLEMAX 31 (B,D) J Boyle 4-9-10 P Cosgrave
3 (6) -0060 RED PILGRIM 44 (H) J Toller 4-9-9 R Tart
4 (9) 02456 MEDIEVAL BISHOP 42 (P,D) M Walford 5-9-9 D Swift
5 (11) 0-045 LUCKY JIM 108 C Wall 3-9-4 G Baker
6 (10) 40426 MAJESTIC SUN 66 (H) P Chapple-Hyam 3-9-3Luke Morris
7 (12) 00260 TAXIFORMISSBYRON 18 (C) I Jardine 4-9-0 R Scott (7)
8 (1) 0350 SOUTHERN CROSS 16 H Morrison 3-8-13 R Hughes
9 (8) 42030 EXCELLENT NEWS 16 (C,D) T Forbes 5-8-12A McLean (7)
10 (2) 05343 POWER UP 5 (V,C) M Johnston 3-8-11 Dane O'Neill
11 (5) -4403 LADY BUBBLES 21 M W Easterby 3-8-4 N Garbutt (5)
12 (4) 050 PEPPERELLO 42 (H) T Etherington 3-8-4
Danielle Mooney (7)
4-1 Power Up, 9-2 Tapis Libre, 11-2 Lucky Jim, 6-1 Majestic Sun, Medieval
Bishop, 15-2 Southern Cross, 12-1 Red Pilgrim, 14-1 other.
7.50 Maiden Stakes
(2-Y-O: 2,911: 1m 141y) (8)
1 (7) 5 ALI BIN NAYEF 15 C Hills 9-5 Dane O'Neill
2 (8) 02 BELGRADE 15 R Hannon 9-5 R Hughes
3 (1) 652 CLASSIC VILLAGER 27 P Hide 9-5 G Baker
4 (6) FUNTIME BARRY R Hannon 9-5 P Cosgrave
5 (2) 0 HIER ENCORE 70 D Menuisier 9-5 R Da Silva
6 (5) 62 INDELIBLE INK 62 (BF) Sir M Stoute 9-5 S W Kelly
7 (4) 0 INTERNATIONAL NAME 22 S Bin Suroor 9-5 F Tylicki
8 (3) SEA OF HEAVEN Sir M Prescott 9-5 Luke Morris
100-30 Belgrade, Indelible Ink, 11-2 Classic Villager, International Name, 6-1
Funtime Barry, 8-1 Ali Bin Nayef, 10-1 Sea Of Heaven, 25-1 Hier Encore.
8.20 Handicap (7,246: 1m 1f 103y) (10)
1 (1) 51301 WAHGAH 33 S Bin Suroor 3-9-5 Dane O'Neill
2 (3) -0530 TINGHIR 21 (B,D) D Lanigan 4-9-4 G Baker
3 (7) 05401 SPIRITUAL STAR 15 (T) A Carson 5-9-2 R Tart
4 (10) 12110 HALATION 29 D Simcock 3-9-0 J P Spencer
5 (9) 24-1 NIGHT PARTY 149 S Bin Suroor 3-9-0Matthew Lawson (3)
6 (2) 15004 ZAMPA MANOS 24 A Balding 3-8-13 D Probert
7 (8) 06306 HENRY THE AVIATOR 11 (C) M Johnston 4-8-10 A Nicholls
8 (4) 12-04 DOCS LEGACY 15 (C,D) R Fahey 5-8-10 R Hughes
9 (5) 35300 GOD'S SPEED 15 (C,D) Rae Guest 3-8-10 C Catlin
10 (6) 33040 BACK BURNER 14 (P,C,D) D Burchell 6-8-10 T Clark (5)
5-1 Night Party, Wahgah, 11-2 Tinghir, 13-2 Henry The Aviator, 7-1 Spiritual
Star, 15-2 God's Speed, Halation, 9-1 Docs Legacy, 10-1 others.
8.50 Handicap
(Div I: 3-Y-O: 2,264: 7f 32y) (10)
1 (7) 05125 MARMARUS 38 (D) Clive Cox 9-7 A Kirby
2 (5) -0553 LACOCK 41 H Candy 9-7 Dane O'Neill
3 (3) 5050 MISS MOPPET 74 H Morrison 9-6 G Baker
4 (9) 00406 APPLEJACK LAD 33 (T) John Ryan 9-4 R Powell (3)
5 (4) 52552 ARISTOCRATIC DUTY 18 S Kirk 9-4 R Hughes
6 (10) 00002 FIFTYSHADESDARKER 10 G Baker 9-0 P Cosgrave
7 (6) 60222 SLINGSBY 14 (B) M W Easterby 8-13 B McHugh
8 (2) -0044 ALMAX 15 (V) Michael Bell 8-7 S Donohoe
9 (1) 0-641 COPPER CAVALIER 232 (V,C,D) R Cowell 8-7A Beschizza
10 (8) 0-022 POSH BOUNTY 15 J Tuite 8-7 Luke Morris
11-2 Marmarus, 6-1 Copper Cavalier, Slingsby, 13-2 Aristocratic Duty,
Fiftyshadesdarker, 8-1 Lacock, 9-1 Almax, Miss Moppet, 10-1 others.
9.20 Handicap
(Div II: 3-Y-O: 2,264: 7f 32y) (9)
1 (9) 64164 SEVEN LUCKY SEVEN 77 (D) M Herrington 9-7 R Winston
2 (5) 060 HEINRICH 18 S Kirk 9-7 R Hughes
3 (1) 3-666 COCKNEY BELLE 14 M Botti 9-5 Luke Morris
4 (6) 0-000 TABLEFORTEN 17 (P) J Moore 9-5 L Jones
5 (7) 23042 PLUCKY DIP 10 John Ryan 9-4 A Kirby
6 (4) 000 MOOJANED 30 D Burchell 9-0 T Clark (5)
7 (2) 13350 CALEDONIA LAIRD 32 (P) J Hughes 8-13 S W Kelly
8 (8) 00000 KRAKA GYM 22 (B) M W Easterby 8-7 B McHugh
9 (3) 0-565 DANSANTE 19 Mrs A Perrett 8-7 K Shoemark (7)
4-1 Plucky Dip, Seven Lucky Seven, 6-1 Caledonia Laird, Cockney Belle, Kraka
Gym, 8-1 Dansante, Heinrich, 11-1 Tableforten, 16-1 Moojaned.
6The Betfair Newmarket Open Day
takes place tomorrow. More than 30
yards will be open between 9.30am
and 12.30pm. Tickets are 15, with free
admission for children 12 and under.
Former leading jockey
tells Andy Stephens
why saddling
winners gives
him such
a buzz
Sport
Today
Football
Kick-off 3.0 unless stated
Barclays Premier League: AstonVilla v Arsenal;
Burnley v Sunderland; Newcastle v Hull;
Queens Park Rangers v Stoke (12.45); Swansea
v Southampton; West Ham v Liverpool (5.30).
Sky Bet Championship: Brighton v Blackpool;
Derby v Cardiff; Fulham v Blackburn; Leeds v
Huddersfield; Middlesbrough v Brentford;
Millwall v Nottingham Forest; Norwich v
Birmingham; Rotherham v Charlton; Sheffield
WednesdayvReading; WatfordvBournemouth
(12.15); Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bolton.
P W D L F A GDPts
Nottm Forest........7 5 2 0 17 7 10 17
Norwich.................7 5 1 1 15 5 10 16
Watford.................7 5 0 2 14 7 7 15
Wolves.................. 7 4 2 1 7 3 4 14
Charlton................ 7 3 4 0 11 8 3 13
Reading................. 7 4 1 2 11 10 1 13
Derby.....................7 3 3 1 13 8 5 12
Sheffield Wed.......7 3 3 1 7 4 3 12
Middlesbrough......7 4 0 3 9 7 2 12
Ipswich..................7 3 2 2 9 6 3 11
Brentford.............. 7 3 2 2 9 9 0 11
Millwall ................. 7 3 1 3 8 8 0 10
Blackburn..............7 3 1 3 13 14 -1 10
Leeds.....................7 3 1 3 7 10 -3 10
Bournemouth........7 2 2 3 11 10 1 8
Wigan....................7 2 2 3 9 8 1 8
Cardiff................... 7 2 2 3 8 9 -1 8
Brighton................7 2 1 4 8 10 -2 7
Rotherham............7 2 1 4 5 9 -4 7
Birmingham.......... 7 1 3 3 5 12 -7 6
Bolton....................7 1 2 4 7 12 -5 5
Huddersfield......... 7 1 2 4 7 15 -8 5
Blackpool...............7 0 1 6 3 10 -7 1
Fulham.................. 7 0 1 6 6 18 -12 1
League One: Colchester v Bradford City;
Doncaster v Chesterfield; Fleetwood Town v
Bristol City; Gillingham v Walsall; Milton
Keynes Dons v Crewe; Notts County v Oldham;
Port Vale v Barnsley; Preston v Crawley Town;
Rochdale v Coventry; Scunthorpe v Leyton
Orient; Swindon v Sheffield United; Yeovil v
Peterborough.
P W D L F A GDPts
Bristol City............8 6 2 0 15 4 11 20
Peterborough........8 5 1 2 13 8 5 16
Chesterfield.......... 7 4 2 1 13 8 5 14
MK Dons................7 4 1 2 15 10 5 13
Bradford City........ 8 4 1 3 12 10 2 13
Sheffield United... 7 4 1 2 9 7 2 13
Swindon................ 7 3 3 1 12 8 4 12
Fleetwood Town...8 3 3 2 6 4 2 12
Coventry................8 3 3 2 10 9 1 12
Gillingham.............8 3 2 3 11 12 -1 11
Rochdale................8 3 1 4 15 9 6 10
Preston..................7 2 4 1 12 9 3 10
Oldham..................8 2 4 2 9 9 0 10
Crawley................. 8 3 1 4 4 10 -6 10
Barnsley................7 2 3 2 12 11 1 9
Notts County........ 7 2 3 2 7 6 1 9
Yeovil .................... 8 2 3 3 9 12 -3 9
Doncaster..............7 2 2 3 6 9 -3 8
Leyton Orient........7 1 4 2 6 7 -1 7
Walsall..................8 1 4 3 6 10 -4 7
Scunthorpe............8 2 1 5 7 18 -11 7
Colchester.............8 1 2 5 9 13 -4 5
Port Vale...............8 1 2 5 8 15 -7 5
Crewe.................... 7 1 1 5 7 15 -8 4
League Two: AFC Wimbledon v Morecambe;
Bury v Burton Albion; Cambridge United v
Luton; Cheltenham v Dagenham & Redbridge;
MansfieldvCarlisle; NorthamptonvAccrington
Stanley; Oxford United v Stevenage; Plymouth
v Hartlepool; Portsmouth v Wycombe;
Shrewsbury v Newport County; Tranmere v
Exeter; York v Southend.
P W D L F A GDPts
Burton...................8 6 1 1 11 6 5 19
Bury.......................8 5 2 1 12 5 7 17
Wycombe.............. 8 5 2 1 11 5 6 17
Morecambe........... 8 5 1 2 12 7 5 16
Northampton........ 8 4 2 2 13 8 5 14
Shrewsbury...........8 4 2 2 12 7 5 14
Southend...............8 4 2 2 8 5 3 14
Cheltenham...........8 4 2 2 7 5 2 14
Portsmouth...........8 4 1 3 9 7 2 13
Mansfield..............8 4 0 4 8 9 -1 12
Cambridge.............8 3 2 3 15 11 4 11
AFC Wimbledon....8 3 2 3 14 12 2 11
Plymouth...............8 3 1 4 9 7 2 10
Stevenage.............8 3 1 4 10 13 -3 10
Tranmere.............. 8 2 3 3 10 10 0 9
York.......................8 1 6 1 8 9 -1 9
Newport County... 8 2 3 3 8 10 -2 9
Luton.....................8 2 3 3 5 7 -2 9
Dag & Red............. 8 2 1 5 10 16 -6 7
Accrington Stanley8 2 1 5 9 16 -7 7
Hartlepool.............8 2 1 5 5 12 -7 7
Oxford United....... 8 1 3 4 9 11 -2 6
Exeter ................... 8 1 3 4 6 11 -5 6
Carlisle..................8 0 3 5 6 18 -12 3
VanaramaConference: Aldershot vLincolnCity;
Alfreton Town v Nuneaton; Barnet v Altrin-
cham; Bristol Rovers v Woking; Dartford v For-
est Green; Eastleigh v Braintree Town; Halifax
v AFC Telford; Kidderminster v Grimsby; Mac-
clesfield v Southport; Torquay v Dover; Welling
v Gateshead. North: AFC Fylde v Worcester;
BostonUnitedv Gloucester; BradfordPark Ave-
nuevBrackley; ChorleyvHednesford; Gainsbor-
ough v Stalybridge; Guiseley v Oxford City;
Hyde v Lowestoft Town; Leamington v Harro-
gate Town; NorthFerriby United v Barrow; Soli-
hull MoorsvStockport County; TamworthvCol-
wyn Bay. South: Basingstoke v BorehamWood;
Bath City v Eastbourne Borough; Bishops
StortfordvWhitehawk; BromleyvGosport Bor-
ough; Chelmsford v Weston-super-Mare; Ebbs-
fleet United v Sutton United; Hemel Hemp-
stead v Hayes & Yeading; Maidenhead United v
Havant & Waterlooville; Staines Town v Farn-
borough; Wealdstone v St Albans.
Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen v Ross County;
Hamilton v Kilmarnock; Inverness Caledonian
Thistle v St Johnstone.
Scottish Championship: Alloa v Rangers;
Falkirk v Dumbarton; Heart of Midlothian v
Cowdenbeath; Livingston v Raith; Queen of the
South v Hibernian. League One: Airdrieonians v
Stranraer; Brechin v Ayr; Morton v Dunferm-
line; Peterheadv Stenhousemuir; Stirlingv For-
far. League Two: Berwick v Albion; Clyde v Ar-
broath; East Fife v Queens Park; East Stirling v
Annan Athletic; Elgin v Montrose.
Cricket
Royal London Cup final: Lords: Durham v
Warwickshire (10.30).
Rugby league
First Utility Super League: Elimination play-
offs: Leeds v Catalan Dragons (5.15);
Warrington v Widnes (2.45).
Rugby union
Kick-off 3.0 unless stated
Aviva Premiership: Bath v Leicester (3.15);
Harlequins v Wasps; London Irish v Saracens;
Sale Sharks v London Welsh (2.0).
Guinness PRO12: Newport Gwent Dragons v
Glasgow (2.40); Scarlets v Benetton Treviso
(6.0).
Greene King IPA Championship: Doncaster v
Worcester (2.30); London Scottish v Bedford;
Rotherham Titans v Plymouth Albion.
SSE National League One: Blackheath v Lough-
borough Students; Coventry v Old Albanian;
Darlington Mowden Park v Cinderford; Ealing
Trailfinders v Blaydon (2.30); Esher v Maccles-
field; Fylde v Rosslyn Park; Hartpury College v
Richmond (2.30); Tynedale v Wharfedale.
League Two: North: Birmingham & Solihull v
Stockport (2.0); Chester vHull; HarrogatevCal-
dy; Hull Ionians v Otley; Leicester Lions v Stour-
bridge (2.0); Luctonians v Huddersfield; Pres-
tonGrasshoppers vBroadstreet (2.30); Sedgley
Park v Ampthill (2.30). South: Cambridge v Re-
druth; Chinnor v Dorking; Clifton v Bishops
Stortford(2.30); LauncestonvShelford; Lydney
v Henley; Old Elthamians v Taunton; Southend
v Dings Crusaders; Worthing v Canterbury.
Principality Building Society Welsh Premier-
ship (2.30): Bridgend v Carmarthen Quins;
Cardiff Rugby v Llanelli; Cross Keys v Bedwas;
Llandovery v Aberavon; Neath v Ebbw Vale.
SWALEC Welsh Championship (2.30):
Football
German Second Division: (5.30) FC Erzegebirge
Aue3-0St. Pauli; Eintracht Braunschweig2-0SV
Darmstadt 98; VfR Aalen 0-1 SV Sandhausen.
Baseball
MLB: Chicago Cubs 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 8; Col-
orado Rockies 7 Arizona Diamondbacks 6; Hous-
tonAstros 1ClevelandIndians 2; LAAngels 1Se-
attle Mariners 3; Miami Marlins 2 Washington
Nationals 6; New York Yankees 3 Toronto Blue
Jays 2; Oakland Athletics 2 Texas Rangers 7;
PittsburghPirates3BostonRedSox2; SanDiego
Padres 7 Philadelphia Phillies 3; St Louis Cardi-
nals 3 Milwaukee Brewers 2.
Cricket
Champions League Twenty20 2014
Northern Districts v Cape Cobras
Raipur (Cape Cobras won toss.): Northern Dis-
tricts won by 33 runs (D/L method)
Northern Districts (balls)
A P Devich run out 67 (46)
KSWilliamson not out 101 (49)
*DRFlynn c Ontong b Philande 13 (20)
B J Watling c van Zyl b Langeveldt 32 (20)
SBStyris c Vilas b Langeveldt 0 (1)
DJMitchell c Kemp b Philander 0 (1)
MJSantner not out 3 (2)
Extras (w 2, nb 1) 3
Total (20 overs) 206
Did not bat: S C Kuggeleijn, T GSouthee, I S Sod-
hi, T A Boult.
Fall of wickets: 1-140, 2-140, 3-191, 4-192,
5-192.
Bowling: Langeveldt 4-0-27-2; Philander 4-0-
39-2; Kleinveldt 3-0-37-0; Peterson 3-0-32-0;
Mgijima 2-0-17-0; Ontong 2-0-17-0; Kemp 2-0-
34-0.
Cape Cobras (target 78 runs from 7.2 overs)
S van Zyl b Boult 0 (1)
HMAmla c sub (Wilson) b Kuggeleijin 20 (14)
RJPeterson not out 17 (24)
OARamela not out 4 (5)
Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3
Total (2 wkts, 7.2 overs) 44
Did not bat: *J L Ontong, D J Vilas, J M Kemp,
VDPhilander, RKKleinveldt, AMgijima, CKLan-
geveldt.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-38.
Bowling: Boult 2-0-8-1; Southee 2-0-10-0; Styris
2-0-13-0; Kuggeleijn 1-0-11-1; Sodhi 0.2-0-1-0
Golf
Celtic Manor: ISPS Handa Wales Open: Second-
round leaders (Great Britain & Ireland unless
stated) 133: S Lowry 68, 65. 134: J Luiten (Neth)
65, 69; N Colsaerts (Bel) 66, 68. 135: E Molinari
(It) 72, 63; T Jaidee (Thai) 68, 67. 136: P Sjoland
(Swe) 69, 67; T Fleetwood 68, 68; RSantos (Por)
68, 68. 137: MWarren 70, 67; J Donaldson 70, 67;
P Price 71, 66. 138: B Wiesberger (Austria) 71,
67. 139: L Bjerregaard (Den) 71, 68; P Uihlein
(US) 71, 68; R Ramsay 69 ,70; D Willett 72, 67.
140: SKjeldsen (Den) 69, 71; C Lee 68, 72; J Hahn
(US) 70, 70; S Benson 71 69; G Storm 71, 69; S
Wakefield 68, 72; P Casey 70,70; AWall 69, 71; A
Sullivan 74, 66; AMcArthur 66, 74; T Bjorn (Den)
71, 69; NHolman(Aus) 70, 70; SThornton71, 69;
T Pieters (Be) 72, 68. 141: MKieffer (Ger) 71, 70;
D Lynn 72, 69; O Fisher 69, 72; E Grillo (Arg) 70,
71; J McLeary 68, 73; R Wattel (Fr) 69, 72; A Pa-
van (It) 72, 69; G Bhullar (India) 71, 70; N Elvira
(Sp) 71, 70; B Dredge 71, 70. 142: F Molinari (It)
71, 71; RFisher 70, 72; DIm(US) 70, 72; DHuizing
(Neth) 73, 69; J Carlsson (Swe) 69, 73; E Pepper-
ell 68, 74; J Quesne (Fr) 74, 68; L Westwood 73,
69.
