They can help you see which side is going to win a corner battle.
Up he went with the two girls on his back and came down lightly the other side.
The losing side goes to the end of the line.
"I think the other side is going to be really bad," he said.
Really hard to see how his side are going to get back into this.
Yeah but, well that side of the road's probably still going.
The reason is that the political side has gone better than anyone might have expected.
But at the very least it seems clear that the two sides will go on talking.
"The human side of business has been going on here for almost 160 years," he said.
"Some people can claim one side of their family goes way back, but with me it's both."