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After what happened on Judgement Day when we were trying to organize live streaming for Judgement Day both over MSN and on here, we have a live IRC chatroom set up for tonights PPV, both for discussion of the event and for the postings of live streams, so if you fancy a laugh head on over to: irc.webchat.org #TheSmartMarks Literally everyone is welcome, seriously, the more the merrier.

Discuss this and more in the official TheSmartMarks.com chatroom! Here for all your forum and chat related needs For MIRC Users irc.webchat.org #thesmartmarks (ps admins mods etc, Im only joking dont get all serious and that)

Nice to see some people coming in for the night

And an article on Blairs legacy, both this and the above article are from www.bbc.co.uk/news MAY 1997: LABOUR LANDSLIDE Tony Blair enters Downing Street on a wave of goodwill after a landslide election victory, his Commons majority of 179 ending 18 years of Conservative rule. Even as he walks into Downing Street for the first time as prime minister - to be greeted by Labour supporters waving union jacks - the scale of the victory has yet to sink in. A few hours ago he had been contemplating a coalition with Paddy Ashdown's Liberal Democrats, believing he would never gain a working majority. On This Day: Labour routs Tories in historic election Back to top NOVEMBER 1997: ECCLESTONE AFFAIR Mr Blair's popularity soars to unprecedented heights for a British prime minister in the immediate aftermath of his election victory. The Ecclestone affair is the first significant bump in the road - and a foretaste of the spin and party funding crises that would later engulf his premiership. He is accused of granting favours to Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone - exempting the sport from a tobacco ad ban - in exchange for a £1m Labour donation. After handing the cash back he insists in a BBC interview: "I am a pretty straight sort of a guy." Blair apologises for mishandling F1 row Transcript: Blair's Ecclestone meeting Back to top SEPTEMBER 2000: FUEL CRISIS The first national emergency of Mr Blair's premiership and the most serious dip in his popularity to this point. And it comes out of a clear blue sky. Panic buying of petrol and food threatens to bring the country to a halt after tanker drivers blockade oil refineries in protest at soaring diesel prices. Mr Blair returns from Hull - where he has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of John Prescott's entry into politics - to go into talks with oil companies, ministers and the police in a bid to find a solution. William Hague's Conservatives briefly overtake Labour in the polls. In depth: Fuel protests Back to top FEBRUARY 2001: FOOT-AND-MOUTH A dark pall hangs over the final months of Mr Blair's first term in office, as the smoke from burning cattle and sheep carcasses drifts across a land blighted by foot-and-mouth disease. The crisis has taken Blair by surprise and ministers come in for heavy criticism for failing to bring it under control earlier. The general election - planned for May - has to be delayed amid continuing travel restrictions in rural areas. In Depth: Foot-and-mouth Back to top JUNE 2001: SECOND LANDSLIDE Despite a foot-and-mouth-delayed election, Mr Blair achieves a second landslide, with a virtually unchanged majority - although his personal popularity is not what it was in 1997. It has been a dull campaign - enlivened only by Mr Blair's deputy John Prescott punching a voter who threw an egg at him. But unlike 1997, there are few celebrations at Labour HQ, as Mr Blair - chastened by media stories about spin and public service failures - vows to "do the things we promised to do". In Depth: 2001 election Back to top SEPTEMBER 2001: 9/11 TERROR ATTACKS Mr Blair is preparing to deliver a speech to the TUC conference in Brighton when the first plane flies into the World Trade Center. Nothing will be the same for him again. His personal poll ratings soar in the immediate aftermath of the attacks on New York and Washington, as he rushes to US President George W Bush side, offering UK support for reprisal attacks on Afghanistan. It is the first act in a global "war on terror" that will dominate the rest of his time in office. We share grief, Blair tells US In Depth: America's day of terror Back to top MARCH 2003: IRAQ INVASION Another key turning point in the Blair premiership. Mr Blair fails to secure a second UN resolution authorising an invasion of Iraq, but wins Commons backing for military action - despite a rebellion by 139 Labour MPs. Two days later Operation Iraqi Freedom begins with air strikes on Baghdad. Mr Blair insists British ground troops must be fully committed, rather than in the supporting role offered by the US on the eve of war. Blair wins war backing amid revolt Back to top SEPTEMBER 2003: HUTTON INQUIRY The inner workings of Mr Blair's government are laid bare in merciless detail during autumn 2003's Hutton inquiry. The inquiry was sparked by the apparent suicide of government weapons scientist Dr David Kelly, who had been identified as the source of a BBC story claiming the government had "sexed up" a dossier on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction. But when Lord Hutton publishes his report it is the BBC, and not Mr Blair, which takes the lion's share of the blame - ending speculation Mr Blair would be forced to resign. Blair gives Hutton evidence In Depth: The Hutton inquiry Back to top MAY 2005: THIRD TERM WON An historic third successive election victory for Mr Blair. But his majority is reduced to from 167 in 2001 to 66. He promises to learn lessons from this - and the fact that he has the lowest share of the popular vote of any prime minister in history. He promises to "focus relentlessly" on the key issues affecting the public. In Depth: 2005 election Back to top JULY 2005: LONDON BOMBINGS The most dramatic 24 hours of Blair's premiership. Jubilation over London winning the right to host the 2012 Olympics turns to horror as the city suffers multiple suicide attacks on its transport system. Three explosions occur on the Underground and one on a bus, killing 52 people. In a statement, Mr Blair says: "It is a very sad day for the British people but we will hold true to the British way of life." His popularity climbs as the nation looks to him for leadership. Blair hails UK's Olympic victory Blair says 'terror will not win' In Depth: London attacks Back to top NOVEMBER 2005: FIRST COMMONS DEFEAT New anti-terror laws came thick and fast in the wake of the 7 July attacks - but proposals to extend the length of time suspects can be held without charge to 90 days prove too much for many Labour MPs. He suffers his first Commons defeat as prime minister over the plans, with 49 Labour rebels voting against the government. Mr Blair says he hopes they "do not rue the day" they rejected his plans. Tory leader Michael Howard calls for his resignation. Blair defeated over terror laws Back to top DECEMBER 2006: CASH FOR HONOURS Mr Blair becomes the first serving prime minister to be interviewed by police as part of a criminal inquiry. Scotland Yard has been probing allegations that peerages were "sold" to wealthy individuals in exchange for party loans since March 2006. The prime minister is interviewed for a second time in January but the inquiry appears to be focusing on four members of his inner circle. No-one has been charged and all deny any wrongdoing. But ministers ruefully acknowledge the damage the affair is doing to the government. Blair questioned in honours probe Q&A: Cash for honours Honours row: Who's who Back to top SEPTEMBER 2006: ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE He did not want it to end this way. Mr Blair made that perfectly plain as he finally bowed to weeks of pressure - culminating in a string of ministerial resignations - to name a departure date. He would be gone within a year, he told reporters on a visit to a London primary school - but in a final act of defiance to those calling for his head he refuses to name a precise date. "I would have preferred to do this in my own way," he admits.

