http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/ Top stories for Mancunian candidate http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1059601_liverpool_08_stop_the_capital_punishment AT THE time that Glasgow could call itself the European Capital of Culture, the gritty Caledonian city could not help but taunt its more genteel neighbour with its new lofty title. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1059601_liverpool_08_stop_the_capital_punishment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1056619_breasts_not_always_best WE AT the Mancunian Candidate are this week proud to unveil a new sponsor. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1056619_breasts_not_always_best Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1054771_from_the_mouths_of_babes_weve_bottled_it I WOULD like to extend my humble apologies to those Reporter readers who have been deprived of their regular dose of the Mancunian Candidate over recent weeks. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1054771_from_the_mouths_of_babes_weve_bottled_it Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1051738_so_shortsighted_to_rain_on_uniteds_parade IT IS not often that this column goes in for the angry man routine, but this week, I’m absolutely livid. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1051738_so_shortsighted_to_rain_on_uniteds_parade Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1049781_in_the_name_of_the_gods CHRISTMAS is supposed to be the season of good will. But the sporting gods will surely never again be as generous as they have been in 2007/8. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1049781_in_the_name_of_the_gods Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1049780_togetherness_is_so_kitch I MAY come from the Red side of the tracks but, recent jibes aside, this column tries not to antagonise the Blues among us too much. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1049780_togetherness_is_so_kitch Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1047818_cheered_by_domestic_bliss_of_the_stars_of_the_suburbs ‘I HOPE I die before I get old’, was Pete Townshend’s lyrical V-sign to the ageing process. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1047818_cheered_by_domestic_bliss_of_the_stars_of_the_suburbs Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1043705_a_tale_of_two_libraries EVERYONE should try being a tourist in their home town every once in a while. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1043705_a_tale_of_two_libraries Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1039659_social_networking_is_a_playground_for_idiots READERS, it may make you proud to hear that I took the brave step into a bold new world this week. I finally entered the internet social networking age. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1039659_social_networking_is_a_playground_for_idiots Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1037597_sizzling_highlight_of_the_weekend I LOST many weekends to an alcoholic blur of pubs, clubs and house parties when I was young. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1037597_sizzling_highlight_of_the_weekend Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1035537_unite_city_over_munich INTERNET football chatrooms are not often the realm of the articulate, the well-informed or the sober-minded. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1035537_unite_city_over_munich Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1033480_brighteyed_and_bushycheeked WHEN I was growing up, the people that wore beards were usually wrestlers, bird-watchers or serial killers. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1033480_brighteyed_and_bushycheeked Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1031397_help_us_to_bring_the_noise_alex FERGIE, give us a song. Fergie, Fergie, give us a song. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1031397_help_us_to_bring_the_noise_alex Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1029221_merry_christmas_to_one_and_all AND SO – as Liverpool’s favourite son never tires of telling us – this is Christmas. No matter how much you see the festive season as a mawkish and unnecessary interruption to this thing called life, it will get you in the end. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1029221_merry_christmas_to_one_and_all Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1029220_pregnant_pause_for_a_dadtobe A STRANGE emotion accompanies watching a pink dot slowly appear on a pregnancy test for the first time. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/columnist/mancunian_candidate/s/1029220_pregnant_pause_for_a_dadtobe Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0000