Tennis
ATPMetz International: Quarter-finals: DGoffin
(Bel) bt J-WTsonga(Fr) 1-6, 7-6; J-LStruff (Ger)
bt P Kohlschreiber (Ger) 5-0 (Kohlschreiber re-
tired); GMonfils (Fr) bt J Janowicz (Pol) 6-3, 6-4.
WTA Korea Open: Seoul: Quarter-finals: K Plis-
kova (Cz) bt N Gibbs (US) 6-3, 6-4; V Lepchenko
(US) bt A Radwanska (Pol) 6-7, 6-2, 6-2.
WTA Pan Pacific Open: Tokyo: Quarter-final: G
Muguruza Blanco (Sp) bt C Dellacqua (Aus) 3-6,
7-6, 6-3.
Aegon GB Pro-Series Womens Event: Shrews-
bury: Semi-finals: CWitthoeft (Ger) bt A-SMes-
tach (Bel) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2; ODodin (Fr) bt YBeygel-
zimer (Ukr) 6-3 7-5.
Fixtures
Results
Poulter determined
to slay giants again
I
an Poulter is expecting a stalker.
The Ryder Cup talisman has long
got under the skin of opponents
and so will be delighted if he sees
the imposing presence of cigar-
chomping NBA demigod Michael Jor-
dan man-marking him at Gleneagles.
The Chicago Bulls monolith is flying
to Scotland for what the United States
hope will be their redemption song,
but Poulter thinks he has already
thwarted his attempts at psychological
point-scoring. Hes going to be there
again, but hes said, I have learnt not to
mess with Poulter at the Ryder Cup.
Nobody does. Tom Watson, the US
captain, has said that he is targeting
Poulter and Rory McIlroy, describing
them as Europes big dogs. McIlroy
has won two majors this year, devel-
oped into the worlds best player and is
the manmost likelytosave a sport from
its issues of image and inertia.
Poulter, by contrast, has done
nothing all year; three sub-70rounds in
his last 20 on the PGA Tour in the
United States, with no top-20 finishes
since the US Open in June.
Players suchas Tiger Woods struggle
to comprehend his status, given that
record. Yet with 11 Ryder Cup points
fromthe past 12 available, he is the man
they fear more than loathe.
Two years ago, Jordan was there
from13 all the way to18, Poulter saidof
his run-in with basketballs most
famous face. There was a shake of the
head, some little jibes and a jab in the
chest walking to the 17th tee. It wasnt
malicious it was more, You son of a
gun but Jordan has intimidated
people his entire life. Id seen it, not up
close and personal, but on endless
re-runs, and he was trying it on the golf
course. Hes a team player and was
doing it for the US. It didnt work with
me.
Poulter is a fascinating figure. In a
sport that attracts inverted snobbery
about bank managers and brigadiers,
he is the kid who sold T-shirts on a
market stall and Mars bars in the club
shop. Byhis ownadmission, he likes the
teamgame better than the regular one,
its bromance conjuring up memories of
his former days playing football,
supporting Arsenal and being rejected
by Tottenham Hotspur after a few
minutes of a teenage trial.
Ive loved the Ryder Cup ever since
93, when I went to stay in a tent, he
said. Ive witnessed Seve and Olly and
Faldo and Monty play with passion,
hard and fair, and it took me back to my
football days. I loved being part of a
team back then. For some reason it
means more when youre doing it for
others as much as yourself. There is an
electricity, a bond, and there is no
greater feeling in sport than being part
of the team.
What sort of Gunner would this fan
be? He has the abrasive gel of Patrick
Vieira and the flamboyance of Charlie
George, but suggests Ian Wright. He
was good, got under the skin, Id be
happy with that.
It is not just Jordan where Poulter
works as an intravenous drip. He got
beneath the teak exterior of Woods
early by talking up his own potential
and thus prompting the mocking
greeting, Hey, No2. Watson called
hima big dog, Woods called himworse.
After Poulter promised to deliver a
point against Matt Kuchar in 2010, he
said Woods went running back to the
locker room to tell his team-mate. Per-
haps it is just as well Woods is injured.
Ive had lots and lots of comments
from the crowd at the Ryder Cup, but
Imnot going to say what, Poulter said.
In some respects its healthy if it lights
thefire. It makes for anamazingamphi-
theatre as long as it stays respectful. Im
not one for the nasty comments. Golf
never needs to go over the line. Have
the players crossed that line? There is
no needle. We really dont engage. Both
teams feel the intense pressure andthat
creates a silence. Theres plenty of time
for talking in the other 103 weeks.
Poulter is 38 and says he is not
finished yet. This year has been
wrecked by injuries and he says he has
been fit only for the past couple of
months. It scarcely mattered when it
came to selection. Two years ago, after
Poulters leading role in the Miracle at
Medinah, Lee Westwood quipped that
there was a new selection criterion
nine spots, two picks and the Poults
clause. He was almost right. Now
Poulter predicts a strong finish to the
year and is not ruling out the major
triumph that would finally earn the
respect of Woods and Co.
He is far more reflective than knee-
jerk appraisals might paint him, and is
not about to write off an American
team others are damning as the weak-
est for years. I dont believe they are
underdogs, he said. You dont look at
the team and say its weaker without
Tiger. They have players who have
done exceptionally well this year and
others coming into form. And what
Rick Broadbent meets
the man happy to take
on even Michael Jordan,
the USRyder Cup
teams biggest supporter
matchless at medinah
Ian Poulters 2012 Ryder Cup record
Day one foursomes
Poulter and Justin Rose beat
Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods 2&1
Day two foursomes
Poulter and Rose beat Bubba
Watson and Webb Simpson 1 up
Four-balls
Poulter and Rory McIlroy beat
Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson 1 up
Day three singles
Poulter beat Simpson 2up
Overall record P15 W12 L3
Sport
Ayr
Going: good (good to firm in places)
1.30 (7f 50yd) 1, Lostock Hall (D Tudhope, 9-4 fav);
2, Henrytheaeroplane (7-2); 3, Lord Of The Rock
(9-2). 10 ran. 1l, Ol. K Burke.
2.05 (6f) 1, Roossey (G Lee, 3-1 fav); 2, Danot
(33-1); 3, George Bowen (10-1). 12 ran. 1Nl, 2Kl.
W Haggas.
2.40 (6f) 1, Expose (D Nolan, 12-1; Thunderers nap);
2, Iseemist (25-1); 3, MyNameIsRio(12-1); 4, Dissent
(33-1). Mishaal (5th) 4-1 fav. 24 ran. NR: Galvanize,
Polski Max, Showboating. 1Nl, hd. S Harris.
3.10 (5f) 1, Noble Asset (P Makin, 16-1); 2, Ladweb
(12-1); 3, Red Baron (50-1); 4, Jofranka (25-1).
Imperial Legend (6th) 11-2 fav. 20 ran. NR: Abi
Scarlet, Hazelrigg, Rothesay Chancer. 1Nl, sh hd.
J Quinn.
3.45 (5f) 1, Accipiter (Ashley Morgan, 25-1);
2, Mind Of Madness (4-1); 3, Squats (3-1 fav).
14 ran. NR: Hatchet Harry. Hd, sh hd. C Wall.
4.20 (2m 1f 105yd) 1, Nashville (George Chaloner,
15-2); 2, Jonny Delta (8-1); 3, Moidore (6-1).
Carraroe Flyer 11-4 fav. 10 ran. Kl, 3Kl. R Fahey.
4.50 (1m) 1, Beautiful Stranger (T Eaves, 11-2); 2,
Mfiftythreedotcom (15-8 fav); 3, Dark Crystal
(11-1). 9 ran. 2l, hd. K Dalgleish.
5.20 (1m) 1, Trinity Star (P Mulrennan, 5-1);
2, Inspector Norse (7-4 fav); 3, Breakable (16-1).
9 ran. 1Ol, 3Ol. M Dods.
Jackpot: not won(pool of 8,248.76carried forward).
Placepot: 1,149.30. Quadpot: 368.90.
Newbury
Going: good to soft
1.50 (6f) 1, Desert Force (RHughes, 8-1); 2, Foreign
Diplomat (4-5 fav); 3, Lightning Charlie (100-1). 19
ran. NR: Pomme de Guerre. 1l, 1Nl. R Hannon.
2.25 (1m 4f) 1, Rhombus (Cam Hardie, 2-1 fav); 2,
Saab Almanal (9-4); 3, Yaakooum (9-4). 5 ran. NR:
High Church, Opera Box, Saarrem, Victors Bet. Kl,
Ol. I Mohammed.
3.00 (1m 1f) 1, Code Of Honor (R Hughes, 10-11
fav); 2, God Willing (7-2); 3, Highland Knight (2-1).
NR: Sloane Avenue. 1Ol, 16l. S bin Suroor.
3.35 (1m) 1, Snoano (P Hanagan, 3-1); 2, Acaster
Malbis (9-4); 3, Perceus (8-1). Gibeon (5th) 7-4 fav.
5 ran. NR: Best Of Times, Nona Blu. Sh hd, 7l.
J Gosden.
4.05 (7f) 1, Marsh Hawk (R Hughes, 4-7 fav); 2,
Timba (11-4); 3, Crystal Zvezda (13-2). 5 ran. NR:
Yodelling. 3Kl, 6l. R Hannon.
4.40 (7f) 1, Lady Lara (L Morris, 6-1); 2, Jallota
(40-1); 3, Brown Sugar (16-1). Absolutely So 6-4
fav. 11 ran. Kl, 1Nl. T Jarvis.
5.10(1m2f) 1, Starwatch(WilliamCarson, 14-1); 2,
Tercel (7-2 fav); 3, Sheilas Buddy (8-1). 12 ran. Ol,
1Ol. J Bridger.
Placepot: 33.00. Quadpot: 17.30.
Newton Abbot
Going: good
2.15 (2m 3f hdle) 1, Bonne Fee (J M Maguire, 5-6
fav); 2, Clovers Revenge (66-1); 3, Rest And Be
(50-1). 7 ran. 9l, 1Nl. K Bailey.
2.50 (2m 5f 110yd ch) 1, Azure Fly (N D Fehily, 5-6
fav); 2, August Hill (7-4); 3, Mr Satco(5-1). 1Nl, 75l.
C Longsdon.
3.25 (2m6f hdle) 1, A Tail Of Intrigue (WKennedy,
5-4 fav); 2, Royal Ripple (2-1); 3, Ice Konig (33-1).
8 ran. 12l, 4l. I Williams.
4.00 (2m 110yd ch) 1, Mission To Mars (Sam
Twiston-Davies, 11-4 fav); 2, Sublime Talent (9-2);
3, Gud Day (9-2). 7 ran. Kl, 7l. N Twiston-Davies.
4.35 (2m 1f hdle) 1, Party Girls (Mr M Heard, 11-4
fav); 2, Call Me April (6-1); 3, An Capall Mor (5-1).
11 ran. 6l, 9l. D Pipe.
5.05 (2m5f 110yd ch) 1, Gorteenwood (T J OBrien,
10-3); 2, Fast Exit (10-11 fav); 3, Unknown Legend
(11-2). 5 ran. NR: Fitandproperjob, Jim Job Jones.
1Nl, 1l. Mark Gillard.
5.40 (2m 6f hdle) 1, Hawkhill (Kieron Edgar, 11-4);
2, Strong Wind (7-2); 3, Rior (15-2). The Snappy
Poet (5th) 5-2 fav. 7 ran. 7l, 7l. D Pipe.
Placepot: 13.20.
Quadpot: 3.70.
Worcester
Going: good
3.50 (2m7f ch) 1, Up For An Oscar (E Cookson, 3-1);
2, Kilbree Kid (3-1); 3, Another Kate (14-1). Drum
Valley (4th) 11-8 fav. 6 ran. Ol, 5l. K Bailey.
4.25 (2m 110yd ch) 1, Dealing River (A Thornton,
15-2); 2, Limpopo Tom (7-1); 3, Ulis De Vassy (9-4
fav). 7 ran. NR: Giant O Murchu. 5l, sh hd.
Mrs C Bailey.
4.55 (2m flat) 1, El Namoose (A P McCoy, 2-7 fav);
2, Navanman(7-2); 3, Bonnie(16-1). 5ran. NR: Liro,
Paolozzi. 2Ol, 28l. J Ferguson.
5.30 (2m 4f hdle) 1, My Direction (A P McCoy,
30-100 fav); 2, Macarthur (100-30); 3, Annaroe
(33-1). 5 ran. 5l, 9l. J Ferguson.
6.00(2m4f hdle) 1, Marjus Quest (APMcCoy, 9-4);
2, Houston Dynimo (2-1 fav); 3, Della Sun (4-1).
5 ran. NR: Get Home Now. Nk, 2N. David Dennis.
6.30 (2m 7f hdle) 1, Petrovic (A P McCoy, 10-1); 2,
Speed Check (5-1); 3, Kims Quest (14-1). Over The
Air (4th) 5-2 fav. 10 ran. NR: Vendredi Trois. 5l, Ol.
Jonjo ONeill.
7.00 (2m hdle) 1, Ashcott Boy (M Quinlan, 8-1); 2,
Saint Helena(7-4fav); 3, HollywoodAll Star (20-1).
9 ran. NR: Mayan Flight, Toe To Toe. 10l, 1l.
N Mulholland.
Placepot: 62.90.
Quadpot: 2.40.
Yesterdays racing results
Radcliffe has one
eye on the long run
Paula Radcliffe has done
her best to play down ex-
pectations as she prepares
for her first competitive
race in almost 2years, but
she cannot deny a sense of
excitement before her
comebackinthe Worcester
City 10km race tomorrow.
The marathon world
record-holder, 40, knows
she will never again scale
the heights she once
reached, but the racing
instinct has not left her.
Worcester is the first big
step on the road to
next years
London mara-
thon, which
she sees as her
farewell to com-
petition.
A series of injuries
she has sufferedtoher
left foot mean she
simply cannot run as
she used to, but if she
can leave the sport on her
own terms, she will be
happy. Its not a big come-
back this is me having
fun, Radcliffe said.
I want to be able to run
the marathon and give it a
good shot. I amunder no il-
lusions that I will be com-
petitive in the marathon,
but I am not going to jog
round in 3 hours ei-
ther.Tomorrows race, at
9am, starts at and finishes
at Worcester racecourse,
and winds through the
city centre.
I want to enjoy it
and not be scared to put
myself on the line
just because my
pride will take a
bash, said Rad-
cliffe. I know
I am likely to
get a lot of people try-
ing to beat me. I had to
put myself on the line
and let people see that
I am not going to run
as fast as I used to.
Ron Lewis
Athletics Correspondent
happened two years ago hurts, doesnt
it?
When you have had one and three-
quarter hands on the trophy and some-
thing has pulled it from you, you will
feel real pain. As good as they were for
a day and half, it unravelled in the end.
It was like being 3-0 up in the Champ-
ions League final and losing. It was Liv-
erpool [in 2005]. You see what it means
whenyoulookintheir faces andsee the
expressions and emotions. It might
even mean more to them than us.
The opening-day matches involving
McIlroy and Poulter could be pivotal,
but whatever happens, Poulter will
always have Medinah. After the first
day the captain and vice-captain were
deflated, with the energy sapped from
us by a strong American team.
[Jos Mara] Olazbal was frustrated
that we were getting beaten, that his
plan of pairings had not worked and,
because of that, we were behind. It was
not quite the Fergie hairdryer, but
words were said and rightly so. He told
us to go out and kick some backsides.
Poulter was thekingof thesteel toecaps
that Saturday, his putt on the 18th
saving the day as he and McIlroy beat
Zach Johnson and Jason Dufner.
The only thing in your mind is, I
have to make birdie, I have to make
birdie. There is no clearer thought. We
had to deliver. I had to make birdie.
He could live off that for ever, but
even as a wild card he is nowone of the
keyplayers of anewEurope. Thestalker
has been warned.
Eye on the prize:
Poulter, watched by
McIlroy, lines up a
crucial birdie putt on
the 18th green at
Medinah as the 2012
Ryder Cup came to
its climax with an
unexpected victory
for Europe over the
United States
TIMESPHOTOGRAPHER, MARCASPLAND
Blackwood v Bargoed; Cardiff Met v Bridgend Ath-
letic; Glynneath v Newbridge; Llanharan v RGC
1404; Narberth v Merthyr; Swansea v Tata Steel;
Tondu v Pontypool.
BTScottishPremiership: Boroughmuir v Currie; Ed-
inburgh Academicals v Heriots; Glasgow Hawks v
Melrose; Hawick v Gala; Stirling County v Ayr.
Scottish National League: First division: Aberdeen
Grammar v GHA; Dundee HSFP v Selkirk; Hillhead/
Jordanhill v Kelso; Peebles v Biggar; Stewarts Mel-
ville FP v Marr; Watsonians v Jed-Forest.
Ulster Bank Irish League: First division (2.30): Sec-
tionA: BallynahinchvOldBelvedere; CorkConstitu-
tionvLansdowne; DolphinvClontarf; St MarysCol-
legevTerenureCollege; YoungMunster vUCD. Sec-
tion B: Belfast Harlequins v Ballymena; Buccaneers
vGarryowen; CorinthiansvMalone; DublinUnivers-
ity v UL Bohemian; Shannon v Galwegians.
Other sport
Golf: Newport: ISPS Handa Wales Open.
Tomorrow
Football
Barclays Premier League: Everton v Crystal Palace
(4.0); Leicester v Manchester United (1.30); Man-
chester City v Chelsea (4.0); Tottenham v West
Bromwich Albion (1.30).
Scottish Premiership: Celtic v Motherwell; Dundee
v Dundee United (12.15).
Rugby league
Kingstone Press Championship play-offs:
Preliminary semi-fInals (3.0): Doncaster v Shef-
field; Halifax v Dewsbury.
Championship One play-offs: Semi-finals (3.0):
Hunslet v Gateshead; York v Oldham.
Rugby union
AvivaPremiership: NewcastleFalcons vNorthamp-
ton (2.0).
Greene King IPA Championship (3.0): Bristol v Cor-
nish Pirates; Nottingham v Jersey.
Guinness PRO12: Ospreys v Edinburgh (4.0).
Other sport
Golf: Newport: ISPS Handa Wales Open.
Speedway: Sheffield: Premier League Riders
Championship: (5.); National Trophy Final 2nd leg:
Mildenhall v Stoke (3.30)
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Sport Cricket
England have been searching for an
all-rounder since the first retirement of
Andrew Flintoff in 2009, but the Royal
London Cup final at Lords today pits
the two likeliest successors in direct
opposition. The selectors will be as
interested as the paying crowd.
The progress of BenStokes andChris
Woakes has been rewarded with
central contracts for 2014-15. Stokes
burst into Test cricket in Australia,
having shown fleeting glimpses in the
one-day format, while Woakes
emerged gradually from the fringes in
the second half of this season.
They are chalk and cheese. Stokes, of
Durham, is a redhead who has fired off
the field as well as on it, a player who
makes things happen. Woakes, of
Warwickshire, is lower maintenance,
clean-cut and apple-cheeked. He has
chipped in effectively without any of
the headlines or hype.
Not quite Mozart and Salieri, but
with places in the World Cup in
Februarystill tobecemented, not tosay
apositionintheTest teamfor theAshes
next summer, the competitive rivalry
has the potential to become a source of
greater interest in the weeks ahead.
Stokes was instrumental in getting
Durhamthroughthesemi-final against
Nottinghamshire, the defending
champions, hitting 164 from 113 balls.
The total of 353 for eight from50 overs
was even more impressive given the
seamy, early-morning conditions in
which Durham began their innings.
A 10.30am start to a game in the
second half of September makes the
toss today at least important and poss-
ibly somewhere between crucial and
decisive, the caveat always being that
the seam bowlers exploit any assist-
ance. Top-order batsmen on both sides
will note with concern the forecast for
heavily overcast conditions early on,
becoming cloudy in the afternoon.
In this case, the supposedly cautious
England strategy that has upset too
many who would prefer a more
gung-ho approach will be the best way
forward. Thus the disappointment for
Warwickshire yesterday when Ian Bell
was ruledout because of a combination
of a broken left toe and tonsillitis.
Nobody wants the match to go into
its scheduled reserve day, as happened
on Durhams previous visit for a one-
day final, in 2007. Fewer than the 6,000
who travelled fromthe northeast those
seven years ago are expected this time.
Indeed, there are fears of a crowd
substantially below capacity.
