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Because the misuse of NDAs to silence people who have been subject to bullying, harassment or worse is a problem. Sexual harassment can be stopped only by exposure, not by secret payments and NDA contracts that bind victims to silence. Experience tells us that predators are serial offenders – just as one victim leads to another so one NDA leads to another. I think the law will be revised, even Theresa May has vowed to end the unethical use of NDAs, hopefully Hain has helped things move a bit quicker.

Lords interfering in the legal process is obviously not ideal but in this case where it is obviously in the public interest so I don't have a problem with it. Good to see the house of Lords actually do something useful.

Think the OP is about right, can't see past that 5 for the relegation spots. We are dire but if we can shift some dead wood and bring in a few decent forward players in January we should be OK. Cardiff and Huddersfield look limited, Newcastle are a mess and Fulham just can't defend. If we don't strengthen we are going to be in big trouble though.

There you go with the red blue nonsense again, you’re obsessed. I’m not sure why wanting a fair justice system makes me a lefty? I don’t want the state to control people’s lives just don’t think bungs to silence people helps get justice or prevent future bad behaviour. Maybe there should be a Lord Duckhunter Bung option drafted into our legal system so that rich people are spared jail, awkward questions from their wife or embarrassing TV interviews when they commit offences? Would have to have a set price to make it fair, how about: Accidental racist abuse - £1,000 Well-meaning pussy grab - £2,000 Serious sexual assault - £20,000 Obviously to make if fair there should be a monthly payment plan option for poor people so they can enjoy the same privilege of not facing justice. Unfortunately it could never really be fair as richer victims will never need to settle for the money option as they already have enough, they will always have the pleasure of seeing the offender get justice.

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To prevent future offences. You can’t just have rich people going around grabbing pussies all over the place without fear of any comeback. Michael Jackson, Harvey Weinstein, the Catholic Church - they all used NDAs to cover up what happened. Silence allows abuse to fester.

I don’t think our squad is that bad except for where it counts - attacking midfield and up front, where it is a complete mess. I would happily see the back of Davis, JWP, Long, Austin and Gabbiadini and get in replacements with a bit of pace, power and creativity.

You’re just obsessed with the usual red v blue nonsense. What Hain did is obviously in the public interest, NDAs need reforming, even the PM says so. Hopefully Hain’s action will highlight the issue and speed things up. It should be illegal to use NDAs to cover up sexual harassment and the like.

Cortese was just one of the many rats to jump ship after It became clear that Liebherr wasn’t gonna continue to blow her dad’s fortune. It’s pointless crying like a baby because he’s gone, it was his choice and nothing to do with a bit of name calling on some little known fan forum. We would all prefer it if we had our billionaire and his dwarf back running the show, even Cortese’s critics.

I would be more than happy for Hain to name labour MPs, I don’t agree with covering up any of this sort of behaviour. I have never met Phillip Green so couldn’t say wether I like him or not so as usual you are talking ****e.

Yes because of parliamentary privilege. Anything that helps expose bullying, sexual harassment and racial abuse has to be a good thing IMO.

How can naming an accused compromise a trial? The police do it all the time and sometimes all sorts of skeletons come out the woodwork. Hain did the right thing IMO, money should not be able to interfere with the justice system.

Was garbage today, massive downgrade on Tadic.

Hard to blame Hughes for that, should have won comfortably but our finishing and composure in the last third was shockingly bad. Having said that Newcastle were a mess and we failed to put them to the sword. I’m not convinced any manager would get much out of that squad but it is getting close to the point where we might as well roll the dice. If they have someone decent lined up and ready to go they might as well sack him. I doubt that is the case though with the clowns who run our club.

You can’t even get you facts right, Hughes wasn’t even manager for the Newcastle defeat. Last season he faced a nightmare run in with a team that was a mess. He had one poor result and that was his first game in charge. After that he got draws away at Leicester and Everton, beat Bournemouth and Swansea and only lost to Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City. I’m not sure exactly what more you can expect from a Saint manager - should we be expected to beat Chelsea or turn Everton over on their own patch? Criticism this season is fair enough but to say he didn’t do well last year is complete ******.

So what results would Hughes have to have got to be more than Meh?

Really? His first game away at West Ham was his only poor result. Are we supposed to be turning over teams like Leicester and Everton on their own patch then. Or I suppose losing to Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal is below what is expected of Saints? Some of our fans really are ****ing idiots.

While I don’t agree with much of what this guy says he does hit the nail on the head with regards to the accountability and remoteness of the EU, that is fundamentally the issue. When Cameron went to Brussels Looking for concessions on free movement the EU should have acted on the concerns of a large proportion of EU voters, that’s how democracy works. Instead they just said “**** you, you signed up to it”. Again with the negotiations it looks like they are putting political dogma over the interests of the European people. They can’t give us a good deal even it is good for Europe because it threatens their precious project or in their words “protects the integrity of the EU”. All the British people wanted was some control over their borders, most people don’t give a **** about the EU courts or trade deals around the world, it’s just the basic right to control who comes in.

A draw at Bournemouth is a decent result, we had the chances to win and it sounded like a good performance. Hughes needs a win against Newcastle and continued improvement to avoid the chop. I think this squad will struggle whoever is in charge but fail to beat Newcastle in their current state and you might as well roll the dice.

Even if we kept Tadic we needed to add quality. Instead all they did was spend a few million on someone who didn’t even stand out in the Scottish league. I’m struggling to see what Hughes can do with this squad until we get some pace and creativity. He certainly doesn’t have the players to play 4-2-3-1.

Notice when people mention we have quality in the squad no one mentions anyone creative or a striker. That’s our problem and that’s why Hughes has had to play around with different formations. We struggled in this area big time last season and then flogged our most creative player in the summer - what exactly did we expect to happen? Ings has been a good addition but Mo doesn’t look as effective as Tadic so from a creative midfield situation the squad has gone backwards.

Ahead! I tend to go to about every other home game - last time I saw us win live was 19th August 2017.

You genuinely think withdrawing from the Paris agreement is a good thing? **** me.

Can't see anything other than a bournemouth win by 3 or 4.

My line would be somewhere below gay cakes and above genocide promotion, but then my beliefs are not based on a centuries old work of fiction. My point was not that the law is wrong, more that the winners of the court battle are a bunch of homophbic arse holes. The guy who sued them is probably also a bit of a nob as Turkish suggests but maybe he’s just fed up of homophobic attitudes and was just trying to make a point.