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Ah, it’s that Dutch striker again. Van Wanker isn’t it?

Certainly you’ll see some links at the US Open starting later today at Shinnecock Hills.

Love that. Great stuff.

Incredibly disrespectful towards Savile’s many victims, and this from a party who on the other hand want to save white girls from Muslim grooming gangs, when white groups of men commit 85% of such offences. Hypocrites. Not to mention astonishingly poor taste. I think Burnham will win today, and despite my reservations about him economically I hope that he does. I never want fascism to win. No surprises that this was endorsed by 30p Lee. If he’s a working class champion, it’s not the same working class I grew up in which fundraised for the miners as they were being brutalised by the police.

PS - put on ignore. Anyone who thinks the man who took Southampton FC from the PL to L1 on -10, nearly losing the club, is the answer to the country’s ills is quite unwell mentally. I’m wasting time providing facts and context when it is cut and paste coming back with zero context.

Again, it’s lack of context and objective evidence. We can all cherry pick and cut and paste quotes. DPP wasn’t getting proper cases from the police forces which they should have had. They have to make decisions on the strength of the case presenting and likelihood of prosecution should a case go to court. Court cases in these situations, rare as they are, are bloody expensive and doubly so if there’s say a 50% chance of acquitting, that’s a hell of a risk to take not to mention the social and cultural costs. This is from family who have been senior figures in the judicial system, not X. The figure for Starmer is meaningless without the context of what was presented to the DPP. Nazir’s account of finally being enabled to address the issue and force the hand of the police is more realistic. Khan I’m less comfortable about, I think it was quite complacent to assume it was a northern issue when you think about the size and complexity of London. But again, context. One random cut out from an entire report doesn’t make him an enabler.

Crap policing. They aren’t any better with white on white victims though, loads of harrowing accounts of mis-handling of cases. The whole two-tier construct is garbage.

Whilst the police didn’t do enough to investigate the cases of men of Pakistani heritage raping and abusing girls in the 2000s, a police task force report in 2024 found that 27% of investigations into child abuse involved family members, 22% other children and 19% criminal networks of offenders (Sidney Cooke type rings). The National Police Chiefs Council’s data (which has some variables but not on this scale) shows that circa 85% of group-based child abuse is perpetrated by white offenders alone. Funnily enough, the facts don’t sit with Musk’s misinformation. Furthermore, Nazir Afzal, a public prosecutor from Pakistan heritage himself, has said several times that Kier Starmer was instrumental in giving him the time, space and political clearance to finally investigate and prosecute where his predecessors and the police hadn’t. Starmer might be a wally and I’d never vote for him and Labour but this far right line of attack has no facts to back it up. Game. Set. Match. Don’t bother to reply.

Can’t believe that Orange bellend has actually said something else I agree with, other than the Meghan Markle comments. Netanyah-poo. Hopefully him and Ben Givr get kicked out of power and then jailed for corruption.

Good job he’s not allowed to vote. The good news is that after consultation with our elections officer in Romney Marsh, Mrs Sums is allowed to vote. Every cloud etc.

Immigrants hijacking the radio station. And yes, judging by the Hassan Kachloul rumour, overseas players beating us and being a moron towards our own when they ask for a pay rise.

The only thing Damian Downs hit last season was allegedly a member of the public’s car. It certainly wasn’t the goal and at least twice not even the ball. Have never seen as bad an outfield player for Saints. Understand why people compare him to an outfield Bazunu but he’s even worse than that.

The one which took our football club from being established in the PL to bankrupt in League 1 on -10 points. Bodes well, doesn’t it?

Couldn’t happen to a nicer bloke https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4gnqw8j52o

He thinks context is a double glazing company in Waterlooville.

You just summarised his last 100 posts. Turned into Thailand Nic/Ralph rather than Dani Osvaldo.

French and Dutch teachers pensions schemes are the biggest winners, a tiny group of shareholders plus a handful of UK board members and CEOs.

Red brick university educated, how about you? BT worked as a privatisation, railways, energy and water failed spectacularly so it’s case by case clearly to anyone. I take it you’ve read those state organisations from France and the Netherlands who own much of our infrastructure you cite as failures actually fund the pension schemes of their teachers and civil servants from the profits they cream off us for rubbish services under the shells of UK utility firms they bought? And the UK sold those firms to them. Ever used state run trains in Germany? Japan’s trains are private but there are specific reasons why they are successful, principally because it isn’t relying on share capital and leveraged buyouts https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-japan-has-such-good-railways/

The infrastructure is the same! Same with the energy firms, they’re just buying from the wholesale market. It’s why public v private comparisons are best left to rent-a-Henry dinlos in the Telegraph. Some sectors do things better than others and nothing wrong with a mixed economy.

Yeah, because the privatised water companies are working out really swell (if the swell is faeces or toxic). I could really rub your nose in it and highlight facts and figures about our energy companies and the tens of thousands piled up in US Republican states through Covid by their healthcare system but I’ll save that treat for a future occasion. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68701486

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2xp7gv09lo ‘Hi Marc, Jack Stephens here. Before you fly out to Madrid, could I drive up to London and have one last pull of your hair, just for old time’s sake?’

Good point, not much better that we did it with Blackstock, McGoldrick etc although at least left it to 16 or 17.

Only Rodriguez who went to Lyon really. Rest are lower leagues at best (Doyle, Morgan) and most out of the game altogether. I can see the temptation if they’re a parent that’s not had any sort of decent career themselves of hitting the jackpot but the tiny odds of making it professionally diminish to 0.00001% at the likes of City and Chelsea so you’re selling your son in essence. At very, very, very best you might end up in Champ or L1 at Pompey (John Swift) or Reading and even that’s a very long shot, sub-5%.

Not just him, or one promising 14 year old either, Charlton have had 4 alone and Everton had one as well https://www.instagram.com/thetalenthunter/p/DZimV_kOAfM/ Greedy parents are the problem. Top 6 and specifically a couple of those clubs trying to get around the compensation system (they won’t be able to thankfully). Each situation will have nuances but parents are so greedy now they’ll want Chelsea or City to put a nice wedge of cash their way, not for their kids. Sod what’s best for their lad’s development.

Does this count as a strike? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9lel2wz93o