As anoccasion, it has beenovertaken
by Twenty20 finals day, won this
season by Warwickshire under their
guise of BirminghamBears onanexcit-
ing night at Edgbaston. With second
place in the LV=County Championship
also assured, this stands to be one of
their greatest summers, yet Durham
have come into formrecently and have
strong batting depth.
Joust between
Stokes and
Woakes offers
added value
Richard Hobson
Deputy Cricket Correspondent
Anderson recharged
and relishing challenge
of his fourth World Cup
A
bit of golf, some country air,
the school run. James
Anderson is going to enjoy
the next fewweeks after the
most intense, fluctuating
summer of cricket he has known. Here
he is, at peace, shaded from the sun
roastingthe greens at Burhill, inSurrey,
sipping coffee, trying to make sense of
the past months and contemplating
what lies ahead.
Until the end of March, that means
one-day cricket. Anderson will embark
in the new year on his fourth World
Cup, a joint-record for an England
player. We should have the best
platform we have ever had, he says.
People go on about us not being
successful, but I dont think we have
ever focused on the World Cup enough
before. We are all aware there canbe no
excuses this time.
Expectations among the public are
not high after the horrible 3-1 series
defeat by India. It is difficult to talk
about prospects, he says, ruefully.
Right nowwe would say getting to the
semi-finals would be an amazing
achievement. Thankfully, we have all
this time to gel, get our top four or five
scoring big runs and bowlers looking at
positive ways to go about things rather
than be defensive.
He likes the addition of Alex Hales.
At the moment he will not offer
consistent scores, but he could give you
a match-winning 150 somewhere,
Anderson says. We have probably not
had that sort of player over the past few
years.
Equally, and despite his own eye-
catching performances as a colt in
2003, he is contemptuous of the idea
that England can throw three or four
newplayers intothe side, as critics have
suggested, and expect to win the
competition. I think it is fantasy, he
says. I know it is a different sport, but
we saw it with football. We go to the
World Cup with a youngish team
expecting the worldfromthem. It is not
as simple as that.
One of the strongest advocates of
change has been Graeme Swann,
Andersons friend, radio co-host and
sidekick in the popular 2010-11 Ashes
video diaries. Swann believes that
England are playing an old-fashioned
brand of 50-over cricket, should drop
Alastair Cook and appoint a new
captain.
Whatever his on-field persona, it
takes a lot to rile Anderson in
conversation off the field. This does.
Of course those comments are
unhelpful, he says.
They are hugely unhelpful. I said to
Cooky that a year ago the three of us
were eating room service before a big
Test match, nowall of asuddenSwanny
is telling him he shouldnt be in the
team.
It is a big deal and I am sure it hurts
Cooky more than [Geoff] Boycott or
[Michael] Vaughan saying something,
because he expects it from them. I am
not going to stick up for Swanny, but I
guess it must be difficult when you
move into the media and have to give
opinions. It is a shame one of his best
mates inthe game is having tosuffer for
it.
Anderson admits that a few players
doubted Cook as a one-day batsman
when he took on the captaincy. Cook
answered concerns when he was
named man of the series against Sri
Lanka in 2011, his first games in charge.
The issue he has had this summer is
that hes been horribly out of nick,
Anderson says. All he wants to do is
score runs.
Their relationshiphas adifferent feel,
Anderson says, since Cook became the
Test captain. The position demands a
degree of aloofness. Even so, the pair
chatted briefly, a couple of times
about the Test leadership in the
summer.
Nothing made me think he had
thoughts of giving it up, Anderson
recalls. I just hope. . . infact, Imsurehe
knows the esteem he is held in, in the
dressing room.
Anderson spent a fair time in the
headlines himself. He is really happy
with the summer overall, and why not?
Man of the series in the Tests against
India, he was instrumental in the three
straight wins and needs only four
wickets to overtake Sir Ian Bothams
record of 383 for England.
A double celebration is looming
because Englands next Test, against
West Indies in Antigua in April, will
mark his hundredth appearance. I
went home last weekend to my nieces
first birthday, he says. All my family
were talking about coming out if I am
there, which would be amazing seeing
howmanyof themwereat myfirst Test,
at Lords in 2003.
He stares straight ahead, smiles and
shakes his head. There are times when
I have to pinch myself.
He may get emotional again. If
there was a single moment when
English cricket reconnected with
disenchanted supporters after the
Richard Hobson talks
to the England fast
bowler, who is relaxing
after a tough summer
but has more tests ahead
Leicestershires struggles continue with
Michael Hendersons summer journey round the
counties ends at the inaptly named Grace Road
Fenced in: There is no challenge in cricket more daunting than at Grace Road
going with a swing
99
Test appearances
380
Test wickets
184
ODI appearances
257
ODI wickets
35.3
Change of pace: Anderson has had a
howthey line up
Durham (possible): M D Stoneman (captain),
P Mustard, C S MacLeod, K K Jennings, B A Stokes,
P D Collingwood, G J Muchall, S G Borthwick,
G R Breese, P Coughlin, C Rushworth.
Warwickshire (possible): V Chopra (captain),
W T S Porterfield, I J LTrott, L J Evans, T R Ambrose,
R Clarke, C R Woakes, A Javid, J S Patel,
O J Hannon-Dalby, W B Rankin.
Umpires: M A Gough and P J Hartley.
TV replay umpire: D J Millns.
Television: Live on Sky Sports 2 (from 10am).
Radio: Live on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra (from 10.15am).
T
here was no harlequinade at
Leicester this week. No
end-of-termjolly. Ashattered
team lost inside two days, by
an innings and 79 runs. Three
players decided that pastures else-
where are greener. No capons and
mead then. No moonlit revels. Just a
mood as black as thunder.
Those clouds will take some shifting.
It is two years to the month since
Leicestershire won a match in the
championship, and it may be another
two years before the players celebrate
so modest an achievement. If, that is,
they still have enough cricketers by
then to make up an XI.
Could there be a less appropriate
name than Grace Road? It is a plot of
suchunrelievedmiserythat beingthere
feels like anact of intrusion. Nine losses
in 15 matches, and another anchorage
to the seabed of the second division,
leaves animpressionof hopelessness. A
sign outside the media centre even
spells pavilion incorrectly. Does no-
body notice, or can they not be fagged?
Without hope there may soon be no
club. What compelling reasons are
there for them to carry on? As things
stand its hard to make any sort of case
to support professional cricket played
so poorly in a city dominated by a
powerful rugbyteamandafootball club
who have regained their Premier
League status.
Three more players will leave the
club when the season ends next week.
Shiv Thakor is going to Derbyshire,
Nathan Buck to Lancashire and Josh
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Groves takes lessons in
school of hard knocks
When George Groves stepped back in
the ring for the first time since his
defeat by Carl Froch at Wembley
Stadium, he wanted it to be against one
of the best in the world. So he travelled
to Big Bear in California and became a
sparring partner for Gennady
Golovkin.
The Kazakh, who is WBA middle-
weight champion, is widely regarded as
one of the hardest punchers in the
world. For Groves, after falling short
twice against Froch, he knewthere was
goingtobenoeasyrouteif hewas going
to fulfil his dream of being a world
champion.
Tonight, at the SSE Arena, in the
shadow of Wembley Stadium, where
80,000 sawhimknocked out by Froch
for the IBF and WBA super-
middleweight titles in May, a
slightly more cosy
gathering of about
7,000 will witness
Groves aiming to win
the European title from
Christopher Rebrasse, of France.
The winner will also become
the mandatory challenger for
the WBCtitle, held by Anthony
Dirrell, of the United States.
Groves, 26, is that close to
securing another world title
shot.
Its the biggest fight of
mycareer, the most impor-
tant one, Groves said. I
lost a world title fight, but I
was still able to come back in
a European title fight and
worldtitleeliminator. Losethe
next one, then I would face a serious
road back to the big time. Everything is
on the line, I cant afford any slip-ups,
were fully prepared.
Part of the decisiontospenda month
inBig Bear the altitude training base
favoured by Oscar De La Hoya and
Shane Mosley in their prime was for
a change, but sharing a ring with
Golovkin gave him plenty of
confidence.
It gives you a certain reassurance to
go in with one of the pound-for-pound
best weeks before his fight and more
thanholdyour own, hesaid. Hestrug-
gles to get sparring, so was very glad we
turned up. It was a great experience.
You dont know how you are going
to feel coming into camp. We did hill
runs, we rode bikes and I got
punched in the face a bit. The
very first spar after Froch, its
what you need sometimes: to go
right in at the deep end.
Luke Campbell, the 2012
Olympic gold medal-
winner, seeks his eighth
professional win, against
Krzysztof Szot, of Poland,
on the Wembley bill, while
Kal Yafai, a 2008 Olympian
once of the Great Britain
development squad alongside
Groves and Campbell, has his
biggest test so far in chasing
win No12, against Herald
Molina, of Nicaragua.
Kid Galahad, 24, the
European super-ban-
tamweight champion, aims
to move a step closer to Carl
Frampton or Scott Quigg,
the IBF and WBA
champions, when he faces
Adeilson Dos Santos, of
Brazil, at Ponds Forge, Shef-
field, this evening.
Boxing
Ron Lewis Boxing Correspondent
Leeds hoping to recreate
play-off form after dip
Leeds Rhinos, record six-times Super
League champions, embark on the
play-offs today after their worst league
run since 2000. Five straight defeats at
the end of the regular campaign
equalled their worst start to a season
14 years ago.
Amid the run of poor form and
slippage to sixth place, Leeds won the
Tetleys Challenge Cup and, regardless
of recent results, the play-offs are when
the Rhinos usually come out to play.
They won the title from fifth spot both
times in 2011 and 2012.
Catalan Dragons were poised for
their first win at Headingley in June,
when they were beaten by Liam
Sutcliffes injury-time penalty goal. If
their recordonthegroundis fruitless so
far, the Dragons have the form and
firepower up front and out wide to
cause an upset.
The French club finished the regular
season with a victory that denied
Castleford Tigers the League Leaders
Shield and had three players in the top
ten tryscoring list: Morgan Escar (27),
Michael Oldfield (20) and Elliott
Whitehead (18).
Leeds, though, had five players in the
DreamTeamthis week compared with
Catalans twoof Escar andWhitehead.
If you look at the way theyve finished
the season, theyre one of the in-form
teams, Carl Ablett, one of the Rhinos
quintet, said. Theyve got a bit of
momentum behind them now.
Whenever we play them, its always a
real battle.
The days first sudden-death
encounter is a derby between
Warrington Wolves, beaten Grand
Finalists for the past two years, and
Widnes Vikings, the play-off
newcomers who won the last meeting
of the Cheshire rivals in July. As well as
the suspended Paul Wood, Warrington
are missing the injured Ben Westwood
and Simon Grix from their pack.
Kevin Brown, the Vikings one
Dream Team entrant, is recalled along
withJonClarke, Rhys Hanbury, Eamon
OCarroll and Danny Tickle for the
short trip. Were confident going into
this as underdogs and very rarely get
mentioned as favourites, Brown said.
Hopefully we can take some of the
lessons learnt from big games, get the
result and move on to the next team.
Rugby league
Christopher Irvine
humbling winter, it came during the
presentation ceremony at Headingley
after the Test defeat by Sri Lanka.
Andersonhadfallentothe penultimate
ball of the game, having resisted for 20
overs. He broke down.
It might be the first time I have cried
on a stage, he says, a touch sheepishly.
I had been emotional before, but more
when we had won after a big, hard
effort, like the 2010-11 Ashes. This was
different. We were soclose tosavingthe
game, Mo [Moeen Ali] had played out
of his skin, the crowd cheered each ball
and I felt I had let everybody down.
The ball from Shaminda Eranga was
a perfect bouncer that Anderson could
only fend upwards. Every night until
the next game I thought about that
shot, what I could have done
differently, he says. It felt like a big
deal andit playedonmymind. Sowhat
could he have done differently? Let it
hit me on the head, I suppose.
At least that bedtime thinking paid a
dividend. In his next innings, against
India at Trent Bridge, Anderson hit 81.
After 11 years I found some form with
the bat, he says.
However, the legacy of that contest
was theincident inthepavilioncorridor
on the second day between Anderson
and Ravindra Jadeja, which resulted in
India bringing a Level 3 charge against
the England player.
Suspension hung over Andersons
head until he was cleared in August. I
was just shocked when I heard of the
charge because nobody made anything
of it during the game, he said. From
that point it dragged on, not just for me.
Ben Stokes, for example, had to drive
from Durham to Southampton and
back for the hearing as a witness.
We had meetings with solicitors,
briefings, barristers asking questions. A
lot of stuff behind the scenes, and the
hearing went onfor six hours. It felt like
a court, my team on one side of the
room, his literally on the other. I am
guessing that the ruling will change
where the opposition can put in a Level
3 charge it is extraordinary a team
can go over the head of the match
referee like that.
At the endof the subsequent one-day
international at Headingley, Jadeja
shook his hand. He said to me, Sorry
about what went on, Andersonsays. I
just said, Oh, OK, thanks. I have no
issues with himand I dont think he has
any withme. We werent friends, but we
were not enemies either.
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such little grace and no favour
Cheese Cobb down the road to
Northamptonshire. Every one is a
second-tier county, so they must be
anxious to get away.
There was a time when Leicester-
shire lost their best players, like Stuart
Broad and James Taylor, to Notting-
hamshire, who challenge for trophies.
Now they shed them willy-nilly, with
no replacements in sight. It all suggests
a club who lack purpose or identity.
It seems ages ago that Leicestershire
wonadmirationfor the tenacityof their
cricket. Infact, theywonthechampion-
ship in 1996 and again two years later.
The game has changed so much in the
past two decades that those title-
winning teams are lost in the mists of
time.
As for Raymond Illingworths team,
who won five trophies, including the
championship, in the Seventies, one
may as well be talking about the
Congress of Vienna, with Illy cast as
Metternich. Those days will never
return. Indeed, it is hard to see such a
cash-strapped club getting out of the
second division.
Illingworth was supported by Mike
Turner, an exceptional club secretary,
who ensured that Leicestershire
punched above their weight. Men such
as Turner were part of the landscape in
the old dispensation. They were
old-fashioned, but they served their
clubs with diligence and made every
penny count.
Soon there will be a newchief execu-
tive at Grace Road. It may well be
Wasim Khan, who has won golden
opinions for his work with the Chance
to Shine movement, which seeks to
take cricket to young people who may
punishing summer schedule of bowling, above, so he is relishing some time to recuperate on the golf course, left
otherwise not find the game. You can
only wish him well if he inherits the
post. There is no challenge in county
cricket more daunting.
Did David Gower really learn his
lines on so humble a stage? He did. In
those days the members used to wolf
downtheworst scotcheggs intheworld
in The Meet, a corrugated shed at mid-
wicket. What an odd bunch gathered
there! The halfwit who turned up an
hour late, shouting, Im on me way!
The peer who took pot shots with his
rifle at balloons that floated over his
manor house Rutland way. A sad
red-haired sort who supped ale from a
straw.
The Meet, some people will be re-
assured to know, still stands, ugly as
ever. There are no scotch eggs, thank
goodness. But there are rather agree-
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gives the impression she enjoys being
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Sport Comment
Clubs prepare to repel almighty dollar
S
tartling fact of the week. Premiership
Rugby, the umbrella organisation
that represents the interests of
Englands top 12 clubs, has discussed
strategies for repelling unsuitable
bedfellows.
Apparently, there have been one or two
tentative inquires as to whether certain
clubs may be up for sale, and there are
concerns fears would be too strong a
word at this stage that rugby may
attract the same attention from multisports-
club-owning American investors that
football has received. Blimey, if ever theres
a line I thought Id never write about
English domestic club rugby, its that one.
Its not as if many are making much of a
profit at the moment. Leicester Tigers,
Gloucester, Northampton Saints and Exeter
Chiefs are the best at making ends meet,
and the average annual turnover across the
league is chicken feed at about 11 million,
but Premiership Rugby insiders reckon that
in 2017 or 2018, after a new commercial
arrangement with the RFU, and the next
cycle of domestic and European TV rights
deals, English club rugby will emerge from
financial hardship.
For the best part of two decades club
rugby in this country has been a joke,
funded by handouts from the RFU and the
largesse of benevolent individuals. The
stadiums around the country were poorly
equipped, the pitches almost unplayable
during sustained periods of poor weather,
the teams full of overseas players looking to
top up their pension funds.
And now? Well, none of the above, for
starters. The average playing age across the
league is down, the better-run clubs are
producing hordes of gutsy, talented
England-qualified youngsters, the money
on offer to the games giants has not
compromised their sporting integrity,
increased movement between clubs does
not appear to have diluted loyalty or
tribalism, artificial pitches are laughing in
the teeth of winter storms, and the hog roast
at Exeter is stunning.
It also seems as if Premiership Rugby is
keen to keep it that way. Plans to expand
and develop are organic. In the months
ahead there will be overtures to the United
States, where the All Blacks are close to
selling out their game against the
USA Eagles at Soldier Field, Chicago, in
November, and closer ties with South
African franchises led by Saracens. But
there are no proposals for a European super
league combining the best of the Aviva
Premiership and the PRO12. Nor is there
any desire to open up the borders to an
influx of players from overseas. The
England-qualified element for all clubs will
be maintained at about 70per cent.
Of course, there is work still to be done,
notably around promoting the game in the
northeast, which may involve moving the
end-of-season grand final there from
Twickenham, and there are plans to
improve the commercial health of the
Championship, the level below the
Premiership. All that has to be set against
the sports growing popularity that has led
to social media interest rising tenfold in the
past three years and 18,000 turning up at
Welford Road to watch a pre-season
friendly between Leicester and Cardiff.
And as for those circling foreign
investors? Its tricky, one official disclosed.
Most fit-and-proper-person tests have a
fairly low threshold. If you try to impose
more than that, it becomes discriminatory
and potentially illegal. We dont want to
dilute the Englishness of the league.
Quite.
A
n enduring theme between now and
the start of the rugby World Cup
will be how the old fellas are faring.
The top two sides in the world, New
Zealand and South Africa, had 12 golden
oldies (30 or over) in their match squads
when they met in Wellington recently. The
All Blacks had four in their starting XV
(Wyatt Crockett, 31, Richie McCaw, 33,
Maa Nonu, 32, and Conrad Smith, 32) plus
two (Keven Mealamu, 35, and Ben Franks,
30) on the bench; while the Springboks
began with five (Jannie du Plessis, 31,
Victor Matfield, 37, Ruan Pienaar, 30,
Bryan Habana, 31, and Jean de Villiers,
33) with Bismarck du Plessis, 30, coming
on as a replacement.
Conventional wisdom dictates that
World Cups reward experience, that when
it gets down to those tight, sudden-death
matches, the grey-haired brigade offer
extra value because they have kicked
around for longer and know what it takes
when the pressure builds.
But Im not so sure any more. I think the
game at international level is so
frenetically quick these days that
experience is now level pegging with
energy and vitality. Instincts are
important, doing the right thing at the
right time is crucial, but not at the
expense of the sheer enthusiasm and
physicality a younger body offers.
The equation is further complicated by
the truth that men who have been as
successful as McCaw, Matfield, Smith,
Nonu, Habana and De Villiers never fall
off a cliff in terms of performance and are
really turned on only by the truly
important matches that World Cups bring.
Everything else, by and large, doesnt get
the juices flowing quite as freely.
Right now, it looks as if Matfield,
Habana, Nonu (out injured with a broken
forearm) and Smith have most to prove if
they want to hang on to their starting
spots through to the World Cup. The
thing is, though, thats precisely the
stimulus they need to confound the
doubters when the Rugby Championship
resumes next week.
Old-age issues
remain games
age-old debate
Paul Ackford
6It must be the onset of autumn, but Ive
come over all wistful for the way that
rugby was. What has happened to all those
jockstraps, soaps on a rope, communal
baths, half-time oranges and proper
tight-five forwards boots with the leather
reaching up past the ankle for protection?
At Imber Court, the Metropolitan Polices
training ground, one bloke, a former
player who had no live connection with
the team or coaching staff, used to come
into the changing room and hop into the
communal bath after every home game. I
swear it was the only wash he took all
week. No one said a word. He just missed
the camaraderie. Happy days.
Tries, tries, tries
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Formula One Sport
Ecclestone forced to review radio silence
The only messages cluttering the air-
waves in the dark night of Singapore
were mixed as Formula Ones Radio
No-No turned into Radio Ga-Ga.
