That is so horrible, I can't even... I think this is why it irritated me to see people self-congratulating over finding a young girl with Down's cute. Great, good for you, now what about the acceptance for the adults.

I think great actors like the women in Glee and American Horror story can help. There is little understanding of the spectrum of the condition in the general population I think. There used to be a great Australian soap opera about a group of teenagers with a variety of challenging conditions, from physical…

OK, I definately missed some of this, strikes in London transport are obviously not on my radar, but the other strikes are due to pensions and the government cuts aren't they, not due to the Olympics.

I laughed, out loud.

Come to Scotland, it's all shiny up here.

I'm in the UK and I don't recognise this at all.

Children with Downs syndrome are generally always accepted by society. They are almost universally regarded as 'cute.' They often have pleasant affectionate personalities, and altered development of stranger anxiety, so will often be affectionate to strangers. They have babyish features, which trigger an 'ahhh'…

Exactly, children learn these words from their nearest and dearest. I have two children and have always tried to keep from swearing in front of them. The fact that he has even heard the word faggot is shocking.

'Are ya feelin' fine, ma quine?'

You probably moved in the wrong circles. I am a GP just outside Glasgow and 60% of my patients sound like this. Up to and including the swearing and shouting about infidelity, often in my waiting room.

Not usually, maybe it's just exposure though.

No, these are the fine folks of Glasgow and it's environs. Gaelic speakers come from the Western Isles in general and have very beautiful, soft sing-songy accents. Glasgow is much, much harsher especially with all the swearing and when you are shouting at your 'ned' boyfriend.

I do this with my 5 year old daughter too. Long may she continue to spontaneous try to do hand-stands everywhere we go! I love that she does, so leggings and cycling shorts under skirts it is.

ER was very good, we watched it religiously as medical students and could rarely fault it.

I though Dan Brown was worse.

Seriously, the passages I have read via

I just finished reading the whole of her recaps on saturday.

Yeah, it was something mental like that, she was on 'Have I got news for you,' a wonderful current affairs panel game in the UK and my heart sank when I saw her. She has been on Strictly Come Dancing, and is known as a glamour puss and I thought she was all fluff. But she won me round I must confess.

Oh yes, put that way, Guiness, I choose you...

That's true, for that amount of money surely a home gym would be a reasonable outlay.