"Gay" Matthew/Alex, then Editing In by Omission is effected, the reality tv viewers never the wiser, just manipulated.

dagwood: Here is a thought about Rogers remarks: Did anyone else think of Rudy when he said them? Wasn't Rudy outspoken about his feelings about homosexuals, especially since he was in the same tribe as Richard? I wonder if that was left in to make the Roger/Rudy connection...

Excellent, Dag. [Which Amazon Survivor is the "Gay" or, hopefully, the "Richard the Snake"?] Rudy is a warrior, so he has likely learned to look the other way from his morals when expedient, learned to respect whatever character has the force/ power/ skill/ intelligence to get the job done. He also might be aware of excellent historical examples of tough and saavy as hellRay of sunshine on a black day

He did manage a bit of a bop at the end, but otherwise it was difficult to imagine two more different days, really. Twelve months ago, Gordon Brown bounced (one imagines) out of bed in the happy knowledge that 65% of us thought he was a good bloke and would make a very fine prime minister. He went to see the Queen, and duly became PM. Then - remember? - he made that nervous, but oddly moving, little speech outside No 10, quoting his old school motto.

Yesterday, his first anniversary as the nation's leader, he awoke knowing that Labour had been beaten into fifth place in the Henley byelection by the BNP, and learned that about two-thirds of us think he's a