Once garrulous boffins were
rendered speechless for fear of alerting
the sports thought police, who were
earwigging wireless transmissions to
their drivers as practice for the
Singapore Grand Prix unfolded.
Lewis Hamilton, enthusiastic sup-
porter of the ban on driver coaching
that came out of the blue in the run-up
to this race, forgot within the first few
minutes that he was not allowed a
drip-feed of information on what the
competition were up to.
His demand to knowthe lap times of
the competition was met with a diplo-
matic reply from Pete Bonnington, his
race engineer. OK Lewis, well just
continue with our programme and
discuss this when we get back in the
garage.
Oops. Nico Rosberg, Hamiltons
team-mate and chief rival for this
World Championship, was just as
confused. Are you allowed to tell me
my team-mates lap time? he asked.
It was as though the babble of BBC
Radio 5 Live had been replaced by the
polite ramblings of the Light Pro-
gramme. As darkness descended on
Marina Bay, a cup of cocoa and the
shipping forecast might have been
appropriate to end proceedings.
My, how F1 gets itself in a tizz: the
principle of cutting back the frenzy of
radio chatter that would wear out Tony
Blackburn was not without merit.
Everyone seemed to agree that the
modern race driver is the human
extension of the technical geniuses
whomanthe banks of computers inF1s
backrooms.
A chap known as a data engineer
crunches afewnumbers, comes upwith
a plan and tells the driver to press
button B and, hey presto, all is well.
Bernie Ecclestone, resplendent in a
beautifully cut blue suit, turned up in
the Marina Bay paddock to tell us this
was his idea, so that the drivers would
earntheir vast salaries bydoingsomeof
the thinking as well as the driving.
Except that no one had run this little
lot by the teams. Within six hours, the
original list of radiosins was binnedand
a new, watered-down set of rules were
introduced. It turned out that some
teams had cars simply not equipped to
allow drivers to make all their own
decisions andthe banwas ditched, tobe
revisited next year.
Perhaps no one had thought through
why there are about 3,000 ship-to-
shore as Ecclestone calls them
radio transmissions during a grand
prix. F1 is this season employing the
most radical power technology in its
history fromthe tiny, 1.6-litre turbo-
charged engines to the whizzbang
energy recovery systems and batteries
that help to fire the new generation of
car to the same horsepower as the old
petrol engines, but with 30 per cent less
fuel.
If it is all verging on being a techno-
logical marvel, it is also fragile and
needs constant monitoring. When it all
goes wrong, it is expensive and termi-
nal, occasionally frightening with fire a
menace because of the massive heat
being generated. Max Chilton was or-
dered to park his Marussia near a fire
point in the final moments of practice
last night, because his engineers feared
a blaze.
So, compromise was the order of the
day and Charlie Whiting, F1s race
director, drewup a narrower definition
of driver coaching.
After all the shenanigans, what were
the drivers entitled to know and what
was verboten? More to the point, would
it make any difference to the outcome
of the Singapore Grand Prix? The
theory rebounding around the steamy
paddock was that the ban in
whatever form would favour the
brightest of the breed.
Rosberg, rather sneakily, came up
with an anecdote to illustrate how the
technicians coulddefeat a driver and
how they would now be curbed. Not
surprisingly, it involved Hamilton, the
man he has to defeat to become
champion. Anyway, they were racing
somewhere he couldnt remember
where and using his electric boost
button to attempt to overtake. Each
time, he pressed to pass, Hamiltons
engineer gave warning and the
Englishman responded in kind.
Now that is exactly what Ecclestone
meant when he proposed his ban.
It might have gone pear-shaped in
the execution here in Singapore,
but F1s chief executive has turned the
volume down on the radio interference
that was pushing his personal off
button.
Kevin Eason
Motor Racing Correspondent
Singapore
must-nots for engineers
6Warn drivers of the lap times
being set by his rivals
6Advise on car set-up or gear
changes
6Tell drivers where their rivals are
faster
6Advise drivers where or when to
brake, or tell them where to apply
the accelerator
6Order drivers when to use the
DRS overtaking device or power
boost button
6Advise on driving technique in
general whatever that is
Words by Kevin Eason
Hamilton sweats his way
to practice session lead
There was sweat and tears but,
thankfully, no blood in practice last
night for the Singapore Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton provided the sweat
as he posted the fastest time of the
evening and established himself as
favourite for victory.
As he emerged from his Mercedes
car clutching a towel, he was suffering
what Mary Berry would gave called a
soggy bottom. It aint half hot here,
mum.
Nico Rosberg was not in tears at fin-
ishing the second sessionin13th, but he
was visibly annoyed that a crash by
Pastor Maldonado, Formula Ones
master of mangled metal, curtailed his
only high-speed run.
The WorldChampionshipleader will
be back today to keep Hamilton at bay.
This race is crucial for Hamilton, 22
points behind his team-mate in the
championship, but the work will be
hard.
It was still 28C (about 82F) when
engines were turned off at 11pm in the
evening, with the humidity measure-
ment at 83 per cent. Everyone of the six
previous races in Singapore has
featured a safety car and Maldonados
extravagant accident in his Lotus
underlined the hazards presented to
drivers by a street circuit.
Lurking in wait is Daniel Ricciardo,
of Red Bull, the dark horse of this
championship. He is waiting to pick up
any pieces on a track that could well
suit his car.
Ready for the off: Hamilton is briefed by engineers before the practice session
Kevin Eason
Sport Rugby union
guide to the aviva premiership
Today
Sale Sharks v London Welsh
(AJ Bell Stadium, 2pm)
London Welsh travel to the AJ Bell
Stadium, where they registered their
only away victory during their
previous spell in the Premiership in
the 2012-13 season. Steve Diamond,
the Sale director of rugby, must have
been impressed by that performance
because he signed up Jonathan Mills
and Tom Arscott the next summer,
both of whom start against their
former club.
Harlequins v Wasps
(Twickenham Stoop, 3pm)
The traditional rivals head into the
fixture on the back of vastly
contrasting results Harlequins were
demolished 39-0 on their own patch,
while Wasps beat Northampton, the
champions, 20-16. Conor OShea, the
Harlequins director of rugby, reacts
by making four changes as Ben
Botica, Harry Sloan and Asaeli
Tikoirotuma, who makes his debut,
come into the back line and Dave
Ward starts at hooker. There will be
several fascinating individual battles,
most notably James Haskell, who
switches to blind-side, up against
Chris Robshaw, the England captain,
and Marland Yarde taking on Christian
Wade on the wing.
London Irish v Saracens
(Madejski Stadium, 3pm)
London Irish possess a surprisingly
good record against their capital
rivals. They were the only team to win
at Allianz Park last season and have
lost at home to Saracens only once in
the past seven years. Jebb Sinclair
and Luke Narraway make their first
starts of the season in the back row.
Mark McCall, the Saracens director of
rugby, rotates his squad and Owen
Farrell, Jim Hamilton and Jacques
Burger start.
Bath v Leicester
(Recreation Ground, 3.15pm, live on
BT Sport 1)
After a terrible run of injuries, Tom
Croft starts his first match for
Leicester since the opening game of
last season. The England flanker is
joined in the back row by Jordan
Crane, the No8 who replaces Roberto
Barbieri. No team quite inspire the
same antipathy at the Rec, where
Leicesters most recent league win
came eight years ago.
Tomorrow
Newcastle Falcons v Northampton
(Kingston Park, 2pm, live on
BT Sport 2)
Will Hooley and Kahn Fotualii form a
new half-back partnership for
Northampton after their surprise
defeat away to Wasps last week. Ben
Foden, the full back, and Alex Waller,
the loose-head prop, are also given
starts. Newcastle are looking to avoid
a 19th successive league defeat.
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Wigglesworth prepared to wait for his chance
Richard Wigglesworth is used to being
overlooked. As a callow teenager, he
was never part of any Premiership
academy. His education instead was in
the rugby outposts of Fylde and
PrestonGrasshoppers, beforeheevent-
ually earned a contract at Sale Sharks.
Then came a move to Saracens in
2010, which should have elevated the
scrum halfs profile, but international
recognitionhas provedanelusivebeast.
During Stuart Lancasters tenure as
Englandheadcoach, Wigglesworthhas
made only two replacement appearan-
ces, both during the tour to Argentina,
whenmanyplayers were unavailable. It
does not help that he has been injured
at inopportune moments or that he is
competing against Danny Care, Ben
Youngs andLeeDickson. All threehave
had runs in the England No9 shirt,
while Wigglesworth has been called up
and sent home from training squads.
If that is Lancasters way of sending a
hint to the 31-year-old, it is one that he
is not taking. I have been in and
around the squad without picking up
many caps and in a strange way Im
quiteproudof that, Wigglesworthsaid.
That I have not let it deter the passion
I have for playing for my country. I am
desperate to play for England again.
Thats not going to change in the next
couple of years and hopefully that will
enable me to pick up some more caps.
But first and foremost I care about this
club. If youcareabout your clubandare
willing to put it on the line every week,
then hopefully that will lead to other
things.
Part of Wigglesworths problem is
that he is not the type of player whowill
feature in many highlight reels, mainly
because he focuses on a scrum halfs
breadandbutter of passingandkicking.
Richardis inbrilliant formandhes not
someone that gets talkedabout enough
in my opinion, said Charlie Hodgson,
his half-back partner at Saracens.
Appreciation for Wigglesworths
talents overflows from anyone you
speaktoat Saracens training groundin
St Albans, particularly from Mark
McCall, the director of rugby. Over the
last couple of years there are a few
English scrum halves who have been
well regarded, chiefly because of their
ability to break, McCall said.
Richards all-round game, in my opin-
ion, is the best of all the scrum halves.
I think England at the moment are
undecided about who their best man is.
They have tried the other three and no
one has really nailed it down. If anyone
is going to be a bolter, then it is going to
be Richard.
Lancaster has previously acknowl-
edged that Wigglesworth is the best
English box-kicker and he is also the
premier defensive scrumhalf, but what
was notable in last weeks 39-0 victory
against Harlequins was how often he
featured on the shoulder of a team-
mate making a line break.
The duel with Care, his opposite
number, was comprehensively won by
the Saracens man, who also came
second(behindChris Ashton, his team-
mate) in a recent fitness test under-
taken by the entire England training
squad at Loughborough. Wiggles-
worth, though, accepts the pecking or-
der is harder toclimbupthanslipdown.
I canbeat theminthe yo-yotest, but
I cant go thinking I should be playing
instead of thembecause there might be
some other test that they all beat me
on, Wigglesworth said.
I amunder no illusions it is going to
be tough, because there are guys who
have got previous in the shirt. I have
absolute belief that I can do a job for
England, but if the opportunity does
not come I canstill sleepat night know-
ing that I have given it everything.
Rivals for the No9 shirt
Danny Care
Came in from the cold after a series
of indiscretions under Lancaster and
was among Englands outstanding
players in the Six Nations. His star,
however, will wane should
Harlequins continue to stutter.
Ben Youngs
Technically, the man in possession
after starting Englands third
international against New Zealand in
Hamilton. Has had a rough couple of
years, but is showing signs of
regaining his best form.
Lee Dickson
Probably possesses the crispest
pass of the contenders and a great
organiser behind a monstrous
Northampton pack. Has to contend
with competition from Kahn Fotualii
at Franklins Gardens.
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Leicesters short course in the treatment
of Burns already claiming its rewards
Freddie could have stayed where he
was and had a far more comfortable
existence, Cockerill says. This is not a
spurious allegation; Burns acknowl-
edges it: I was very comfortable.
He was alsoinconsistent, infuriating-
ly hot and cold. You wonder if this was
not a concern for Leicester, but
Cockerill says that it was actually the
concern of Burns himself. When they
first met, it was Burns who brought it
up. Freddie has admitted himself, At
Gloucester I could play, do what I want,
andknowI was playingthenext week,
Cockerill says. At Leicester, he hopedto
learn to be a consistent performer.
Therecalibrationhas helped, too. It is
not as if a big ego just landed in
Leicester. You just grin and bear it and
crackon, keepyour headdownandstay
out of trouble, is how Burns put it. As
his half-back partner, Youngs, says of
his arrival: You go from big fish, small
pond to being surrounded by Lions
players.
Paul Burke, the backs coach, gives
England credit, too. The summer tour
to New Zealand rebuilt some jaded
self-confidence. He was ina pretty low
state coming out of Gloucester, he
says. It was the tonic he needed.
On arrival for pre-season, he and
Burke sat down for a proper one-on-
one. Burke gave an assessment of his
strengths and asked his own assess-
ment of the weaknesses he wanted to
work on.
His ability to see space and run with
the ball are his strengths, Burke says
which is interesting, because a broad
perception of Leicester is that Burns is
not their kindof player andthat, tofit in
to their systems, he would have to
accept the clipping of his wings.
Fromwithin, Tigers happilylaughoff
the old stereotype. Burkes view of
Burns, using a different metaphor, is
that: For Freddie, its about pulling the
right trigger at the right time.
Thecentral issueis themindset of the
No10. Burke recognises the dangers
from his own days at Harlequins, and
fighting relegation with Bristol: your
team are struggling, you feel the need
personally to mount a rescue mission.
As Burns saidtoCockerill: I always feel
that Ive always got to make the play.
Burke said: Previously, whenhis teams
have beenunder pressure, hes takenon
too much himself.
Last Saturday, when Leicester were
away to Exeter Chiefs, the dividends of
the new Burns model were paid,
according to Cockerill. The best part
for me, he said, was when he kicked
the ball to the corner for the lineout
that won us the game: looks up,
nowhere to go, kicks, relieves the
pressure. That, for me, is as good as a
chip-chase-catchand under the sticks.
Youngs, meanwhile, sees a relation-
ship very much in its infancy. He is
looking downthe line, to recreating the
best of his old double act with Toby
Flood. When they were at their best,
Youngs would runlaterally off rucks, as
if in the playmaker role, and Flood
wouldrunlines off himas if he were the
inside centre.
It was a little unorthodox and very
successful. That is somethingFredand
I areworkingon, Youngs says. Hegives
it five or six more weeks. We seem to
have clickednaturally, he says. I think
there is a lot more to come from our
combination.
Burns, meanwhile, is happily soaking
it all up. He has one final, very telling
contrast tomakebetweenLeicester and
Gloucester. Ive been surprised by the
input the coaches have expected of me
in terms of how the attack will run, he
said. The level of detail Leicester go
into their games with is far beyond
what Ive known before.
Gloucester may not like that much,
but Burns is not looking to cause a fight
there. He is just looking to make life as
a Tiger work. It has started particularly
well.
Owen Slot says that
the fly half has found
his way again after
opting to tackle life
outside comfort zone
Up and running: Burns has made the most of his selectorial fortune in the absence of Williams, Leicesters first choice
In his own words
Leicester Theres a reason they are
the most successful club in English
rugby history: their core values and
the standards they set.
Gloucester The way things ended
there I kind of became an outsider.
Being at Leicester Im back in a
good place, enjoying myself and,
most importantly, I wake up and I
look forward to coming into training
and playing some good rugby.
Going back to Gloucester We play
them in a few weeks time and I look
forward to going down there.
Theyre a great club and Ill never
have a bad word to say about them.
The lows of last season Its
toughened me up a bit and made
me who I am now.
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England go the extra mile in World Cup compensation deal
England are set to play an extra
international in 2016 to help to fund a
13million World Cup compensation
package that the RFU has agreed with
Premiership Rugby. The traditional
Barbarians matchat theendof Maywill
be upgraded in 2016, with full
international opposition expected at
Twickenham for a fixture described in
the agreement as a game to celebrate
the completion of World Cup year.
England will now play 13 matches in
2016. They are due to meet Wales and
Ireland at home in the Six Nations,
three internationals on the summer
tour toAustraliaandfour fixtures inthe
autumn.
If the additional international re-
mains inthesameslot as theBarbarians
fixture, on the final weekend of May,
those players involved in the Aviva
Premiershipfinal wouldbeunavailable,
but it is understood that England have
ensured it would not have animpact on
fielding a full-strength side against the
Wallabies.
The multifaceted agreement also
gives Premiership Rugby the opportu-
nity to stage an international club fix-
ture at Twickenham, either during this
season or next, a move that is being
seen as the next step towards a cross-
hemisphere world club challenge.
The prospect of pitching the best
from Europe against the best from
Super Rugbyhas beenlongmootedand
the path to it has nowbeen cleared. No
details for the fixture have yet been
finalised. It could be that Premiership
Rugby looks to arrange a match
between the English champions and
the Super Rugby champions, or create
an Anglo-South African challenge. All
options are on the table.
The inclusion of the two extra
matches at Twickenhamis indicative of
the complex nature of the arrange-
ment, but the deal ended any fears of a
protracteddispute. TheRFUwill not be
writing out a 13million cheque.
Instead, the money is tied to a raft of
different initiatives and opportunities.
Only2.25millionof it is compensation
for the Premiership season being
delayed until mid-October.
Premiership Rugby will receive a fur-
ther 2.75million when it signs a new
heads of agreement withthe RFUtore-
place the deal that expires in 2016. The
RFUwill pay a further 1.5million if its
World Cup profits exceed 16million,
and 500,000 in March 2015 if its ticket
revenues are on track. The RFU has
agreed to hand over all profits from
Englands fourth QBE international,
against Australia, on November 29, in-
steadof the usual 50per cent. It adds up
to a lucrative package for Premiership
Rugby. We have resolved a challeng-
ing issue in a mutually beneficial way,
Mark McCafferty, the Premiership
Rugby chief executive, said.
The RFUis attempting to undo some
of the damage caused by its decision to
appropriate the Victoria Cross in the
design of the new England kit.
The Victoria Cross andGeorge Cross
Association issued a statement yester-
day saying that, after talks, it is clear
that the RFU did not intend to cause
any offence. The RFUhas promised to
meet the association, which represents
the United Kingdoms Victoria Cross
holders, as well as the Victoria Cross
Trust, which is dedicated to preserving
the graves of its recipients.
Alex Lowe
McCafferty, of Premiership Rugby, is
happy to resolve a challenging issue
T
his is a story about how and
why Freddie Burns has so
quickly become a stand-out
player for Leicester Tigers, in
which his club-mates are
happy to tell you that he hasnt. Hes
not the most famous, important or
talented person in the team, is how
RichardCockerill, thedirector of rugby,
puts it. And this is Ben Youngs, his club
captain: He is surrounded by players
who are more experienced than him
and better than him.
Cockerill is also perfectly candid
about the fact that Burns would not
have been picked at the start of the
seasonhadOwenWilliams, his rival for
the No10 shirt, not been serving a ban
and missed their pre-season games.
Williams was first-choiceflyhalf; Burns
just got lucky. He has made the most of
his fortune.
The speed at which Burns has hit the
ground this season has been that of a
run, if not a sprint, and all the more
notable given that he had pretty much
ground to a halt in the back half of last
season with Gloucester.
So marked was his misery at
Kingsholm that you wondered at the
wisdom of his transfer. It messed with
his mind and his game. You can also
question the timing: was it right to
chase a pay rise when, at 23, surely the
priority is simply to be settled and
working on your game? And what was
he doing registering his owntrademark
FB10? The smart advice is always to
let commercial success ride onthe back
of playing success, not the other way
round.
Thus far, we doubters are being
proved wrong. We are only two games
into the season, so the evidence base is
still thin, but Burns has certainly made
some fine first impressions with Tigers
and he has the opportunity to reinforce
them further today in a fascinating
challenge against Bath, where he will
line up against George Ford, another
England rival.
Howhas he done it? The first answer
is: by will, determination. These things
have to start within. Another answer is
by making life so hard for himself.
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Aston Villa v
Arsenal
Gabriel Agbonlahor (main
picture) is an enigma, a
strange player. The Aston
Villa forward has great
pace and can be electric
with the bit between his
teeth but hes never been
consistent enough to play
for England. You could
watch himand come away
and rave about him: last
season he ripped Arsenal
apart at the Emirates. Hes
capable of that, but he
only does it once every ten
games. This game will suit
Villa down to the ground.
They charge you down,
bully you, and that is
exactly what Arsenal
struggle against, as was
shown by Borussia
Dortmund in midweek.
