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Whatever the result, at least we don’t have to live here. That’s a huge win in itself

ICI? They could throw some nasty chemicals at our fans I suppose. Everyone will need chest x-rays with the proximity to Billingham

Obvious that was going to be the case. What a load of twaddle around a public space.

You’d want a fight if you lived in Middlesbrough rather than sunny Cornwall, there’s nothing else to do there. Chris Rea wrote Road to Hell for a reason. Surprised Salt hasn’t got a lung disorder from all the crap Billingham spews out.

Thank goodness, a sensible and proportional post.

Everyone else but the people they should blame - themselves. Shit judgement in 2016 and it’s been Boris, Sunak, Starmer and now it’ll be Reform’s fault. They are left behind areas for good reasons. As the grandson of a Dunkirk, El Alamein and Monte casino veteran, what possible excuse do the people of Sefton have for voting for facism? https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-face-questions-after-holocaust-is-a-hoax-candidate-elected/ Hope they get infested by rats for that.

They have more in common. When their own candidates call you racist there’s a problem https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clypnwljxl2o Just too much wine says Nigel. Both partial to filthy money as well https://www.channel4.com/news/the-banks-files-how-brexit-bad-boy-arron-banks-was-eyeing-a-massive-russian-gold-deal Reform represents white, working class people remember….

He can’t even see it these days, even when occasionally sober.

Didn’t happen until the Carling Cup game and Westwood took a slash on the seats.

They don’t even know what their own policy is when you look at the squabble between Farage and their Welsh leader. They can’t hide as it gets nearer to a GE and it’s a make or break issue for them, because their seat targets in ‘left behind’ dumps rely on it.

Imagine get stirred up by clickbait from a former broadsheet newspaper turned bankrupt tabloid. They need to give their head a wobble.

In what sense? It’s not like they’ve slunk into a private, enclosed facility and trespassed? You could argue it’s unsporting but it goes on in football and multiple industries and sectors.

It would just fuel nonsense even more. As someone else posted, it’s more than 72 hours from a game and it goes on regularly.

Horrific newspaper. The word ‘news’ does heavy lifting there. Most of their section staff have been sacked and replaced by AI.

It’s very similar to the Welsh Tories though https://ifs.org.uk/articles/initial-response-reform-uks-welsh-manifesto The sentence which stands out (familiar for Reform) is ‘It has not fully faced up to the fiscal realities facing the next Welsh Government’. Labour hasn’t helped itself there with the daft 20mph zones and sleaze. That’s hurt them far more than immigration in Wales.

It wouldn’t take much if you’ve been to Middlesbrough. Newcastle and Sunderland it is not. Good luck to any CAMRA members trying to get real ale there. Stockton on Tees is where you’ll find that.

You don’t know that yet, certainly if Farage and his own leader in Wales don’t know https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-nigel-farage-breaks-with-his-welsh-leader-over-insurance-system-nhs/ Or just lying to get Welsh votes?

Sums up the stupidity. Bloke allegedly stood on a hillock overlooking their training pitch in a space open to the public which a local could be doing taking his dog for a shit up there. Leeds were actually going into training grounds weren’t they? Load of bollocks.

You’d wear smart glasses 🤓

If you bat well at 3 at international level, generally you’ll have the game to open in the domestic game. Agree with you on Gubbins at 3 domestically, Mayes at 5 and Prest they’ve got to persevere with at 6 because there is talent there, but he hasn’t the brains or focus of a Bethell. But against the older ball his development might unlock again. Yusuf wicketless again, not making any runs in the tail and waste of a shirt.

Pity about the collapse, great stand between first Lehmann and Mayes, then Lehmann-Brown, and then thrown away by late middle order and tail. Dawson got an unplayable delivery. Reasonable start with the ball, glad to see Fuller back. Yusuf too short again for the surface, fuller length and he might get driven but he is just as likely to get a wicket early season. Why aren’t the coaches making this point? Are they bothered or is he not listening? Tomorrow am crucial, need at least 3 wickets before lunch when the ball goes soft and we saw batting getting easier.

I don’t think they’ll get 326 seats in FPTP but could be largest party if they continue this trend. They’d need the Tories though and given they’re trying to make them extinct that could be an issue, lots of bad blood especially between them, Badenoch, Braverman etc. Kemi is as at-risk as Starmer is if the Tory members wake up and fancy getting into power again anytime in the next 10-15 years under a new leader. John Curtiss is right as usual, the votes are moving within Brexit and Remain blocs but less so between. There are hotspots such as Tameside but that’s more the Labour vote collapsing and anger at Rayner. No guarantee that follows in a GE. Starmer is toast, just a matter of when.

Real incomes haven’t risen since 2008, that’s the crux of it. There’s a lot of resentment about the people who have done well since (even though as a household of two higher rate taxpayers we fund the lifestyles of ‘left behind’ areas) but pulling us all down the plug hole in 2016 and possibly again in 2029 isn’t going to help fund their services. If we downsize and clear our mortgage, funding our own healthcare than that’s less money to help them. Besides, as I posted earlier, if immigration is their #1 target, they had better be prepared to pay a lot more tax/see their benefits disappear for the border force expansion, detention centres, ICE and HMRC to reduce the shadow economy. Neighbouring Worcestershire just had a 9% increase in council tax with more to come. The country owes a shit load of debt nationally and personally, and Reform ripping more trade deals just decreases income, plus ruins collaboration around deterring the boats. @whelk is right though, the Reform and Green surge looks impressive but they’ve both had these sorts of results in local elections before and European elections when we had those. The spread of votes piles up in certain areas but less than 10% are voting Reform in Remain areas and gets them nowhere near a majority in a GE.

Reminds me of the mind games Swansea tried with the hotel booking in 2018. It was actually the only time our players really got motivated for a game that season and backfire on the home team.

The vote is very fragmented. Reform are cleaning up in strong Brexit areas but struggling to get 1 in 10 votes outside of Brexit strongholds, similar to UKIP days. Would be a very mixed seat conversion at a General Election and nowhere a majority, largest party at very best. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8p4yn448vo Labour and Conservatives done very badly, Starmer under pressure and Badenoch could be gone by the autumn. Questions for Ed Davey - should be doing better in SE, SW. Holding comfortably what they had but new councils and seat gains are fairly modest.