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Names? And don’t say America, try going to states like Georgia, Louisiana and Alabama and see the state of their infrastructure. It isn’t like the IEA says it is. Moreover, look at the mortality rates between GOP states and Dem states during the height of Covid. Far more likely to avoid death and lifelong illness in the blue states than the red ones. Anyway, your argument that UK spending is out control is comparatively disproved, taxes haven’t risen sharply since 2021 and Oz, Canada etc have smaller and younger populations than ours. Furlough also didn’t grow on magic money tree, firms were happy to accept including mine so we have to pay it back over many years hence high public debt in the west https://ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxlab-key-questions/how-do-uk-tax-revenues-compare-internationally In the good old days of the 50s, 60s and early 70s that Brexiteers claim were better and harp on about, UK taxes were miles higher than now.

I think the Labour Party would’ve created an equal amount of pressure and noise but the right leaning posters would’ve accused them of envy. Summary - lots of noise all round. She had to go really and the review reporting as early as today when confirmed last night was a hint in primary colours to the media that’s what was going to happen.

Inevitable really - double standards but Prescott found that he had to be squeaky clean as a working class senior minister under Blair, hence the desperate ‘two Jags’ garbage dredged up by the non-doms and their gimps, sorry editors, at the red tops. Ironically if was another party critics would be accused of envy - but it’s the right decision on balance. I had far more of an issue with that mess of a local government review on council mergers which wasn’t properly costed under her watch. I thought that was dreadful. But since Brexit people’s priorities are just weird.

One shudders at the reaction of Reform and EDL/PA supporters at that!

His and Farage’s ego wouldn’t allow it. He prefers the Tory party clinging onto memories of the 2019 GE and what could’ve been. Farage couldn’t cope with Rupert Lowe let alone Boris.

Louisiana was a very racist state even before that, even by Southern standards

Agree with all of that - but even having the skills and background to do it myself, when we have, we’ve found in a chain that the other buyers who are using them, that the conveyancers deliberately go on a go-slow much to everyone’s annoyance as a protest.

Mad Nads fancies a bit of Farage’s love glue now, his cigarette breath and stale Shepherd Neame fumes. As the Lib Dem response said, not sure who to feel more sorry for (they meant Badenoch or Farage). Who next, Truss? Braverman was strongly rumoured last autumn to go over but not yet.

Just like the non-existent EDI Officers then.

Unlike Farage and Badenoch, Tice speaks sensibly on this sensitive issue. Pragmatism, no stigmatising the kids themselves, no cultural swipes at neurodiverse adults, just stating the growing anecdotal evidence that there is an unsustainable level of claims, some of the claims are excessive and means testing to prioritise cases is reasonable.

Yep, and think IEA, Truss, Tice and other Friedman zealots want us to be more like them rather than like Europe.

Fact less Allen being a dick again, there to watch England not Pompey.

To think if we’d have not had two players sent off at Carrow in the 1992 QF, beaten Sunderland in the SF (hardly a given with Branfoot but might have been a better opponent than a talented Norwich who could be unsettled by direct football) and the Skates win their penalty shoot out v Liverpool it could have been a mayhem FA Cup Final. That was one of their best teams since the 1940s though, we were on the decline under Branfoot. Wouldn’t have been confident even though they were a division below.

Lallana has played in three I think, probably more than most Saints players post 1970s, two more than Frannie or MLT, and that might help get it across at Staplewood over the next couple of weeks. Fellows gets it - could hear that from the interview and played in a very spicy Black Country FA Cup derby last season or season before IIRC where it kicked off. Those two don’t meet that often either hence it’s pent up like our fixture is. Boro v Sunderland not at the level of us v Pompey or Sunderland v Newcastle but still spiky and noisy so Azaz can draw from that. Can see Flynn Downes being up for it as probably never sampled Hammers v Millwall, another rare derby, but that’s where focus and adrenaline have to align with a rational head. Charles played in the Sheffield derbies last year and they’re on a par with ours, if not even more spicy.

A plastic one, Chelsea but worked at one of the radio stations down there covering their games. Don’t expect impartiality any more than their fans would expect it from Adam Blackmore. Ian Darke another one on Sky albeit he’s far better than Matterface on ITV. Can’t believe they replaced Tyldesley with him.