Tottenhamv
West Brom
West Bromwich Albion are
a club who dont seemto
attach much importance
to the managers role. Alan
Irvine is a coach and a
good one at that rather
than a traditional
manager, and I think thats
why West Bromappointed
him. Unfortunately so far
this season they have
looked like a well-coached
teamwho need a
manager. Not long ago
Nicolas Anelka, Shane
Long and Peter
Odemwingie were
important players for
thembut theyve all left.
This should be a fairly
straightforward match for
Tottenham.
Man City v
Chelsea
I was critical of Yaya
Tours lack of defensive
application for
Manchester City against
Bayern Munich in
midweek but Samir Nasri
wasnt much better in that
respect. In this fixture last
season Nemanja Matic
won the physical battle
with Tour, and City
cannot aford to go into
the game tomorrowwith
only nine or ten players on
full power. If they are
carrying people then
theyll be beaten, as they
were last term.
Furthermore, Chelsea
have added firepower to
their game since that last
meeting. Scoring nine
goals in their opening two
away games three
against Burnley and six
against Everton is a
remarkable feat.
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Chelsea 4 4 0 0 15 6 +9 12
Aston Villa 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10
Swansea 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 9
Southampton 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 7
Man City 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
Tottenham 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
Arsenal 4 1 3 0 7 6 +1 6
Liverpool 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6
Man Utd 4 1 2 1 6 3 +3 5
Hull City 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
Everton 4 1 2 1 9 10 1 5
Leicester City 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 5
West Ham 4 1 1 2 6 7 1 4
Stoke 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 4
Sunderland 4 0 3 1 5 6 1 3
QPR 4 1 0 3 1 9 8 3
Crystal Palace 4 0 2 2 5 8 3 2
Burnley 4 0 2 2 1 4 +3 2
West Brom 4 0 2 2 2 7 5 2
Newcastle 4 0 2 2 3 9 6 2
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G Whelan, S NZonzi Bojan,
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R Green M Isla, S Caulker,
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QPR expect Eduardo Vargas,
Joey Barton and Jordon
Mutch to recover from injuries
to play. Jon Walters and
Marko Arnautovic are doubts
for Stoke and Geof Cameron
and Peter Odemwingie are
out but Stephen Ireland is
likely to be fit. Only once have
Stoke conceded more than
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Arsenal (4-1-4-1)
W Szczesny C Chambers,
P Mertesacker, L Koscielny, K Gibbs
M Arteta A Snchez, A Ramsey,
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THEGOALSHighlights 5.30pm
Ron Vlaar is a Villa doubt.
Arsenal should have Jack
Wilshere, Mathieu Flamini and
Calum Chambers fit but are
without Nacho Monreal, Theo
Walcott, Yaya Sanogo,
Mathieu Debuchy and Olivier
Giroud. Five times as many
Frenchmen as Germans (30 to
six) have played in the top
flight this term (Arsenal: five
Frenchmen, three Germans)
TV Highlights, BBC One, 10.20pm
RADIOBBC 5 Live
Burnley v
Sunderland
Ref A Taylor (4 games)
Sunderland (4-3-3)
V Mannone S Vergini, J OShea,
W Brown, P van Aanholt S Larsson,
L Cattermole, J Rodwell A Johnson,
C Wickham, R Alvarez
Burnley (4-4-2)
T Heaton K Trippier, M Duf,
J Shackell, B Mee S Arfield,
D Marney, D Jones, G Boyd
M Sordell, L Jutkiewicz
TODAY 3pm
Danny Ings has a hamstring
injury, joining Sam Vokes, his
Burnley strike partner, on the
sidelines. Matt Taylor is out
with an Achilles problem. The
on-loan Nathan Chalobah and
Michael Keane hope for
debuts. Sunderland have no
injuries. These teams met
more times in the top division
up to 1930 than they have
since (44 to 36)
Newcastle v
Hull
Ref N Swarbrick (1 game)
Hull (4-4-2)
A McGregor A Elmohamady,
C Davies, M Dawson, A Robertson
J Livermore, T Huddlestone,
M Diam, S Quinn A Hernndez,
N Jelavic
Newcastle (4-2-3-1)
T Krul D Janmaat, M Williamson,
F Coloccini, M Hadara V Anita,
J Colback - R Cabella, M Sissoko,
Y Goufran E Rivire
TODAY 3pm
Newcastle will be without the
injured Papiss Ciss, Siem De
Jong, Rolando Aarons, Davide
Santon and Adam Campbell.
Hatem Ben Arfa, the Hull
forward, cannot face his
parent club. Hull have won all
of their three matches away
to Newcastle over the past six
years but have not won any
of the three home games
Swansea v
Southampton
Ref J Moss (3 games)
Southampton (4-4-2)
F Forster N Clyne, J Fonte,
T Alderweireld, R Bertrand S Davis,
M Schneiderlin, J Cork, D Tadic
S Long, G Pell
Swansea (4-2-3-1)
L Fabianski Rangel, F Fernndez,
A Williams, N Taylor Ki Sung-Yueng,
J Shelvey N Dyer, G Sigurdsson,
W Routledge W Bony
TODAY 3pm
Swansea will be without Jordi
Amat for six weeks with a
knee injury so Federico
Fernndez will start at centre
back. Sadio Man is not yet
match fit for Southampton
but Shane Long has
overcome a head injury.
Southampton are fourth in
the league table yet are as
close to the bottom as the
top in terms of points
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Broken wings
The fad of the wing-back systemcould be over already.
Mexico, Holland, Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica raised
its profile at the World Cup, thriving while using the
formation to difering degrees, and it seemed that it
might take on in the Premier League. Manchester United,
Hull City and Queens Park Rangers began the season with
three centre backs in their starting line-ups, but by last
weekend they had switched to deploying four at the back.
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Agbonlahors recent scoring
record is poor, despite goals in
his past two games against Hull
City and Liverpool
Agbonlahor for Villa
2 goals in past 2 games
4 goals in previous 35 games
Agbonlahor occasionally
falls foul of referees
Most league bookings for
Villa since start of last season
Club top goalscorers
this season
Netbusters
Chelsea Costa
Everton Naismith
Leicester City Ulloa
Manchester City
Agero
Swansea City Dyer
Southampton Pell,
Schneiderlin
TottenhamChadli
Arsenal Ramsey,
Snchez
Aston Villa
Agbonlahor,
Weimann
Chelsea Ivanovic
Everton Mirallas
Hull City Jelavic
Liverpool Sterling
Manchester City
Jovetic
Manchester United
Mata
Manchester United
Rooney
TottenhamDier
West Bromwich
Berahino
Arsenal Giroud,
Koscielny, Wilshere
Burnley Arfield
Chelsea Hazard,
Matic, Rmy
Crystal Palace
Chamakh,
Hangeland,
Puncheon
Everton Coleman,
Eto'o, Lukaku
Hull City Chester,
Diam
Leicester City Wood
Liverpool Gerrard
Manchester City
Demichelis
Manchester United
Herrera
Southampton Cork
Swansea City Ki,
Routledge, Shelvey
Sunderland Larsson
Tottenham
Adebayor
West HamCole,
Downing, Zrate,
Noble
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Arsenal
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West Hamv
Liverpool
Ref C Pawson (3 games)
Liverpool (4-2-3-1)
S Mignolet J Manquillo, M Skrtel,
D Lovren, A Moreno J Henderson,
S Gerrard A Lallana, R Sterling,
Coutinho M Balotelli
West Ham(4-2-3-1)
Adrin G Demel, J Tomkins, W Reid,
A Cresswell M Noble, C Kouyat
S Downing, M Zrate, E Valencia
D Sakho
TODAY 5.30pm
James Collins is a doubt for
West Ham, who are without
Andy Carroll, Kevin Nolan,
Matt Javis and Joey OBrien.
Liverpool have Daniel
Sturridge injured and Glen
Johnson is a doubt but Martin
Skrtel is fit. The only two
victories for the seven British
teams playing in Europe this
week came on Merseyside:
Liverpool and Everton won
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Leicester v
Man Utd
Ref MClattenburg (4 games)
Man Utd (4-3-1-2)
D De Gea Rafael Da Silva,
C Smalling, J Evans, M Rojo -
A Herrera, D Blind, Di Mara
J Mata R van Persie, W Rooney
Leicester (4-4-2)
K Schmeichel R De Laet, W Morgan,
L Moore, P Konchesky R Mahrez,
D Hammond, E Cambiasso, J Schlupp
D Nugent, L Ulloa
TOMORROW1.30pm
Kasper Schmeichel, the
Leicester goalkeeper, is over
a knee injury and Nick Powell
cannot face his parent club.
Chris Smalling is fit again for
United but Phil Jones, Ashley
Young, Michael Carrick and
Marouane Fellaini are injured.
A dozen senior United
players have missed at least
one league game through
injury this season
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Tottenhamv
West Brom
Ref K Friend (2 games)
West Brom(4-2-3-1)
B Foster A Wisdom, C Dawson,
J Lescott, S Pocognoli Y Mulumbu,
C Gardner J Morrison, S Sessgnon,
C Brunt S Berahino
Tottenham(4-2-3-1)
H Lloris E Dier, Y Kaboul,
V Chiriches, D Rose M Dembl,
E Capoue E Lamela, C Eriksen,
N Chadli E Adebayor
TOMORROW1.30pm
THEGOALS
Andros Townsend is a
Tottenham doubt with a dead
leg and Kyle Walker is still out.
West Brom have no absentees
after Youssouf Mulumbu,
Victor Anichebe and
Stphane Sessgnon all
recovered from injury. Spurs
have faced two of the top
flights five penalties so far
this season (Liverpool scored,
West Ham missed)
RADIOBBC 5 Live
Everton v
Crystal Palace
Ref M Oliver (3 games)
Crystal Palace (4-4-2)
J Speroni A Mariappa, S Dann,
D Delaney, J Ward J Puncheon,
M Jedinak, J McArthur, W Zaha
F Campbell, D Gayle
Everton (4-3-2-1)
T Howard S Coleman, J Stones,
P Jagielka, L Baines J McCarthy,
G Barry K Mirallas, S Naismith,
A McGeady R Lukaku
TOMORROW4pm
Seamus Coleman, of Everton,
is a doubt after receiving a
knock on the head against
Wolfsburg. Ross Barkley and
Steven Pienaar are out.
Marouane Chamakh is a
doubt for Palace with a
hamstring injury. Palace have
committed 16 fouls per
league game this season,
compared with only nine by
Everton
Manchester City v
Chelsea
Ref M Dean (4 games)
Chelsea (4-2-3-1)
T Courtois B Ivanovic, G Cahill,
J Terry, C Azpilicueta N Matic,
C Fbregas Ramires, Oscar,
E Hazard D Costa
Man City (4-4-2)
J Hart P Zabaleta, V Kompany,
M Demichelis, A Kolarov S Nasri,
Fernandinho, Y Tour, D Silva
E Dzeko, S Agero
TOMORROW4pm
City are without the injured
Stevan Jovetic and Fernando
but Edin Dzeko is expected to
have overcome a back
problem. Diego Costa can
play for Chelsea despite a
minor hamstring problem. In
the past ten years only twice
have a team won their
opening four top-flight games
by at least two goals: Chelsea
in 2010-11 and this season
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Pardewis
not that
bad . . . or
that good
Fink Tank
DANIEL FINKELSTEIN
ne of my
favourite
pieces of Fink
Tank work
over the past decade and
a bit was the suds of the
career of Sven-Gran
Eriksson. We went back
over his entire career
and discovered that
pretty much everywhere
he had gone he had
made teams no better,
but also no worse.
I loved the beauty of
that, studying all the
numbers and coming up
with basically nothing.
And something rather
similar - not quite the
same perhaps but
similar - has happened
with this weeks study of
Newcastle United.
The selection of
Newcastle as a subject
was prompted by the
suggestion that Alan
Pardew is on a final
warning, accompanied
by the lack of
enthusiasm from fans.
Would our study
demonstrate why this
has happened?
The season of glory that
prompted the club to
give Pardew a lengthy
contract was a statistical
classic. Everybodys
performance is partly
related to their
underlying class, and
partly the result of
random fluctuation.
So, at the beginning of
this season there was a 3
per cent chance of
Newcastle finishing in a
European slot, and 3
per cent chance of them
finishing in a relegation
slot, all without any
change in their basic
strength.
When they finished fifth
in 2011-12, this was a
classic product of
randomness and it was
almost inevitable that it
would not be repeated.
Yet, just as riding up the
table did not mean that
the club had found some
special secret to good
performance, so riding
down it does not and did
not mean that they have
suddenly become
useless.
Dr Henry Stott, Dr
Mark Latham and
Gabriella Lebrecht find
Newcastle a mid-table
team in terms of
strength. They are 11th
overall, just below
Swansea City, despite
the latters excellent
start.
Pardews record? The
study concludes: Chris
Hughton dramatically
improved Newcastle.
There are less clear
trends under Pardew,
with the team strengths
for the most part
remaining the same.
This does not mean that
there are no weaknesses,
of course. Over time,
Newcastles shots-to-goal
conversion rate has gone
down. Their attack has
slightly weakened, and
the gap that still exists
with Sunderland - an
important one to fans -
has become smaller.
Newcastle remain the
better side, however.
The team has dropped
five points that we did
not expect them to drop
and this, as the graphic
below shows, has
damaged their chances
of, for instance, a
top-half finish. There is
even an 11 per cent
chance of relegation
(although this is still an
89 per cent chance that
they will stay up).
Pardew did not do as
well as the fans thought
and now he is not doing
as badly as the fans
think. Having expected
the team to finish 11th,
we now expect them to
finish 12th.
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Predictions
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Aston Villa v
Arsenal
25% 25%
50%
W L D
Burnley v
Sunderland
44%
28% 28%
W L D
Newcastle v
Hull
52%
26%
22%
W L D
QPR v
Stoke
23%
27%
49%
W L D
Swansea v
Southampton
40%
27%
34%
W L D
Tottenhamv
West Brom
60%
23%
18%
W L D
West Hamv
Liverpool
21% 21%
57%
W L D
Everton v
Crystal Palace
65%
20%
15%
W L D
Leicester v
Man United
22%
24%
54%
W L D
Man City v
Chelsea
49%
25%
27%
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Date
Prediction Start of season Now
Newcastle position predictions
Gabriel Agbonlahor is in his
tenth season at Villa Park
Longest-serving present Aston
Villa players Club debut
Agbonlahor March 2006
Guzan September 2008
Clark August 2009
emier League teams using wing-back
stemthis season
Second
Round
3
Third
Round
2
Fourth
Round
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Stat attack
QPR v
Stoke 2
85th-minute penalty
failures by these
teams in league this
season (one each)
Today
Leicester v
Man United 1
Present Premier
League captain who
plays in attack
Wayne Rooney,
of United
Tomorrow
Aston Villa v
Arsenal 4
League games in
four this term with
Arsenal level after
90 minutes (they
scored one
stoppage-time
winner)
Burnley v
Sunderland 0
Burnley league
goals since took
lead against Chelsea
in opening game
(Chelsea have
scored 15 in that
time)
Newcastle v
Hull 3
Top-flight own goals
last weekend by
East Londoners:
Davies (Hull),
Terry (Chelsea) and
Kane (Spurs)
Swansea v
Southampton 2
Southampton red
cards in past 109
matches: both came
in same game,
v West Brom, April
2013
West Hamv
Liverpool 16
Penalties among
Steven Gerrards
past 19 goals for
Liverpool
Tottenhamv
West Brom 7
Players who have
left Seville for
Premier League in
past 15 months;
Spurs Federico
Fazio is the latest
Everton v
Crystal Palace 5
Palace senior
strikers: Campbell,
Gayle, Chamakh,
Doyle and Johnson
Man City v
Chelsea 4
Chelsea hat-tricks
out of past six
scored by all
Premier League
teams
GRAPHIC: PAUL BRYANT FOR THE TIMES
Sport Football
Symons starts
bid to secure
Fulham job
Kit Symons has made an impassioned
plea to be appointed full-time manager
of Fulhambut his chairmansays he will
pick through the bones of what has
gone wrong at the club at the foot of the
Sky Bet Championship and take his
time in choosing the successor to Felix
Magath, who was sacked on Thursday.
Symons, the caretaker manager,
takes charge for todays match against
Blackburn Rovers at Craven Cottage
and will be one of the candidates under
consideration, according to Shahid
Khan.
This will be anexhaustive, thorough
anddeliberate process, Khansays. No
decisions will be made for the sake of
deadlines or convenience. I plan to
summona number of qualifiedadvisers
for input, some within or close to the
Fulham family and others who will
bring a perspective from outside the
club. In the end the decision will be
mine, but the choice will be made with
the benefit of excellent and highly
respected counsel.
Khan tells the supporters in his pro-
gramme notes for todays match that
theydeservebetter thantheperform-
ances under the controversial Magath.
Symons, who has been promoted
fromrunningtheunder-21 team, claims
he can give the club stability. I under-
stand what the fans want, what the
people workinghere want andwhat the
players want now, he said.
Alyson Rudd
Partizan facing
stadium closure
over banner row
PartizanBelgrade face the possibility of
a partial ground closure after Uefa
opened an investigation into an
antisemitic banner unfurled during the
goalless drawwithTottenhamHotspur
on Thursday.
Alon Yefet, the Israeli referee, has
confirmed he sawthe flag and it will be
included in his report submitted to the
European governing body. Uefa
officials in the stadium were unhappy
that the Serbian club failed to act to
remove the flag after being notifiedof it
during the second half of the Europa
League group C match in Belgrade.
Uefa could fine Partizan or close
parts of the stadium, if the club are
found guilty when the disciplinary
committee meet on October 3. Michel
Platini, the Uefa president, saidthat the
incident would be treated independ-
entlyof whenPartizanwerethrownout
of the Uefa Cup for rioting in 2007.
The disciplinary committee is very
tough, they know the regulations and
theywill applywhat theyhavetoapply,
Platini said. Until there are human
beings, it will be always be a problem.
Tottenham, who will make a
complaint to Uefa, have been a target
for antisemitism and racist abuse in
Europe in recent years. Three fans
suffered minor injuries when up to 50
masked people targeted the Smoking
Dog bar on the eve of their match
against Lyons in February last year.
Three months earlier, a fan was
stabbed and others hurt when
ambushed in a pub before a match
against Lazio in Rome.
Emmanuel Adebayor and other
black players faced monkey chants by
some Inter Milan fans in the same
season and it was in Serbia that Danny
Rose was abused while playing for
England Under-21. Partizan apologised
and said they would try to identify the
supporters.
Partizan resolutely disavows with
the antisemitic banner displayed and
we fully condemn perpetrators of this
mindless act, the club said in a
statement.
Mauricio Pochettino, the head
coach, said that he was used to similar
intimidating atmospheres from his
playing career and that the experience
would benefit some of his Tottenham
squad. Most of my players had not and
they coped with it very well, the head
coach said. It is difficult to play in this
Partizan have criticised fans for flying an antisemitic banner against Tottenham
Gary Jacob
NOVAK DJUROVIC/REUTERS
6Benoit Assou-Ekotto, the
Tottenham defender, has been
banned for three games for tweeting
his support for Nicolas Anelka over
the former West Bromwich Albion
strikers contentious quenelle goal
celebration last season, which was
deemed antisemitic. The FA also
fined the Cameroon player 50,000,
warned him over his future conduct
and ordered him to complete a
compulsory education course.
type of environment, but we did well
andthat is apositivethingtocomeout.
Tottenham failed to test Partizans
goalkeeper once in their 0-0 draw and,
five days earlier, missed a number of
chances when drawing 2-2 away to
Sunderland. We need to be more
clinical in both areas, Pochettino said.
Tottenham are at home to West
Bromwich Albion tomorrow.
Comment Sport
Handy tips on curing Normans slice
F
ortunately, the injury suffered by
Greg Norman, who slipped while
taking a chainsaw to some tricky
long rough on his Florida property
the other day, doesnt seem to be
too bad. The ever-popular Australian hopes
to be back on the practice ground in as little
as three weeks.
If the chainsaw was going at full speed
my hand would have been cut off, Norman
explained. And it missed my ulna nerve
and muscles, so I was extremely, extremely
lucky in that regard.
Still, as everybody in golf knows, the
more you practise, the luckier you get.
