aintforever

We’re you out there protecting statues, getting a shoeing outside Waterloo then?

Maybe. I’ve already said I’m not a fan of positive discrimination, mainly for the reasons you state.

How’s the statue protecting going on?

Bless.

No, I was only just out of Uni, wouldn’t have been a very clever career move.

I’ve worked somewhere where the boss is a racist twat and, I quote: “wouldn’t hire Asians because they have a chip on their shoulder”. I’ve read numerous accounts of people who wouldn’t get an interview, then changed their name to something more ‘English’ then do. Even Boris Johnson said discrimination was a problem that needed sorting out so I guess there is some evidence. i have no idea what the situation within football is like, maybe you should ask Paul Elliot?

I don’t disagree but if people are being discriminated against and the law isn’t helping them I’m not sure how else you can get change.

I’m not a fan of positive discrimination but if discrimination on grounds of race or sex is already happening then maybe it’s a necessary evil?

You would like to think the high turnout should favour Biden, think I would lose faith in humanity if people were queuing around the block to keep that fucktard Trump in power. I don’t take much interest in foreign politics and couldn’t give the slightest shit wether the US has a left or right wing government, won’t make any difference to my life. But for the sake of the battle against climate change, Trump needs to go. I expect Biden will win comfortably, but nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to the US. It’s amazing how out of the whole of the US it has come to a choice between these two old fossils. Makes the choice between Corbyn and Bozo seem almost normal.

What is usual though? Go back a few years and Man City were 2 leagues below us in League 1, go back a few more and Chelsea were a league below us. Tottenham haven't won the league for 60 years. There are a whole load of clubs that could be a 'big six' with the right owners.

Great performance, should have scored more. Amazing to think it is now a whole year of live games where the commentators have mentioned the 0-9 at least once.

“Maybe they could have done it” Pretty low level of conclusive proof there.

Voter Fraud, brilliant! Let me guess, if Trump wins it’s nothing to worry about, if Biden wins it’s some sort of massive conspiracy that changed the result.

Fuck me it's not rocket science. If saving lives and businesses means paying more tax in the future I don't have a problem with it. That doesn't mean I want to pay more tax, but if it is necessary I am happy to chip in and do my bit. Is that clear enough for you or do I need to get the crayons out and draw you a diagram?

I never said I wanted to pay more tax, just happy to do what it takes to fight the virus and stop the economy collapsing. Not cry like a little baby because someone is being paid Furlough and it might effect my bank balance in the future.

Brilliant.

The idea of just letting it spread whilst shielding the vulnerable sounds great in principle but would just be catastrophic in terms of lives lost. Anyone who knows they are high-risk will more than likely already be shielding themselves yet the death rate is going up even with the current restrictions. Letting it run rampant just before the Flu season (which already stretched the NHS prior to Covid) would be suicide. If the current localised approach brings cases down then I think it's the best way, along as the right job safeguarding is in place. Furloughing is expensive but it makes more sense than letting good businesses fail. There is plenty of people with money out there who can chip in afterwards. Some people have been hit hard by the lockdowns but plenty who have kept working are better off, I know I am.

I'm more than happy to pay what is needed to help out the unfortunate people who face redundancy.

You just don’t want the government to pay people’s Furlough because, like most Tories, your greatest fear is the terrifying thought of paying a bit more tax.

Just buy a meal then. People will moan whatever restrictions they bring in, they are just arbitrary rules aimed at reducing social contacts without completely destroying the restaurant industry. Why is a group of 6 safe and 7 not? Why is it safe to drink at 9.30pm but not at 10.45pm? None of the rules make sense if you look at it that way.

Probably because people sitting down eating are less likely to spread it than a packed bar full of pissed up idiots acting like twats.

Problem is you would imagine that anyone high risk would already be protecting themselves yet even with current measures the hospitals are filling up. Plus there is the effects of long covid we are still learning about.

Lockdown's piss people off but if these half arsed measures are not getting the R rate below 1 then the infections are not going to stop going up and up until a point where surely we will have to do something else?

Plus clubs like Newcastle, West Ham and Aston Villa all had higher attendances than Chelsea last season so the idea that there is this 'big 6' and everyone else is a small club living off their popularity is just nonsense.