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Yeah, because mentioning someone anonymously on a football forum is the same as snitching on them to the tax man.

To be honest I don’t blame companies for ripping the arse out of it. At the start of the pandemic there were so many uncertainties and I expect many businesses owners feared for their future. I know people who were sent home in furlough but were still given work but that doesn’t mean there was enough work to cover their wage. So it is a grey area. I just found it funny that my mates who were so used to calling out dole scroungers (typical Tory attitude) were filling their boots with government hand-outs given half a chance. They hated me taking the piss out of them over it.

So you expect me to dob my mates into the tax man because they put a few too many people on furlough - brilliant! You must be popular down your ‘Alehouse’. I expect every other company in the country was doing the same, just like how they have a million ways to avoid paying tax.

It seems to me, just thought talking to friends etc, that most companies took the piss with the furlough thing, it was so easy to put people on furlough and just get them working from home. Some of my mates are business owners and they all ripped the arse out of it. Ironically they are the typical Tory types who traditionally like to moan about dole scroungers taking state handouts. Given half a chance and they are doing exactly the same.

It’s mental that the Yanks keep letting this happen. As long as they keep voting in people who block gun reform they only have themselves to blame.

It's obvious to everyone that he was lying through his teeth, it's mental that it is still being debated. It's like we are entering a Trump world of alternative facts. If he manages to squirm his way out of this it won't be a good look for the Tories.

Shouldn't this be the Sir Mark Rowley thread now?

This is one of those games where you go into it hoping for a heroic victory to lift us off the bottom. Then after 10 mins of getting battered you would take a draw. Then after going 2-0 down on 30mins you end up happy not to get stuffed 4 or 5.

I wouldn’t take 6-1 if it was anytime this season.

All that money spent and we start Mo and Walcott whilst Tella bangs in goals for fun. mental season

Governments have always used scare tactics in public health messaging, that’s why cigarette packaging says ‘Smoking Kills’ not ‘ a couple a day and you will probably be fine’. It was a balancing act, if they scared people too much they would have people fighting over toilet rolls, if they didn’t scare people enough no one would pay any attention and you would have got many needless deaths. Hancocks messages don’t mean a thing.

We’re just shit without Lavia

The fella you used to drop into every other reply to try to not appear racist. You know, back in the days when you were crying over a few footballers taking the knee.

Why don't you tell us all about your black friend again?

Didn’t he say Covid victims were actors and PCR tests were the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on mankind?

So Match of the Day and Football Focus can be added to the list of things ruined by the Conservatives.

Wanker

Love the way the right-wing press bang on about how bad cancel culture is then as soon as someone says something they don’t like they cry like a bunch of babies and get them cancelled.

Most do. Many others probably feel safer and think they have a better chance somewhere where they speak the language or have relatives.

Last season we had enough points to stay up in February, I expect the form dropped off BECAUSE we were safe and had nothing to play for.

They obviously see it as a worthwhile investment. Pay a bit to get to a country where they feel they can feel safe, work hard and make a better life for themselves.

We must have a brilliant set of players then because Ralph kept this lot up comfortably season after season despite the fact they were underperforming.

Surely we're are better off having richer immigrants? The usual Gammon moan is that there are here to scrounge of the state.

Doesn't surprise me with Bozo and the other morons we had in charge at the time.

To keep the numbers down to avoid the NHS being overstretched I guess. Hopefully the inquiry will work out if the Tories got it right or not, looks like they definitely fucked up over care-homes though from what I have seen so far.