Limb-threatening chainsaw accidents are
something that any gardener, from the pro
at the very highest level all the way down to
the simple weekend hacker, will be looking
to eliminate from their game.
Its not easy, of course nothing in
gardening ever is. But if you follow the
handy tips in our special chainsaw tutorial,
below, you may find that you can greatly
improve your heavy-duty clearance
technique, while remaining largely intact
into the bargain.
1 Lower your hands Choking down on the
grip of the chainsaw a little farther than you
may do ordinarily should give you that vital
extra bit of control through the air.
2 Stand firm We cant overemphasise the
importance of a solid stance while using a
chainsaw. Take time to work your heels into
the surface and then settle down
comfortably at the hips. You should do this,
ideally, even before you pull the cord. At the
same time, as you address the hedge/tree/
area of unwanted bramble growth, try to
maintain a little softness and flex in the
knees. This way you will be better able to
hold your line through the swing and avoid
slicing.
3 Think very carefully about tool selection
in the first place The temptation to grip it
and rip it is always huge. But does the job
at hand really call for the biggest, petrol-
driven club in the bag? Or could you step
down in terms of power (the garden shears,
say), take those few extra shots and still get
up and down without entirely wrecking
your card and/or your wrist tendons?
4 Go with your gut Greg said in an
interview from his hospital bed: I had a
premonition, to tell you the truth, as I was
getting my chainsaw ready, that something
bad was going to happen. We all have
premonitions. The two-time Major winner
added, sagely. That one was just unusually
prophetic, I guess.
Spooky, indeed, that, exactly as Norman
was firing up a major power tool, visions of
potential mishap played on his mind. Its
almost enough to make you believe in a
sixth sense, or something. At the same time,
when youve been in the clearance game as
long as Greg, who also maintains a ranch in
Colorado, responses to evolving
horticultural situations eventually become
intuitive and end up hard-wired into your
system. So its always worth listening closely
to those impulses (the reports from your
internal mechanism, to use the phrase
chosen by Greg) and attempting to work out
what they are trying to tell you which
may well be, Go easy with that chainsaw,
wont you?
5. Get a man in. If youre really struggling,
theres no shame in seeking paid assistance.
Mind you, Im not sure Greg would see it
that way. In the course of his 38-year
professional career, the man they call the
Great White Shark has never really struck
us as a get a man in kind of guy.
6 And if the worst happens? Because, lets
face it, everyone has a bad day in the garden
from time to time. Then stay positive. Look
no farther than Greg for a fantastic example
here. Ive already started doing my own
rehabbing exercises, Greg reported this
week. If my recovery allows me to get back
to hitting balls in three weeks, I think Ill be
back with a putter in my hand, maybe a
chipper just to see how I feel. This is
exactly the right attitude to cultivate.
One final word, though for Greg, in
particular: despite those fine intentions,
perhaps best avoid the chipper for now.
Those chippers can be truly lethal and, on
private property especially, should definitely
only be operated by a legitimate
workperson, preferably a qualified arborist
with the relative insurance certificates.
E
ncouraged to speak about his work
with Mario Balotelli, his newly
appointed striker, Brendan Rodgers,
the manager of Liverpool, said, after his
teams Champions League victory this
week: Were trying to improve him in the
transitions.
Football management is such a complex
business these days, isnt it? Or certainly it
uses a complex language. Really, all you
need to know about the distance travelled
by professional coaching in the past 20
years is encapsulated in the difference
between Graham Taylor asking: Can we
not knock it? and Rodgers talking about
improving the Italy striker in the
transitions.
Consider, similarly, whats routinely
involved these days in getting a substitute
on to the pitch. Invariably the oncoming
player will find himself held up in the
technical area (a latter-day term that
tells its own story) and obliged to
scrutinise a succession of flipcharts or
even an iPad-based PowerPoint
presentation regarding his duties over the
seven minutes or so that remain. No more
the simple clap on the shoulder and the
hopeful instruction, See if you can get
your head on one, son. Unless thats what
it says on the iPad, in big letters, but you
somehow doubt it.
Still, as Rodgers has famously said: You
train dogs. I like to educate players. Is
Balotelli ripe for the kind of education
Rodgers is offering? Photographic
evidence from the training ground has, on
two separate occasions now, implied that
the Italian maverick has quite enough on
his plate when tasked with putting on a bib
the right way up. Still, if Rodgers finds he
isnt getting through, theres always Can
we not knock it? After all, it worked for
Graham Taylor.
Actually, no it didnt.
Rodgers-speak lost in translation. . . or transition
Giles Smith
6Plenty to enthral the mind in the
Watchgate scandal, which continues to
unfold not least the mindset of an
organisation (the Brazilian football
federation) that casually leaves 16,000
timepieces in the hotel rooms of Fifa
executive committee members who, in
turn, are so blas about those gifts that
they find them still in their packaging, out
in their garages, whole months later.
But must this mean as some of the
more strident commentators are
suggesting an absolute and categorical
end to the goody-bag culture? While the
Fifa code of ethics (not one of the worlds
longer or more rhetorically compelling
pieces of prose, clearly) makes clear that
extravagant presents are off the agenda, it
does not preclude gifts of novelty or
symbolic value. And fair enough because
theres nothing intrinsically corrupt about
a going-home present, is there? Not, at
any rate, if its a slice of cake, a balloon
and a novelty pencil, which, presumably, it
will have to be from now on.
6What with the Victoria Cross-shaped
detailing on the new England rugby union
shirt (because playing rugby for your
nation is the ultimate sacrifice, right?)
and the attention belatedly drawn to the
waist-level panels of bareness on the
outfits of that Colombian womens cycling
team, it was not a good week for
symbolism in the commercially oriented,
tight-fitting sportswear industry.
Nicole Cooke, the Olympian, who was
by no means alone in finding that cycling
kit demeaning, thought the women should
have stood up for themselves and refused
to wear it. You could make the same
proposition to the England rugby squad.
The strip is idiotic and will make the
players appear ridiculous even more so,
one could argue, than a flesh-coloured
panel across the lower abdomen. So why
not boycott it until Canterbury, the
manufacturer, agrees to make another,
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Ulloa is thriving in top tier after
journey from end of the world
L
eonardo Ulloas journey to
where he always wanted to be
has been a long one. It started
13 years ago, when he struck
out from home as a 15-year-
old to travel alone across the vast, wild
expanse of Patagonia, deep into
Argentinas everlasting south.
It has taken him to one of the last
staging posts before Tierra del Fuego, a
townat theedgeof theendof theworld,
andontothe bright lights andfalse pro-
mises of Buenos Aires. He crossed an
oceanto toil inobscurity. He has drawn
deep from his well-spring of hope. And
now, as his dreams come true, he looks
back withno doubts, no regrets. Vale la
pena, he says. It was worth it.
There will be a distinctly Argentine
flavour to proceedings when Leicester
City play host to Manchester United
tomorrow. Louis vanGaals teamwill be
able to call upon ngel Di Mara and
Marcos Rojo, as well as Radamel Fal-
cao, proudly Colombian by blood but
indeliblyArgentinebyeducation. Nigel
Pearsons host team can call upon not
only Ulloa, but the enormously experi-
enced Esteban Cambiasso, too.
Among all of them, Ulloas story
stands out. Unlike Falcao, he was not
hailed as a future international player
when he was still in short trousers. Un-
like Cambiasso, he was not pickedupby
Real Madrid before he played a single
senior game. Unlike Di Mara, his tal-
ents were not honed at the academy of
one of Argentinas most powerful clubs.
I would not change anything, the
striker says. Maybe I enjoy what I have
because it has been so difficult. It
maybe means more to me than other
players. I am 28, but other players get
here when they are 22, 23. Maybe they
think, Good, now I am in the Premier
League, but my circumstances are
completely different. What I am doing
nowis thefruit of everythingI fought to
achieve. I amstronger for where I have
been.
Ulloas journey did not begin in one
of Argentinas football heartlands. He
was borninGeneral Roca, a prettylittle
town, fringed with orchards, in the
north of Patagonia. It is a world away
from Buenos Aires and Rosario
whereDi Mara, andLionel Messi, were
born cities scoured by scouts. It has
got better now, but when I was young it
was harder to be a player if you were
from the south, Ulloa says.
There were not as many teams.
When I was 15, I had the chance to join
a club called CAI, in Comodoro Riva-
davia. My father and my brothers were
OK with it. They did not want to stand
in my way. They knew playing football
was my dream. But my mother suffered
a lot. I am the youngest of her three
sons. It was hard for her to see me go.
Aged 15, he left home and moved
1,100 kilometres to join CAI. His family
remains a close-knit one and he dedi-
cates his goals to his grandfather; he
has a tattoo on his wrist in his honour.
I remember him at big family asados,
barbecues, he says. He was always at
the grill. He is a symbol for the family.
His form for CAI earned him a call-
up for one of Argentinas age-group
sides; there, hecametotheattentions of
San Lorenzo. Aged just 19, he would
have to move again, to Buenos Aires,
and one of the countrys most famous
clubs. It was not a happy time. He
helped the teamto win a domestic title,
but was soonfarmed out to lesser clubs.
In2008, hefoundhimself withachoice.
It was dictated by the situation, he
says. Things didnot endwell inArgen-
tina. I was not playing, I was not scoring.
I was young. I hada wife anda daughter
to support. I had no other choice. I had
togotoSpain, anddropdownadivision.
Something changed in my head with
that move. It was the right thing to do.
He joined Castelln, in the second
tier, eventually earning a move to
Almeria. Here, he would finally taste
top-flight football, even scoring against
Real Madrid, but his side were relegat-
ed. Hewas topscorer intheseconddivi-
sion the year after, but no move back to
the top flight materialised. In January
2013, Brighton & Hove Albion offered
2million for his services. I said yes,
he says. I always wanted to play in the
Premier League.
He leapt at the chance to leave for
Leicester this summer I told themI
could not turn down this opportunity,
two routes to the big time
Leonardo Ulloa
Age 28 Caps 0
Former clubs CAI, San Lorenzo,
Arsenal Sarandi, Olimpo, Castelln,
Almeria, Brighton, Leicester City
Transfer fees 450,000, San
Lorenzo to Castelln; 700,000,
Castelln to Almeria; 2 million,
Almeria to Brighton; 8 million,
Brighton to Leicester
Radamel Falcao
Age 28 Caps 51 Goals 20
Former clubs Lanceros Boyaca,
River Plate, Porto, Atletico Madrid,
Monaco, Manchester United
Transfer fees
4.5million, River Plate
to Porto; 35million,
Porto to Atletico
Madrid; 50million,
Atletico Madrid to
Monaco; 6million,
Monacoto United (loan)
Living out his dream: Ulloa, the new
Rory Smith meets the
Leicester City striker
who is ready to mix it
with his
countrymen
as equals
tomorrow
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Ronaldo on United radar
Louis van Gaal has admitted that it is
possible Manchester Unitedcouldtry
to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo.
The United manager refused to rule
out the prospect of the club making an
audacious bid next summer for the
Portugal forward, whom they sold to
Real Madrid for what was then a world
record 80million fee in June 2009.
United discussed the feasibility of re-
signing Ronaldo in the summer of last
year, but a bid never got off the ground
and the player subsequently signed a
new five-year contract that committed
him to Real until June 2018.
Ronaldo triggered a fresh debate
about his future this month when he
questioned Reals decision to sell ngel
Di Mara, the Argentina midfielder
who joined United in a British record
59.7 million deal, and Xabi Alonso, the
former Spain midfielder, to Bayern
Munich.
Florentino Prez, the Real president,
has insisted that Ronaldo is happy at
the club and that they will not
countenance selling the reigning world
player of the year, but Van Gaal raised
the prospect yesterday of United
testing the 29-year-olds commitment
to the European champions.
Asked whether United might try to
buy Ronaldo, Van Gaal said: Well, its
possible. Its always what Ive said with
[Radamel] Falcao players like
Ronaldo give a lot extra, but I dont
think Real Madrid will sell him.
But its always a discussion in the
papers and I dont think the media will
buy Ronaldo.
Despite spending in excess of
150million this summer and
preparing a January bid for Kevin
Strootman, the 30million-rated
Roma and Holland midfielder, it has
been suggested that United would
ensure the funds were in place for a
move for Ronaldo if they were given
enough encouragement.
It would still be a hugely
ambitious exercise and
United would need to
be back in the
Champions League
for there to be any
prospect of a deal
materialising, but
the club have a
strong working
relationship with
Ronaldos agent,
Jorge Mendes, who
also represents Di
Mara and Falcao,
right, the striker
United signed on a
season-long loan
from Monaco.
Uniteds
absence from the
Champions
League this
season has been
widely cited as a
benefit to Van
Gaal, who has
extra time to
work on tactics
and systems on
the training groundas he bids toensure
the club finish in the top four.
Yet Van Gaal whose team face
Leicester City at the King Power
Stadium tomorrow suggested
yesterday that no European football at
Old Trafford was more of a hindrance
than a help to him. I think its better to
compete with the best squads in the
world than to train a lot of times in the
week, he said.
Van Gaal said that Wayne Rooney is
the only United player who will enjoy
special privileges under him
becauseheis theclubs captain. Unless
Rooney is deployed in the
No10 role on occasion, the
Dutchmans admission
means he is likely to have
to choose between
Falcao and Robin van
Persie for the other
strikers position.
There are always
players you put in a
team my captain shall
always play and normally the
goalkeeper, he said. I dont think
any player is fixed [inthe team], only
the captain has more privileges, but
no other player has privileges. We
have five players for the two
strikers positions.
Another of thoseis AdnanJanuzaj,
the young Belgiumwinger who burst
on to the scene last season but who
has been on the periphery so far. He
[Januzaj] has to compete with very
good players, Van Gaal said. When
we play 4-3-3 he should have more
chances, but it depends onthe system.
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Northern Football Correspondent
because it might not come again. He
has scored three goals in his first four
games. Scoring in my first game was
really important for my confidence, he
says. The Premier League is more
intense, the defenders are better, but I
am feeling really good.
Tomorrow, the boy who went to the
ends of the earth to get to where he
wanted to be will take the field against
two of the heroes of Argentinas World
Cup and one of the finest South Amer-
icanplayers of a generation. InGeneral
Roca, his family will be watching.
The rest of Argentina will be sup-
porting United, Ulloa says. Except for
one town, where everyone supports
Leicester. They will see that the long
journey paid off. I achieved that
dream. It was hard, but it was worth it.
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Rodgers urges
Mignolet to
be aggressive
Brendan Rodgers wants Simon
Mignolet to become more aggressive in
his play, as the Liverpool goalkeepers
formcontinues to come under scrutiny
before the possible arrival of Vctor
Valds at Anfield.
Mignolets uncertain start to the
season continued in a 2-1 win over
Ludogorets in the Champions League
on Tuesday night, when he was among
those at fault for Dani Abalos late goal
that had looked likely to cost Liverpool
two points. Steven Gerrard, who had
earlier rebuked Mignolet for not
coming off his line quickly enough,
spared the Belgium goalkeepers
blushes by scoring a stoppage-time
penalty that ensured Liverpools
Champions League campaigngot off to
a positive start.
Liverpool have already lined up a
move for Valds and the former
Barcelona goalkeeper could sign as
early as next month if he can prove his
fitness after a cruciate knee ligament
injury. With that potential deal in the
pipeline, Mignolets dip in form is
particularly untimely, and Rodgers has
urged the 26-year-old to become more
decisive in order to bring out the best in
bothhimself andthe Liverpool defence.
Hes our No1 keeper and hes got
plenty of experience. He just continues
to work on that relationship with the
back four and deal with that, the man-
ager said. I thinkthe key thing, andthe
message to all the players in that situa-
tion [under pressure], is make sure you
are on the front foot. Be aggressive,
dont wait for it.
Song excited
by rematch
with Gerrard
Alexandre Song says he will never
forget the day he was introduced to
Steven Gerrard and given his shirt as a
12-year-old visiting Anfield, and he
aims to come out on top against him in
the midfieldbattle at UptonParktoday.
Song has joined West Ham United
from Barcelona on a season-long loan
and vividly recalls meeting Gerrard
thanks toRigobert Song, his cousinand
a former Liverpool midfielder, on his
first trip to England in 1999 an
experience that spurred the
Cameroonian to pursue a career in
England as Arsne Wenger signed him
for Arsenal from Bastia, in France.
Song has started just 29 La Liga
matches in the past two years since his
15 million transfer to the Catalan club
and was convinced of the temporary
move back to London after speaking to
Javier Mascherano, Barcelonas former
West Hammidfielder. Song feels he has
unfinished business in a league that he
believes gave him his chance.
I achieved a lot of things in this
league andfor me it was veryimportant
to come back, Song said. I think the
Premier League gave me a lot. When I
came here I was 17 years old. I have to
thank the Premier League and Arsne,
because he gave me the opportunity.
Song acknowledges that the Premier
League has improved since he left
Arsenal, but believes that the class of
Gerrard is one constant. He is the best
player Ive seenina Liverpool shirt. Ive
played against him a lot of times and I
always think, Todaywill beveryhard.
Tony Barrett
Alec Shilton
Steve Bruce, the man many observers
have touted as a possible successor to
Alan Pardew, lent his support to the
under-pressure Newcastle United
manager and insisted he was happy in
his role at the helm of Hull City.
Bruce wishedPardewall the best, but
hopes that the Newcastle managers
luckbegins toturnonly after Hull leave
St James Park with a victory, with the
two teams facing each other this
afternoon.
That Bruce is being mentioned in
connection with the job on Tyneside
represents a significant shift from how
he was perceived during his previous
spell managing in the northeast. In
2011, Bruce was sacked by Sunderland,
with vitriolic abuse from many home
supporters ringing in his ears. He can
claim to have sympathy with his
counterpart.
I knowhowdifficult a situationit is,
Bruce said. It was exactly the same for
me, and its awful. I know what hes
going through. As managers, we know
what goes withtheterritory. Everybody
on the outside thinks you get your
moneyanyway, andall the rest of it. But
its a dark place to be.
It affects everybody around you
your family and your mates. The whole
thing gets embroiled in it. I hope he
pulls through it after tomorrow
[Saturday].
Bruce spent much of the past week
avoiding the issue of who might
succeed Pardew if Mike Ashley, the
Newcastle owner, decided to end his
tenure. Hugely disrespectful, Bruce
called it.
Almost immediately after the final
whistle in Newcastles 4-0 defeat away
to Southampton seven days ago, which
sent the northeast club crashing to the
bottomof theBarclays Premier League,
the Hull manager was being asked
whether he fancied taking over.
Bruce, born 16 miles from St James
Park, supportedNewcastle as a boy and
turned down the job in 2006. He has
since admitted regretting that decision.
Perhaps understandably, this week,
onlookers have put two and two
together.
In his two years at Hull, Bruce has
won promotion and taken them to the
FACup Final. I amhappy here, Bruce
said.
Were in a good place at the
moment. Were still a work in progress
weve got to work on the squad, the
infrastructure, the academy and all
thosethings. Imvery, veryhappydoing
what Im doing. Thats the way it is.
Liam Rosenior, the Hull defender, is
one of just four players tohave survived
the clubs transition under Bruce since
the summer of 2012. Rosenior, 30, says
talk of his manager becoming someone
elses is inevitable.
Its no surprise to me that other
teams will be interested in his services,
Rosenior said. Why would I want to
lose one of, if not the, most important
part of something thats been so
successful? In football, anything can
James McMath
Jagielka still determined to do his bit for England
Phil Jagielka has admitted that he has
no immediate expectation of winning
his Englandstarting place back, but will
not walk away frominternational foot-
ball despite being the big casualty of his
countrys World Cup failure in Brazil.
Inafrankassessment of his ownform
over recent months for club and
country, the Everton defender ac-
knowledged that he could have been
better but, despitebeingunabletohide
his disappointment at beingdroppedby
Roy Hodgson, Jagielka continues to
believe that he can return to the stan-
dards that took him to Brazil as one of
Englands first-choice centre backs.
While accepting that, at the age of 32,
he does not fit in with Hodgsons vision
of building for the future, particularly
given the England managers present
preference for Gary Cahill, Phil
Jones and Chris Smalling, Jagielka
maintains that he still has a role to play,
especiallyafter contributingas asubsti-
tute in the recent 2-0 win over Switzer-
land.
It does not feel nice, Jagielka said.
