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That would be quite the defection!

Issuing a statement on his role in public life at 2pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ly51kzdz3o

It reminded me of why Jisheng Gao was initially blocked from buying Saints in early 2017 by FAPP (before the test folded under a bit of pressure). The alleged corrupt mayor was actually executed. Spoiler alert on the Guardian’s question in the headline - not very much. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/15/southampton-jisheng-gao-chinese-owners

If they learn the engineering techniques from Dallas, Houston and Atlanta to apply to the North Eastern stadiums in terms of actually having a roof, they’d be much better.

Good job JWP isn’t in the England WC squad otherwise Infantino would have been on the phone to Nuno and had JWP frozen out of the competition.

Mbappe putting a vile Paraguayan Senator back into her little box of hate. What a piece of shit she is. Give me ‘woke’ Gareth Southgate any day of the week. At least he can function like a normal human being and can live in a civilised society. https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kylian-mbappe-hits-paraguayan-senator-182500407.html In other news, Spain v Portugal is pretty good so far.

Going on for a few years since the pandemic and probably before that - Toblerone chocolate is one standout example which had radically changed shape (eg thinner) and shot up in price. Climate fluctuations and intense weather extremes don’t help farming either. You’ve also got shit overseas firms like Kraft/Mondelez forcibly buying Cadbury’s in the early 2010’s, forcing quality and quantity down with prices up no doubt to pay for the leveraged takeover. They’ve pissed off the Royal Family to such an extent they lost their Royal Warrant. To think that this was a great British firm that built a suburb and civic facilities for workers. Seen it in engineering around here with what was Smith’s Industries and now GE aviation. Cadbury’s I’m not even sure would qualify as chocolate in the EU as it’s mostly oils and processed vegetable fat.

Marstons are rank. To think their products used to be highly regarded although Pedigree always had the joke about becoming Pedigree Chum the next day as the minerals in the brewing liquor gave some people a sloppy stomach. AKA the sulphur note in their beers known the ‘Burton Snatch’ on the aroma. Huge pub chain now, lucky if you can find cask ale at all and it’s crap processed food in a sterile atmosphere. Can make miles better at home on a fraction of the cost or if feeling lazy M&S like the Duck household or the local Indian takeaway which is high quality as a treat.

Fully agree with your post but that bit just made me laugh 😂😂

The exact breakdown of Labour MPs in 2024 (bearing in mind I don’t even vote Labour but misinformation like that needs smashing into bits): - 44 from business, finance, investment and banking - 43 have had consultancy businesses or roles - 70 in communications, PR and lobbying (equally high for all the parties) - 21 from science, technology and engineering - 19 were lawyers/solicitors - 23 Healthcare (both NHS, private and charities). As with all parties, some are mainly career politicians and more unique to Labour given their funding model, 35 had worked for trade unions.

The only positive that can come out of the Balogun saga is that Infantino’s position is looking increasingly untenable.

I’d love to see Ossie emerge from his diet of X, Breitbart and Telegram to challenge Al Carns for example directly to tell him his special ops military service is fake https://www.facebook.com/JonathanBrashMP/posts/al-carns-served-for-24-years-in-the-royal-marines-and-uk-special-forces-rising-f/1634854658645401/ Especially as he seems to love Mr Bone Spurs draft dodger over the Atlantic.

I agree which is why a loan is best. I’m not sure he is re-joining anyway, Charles to Leeds seems some way off on the valuations, and he’d have to reduce his wages a lot even if West Ham subsidised. Brum or Wrexham is more likely from the perspective as their owners would pay a bigger chunk.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cy733mjdy8zo

I’d broadly agree overall but JWP should be in much better shape than Theo and Lallana were. Theo was fine for a loan but shouldn’t have signed afterwards and Lallana was never going to be fit much.

Rumours late last week that Farage fears the Parliamentary enquiry on the crypto bung would lead to a by-election and that he might be too damaged to win it again. Could also be a case of Harry and his dodgy knee at QPR or the mythical Pompey fisherman shouting scummer through the kitchen window at Sandbanks to get out now of being an MP and those pesky constituents and colleagues needing some level of focus. To carry on the theme, NIgel also claims he can’t use computers.

Led to a case of ‘hair today, gone tomorrow’.

Another referee losing control at the end here. Neymar being a dick - but it doesn’t matter.

It does but that makes me look far more closely at what I’m picking up from the freezer compartment in the supermarket…

Haaland goal was coming

https://forum.westhamonline.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=7227 https://www.hammers.news/news/west-ham-mystery-of-nuno-and-james-ward-prowse-bust-up-from-nottingham-forest-spell-is-finally-solved/ https://www.threads.com/@hammershubwhufc/post/DTpzprZjHk6/the-fallout-between-james-ward-prowse-and-nuno-espirito-santo-is-said-to-date?hl=en-gb

Is that the same as Basa?

Sounds good. Grilled or BBQ is the best of all. They used to do nice grilled fish at Rick Stein’s in Padstow before it became trendy. Chips were rank even then though which spoiled it somewhat.

Can’t agree with that absolutist approach which doesn’t take some exceptional element of case by case into account. On the whole I’d agree a very significant majority should be declined and not staying, and there are certain groups I have major reservations about eg some of the Kurdish groups as they seem very immersed in the smuggling trade. I think they need an astonishing reason to stay. We also need some give and take to keep numbers lower in the UK overall with partners such as France and Netherlands. What needs to change - rapidly - is bringing the IAAs tribunals system in and sidelining the judges, with fast-track appeals. Retrospective claims about the local police duffing them up or sudden coming out on appeal won’t cut it. Cut the legal aid down for the appeals. Let the activists fund it. In the particular case Aintforever was corresponding on, the Kurdish smuggler was under a false identity and wasn’t eligible for asylum as he’d already served a 5 year jail term in France. More than 12 months is automatically ineligible under UK law. We need a better resourced and incentivised Border Force and get them back into the international systems which flag the groups and individuals who play the system around Europe. Once captured, he can go out same day on the plane. No need for process or appeals. Good to see Mahmood playing hardball with Pakistan over the Rochdale monster. If nations won’t play ball over returns, then visa suspensions/trade sanctions are quite reasonable to use. She did the same on student visas with the likes of DR Congo.

Clearly not https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cewqq5q8v41o