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That says everything about America and the state of its democracy. I doubt their voters will even think for a second about who is paying for it or what the trade off is afterwards. $5k - I might lose my healthcare and die within 2 years long before my time - but let’s grab the money in the here and now.

My grandfathers who served in Dunkirk, El Alamein, Montecasino, Burma actually saw what Ossie describes and would never have trivialised events like that. But that’s because they were actually there, at risk, one of them was an army medic actually saving people. Not drinking far right misinformation by a Hayling Island skate on X or Telegram. The medals are proudly on my father’s living room wall. That’s patriotism. Patriotism is not Portsmouth or Luton football hooligans smashing up the public’s cars, wearing balaclavas and breaking into dockyards.

Be greedy and want two wins.

The French policy around not intercepting when they’re in the water might need adaption I agree. The fact - which I know you agreed with - is that they had to travel from that far out because the French overall are squeezing them everywhere else. Good. Ditto the Belgians and Dutch. Germans just banged up some smugglers too. As I said, there will be a sinking and a lot deaths soon and that is on the smugglers.

Damning Sky News piece on the sheer chaos in Reform’s Durham County Council. Andrew Husband, Farage’s mini me, getting a hammering. Another of their ex-councillors and former soldier there refers to it as a cult. If it walks like Trump and quacks like Trump…

Absolute scum threatening RNLI volunteers https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly47p5vk63o

Lehmann holding the innings together and Scott Currie has had a far better all-round game. No other scores above about 35 though which shows you where the issues lie.

Vote for Trump twice, and you end up going backwards to a time of lynching black people in the Deep South and grossly under-funded forces turning a blind eye https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgwydke178o

Got to be a stay over, one of the best real ale and craft ale cities in Britain.

The smugglers were driven to try a much longer and dangerous route by the crackdown along the French, Dutch, Belgian and German coasts. There will be a sinking soon if they keep experimenting with longer routes and the forecast turns. Blood on the smugglers hands. They don’t care as long as they make money.

Grammar also appears to be the old lady he fondled at Southampton Central baths when he was a nipper.

I’d play you over him too. Got any pace to burn Hypo? If you’ve got some occasional end product then you’ll do for us.

Then the Greek political music will change and he’ll up sticks and move somewhere else. The British public do not want to be like the Red states in America where the bridges fall to bits and kill people, the police forces are terrible and DNA tests take 12-18 months and there’s no affordable healthcare.

Heard that quite a bit 2010-16 when home victories became very frequent occurrences from the Northam. Bristol City is a bogey that we need to pick. Visually, as a bogey, it would have a hard yellow crust and be really thick, long and stringy when picked. But let’s pick it anyway at last and wipe it on the wall.

He’s not, BBC are becoming as accurate as the Telegraph or Express. Definitely a Wanderer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Bazunu

Third is him, some role in the other two but defensively not great as a whole unit. The better keepers inspire confidence - he creates indecision and anxiety because his position and decision-making aren’t natural combined with not being physically the biggest.

Bar the penalties, that reminds me of that night at Walsall in 2022. They had one shot - Macken scored - and we had 21. Walker, their keeper, was astonishing plus the woodwork.

Third one is poor wrists and 100% keeper error. Second is a good header but his positioning is poor from the free kick. Some culpability. First one - would struggle to say it was keeper error but stronger wrists and arms get it away from centre of the goal. Slow defending as a unit.

That’s not good for their first either. Having Victorian Plumbing on his shirt - he’s as leaky as actual Victorian plumbing that’s not seen a wrench since she was on the throne.

@pingpong this one not a Bazunu howler then? Nicely captured on video.

That’s the trouble though - for Gavin. He does let it go - into the net!

Phil Brown on BBC Radio Manchester ‘the goalkeeper should probably do better there’. Watched the clip and crisp packet hands as ever.

🍺 🍻 🍷 John’s refuelling habits haven’t changed either.

Hopefully Fleming sorts England red ball out. Pakistan are so awful that even Hampshire might beat them. SA and Bangladesh away will be good winter tests of progress. The Aussie side is ageing and had to doctor a pitch to draw with Bangladesh. If the bowlers stay fit, we should beat them but need to play Rehan as a spinning all rounder in the winter.

He’s the worst keeper to play for our first team by miles - compared to his 92 games, I don’t believe that a 17 year old Keith Grainger or Alan Blayney or Ian Andrew’s can compare. Even middle aged Chris Woods with a broken leg was better. The mind boggles as to how bad a keeper would have to be to dislodge him in the worst ever Southampton XI. That said, if any owners will pursue that aim with grim determination, it’s SR. He’s not the worst ever actual goalkeeper I’ve seen live though (I don’t mean Colin Clarke or David Howells as outfield custodians. Although Kenwyne Jones was probably better!). That honour belongs to this chap, I was at a stag do in the Broads and as the groom is a Canary, we took in their home opener against local team Colchester. Let this sink in - world class former keeper Bryan Gunn signed him. Short term pain for long-term gain as Colchester manager Paul Lambert left them for Norwich and consecutive promotions and mid-table PL finish resulted. Norwich’s right back might look familiar.