That is the easiest way of saying it, but
the manager has a job to do. If you look
at building for the future, that canwork
against me, but if you start looking too
deeply at things it is not going to do me
any favours. If I get a bit of game time
like I did at the last meet-up, all I cando
is the best I can. Its out of my hands
who gets picked.
Of course [Ill still play for England],
yes. After the game against Switzerland
I was as happyas anyoneelse. I havenot
pushed my career as far as I can to get
to the highest level just to spit my dum-
my out and say, Im not going to come
just because youre not playing me. I
would like to play every game and play
a big part of it. As it is, at the moment I
am having to play a supporting role. I
still felt my contribution in Switzerland
was important.
Jagielkas last England start came in
the 2-1 defeat to Uruguay that ended
place back], no. It is up to the manager
and all I can do is play well for Everton.
Hopefully, if the manager keeps playing
me and I do well my case becomes
stronger.
The recent focus on Jagielkas club
form has not been particularly compli-
mentary, particularly during a run in
which Everton conceded ten goals in
their opening three games of the
season, including six against Chelsea,
but the centre back believes it is only a
matter of time before he returns to his
best.
Youcanlook at football intwo ways.
How you have done personally and
how the team has done. It is important
to look at both, he said. Unfortunate-
ly, you can throw it at me that the last
fewgames we played we have lost a lot,
andconcededalot, sothereis not much
of a defence against that. I set high
standards and the manager [Roberto
Martnez] sets me high standards, and I
knowI could have been better. But I al-
so knowI could have been a lot worse.
Tony Barrett
their World Cup involvement and
prompted criticismof his performance.
He was subsequently dropped for
Englands final group game against
Costa Rica and was a substitute in their
recent wins over Norway and Switzer-
land. Despite his demotion, Jagielka
has not been afforded any reasons for
being dropped by Hodgson, although
he does not have a problem with that.
What is there to speak about? he
said. It is the manager who picks the
team. Imnot going to demand reasons
for not playing. We are part of a team
and if the manager makes a decision,
you stick by it. I would not say I was
particularly confident [of winning my
happen. The manager is a fantastic guy
and a great manager but, whatever
happens, its beena pleasure playing for
him. Theres a respect and a bond
there.
There are subplots to follow at St
James Park today, not least the
presence of HatemBenArfa and David
Meyler in the Hull party. Ben Arfa, the
French playmaker who is popular with
Newcastle fans, was allowed to join
Hull on loan after a series of
disagreements with Pardew. The terms
of his loan mean that he cannot play,
but Bruce confirmed he would travel
with the squad.
Meyler, the Ireland midfielder, was
the victim of Pardews head-butt when
the teams met previously on March 1,
for which the manager was banned
from the touchline for seven matches.
It is possible that Meyler and Pardew
will be at close quarters again today,
with the Irishman likely to be named
among the Hull substitutes. Rosenior
said his team-mate will be prepared. I
think hes going to take his boxing
gloves up there just in case, he said.
Jagielka believes
he will return
to his best form
Bruce plays down succession talk
Unsavoury history: Pardew thrust his head into Meyler on the previous occasion Newcastle came up against Hull City
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Comment Sport
Newcastle woes go way beyond Pardew
T
he more you pore over the
statistics, the more spurious any
defence of Alan Pardews regime at
Newcastle United begins to sound.
The most damning thing is not
that they have taken two points from their
first four Barclays Premier League matches,
or even that they have lost 16 of their past
24. It is not even that they have won just 16
out of 62 league matches since Boxing Day
2012.
No, the most alarming thing about that
record stretching back nearly 21 months
(played 62, won 16, drawn 11, lost 35) is that
ten of those 16 wins came in the space of 16
matches between August 31 and December
26 last year. In other words, over the eight
months before that purple patch and
certainly over the nine months since,
Newcastle have looked like a team in free
fall a relegation waiting to happen.
That has tended to be the way of it with
the modern Newcastle. There is feast, there
is famine and there is precious little
between. When they have built up
momentum and it has happened a few
times under Pardew, most notably during a
highly creditable 2011-12 season a
feelgood factor has swept Tyneside. During
the more frequent slumps, a terrible
depression has taken hold.
It is exceedingly rare these days, and in
many ways refreshing, for a club to stand
firm in support of a manager when results
have deteriorated as wildly as Newcastles
have over a long period, and when the
mood of supporters has darkened. A protest
against the manager has been planned to
coincide with Hull Citys arrival at St James
Park this afternoon: anti-Pardew banners,
anti-Pardew cards, anti-Pardew chants, you
name it. The protesters idea is to make it so
unedifying as to force Mike Ashley, the
clubs owner, into action.
Ashley is hardly the type to bow to
popular demand if he were, he would
have sold up years ago but if in this case
he is moved to act, presumably on the basis
that he feels the anti-Pardew sentiment is
adversely affecting the team and thus
putting his investment at risk, then what
next?
After all, Ashley is the man who
appointed Pardew, a friend of a friend. He is
the man who appointed Dennis Wise, a
friend of a friend, as executive director
(football). He is the man who appointed Joe
Kinnear, a friend of a friend, twice, once as
director of football. He is the man who has
presided over what has, with the exception
of that 2011-12 season, been seven years of
drastic underperformance for a club of
Newcastles size and undoubted potential.
Change the manager. OK. What changes?
To judge from Ashleys previous record
Kevin Keegan, Kinnear, Alan Shearer, Chris
Hughton, Pardew it may be unwise to
expect a replacement of the highest class.
Let us say he pushed the boat out, though,
and got Tony Pulis or David Moyes, or a
younger man such as Nigel Pearson or Sean
Dyche, or even an up-and-coming coach
from France or Belgium. An uplift would
seem inevitable, as things can hardly get
any worse than they have been over the
past nine months, but is an Ashley-owned
Newcastle really ripe for the type of
regeneration that is so obviously needed?
There is a deep malaise at Newcastle. It
has been there since the previous regime
sacked Sir Bobby Robson in 2004
perhaps even longer. Graeme Souness,
Glenn Roeder, Sam Allardyce, Keegan,
Shearer, Hughton, all have come and gone
and found that any improvement has been
short-lived (or entirely elusive in some
cases). Pardew exceeded even the wildest
expectations over the first 18 months or so,
coaxing performances that Andy Carroll,
Cheik Tiot, Hatem Ben Arfa and Demba
Ba and others had not produced before or
since, but in the longer term Newcastle
seem to drain managers of whatever
qualities they bring to the job.
It should be one of the best jobs in
English football it really should but it
has not appeared so in recent years. There is
a myth that the real difficulty at Newcastle
is managing the expectations of the
supporters. It is not. They are, if anything,
an undemanding, starry-eyed lot by modern
standards. The real challenge is managing
the club, which in Pardews case means
managing downwards to the dressing room,
upwards to the boardroom and managing
every which way at a club where
dysfunction reigns.
That is the defence of Pardew. It is not a
he-will-turn-it-around defence or a
he-must-stay defence, because on the
evidence of the past nine months the rot
looks too deep for that, but it is an attempt
to suggest that his struggles are a symptom
of Newcastles problems, rather than the
cause. Most managers, you suspect, would
have have found it difficult to keep spirits up
at a club where he has become the front
man for a deeply unpopular regime whose
ambition seems to extend little beyond
keeping things ticking over in anticipation
of the next tranche of Premier League
broadcast revenue, a nice little earner in the
shadow of the Sports Direct empire.
The supporters loss of patience is more
than understandable, and the time seems
right for change, unless Pardew can turn
things around dramatically over the coming
weeks, but the concern persists that
changing the manager will only change
the mood for so long.
Lets face it, troubled Tour has a long history of lethargy
Oliver Kay Chief Football Correspondent
Y
aya Tour may feel there has been a
rush to criticise him after his poor
display in Manchester Citys
Champions League defeat by Bayern
Munich, but for all the goalscoring
exploits of last season, for all his agents
protestations that he would be a Ballon
dOr candidate were he not African, it is
hardly the first time his form has
warranted scrutiny.
Without question, Tour has begun the
new season under a cloud, struggling to
shrug off the emotions of a summer of
personal bereavement and professional
disenchantment, but some seem only now
to be waking up to the contradictions that
surround a player whose goalscoring
record often obscures a susceptibility to
listless, lethargic performances.
Dietmar Hamann, the former City
player, overstated it last season when he
called Tour a liability from a defensive
viewpoint, but some of us have long made
similar, if more restrained, observations
about the Ivorians lack of engagement
when the opponents have the ball. It is
almost as if, having previously been
designated as the water-carrier in
Barcelonas team of many talents, he now
finds defensive duties beneath him at City,
where he is a superstar.
Tour is 31. He looks ten years younger
when charging forward, moving through
the gears, but ten years older when
tracking back, when he seems to adopt
John Waynes gait. In the summer of 2013,
City signed Fernandinho, whose
outstanding, often unheralded work gave
Tour a platform on which to perform last
season and perform he did in an
attacking sense, scoring 24 goals in all
competitions but Manuel Pellegrini and
his staff agreed that a Tour-Fernandinho
partnership may still not be enough
against the strongest opponents, so this
summer they added Fernando from Porto
in the hope of pushing Tour farther
forward.
Fernandos absence could hardly have
come at a worse time than before matches
against Bayern, on Wednesday, and
Chelsea tomorrow. Without Fernandinho
alongside him, Tour struggled against a
formidable Chelsea midfield at the Etihad
Stadium in February. He will need to raise
his game considerably against Nemanja
Matic, Cesc Fbregas et al tomorrow.
Tour is capable of quietening the critics
in an instant, whether with a free kick or a
steamrollering run from midfield, but
goals should not dispel concerns about his
workrate or his willingness to muck in.
Unlike Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi,
he plays in a role even that advanced
role where a defensive contribution is
required.
The frustrating thing is that Tour is
capable of making a strong defensive
contribution when the mood takes him.
He is hardly devoid of tactical nous, as he
showed at Barcelona and when playing
against them for City in the Champions
League last season, but too often he leaves
the impression of being selective in his
efforts, a player who can bully the
opposition but can equally look detached
when the game is not being played on his
terms.
If it was entirely a new phenomenon, it
would be easy to ascribe it entirely to a
difficult summer but, even in happier
times at City, he has never been anything
like the relentless, all-action figure that
some seem to suggest.
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Former exile Hutton is happy to be back in the Villa fold
It has been very much a yes vote at
Aston Villa this week, as far as their
Scottish contingent are concerned.
While their compatriots deliberated
over the issue of independence, Paul
Lambert, the manager, and Alan
Hutton were busy applying the finish-
ing touches to their new contracts.
Somehow, fromtherubbleof ataxing
close season, which began with uncer-
tainty over Lamberts future, the Scot
has assembled his strongest Villa side
yet. Theysit secondinthe Barclays Pre-
mier League, with ten points from a
possible 12, and boast the divisions
meanest defence. Integral to it all has
been Hutton.
Signed by Alex McLeish three years
ago, he was a member of the infamous
Bomb Squad of hefty earners cast in-
to the shadows by Lambert, working
within tighter financial parameters.
Yet a sale failedtomaterialise andthe
29-year-oldis backinfavour after anin-
tervention from Randy Lerner, the
owner, who, with uncertainty sur-
rounding his future as custodian, in-
formed his manager at the end of last
season he must use all of the resources
available to him.
When the chance of a permanent
move to West Bromwich Albion mate-
rialised this summer, it was blocked
and, remarkably, theright backs start at
Stoke City on the opening day was his
first competitive outing in Lamberts
two-year reign. Previously out of con-
tract next summer, his new deal until
2017 marks an astonishing turnaround.
Would I have predicted this to be
happening six months ago? Of course
not, Hutton said with a smile. At the
back of my mind I thought my Villa
career was done.
The road to redemption at Villa Park
has been both elongated and eclectic,
taking him from the Midlands via a
loan at Nottingham Forest to Real
Mallorca. After the Balearic Island
came Bolton Wanderers.
Just to knowin my mind Imsettled
is a big thing, he said. It was tough in
the Championship but I needed games.
Spaingave me a focus onsomething to-
tally different. But the Premier League
is where you want to be.
As the goals rained in only the
bottomthree concededmore thanVilla
last term Hutton otherwise found
himself training away from the first
team. Never, though, he insists didit get
personal with Lambert. There has
honestly never been anything bad said
between us, he said. Nothing at all.
EvenwhenI wasnt playing we had reg-
ular conversations.
His saving grace? Scotland, whose
manager, Gordon Strachan, stood by
himas first choice. It definitelykept me
on the straight and narrow, he said.
Hutton, to his credit, kept his head
downandhis bodyconditioned. Others
would have publicly condemned their
exile, yet he remained professional.
Then, finally, came the conversation
with Lambert he had never expected.
The end of last season I was told Id
be involved in the pre-season, Hutton
said. That was great news. You get that
feeling back. You have to give every-
thing to take hold of the chance. I knew
I had to take it this time.
Hutton has certainly done that.
Alongside Philippe Senderos and Aly
Cissokho two more players with
pedigree yet still a point to prove he
has formed a new-look defence along-
side Ron Vlaar, the captain. Potential
has been exchanged for experienceand
Villa are no longer a soft touch. They
have conceded just onceand frustrated
Liverpool en route to a 1-0 victory last
weekend. Next up come Arsenal today.
We have worked hard on it but you
dont expect unbelievable results im-
mediately, saidHutton, whomaintains
he is in his best form since his Totten-
hamHotspur days. Impleasantly sur-
prised. Hopefully we can still be talking
about such records after ten games. We
have good defensive talkers. The whole
team gets on well. There is no group
here and group there. It shows.
Another vocal newfaceis RoyKeane,
the assistant manager, another arrival
aimed at addressing a previous short-
age of dressing-room talkers. To have
someone like him in your corner is
huge, Huttonsaid. Intraining he is al-
ways trying to raise the standard.
Brendan McLoughlin
Defiant Wenger
has no regrets
over 42m for
under-fire zil
Arsne Wenger, the Arsenal manager,
issued a staunch defence of Mesut zil
yesterday, insisting he would happily
pay 42million to sign the Germany
playmaker all over again and citing the
great Brazil sideof 1970as proof that the
system he has conjured to try to elicit
the best fromthe 25-year-old canwork.
Though the clubs record signing
came in for especially fierce criticism
for his performance in the 2-0
Champions League defeat at Borussia
Dortmund on Tuesday, he has strug-
gled for form for some months.
Wenger believes that, in part, is
because he is still recovering from the
mentally draining experience of
winning the World Cup this summer, a
process he admits could take some
time. It has not causedhimanyregret at
his decision to pay Real Madrid so
handsomely for his services, though. I
would pay it again, of course, said the
Frenchman.
He also dismissed claims that zil is
suffering from being stationed wide on
the left in the formation he has
designed in his attempts not only to
accommodate Jack Wilshere and
Aaron Ramsey but to grant his side the
defensive solidity they lacked at times
last season.
After all, as Wenger pointed out,
there is no reason zil cannot thrive in
a role that Zinedine Zidane played
when he first signed for Real Madrid.
Zidane went to Madrid for 82mil-
lion and he played on the left, the
Arsenal manager said, adjusting for
inflation. He is not quicker than me.
There was never a debate. He had to
play there, because they had Raul and
Ronaldo in the middle. He made room.
zil is a topplayer. It is just a fashion
that everyone has a word to say about
him, but watch a game and you will see
howmany balls he loses and howmany
balls other players lose. You cannot put
responsibility on one player to be a
magician. That does not exist any more
in the modern game.
More striking still was his mention of
the Brazil side of 1970, the team of five
10s, whenMario Zagallo found a way to
incorporate Pel, Tosto, Gerson,
Jairzinho and Rivellino together and
captivate and conquer the world.
It is adebateas oldas football. When
you look at Brazil 1970, all of those
players played at number 10 in their
clubs. They did not knowwhat to do, so
they put them all together and they
won the World Cup in a convincing
way.
Wilshere is basically a No10. He
playedhis wholelifeat No10. Ramseyis
a 10. Somebody has to go out [wide];
nobody is really a natural. Soeither you
keep good players out or you try to get
themtogether. Themainmanis theone
with the ball. The others have to
provide himwithsolutions toplay. Sub-
consciously, a team will go through its
strong point.
Wenger is far too canny to have been
trapped into nominating a Pel among
his gaggle of playmakers, of course
there is no Pel; I asked Zagallo once
who was the best Brazilian he had ever
seen, and he said Pel and Garrincha
but he sees no reason not to be so
ambitious as totrytoemulateoneof the
greatest sides of all time.
It is ambitious [to use Brazil 1970 as
an inspiration], he said. But without
ambitionyoucannot progress. We have
that desire to play well all together and
I think we can really achieve it. We can
have a fantastic team.
For the time being, they will have to
achieve that status without Mathieu
Debuchy, the 10million France right
back brought in from Newcastle this
summer. Wenger confirmed that the
29-year-oldwas due toundergoexplor-
atory surgery on an ankle injury last
night in a bid to discover whether he
will require a further operation. If he
does not, he will be out for six weeks,
the Frenchman said. If he does, it
could be three months.
Arsenal manager defends form of record signing
Rory Smith
Hutton has made a
successful return
to the Villa defence
Fall guy: zil has stuggled for form at Arsenal but Wenger, the manager, says some of the recent criticism has been unfair
6Arsenals FA Cup-winning season,
which ended their nine-year wait for
a trophy, also generated revenue of
302million, an increase of
20million. Improved TV deals and
a renewed sponsorship contract with
Emirates airline helped to drive up
income in the year to May, 2014.
Pre-tax profit fell to 4.7 million,
though, reflecting in part the cost of
transfer spending on players such as
Mesut zil for 42million. The
clubs cash balance of 173million at
the end of last season was used to
appease frustrated fans urging the
clubs to invest in new players. Alexis
Snchez and Danny Welbeck were
among the arrivals this summer.
Manchester United had revenue of
433million last season.
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Platini sparks
row with Fifa
by refusing to
return watch
Michel Platini said yesterday that he
will not return the 16,000 Parmigiani
watch he received as a gift from the
Brazilian FA during the World Cup.
The stance put the Frenchman on a
collisioncoursewithFifa, whichsaidon
Thursday that it would take action
against any of the 65 officials who did
not send back the luxury timepiece by
October 24.
Im a well-educated person. I dont
return gifts, the Uefa president said,
before criticising Fifa for publicly de-
manding the return of the limited edi-
tion watches this week after a Sunday
Times story exposed the scale and ex-
pense of the gift-bag culture in world
football.
If the ethics committee was not
pleased, they should have told us that
four months ago in Brazil, when we re-
ceived the watches, he said. They
were aware because everyone got one.
Fifa has ruled that gifts can only be ac-
cepted if they are of symbolic or trivial
value. Platini said that he would make
adonationappropriatetothecost of the
watch to a charity but has no intention
of handing it back. Fifa plans to give the
value of the returned watches to good
causes in Brazil.
The watches came as part of 65 gift
packages handed out by the Brazilian
FA. They were given to 28 Fifa execu-
tive committee members and officials
connectedwitheachof the 32 teams in-
volved in the tournament. The rest
went to members of the South Amer-
ican confederation.
The 59-year-old former Juventus
midfielder maintained that the culture
of gift bags was ingrained in football.
We all receive watches. Ive received
several, he said. But I was surprised to
see the value of the watch.
Greg Dyke agreed with the Uefa
president. You almost have to take a
spare bag when you go away because
you come back with so much, the FA
chairman said. Fifa should have
looked and said these are 16,000
watches, you cant give them out.
Dyke said the FA did not hand out
expensive presents and was critical of
the organisations that did. It is ridicu-
lous, he said. The whole culture of gift
giving needs to be looked at again. I
would get rid of it.
Why would Brazil give us all a
16,000 watch? It doesnt make any
sense to me, but I dont know about
watches so as far as I was concerned it
was worth a couple of hundred pounds.
The fact that gifts of great value are
being handed out randomly and often
with the recipient unaware shows up a
culture in need of change. Dyke said
that the watchwas still inits Parmigiani
packaging.
Platinis latest spat with the world
ruling body comes less than a month
after the Frenchman announced that
he would not challenge Sepp Blatter in
the Fifa presidential election with a
scathingattackof the 78-year-oldSwiss
incumbent. Blatter should not be
standing for re-election, Platini said.