Apparently so, good knowledge https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/steve-williams/ Got a break after a team curfew was broken. Shows if you’re talented enough and can cope with the atmosphere, whether it’s your first game and 100th for the club doesn’t matter.

Kasey Keller (crunch!) - made some important saves second half though. We’ve played them so infrequently since 1978 that there’s not that many Saints or Pompey players who have actually played in one let alone debutants. The 1984 squad was arguably our best ever and very settled, Shilton and Mills had played in loads of Forest-Derby and Ipswich-Norwich in the 1970s. A few coins and swear words wouldn’t put them off plus local lads like Moran. Armstrong played in derbies in the NE for Boro, Williams no shrinking violet. They rarely forget it when they have played in a south coast one though, even they were shocked at the level of venom. It’s more about being settled in your own game no matter how many appearances you’ve made for the club - Steve Baker was a fringe player who had the 1988 horror at the Dell vs Vince Hilaire. If a new signing has been playing regularly for the club they’ve signed fRom and have the quality and temperament, that should shine through all the initial piss and wind. Even settled internationals can go wrong though and lose their heads - Antti in 2005.

Assuming the £70k figure is correct and I reckon it’s thereabouts, take off 40% assuming the relegation applies across all playing contracts and it still comes to £42k p/w. That’s a contender for our highest paid player at this level. Mind you, given Al Shabab just allegedly offered Josh Brownhill over £100k p/w (Wolves forum) Joe and his agent must reckon they can get near that or parallel with Saudi. Whereas only really Galatasaray and Fenerbache can get near those sort of salaries and is Joe worth that? Been decent for us but that wage probably reflects the-then glory of scoring in a Europa Final and being a leading light in Rangers cup run.

I’ll decide what is and out of scope - Farage is unable to answer a single question on economic policy and has said Truss’s policies were on the right track.

Why is that? Brexit - that’s why. Did you think all of those trade negotiators grew on trees? And whilst no fan of this government, they were left to cut those extra posts, hundreds of thousands of them. NHS being cut by 50% In terms of actual non-frontline posts by Streeting so that’s addressed. Simplest way is to soften Brexit - gets you 5-6% of GDP back which dwarfs any public sector savings. Also, in the North and parts of Midlands public sector jobs are the only decent skilled ones around. With your approach, Reform will win 0 seats. Levelling Up was badly executed but what do you think Boris did it? Because he won him a shitload of votes in 2019 in deprived areas. Thatcher spent loads on subsidies attracting Nissan, Honda and Toyota in the 1980s, there isn’t a market fairy that these IEA types suddenly think are going to build car factories. Steel has been propped up by subsidies on and off for years. And Farage thinks you can re-start a steel furnace… I don’t rate his grasp of any detail, let alone regional economic policy.

They’re in fucking La La Land, of course they aren’t going to do that, even though this government isn’t particularly good. The idea of Reform being more economically prudent 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Tories still hungover from Truss and Boris, Lib Dem’s will be tidier but will people accept a Remain party if it brings some economy stability and regain some of the 6% of the economy the idiot hard Brexit lost?

Had a horrible injury though on loan, at Colchester, may have been an ACL, which curbed his development. Hopefully Nico can bounce back.

Belgian transfer window closes next Monday so would expect Edozie to have moved by then. He’d be well down the pecking order here now. Turkey and Greece next Friday - could be Aribo’s destination, Saudi is 23 September https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c79lpz27g4xo

Yeah ABK had the ability but not the application. Rationale behind that signing wasn’t bad as with Salisu. Lyanco never even looked anywhere good enough, better attitude than those two but emergency option at best in the PL. Not sure he’d be that much better in the Champ. Not sure what Semmens was up there.

If Neil can get him on the weights and bulking up a bit Millwall will have a footballer they will really enjoy. Great weight of pass, good touch, and can finish. The right manager to get Russball out of his head and make him more progressive again, take a few more risks. Too lightweight for Still’s preferred formation and hasn’t got the engine for the PL where Saints want to be back to but wouldn’t take that much to get him more robust so that he could at Champ level.