The great thing about the film The Candidate is the realistic propsition that by winning you're almost always forced into a situation where you slowly start losing. Whether you have to abandon your principles, as in the Robert Redford film, or abandon the causes you were to fight for, as with Tommy Carcetti in The Wire , political success doesn't always correspond to a personal triumph. In a polarized...
I am really glad I have Boris Johnson as my Mayor. He not only is able to get the job done and entertain, he is a man who follows through with his pledges. He has managed to save the city £5 BILLION off non operational costs of the underground without losing any driver their job - AND he is going to freeze council tax bills. The Tories were surprised that Boris did this so easily - and yet for...
Posted by Will Parkhouse Tuning into EastEnders last night, you might have noticed a rather strange scene in which giggly matriarch Peggy Mitchell, standing behind the bar in the Queen Vic, suddenly went all gooey over a round-faced customer with an identical haircut to hers. “Oh, please call me Boris,” said the Mayor of London, for it was he. Apparently Mr Johnson’s bike had got...
Crossrail has been awarded a 1 billion Euro loan by the European Investment Bank, representing another important step for the project. Although construction work in Canary Wharf started four months ago and there is another large hole at Tottenham Court Road, the project's future is still the source of speculation, with large capital investment projects considered relatively easy to cull in the event...
Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, there is so much going on in NASCAR right now as the Labor Day approaches, but today I want to discuss the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Marcos Ambrose and what happened to him at both Watkins Glen and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. Watkins Glen -- Three weeks ago I asked a question about the final laps of the Watkins Glen Nationwide Series race, Was Ambrose’s...
Marcos Ambrose has won the Nationwide Series pole at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the rain. Ambrose turned a fast lap of 80.905 mph to hold off Carl Edwards, whose best lap was 80.116 mph. Defending race winner Ron Fellows of Canada was third in 79.717 mph, followed by fellow road race ace Boris Said. Brad Coleman was fifth, followed by former Formula One star Jacques Villeneuve, who made a gallant...
Dark and wet. These gus must think they're on another planet racing in these conditions. Marcos Ambrose is fastest so far. Carl Edwards is next. Then Ron Fellows and Boris Said. Villeneuve is sixth... JR Fitpatrick is 18th, DJ Kennington is 24th, Tagliani is 23rd, Daryl Harr is 40th.... Almost done. Ranger and Carpentier are in the final group, on track now. Inside Track Motorsport News // www.insidetracknews.com...
NASCAR has suspended a crew member for Nationwide Series driver Boris Said for violating the organization's substance abuse policy. NASCAR says in a release Wednesday that Mark Norman also was banned indefinitely for actions detrimental to stock car racing. Norman becomes the seventh crew member suspended this season under NASCAR's toughened drug policy. Jeremy Mayfield is the only driver to be suspended...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- NASCAR has suspended a crew member for Nationwide Series driver Boris Said for violating the organization's substance abuse policy.
FLASH: Have Bus Will Travel Only 12 seats still available for Montreal! Last minute bonus just added. This racing tour is now all inclusive and features: Hospitality in the Hairpin Chalet Village. Reserved seats in Grandstand 34 facing Hairpin Turn Jumbotron Screen 2 Drink Tickets each day Breakfast & Lunch each day. Closed-Circuit Television Monitors Event Program Chalet so you can rest and relax...
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Three-time defending Sprint Cup series champion Jimmie Johnson won his first pole of the year Friday for Sunday's race at Watkins Glen International. Johnson covered the 2.45-mile, 11-turn road course in 71.340 seconds (123.633 mph). It was his first pole victory since last November and his first ever in 16 tries on a road course. We did all the right things today,...
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