Fifa has a terrible reputation, which is
even encouraged by Blatter. Football is
suffering.
Scott Rutherford
Platini says he will
donate some
money to charity
Hodgson reveals his 2020 vision
Roy Hodgson expects to be long gone
from the England managers job by the
time the European Championship
finals come to Wembley in 2020, but he
believes yesterdays announcement
from Geneva can serve as a great
incentive for the countrys best young
players.
WithUefa confirming yesterday that
Wembley Stadium will stage the semi-
finals and finals of the pan-European
tournament in 2020 and with group
matches to be played in Glasgow,
Dublin and ten other cities across the
continent Hodgsonraisedthe tanta-
lising prospect of an England team
competing for a trophy on home soil.
It is a major honour and a great
boost for us, the Englandmanager said
after yesterdays ballot in Geneva,
where the German FA, as expected,
withdrew Munichs bid at the final mo-
ment. If we look back historically, in
1966 it went very well for us when we
hosted a tournament [when England
the World Cup] and in 1996 I thought
we were very unlucky to lose the semi-
final on penalties when we could quite
easily have gone on to win it with Terry
Venabless team.
Young players of today have got to
be thinking this is a great opportunity
for us not only to be part of a wonderful
tournament but maybe to be there at
the end when the prizes are being dish-
ed out. If this doesnt spur them on,
theyre making a mistake.
Players such as Raheem Sterling,
Ross Barkley, Alex Oxlade-Chamber-
lainand Luke Shawwill be intheir mid-
twenties by the time the tournament
comes around, while Hodgson has ex-
pressed confidence in the next wave of
English youngsters, including the team
who won the European Under-17
Championship finals in May. Although
concern has been expressed about a
lack of opportunities for home-grown
youngsters in the Barclays Premier
League, Hodgsonbelieves Englandwill
at least have a teamreadytocompete in
2020.
Youll have to allowme to be wary of
making big, bold statements, Hodgson
said. Imafootball coachandfor meits
all about coaching the team and trying
todothe jobIve got todointhe present
moment in time. Euro 2016 is my im-
mediate and burning target, but as a
football lover and Englishman its very
nice to knowthat in2020well have the
semi-finals andfinal there. As someone
who believes in the current crop of
players, Imentitledtothinkthis cropof
players might well be there and do a
good job for us.
As had been widely expected,
Londonended up unopposed inyester-
days ballot of the Uefa executive com-
mittee, with Germany withdrawing
Munichs bid at the final moment. Mu-
nich will host group matches and a
quarter-final as will Baku, St Peters-
burg and Rome but they withdrew
from contention to stage the semi-fi-
nals and final to concentrate on what is
likely to be an unopposed bid to host
Euro 2024.
Michel Platini, the Uefa chief execu-
tive, spoke of a possible agreement
between the FA and its German coun-
terparts. Greg Dyke, the FA chairman,
again denied that a deal exists, but
there was an informal understanding
over an arrangement that would see
Wembleyleft as theundisputedhost for
the Euro 2020 final while England will
not challenge Germanys bid to host
Euro 2024.
Platini said: I dont know why Ger-
many withdrew. Maybe there is an
agreement about 2024, 2028 and down
the road, but one thing was clear: En-
gland was at the top of the evaluation
process. It was the best. Maybe Ger-
many just understand that England de-
served it.
Gianni Infantino, the Uefa general
secretary, explainedthat, while the pre-
cise format had still to be finalised, the
idea is that the 12 cities staging matches
in the group stage, which include Glas-
gow and Dublin, will host their own
national team if they qualify. While
there had initially been concerns that
the format might force teams and
supporters to fly between, for exam-
ple, Bilbao and Baku, Infantino sug-
gested that there will be regional zones,
for example Glasgow and Dublin host-
ing one group and Baku and St Peters-
burg hosting another.
I think the format is good, I really
do, Hodgson said. Lets be realistic.
Europe is not that big. The travelling
times in Brazil or America or even
Africa are just as great. I thinkits a very
good initiative and Imoptimistic it will
pan out very well.
Welsh outcry after Glasgow gets the nod
The Football Association of Wales
(FAW) lamented the politics of
European football last night after
Cardiff lost out to Glasgow by a single
vote to determine the Euro 2020 host
cities.
The Millennium Stadium had been
expected to join Wembley and the
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, as one of the
venues for the pan-European
tournament, but it was beaten by
HampdenPark inthe final roundof the
ballot. Munich, Baku, St Petersburg,
Rome, Copenhagen, Bucharest,
Amsterdam, Bilbao, Budapest and
Brussels were also chosen.
Cardiff scored well in Uefas
evaluation report, but, along with
Stockholm, it fell short in the final
round of yesterdays ballot, finishing
with 21 points to Glasgows 22.
We know we had a winning bid,
Jonathan Ford, the FAW chief
executive, said. We know our bid was
technically strong and, in financial
terms, stronger than others, but it
comes down to the vote.
What Ive learned is that its not
always about the technical bid, its
down to some politics.
Stewart Regan, the Scottish FA chief
executive, suggested Hampden Parks
bidhadbeenhelpedconsiderablybySir
Alex Fergusons support and by
Glasgows recent success in hosting the
Commonwealth Games.
We knew Michel Platini [the Uefa
president] was a football man, Regan
said. Thats what we played strongest
on and thats why we used Sir Alex
Ferguson. Football has won the day.
JohnDelaney, the FAof Irelandchief
executive, said: This means everything
to football in Ireland. Years ago no one
thought we could do something like
this. We would never have dreamt it.
Oliver Kay
englands next euro stars?
It is a dangerous game, playing
Nostradamus with young players
careers, but here is an educated
guess at four players who may
feature in an England team for the
Euro 2020 final at Wembley, should
they get that far
Chris Willock (16, Arsenal)
Drafted in to Arsne Wengers
senior side for a friendly this
summer, the versatile forward is
regarded as one of the brightest
prospects at the club and has
already impressed Theo Walcott, no
less.
Dele Alli (18, MK Dons)
Already a regular for Karl
Robinsons League One side, the
dynamic midfielder has caught the
eye of all of the Premier Leagues
big beasts.
Adam Phillips (16, Liverpool)
One of a number of promising
youngsters in Liverpools ranks
keep an eye out for Yan Dhanda too
the Lancastrian midfielder was a
part of Brendan Rodgerss squad for
this summers tour to the US.
Izzy Brown (17, Chelsea)
A midfielder or a forward,
Brown made his debut for West
Bromwich Albions senior side as a
16-year-old before being signed by
Chelsea, where he was a star of their
victorious FA Youth Cup campaign
last season.
Words by Rory Smith
Focus on youth: Sterlings performances under Hodgson have set a bright template for Englands prospects at Euro 2020
Oliver Kay
Chief Football Correspondent
Geneva
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St Petersburg
Three group games and
one last-16 match
Dublin, Glasgow, Copenhagen,
Bucharest, Amsterdam, Bilbao,
Budapest, Brussels
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Mourinho gambles on Costa fitness
New heavyweights
aim to prove red is
dead in power shift
Jos Mourinho admitted last night that
heis takingariskbystartingwithDiego
Costa in tomorrows Barclays Premier
LeaguematchawaytoManchester City
as the 32million signing battles with a
hamstring injury.
The Chelsea manager revealed on
Wednesday that Costas problem
prevents him from playing three
matches ina weekandhe is choosing to
prioritise the Spainstrikers performan-
ces in the Premier League, in which he
has scored seven goals in his first four
matches for the club.
As a result Costa will start at the
Etihad Stadium and when Aston Villa
visit Stamford Bridge next Saturday,
but miss the Capital One Cup tie at
home to Bolton Wanderers on
Wednesday, although Mourinho will
find managing the players workload
more difficult next month when Chel-
sea play Arsenal and Manchester
United after Champions League
matches. The Portuguese conceded
that selectingCostais agamblebecause
of the hamstring injury he suffered on
international duty this month.
The injury is believed to be unrelated
to the problem that caused Costa to be
substituted early in last seasons
Champions League final between
Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, and
hindered his subsequent performances
during the World Cup.
Its a risk, but one I have to take,
Mourinho said. Me, him and the doc-
tor made the decision between us.
What we can do to improve the situa-
tion, we have to do if hes not playing.
He needs work, not just fromthe medi-
cal department, but also on the pitch
and in the gym. But hes still training.
Chelsea could face Frank Lampard
for the first time since he left Stamford
Bridge tomorrow, although their
former vice-captain is likely to start on
the bench for City.
Mourinho insisted yesterday that
Lampard retains untouchable status
for Chelsea fans and said that he would
be welcomed back to work for the club
at any time, despite having signed a
short-term loan agreement with a
Premier League rival.
I dont think he has ruined
anything, Mourinho said. I still
believe that what this club proposed to
him, which is for him to be back when
hewants andtodowhat hewants, is not
in any danger. Its just a period of his
career.
His place in Chelseas history is
untouchable. I think, in the future,
nothing has been lost. He can be back
one day, and if he wants to as manager.
Matt Hughes
Deputy Football Correspondent
Mourinho says that playing Costa
tomorrow is a risk he has to take
I
n a 2001 BBC documentary, The
Men Who Changed Football, Greg
Dyke, David Dein and Irving
Scholar were given much of the
credit for the formation of the
Premier League. The interviews will be
harder to come by admittedly, but any
follow-up programme should focus on
Roman Abramovich and Sheikh
Mansour, who have altered the land-
scape still further. To borrow from the
political language of the day it often
feels as if they have created a Premier
League Max, shattering the old order
and establishing new centres of power.
Abramovich and Mansour have
changedthe rules for everyone quite
literally in the case of Uefas introduc-
tion of Financial Fair Play not least
their own clubs. After years as cup spe-
cialists at best, ChelseaandManchester
Citynowexpect towinleadingtrophies
every season, so it is a curiosity that a
real sense of rivalry between them has
yet to ignite. That could be about to
change, as witha combined investment
of more than 2billion these very dif-
ferent if similarly silent menhave given
their clubs the resources to dominate
for decades.
Ironically it is the retirement of Sir
Alex Ferguson that will be seen to have
completedthe move toa newera, as the
Manchester United managers bril-
liance was the biggest single factor in
limiting the number of trophies grab-
bed by the arrivistes during the past
decade. The transitional state of United
post-Ferguson may have removed the
last obstacle to the emergence of a new
duopoly.
Blue certainly seems to be the colour
that most observers expect todominate
this seasons Premier League title race,
although Jos Mourinho rejected this
notion yesterday. The Chelsea
manager was in diplomatic mood
before tomorrows meeting of the title
favourites at the Etihad Stadium, as he
often is before a big game.
The others are also involved,
Mourinho said, as he firmly rejected
the notionof a two-horse race. United,
Arsenal, Liverpool they are there.
Who knows Tottenham, who knows
Everton? Last seasonit was three teams
until we had that beautiful surprise at
home to Sunderland. It was three for a
long time, almost to the end.
In reality Chelsea and City possess
the best and the biggest squads as
well as the financial capacity to add to
them in January if necessary so it
would be a significant shock if they did
not reach the run-in trading blows in
the title race.
With hindsight it seems odd that it
has taken us so long to reach this point,
with a title fight between the nouveau
riche likely to dominate the Premier
League, particularly when one consid-
ers that Mansours first act in English
football was to take a swing at Chelsea.
Citys landmark signing of Robinho
on transfer deadline six years ago was
not only stunning in itself, but because
it deprived Chelsea of the big-name
player theyhadcourtedall summer, the
first time that had happened in the
Abramovich era. While the Robinho
deal was seen at the time as a precursor
of bigger battles to come, the skir-
mishes since have beendisappointingly
low key, with both clubs being pre-
occupiedby other rivalries, largely with
United.
The highrate of managerial turnover
at bothclubs has removedonesourceof
potential angst all rivalries need
strong central characters to survive
but there are other factors in play too.
There have long been rumours of an
informal pact to not target the same
players in the transfer market in a
commonsense attempt to avoid creat-
ing inflationary pressure and while
these have not been substantiated it is
striking how little they have been
drawn into direct competition. In con-
trast City have shown no compunction
about plundering Arsenal for players
on an almost annual basis, and also
fought with United to sign Robin van
Persie, a rare example of a transfer
battle they have lost. Whether coinci-
dental or not it is remarkable that the
richest clubs in the country have man-
aged to avoid conflict.
Certainly coincidental is that both
clubs have undoubtedly been at their
strongest at different times. Even with-
out the fuel of a mutually antagonistic
history, regular and intense matches
with big prizes at stake can lead to the
development of genuinely spiteful
rivalries just look at Chelsea and
Liverpool after their Champions
League clashes but there have been
no title fights or cup finals between the
blues recently.
When Chelsea last won the champi-
onship in 2010, City, under Roberto
Mancini, were losing out in a fight for
fourth place with Tottenham Hotspur,
while the Londoners finished sixth
when City claimed their first title two
abramovich v mansour
292m
Total net transfer spending by
Chelsea in first six seasons under
Roman Abramovichs ownership,
2003-09
474.45m
Total net transfer spending by City
in six years since Sheikh Mansour
bought club
30.8m
Biggest fee paid by Chelsea in that
period Andriy Shevchenko, 2006
47m
Biggest fee paid by City for
Carlos Tvez, 2009
6
Trophies won by Chelsea
4
Trophies won by City
When stars collide: Yaya Tour and
Matt Hughes says that
Manchester City and
Chelsea have resources
to dominate
the games
landscape
for decades
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City fans urged to show sympathy for Tour by Pellegrini
Manuel Pellegrini has urged Manches-
ter City supporters to show their back-
ing for Yaya Tour and claimed the
midfielder was still troubled by the
death of his younger brother three
months ago.
Tours form and commitment have
been questioned after a dismal start to
the season and a summer in which he
appeared to be trying to engineer a
move away from the Etihad Stadium.
Paul Scholes, the former Manchester
United midfielder, became the latest
high-profile figure to criticise Tours
performance in Citys 1-0 Champions
League defeat by Bayern Munich in
Germany on Wednesday, when he sug-
gested the Ivorians lack of defensive
work had become a major problem
for Pellegrini.
Tour was alsorebukedonsocial me-
dia by some City fans angered at the
sight of the player joking with Pep
Guardiola, theBayernheadcoach, after
the final whistle at the Allianz Arena.
Yet Pellegrini defendedTour yester-
day, the City manager saying the mid-
fielder was still coming to terms with
the death of Ibrahim, his brother who
died in June aged 28 after a battle with
cancer, and that it was important sup-
porters gave him their backing.
I think that Yaya is a player that
makes a difference in big games,
Pellegrini said before Citys Barclays
Premier League match at home to
Chelsea tomorrow. Maybe some of
you think its strange why he is not in
the best moment but we started the
season and maybe he had a lot of
personal problems with his brother.
Not what was said in the media but
in what he feels about it, there are a lot
of human things [at play], and maybe
that is why he is not performing to his
best at the moment.
I thinkas ateam, as acoach, as aclub
we must support him because he is a
very important player, he makes a
difference andImsure he will returnto
his best, but he is always being
criticised.
Yaya always has commitment
with the team and the squad and
withhis mates and he doesnt have
any problems about that.
The issue of Tours brother re-
mains sensitive given that City
vehemently rejected the players
claims that theyhadrefusedare-
quest for compassionate leave
before he left for the World Cup
finals in Brazil. Tour had
claimed that he asked to be excused
from Citys post-season tour of Abu
Dhabi in order to spend time at Ibra-
hims bedside before joining the Ivory
Coast squad.
The allegation came only
weeks after Tours agent, Dimit-
ri Seluk, claimed City had not
made enough fuss about his
clients 31st birthday and the
player had flirted publicly
with Barcelona and Paris
Saint-Germain.
Pellegrini dismissed ac-
cusations that Tour does
not offer enough defen-
sive support from midfield
andwouldbebetter utilised
further forward in big
games with two players,
such as Fernandinho and
Fernando, operating behind
him.
The Chilean added that he
hadnoplans tochange Tours position
and insisted that the players 24 goals
last season proved he was at his best in
central midfield.
Why do you want to change Yaya to
another position? Pellegrini said. He
was the best player in that position last
year and you want to change his posi-
tion? Maybe there will be a possibility
to play in some way with Yaya, Fernan-
do and Fernandinho, because Yaya can
play in both positions, but Im not
waiting for Fernando to change Yayas
position.
Pellegrini said Frank Lampard, the
former Chelseamidfielder, wouldbein-
cluded in Citys squad for tomorrow
and that it will not be a difficult situa-
tion for the player to face his old club.
I think Frank didnt continue at Chel-
sea because Chelsea didnt want him,
not because he wanted to come here to
Manchester City, he said.
James Ducker
Northern Football Correspondent
we
ri
The
clashes of the giants
1977-1978 to 1979-1980
Liverpool v Nottingham Forest
Won 3 of 3 league titles (Liverpool 2,
Forest 1), 2 of 6 domestic cups
(Forest 2), 3 European Cups
(Liverpool 1, Forest 2)
Head to head Forest 4 wins,
Liverpool 3 wins, 6 draws
Classic meeting Sept 13, 1978,
European Cup first round, first leg:
Forest 2, Liverpool 0. The first
all-English fixture in the European
Cup brings victory for the English
champions over the European
champions. Garry Birtles and Colin
Barrett score for Forest, who
progress 2-0 on aggregate.
1984-1985 to 1986-1987
Liverpool v Everton
Won 3 of 3 league titles (Everton 2,
Liverpool 1), 1 of 6 domestic cups
(Liverpool), 1 Cup-Winners Cup
(Everton)
Head to head Everton 4 wins,
Liverpool 4 wins, 2 draws
Classic meeting Sept 21, 1985,
league: Everton 2, Liverpool 3.
Seeking to regain the league crown
they lost to Everton, Kenny
Dalglishs team leapfrog their city
rivals. Dalglish, the player manager,
Ian Rush and Steve McMahon put
them 3-0 up with Graeme Sharp and
Gary Lineker replying for Everton.
1997-1998 to 2002-2003
Manchester United v Arsenal
Won 6 of 6 league titles (United 4,
Arsenal 2), 4 of 12 domestic cups
(Arsenal 3, United 1), 1 Champions
League (United)
Head to head Arsenal 10 wins,
United 4 wins, 4 draws
Classic meeting Apr 14, 1999, FA
Cup semi-final replay: United 2,
Arsenal 1. David Beckham gives
United the lead in the last FA Cup
semi-final replay before Dennis
Bergkamp levels. But Peter
Schmeichel saves a Bergkamp
penalty in stoppage time and Ryan
Giggs dribbles from his own half to
score the extra-time winner.
2005-2006 to 2010-2011
Manchester United v Chelsea
Won 6 of 6 league titles (Chelsea 3,
United 3), 6 of 12 domestic cups
(Chelsea 4, United 2), 1 Champions
League (United)
Head to head United 9 wins,
Chelsea 7 wins, 3 draws
Classic meeting Apr 3, 2010, league:
United 1, Chelsea 2. Carlo Ancelottis
team move two points above United
at the top of the table with Joe Cole
giving Chelsea a lead that is
doubled by Didier Drogba. Federico
Macheda makes it 2-1.
Words by Bill Edgar
years ago and were unable to derail
Manuel Pellegrinis more united team
last season. There were three meetings
between the clubs last season, with
Chelsea winning both in the Premier
League before being knockedout inthe
FA Cup, but none of them determined
the destination of a trophy.
At times it felt as if Mourinho was
determined to avoid getting involved in
last seasons title race, even if his appar-
ent indifference was a transparent
psychological ploy to increase the
pressure on City, although there were
occasions when he could not resist
stirring the pot.
Mourinho could often be heard
questioning Citys commitment to FFP,
while he mocked Pellegrinis poor
maths after the Chilean had the
temerity to point out the extent of
Chelseas own transfer spending. It was
hardly the Battle of the Buffet between
United and Arsenal, but there is clearly
tension in their relationship.
The managers were on their best
behaviour yesterday, but it does not
take much for Mourinho to attack, par-
ticularly if he believes he can win the
fight. I thinkthey are the same teamas
last season, no? he said. But we have
improved. At this moment we feel we
can win it.
The phoney war between the clubs
that changed football once again could
soon be over.
Willian contest possession at the Etihad Stadium in February. The sides meeting on the same ground tomorrow is likely to be pivotal to the outcome of the title race
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