The man taking over has had a weird relationship with Blair, they both went for the leaders job back in 1994, Brown stepped down on the understanding that Blair would step aside after 1 term, which of course never happened. He has been Chancellor for the last ten years now(in charge of tax/spend of the government) and has done an ok job but taxes are too high, Brown is accused of plotting against Blair for many years now. Q&A: Blair-Brown handover Tony Blair is standing down as prime minister after 10 years in the job. Gordon Brown is to replace him. Here is a guide to the changes: When is Mr Blair going? Tony Blair is to step down as prime minister on 27 June. Labour's ruling National Executive Committee has gone through the process of finding a successor as Labour leader and Gordon Brown was the only contender with enough Labour MPs backing him to be considered. Mr Blair has continued as Labour leader and prime minister for the seven weeks a contest would have taken. Mr Brown took over as Labour leader on Sunday 24 June, three days before becoming PM. Mr Blair has won three elections in a row. Why is he standing down? When he stood for the Labour leadership in 1994, Mr Blair's close friend and rival Gordon Brown agreed to stand aside to give him a clear run, in return for a promise that power would be handed over at a future date. Then, in 2004, while under fire over Iraq and facing questions about his health after suffering heart problems, Mr Blair became the first serving prime minister to pre-announce his retirement. He said he intended to fight the next (2005) General Election, serve a full third term in office but then stand down rather than fight a fourth election. After winning the election he came under pressure from Labour MPs which ended only after Mr Blair promised last September to go within a year. What will Mr Blair do before going? Since announcing his departure timetable Mr Blair has been to the G8 summit, where he pushed for deals on climate change and Africa, and the EU summit where the challenge was to get agreement on a treaty to replace the troubled consitution - but a treaty that did not go so far as to mean a referendum was needed. On Saturday he visited the Pope, he is expected to make a statement to MPs on Monday on the EU summit, and to take a final prime minister's questions on Wednesday before finally stepping down as PM. Who is going to succeed Tony Blair? Chancellor Gordon Brown, the co-creator of New Labour. Despite sometimes stormy relations with Mr Blair and his supporters, Mr Brown did not face a challenge from within the Cabinet and his only potential challenger, John McDonnell failed to get the 45 Labour MPs need to back him and force a contest. Will Brown change things as PM? That remains to be seen. Mr Brown has had huge control over domestic policy over the past ten years and is credited with essentially co-creating New Labour. Opponents seek to portray him as to the left of Tony Blair, but his candidacy has been backed, in the end, by nearly all prominent Blairites. What will Brown do as PM So that's that? Not quite. Deputy prime minister John Prescott has also decided to step down from his job and there was a very keenly fought contest to succeed him. Who is succeeding him as deputy Labour leader? Six candidates were in the race. In a tightly fought contest justice minister Harriet Harman pipped Education Secretary Alan Johnson at the post, by 50.4% to 49.6% in the fifth round of voting. The other contenders were: International Development Secretary Hilary Benn; Labour chairman Hazel Blears; backbencher Jon Cruddas and Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain. Contender-by-contender How did the vote work? As with any leadership contest, the Labour electorate is divided into three sections - Labour MPs and Euro MPs; Labour Party members and members of affiliated trade unions. Each part accounts for 33% of the result. People vote using a preference system, ranking the candidates. To win, a candidate must have 50% of the vote. If that is not reached the last placed candidate drops out and their second preference reallocated, and so on, until that figure is reached. In the event it took all five rounds before anyone got 50% of the votes.

