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He could join Timbuktu Rovers for all I care, as long as he’s off Saints’s payroll! Peretz, Wright and AN Other.

3 down for just over 100 at lunch. Probably slightly sub-par with how green the pitch was but behaving better with more consistent bounce than the pitch at Lord’s albeit quite a bit of sideways movement on offer.

Hampshire won the toss and bowling at an overcast Oval. The teams https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-233517 Not too bad a side with Lehmann, Orr back in at 3, Prest at 5 which isn’t so promising but hopefully this is the game he emerges from his slump. Batting fairly deep with Organ at 8 and Fuller at 9. Could find it hard to get 20 wickets but at least England released Baker to play (and Fisher for Surrey).

Plus the GOP finally waking up from their MAGA-induced coma.

Gavin Bazunu surplus to requirements at Southampton, Russell Martin a keen supporter of his, they need a keeper, Gavin having done well at that level for the skates. Go on Rusty, you know you want to…

Key difference Pete - British and US troops stormed the beaches to remove the fascist ideology you, Vance and Trump are trying furiously to export back to Europe. Fuck off https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c802e7jk458o

Will is probably a free agent this summer so could see a reunion. Too lightweight to play in a central two in the Champ but in L1 I could see a return of 15 goals from midfield. Be a hero with their fans - win, win.

Great post but just had to do an MLG I’m afraid on the scoreline….

Also posted on the Reform thread as they’ve brought so many racists into the open since Brexit, but our nurses certainly feel there’s some ‘two-tier’ treatment from some patients given a 78% rise in racist abuse in just 4 years. I think we can guess which two parties (Reform and Restore) the racially abusive ones vote for https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/Press-Releases/racism-allowed-to-flourish-in-nhs

Depends how long he has on his contract though, I thought it was only 12 months but perhaps there’s a an extra year’s option? If he isn’t signing a new one then it become obvious to cash as an asset.

Don’t forget shedding some significant wages as well in Aribo. Smallbone probably going on a free (Russell reunion?).

This is where the BBC and others pandering to Reform and the far right leads. 78% increase in racism experienced in just 4 years, let that sink in https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/Press-Releases/racism-allowed-to-flourish-in-nhs

Happy to him to stay but only likely if he extends his contract.

If they also got £15m for Charles, and Ramsdale, they could play for a higher fee on THB.

Also Fernandes sell on looks likely to materialise. Ramsdale should be £15-20m, possibly slightly more for THB. Sugawara had a good season apparently on loan so should be able to shift him on possibly for a modest profit.

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Allegedly turned it down when they were in the Champ. Whoops.

It’s repugnant behaviour. I dare say that Farage was concerned about the drift of the really far right parts of his base to Lowe and Musk. I don’t think it will make any more of what’s left of the Tory Party’s membership move towards Reform and if anything it deepens even further the divide between the two parties making future collaboration near-impossible. Badenoch should be under no illusions about continuing to try and align to Reform’s policies.

Whilst not her biggest fan, that’s an appalling misinterpretation of what Badenoch actually said, not to mention very racist.

There’s a world of difference between one-off murders which involve one ethnic background member of the public attacking another - Nowak, Stephen Lawrence - and George Floyd being murdered by a serving police officer. That’s plain and obvious. With Stephen Lawrence and to a lesser extent with Nowak, there are significant concerns with the police response. On the latter, the police got it wrong at the time. It’s been acknowledged and processes will change as a result. Senior officers have got into a mindset of arrest first for targets/KPIs then establish facts. It has to be a watershed for police to be de-politicised from both left and right. Stephen Lawrence was different in the sense there was a non-investigation and extensive corruption, as well as the ineptitude also seen in the Rachel Nickell, Daniel Morgan and other dreadful investigations.

I agree, decant Middlesex for 2 years and it’ll mean no Ashes test at Lord’s next year. But they’ve got to relay the whole square, you can’t have that dead section at the world’s most important cricket ground. The Hundred will be the problem, the Utilita Bowl could take this year’s Test v Pakistan in August.

Exactly this. Other option is Old Firm offer him 2 years with extra year option. Less intense league than the Champ, European football. We need another forward with Larin who can play 46 games potentially plus the cups. Ross is a good player but his body won’t enable that and probably joined on a decent wage. Might be best for all concerned. We can probably get better as Hull did if were quick off the mark like the club were today.

Evening Major! Watched the Roses T20 in the pub and Yorkshire hammered Lancashire by over 100 runs which in this format is a massacre. Fair to say the Headingley crowd enjoyed themselves!

So the family ask politicians and press not to use Henry’s murder to stir up hatred. And the US VP does exactly that. These white supremacists really will jump on any bandwagon which spreads hate.

Such a pitiful state of affairs.