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I’d rather no large overseas donors tbh, it’s bad enough with the influence and access the large domestic ones get. Not just the Conservatives, look at the summer and issues Labour had. And Musk would make Frank Hester look like Jeremy Corbyn. Then people moan ‘they don’t do things for us’ and are surprised as to why not. Reform certainly aren’t doing it for the people of Clacton and Great Yarmouth.

As inappropriate as Labour sending activists to the US Election. Although it’s the Tories it will really squeeze because the anti-Musk and hard right funding from centre right and One Nation firms will flow to Labour plus the TUs. I’m concerned in that instance about Liberal Democrat funding, although we don’t tend to win seats where Reform is a likely winner.

Wallace is a twat and Masterchef will be fine without him in its new location. His behaviour wasn’t very good on other shows as well. He hasn’t helped himself by being so sensitive about himself eg spelling on his name but not applying to others. All that said, he is a basic bloke who hasn’t progressed socially from a working class background despite the fame and affluence his roles have brought. Not suitable behaviour for those roles but not worthy either of being cancelled entirely and vilified by a media pile on.

Enjoyed our day in Great Malvern - after the Christmas Market buying presents, we had lunch and then a couple of hours in Weavers Ale and Craft beer micro pub on the high street. Tried four halves - starting with Pomona Island Mondays Irish Stout from Manchester https://untappd.com/b/pomona-island-brew-co-mondays/5774241 That was good but it got better with Ossett/Oakham Enchanted Pale Ale. Very aromatic but not the overpowering grapefruit finish that can get sometimes https://untappd.com/b/ossett-brewery-enchanted-pale-ale/6072427 Then Brew York Maris the Otter Bitter, which mixed biscuit, caramel with fruity hops https://untappd.com/b/brew-york-maris-the-otter/1530376 then finishing more local with Fownd from Kidderminster’s Cosmic Santa Breakfast stout with coffee and chocolate https://untappd.com/b/fownd-brewing-company-cosmic-santa/6066287 We headed for Gloucestershire before tomorrow’s weather rolled in off the Malvern Hills (and before that from the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains)

This outburst was brought to you by Harvey’s of Lewes, fine Sussex ales.

Kwak is a great drop, certainly strong but a Belgian classic. One of the most distinctive glasses in world beer when you have it in its native Belgium https://www.beerritz.co.uk/belgian-beer/kwak-glass_bosteels_1-x-330ml-glass The glass is called the Koetsiersglas and was designed to circumvent snooty bar owners who wanted to stop coach drivers from drinking in their establishments. So this way, the beer came to the drivers in a top heavy design to not spill any whilst they were driving the horses https://belgianbeers.co.uk/beer-blog/why-is-kwak-beer-served-in-such-a-unique-glass/ With the strength of Kwak, I wouldn’t want to drive anything afterwards! Triple Karmeliet is also available on Perfect Draft. Highly recommended too.

Allied to Coote’s coked up comments about Klopp, fair to say PGMOL are as unpopular in Liverpool as Kelvin McKenzie.

This is the crux - the technology is meant to assist and avoid the obvious error. But it doesn’t and Stockley Park duplicates.

Great point. English football officials hide away because it would be obvious in plain sight and sound they don’t know their arses from their elbows. Unless they’re trying to snort marching powder from one of them.

If they used it for the obvious error on field it’d be fine but English officials always have to be the star.

He admires his beard.

Rugby uses TMO mostly very well and cricket DRS. Typical of football to be 15 years behind.

But other countries, leagues and international matches are using it fine. The issue is the same as it was pre-VAR. There’s no point going backwards, deal with the incompetence instead.

It’s not the technology - worked fine in the Euros. Unless shit thick English officials (one of whom was caught recently snorting cocaine on camera) used it. Then it was just as much as farce as tonight. Import most of our offices bar a couple of the untainted ones clean of Stockley, redundancies at PGMOL and re-start the refereeing system from the grassroots.

PGMOL were dreadful last season as well, and before that. Hence Clattenburg’s role with Forest.

He didn’t need to do it either, fucked it up for Tyler. Still doesn’t excuse stalling the game for that long though.

Whilst I have no time for Martin or SR, that is another calamity from VAR. At what point are PGMOL being sacked?

Only joking.

With what or whom?

Did there under RH with the KWP pen on VAR

Russ showing the definition of handbags with their 21 year old manager and his staff.

It’s Russell Martin.

Wood and Stephens 😂😂😂

The last time they had one of those was when Ramsdale wiped his cock on the hotel curtains. McCarthy would miss the curtains altogether.

Hopefully for Notnowcato he’s had a few pints of birthday Harvey’s and he’s in a state of birthday oblivion in the away end. Just a beery memory. Have a nap and wake up in time for the last train.