Can I have that thread stickied in General Chat, I'm trying to build a new TSM chatroom with live Streaming of UFC/WWE/TNA/Boxing PPV's and it worked really well last night for WWE Vengeance, I think it would be a good addition to the site

Just one other thing, we will be showing all WWE/TNA/UFC PPV's live in the room, also anything else I can find, Boxing PPV's, Sport ETC

Just one final note about the room, Im keeping it open permanetly, for Raw/Smackdown and ECW/UFC PPV's/TNA PPV's impact and so on, basically anything wrestling thats live that I can find.

We will have a stream up for every PPV from now on. Just a question of finding the one with the best quality each night, as its a bit of trial and error

Thanks to everyone who made the chatroom a big success last night, it took time but we finally got a good stream up and running

Thanks to everyone who made it a success for coming in, I unfortanatly fell asleep during the main event due to it being nearly 4am , heres to the next PPV

An update we have a good stream up and running now, its in the topic title when you join the chatroom

To watch online irc.webchat.org #thesmartmarks You need MIRC or http://java.webchat.org/

Starting to fill up now, which is cool

You need Mirc or you can use http://java.webchat.org/ just click on any of the channel names, then when the java opens, put #thesmartmarks as the channel name

We have our first guest, welcome Mr.Downhome

Vote Saxon this coming week and give him your support for the crucial vote this saturday night! http://www.votesaxon.co.uk/index.shtml

LOL I brought Dalek out of retirement, great!

I will put you out of your misery Matt http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee41oEmstcY&NR=1 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iS42Ou1Y9Tg&...ser&search= http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ROL-B550UnI http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bhPfflqfox0&...ted&search=

LOL wrong again

Vote Harold Saxon on saturday and make a difference to the country forever! www.votesaxon.co.uk

LOL wrong

See, this is exactly my point. Three people at work have asked me about the angle today alone, its an absolutly perfect angle, even tho it is the very definition of hot-shotting

You guys are insane, this is one of the greatest angles of all time. NO ONE saw this coming, it was a perfect suprise, wwe.com have played this perfectly. Theyve had great timing with the Sopranos finish and HUUUUUGE amounts of mainstream coverage. It doesnt matter who did it, because by then the media will have moved on. I would bet $10 next mondays raw is at least a 4.5 rating.

Yeah but it isnt a 3g phone which makes it useless for the UK market.