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True and they are. Oppositions need scrutiny too - Labour were not as prepared as they should’ve been as clear they were going to win, and that went under the radar with the sheer mess the Tories were in. They’ve been slightly better than what came before (very slightly!) but I expect the people who voted for them wanted a lot more than they’ve had so far. Their communications are lousy - Streeting has had as big a hospital pass as Reeves and Starmer and he’s made mistakes too, but he’s so much better at correcting them and explaining succinctly. If I was a Labour voter or member, that’s the leader I’d want, in fact I’d break a habit of a lifetime and vote for him.

Classic example https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly183gr2nzo https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-councils-doge-nigel-farage-elon-musk-b2844503.html https://www.lgcplus.com/finance/revealed-reforms-doge-has-visited-just-three-councils-17-09-2025/

Nic’s the leader of the gang, oh yeah, he’s leader of the gang.

And his party now ‘lead’ some of the country’s largest county councils.

Perfect example of why he shouldn’t ever be. Even less grasp of detail than Boris. If people want to hammer Reeves, there are far better reasons, such as not making SMEs under 20 ppl and charities exempt from the NI rises. That made me cross.

She didn’t gain any financial or any other advantage, unlike Farage or Rayner. Not difficult to grasp is it? Should have been avoided as Hypo said but you and the Mail are like bowlers screaming for lbw when it’s hit her forearm, and Farage is plumb in front of all 3 stumps on his housing.

Do you seriously think that the CofE is going to have capacity to look into local rules of rentals? I’d query some of the people she delegates to because a bit of research and a few phone calls avoids that. But it’s not even small beer, it’s barely alcohol free. It’s like Sunak forgetting to wear a seatbelt on that video. Not ideal but we’ve all forgotten occasionally. Farage and Rayner did far worse, and Nigel hasn’t even got the partial excuse of trying to provide for a very disabled child after he’s popped his clogs, not that it makes what Rayner did right at all btw and deserved to go. Farage was pure greed. Can’t wait for the Led by Donkeys trailers with his huge list of outside interests and different paid jobs. Good luck living in Clacton.

Wood and THB, if the latter’s attitude is right, will be fine at CB. Don’t think we need a CDM if the 5 ATB nonsense is ditched. Keeper and target man are the absolute must sort outs, Ramsdale ain’t returning so buy the #1 for the next 3 years in the Champ who keeps up this season. That’s not either of the current two 🤡. Stewart is out of contract and surely even these morons won’t offer a new one, much harder to fill so more likely to be a loan in.

Not the type of player they are lacking though, not had a really proper hold up target man since Pelle. Adams did a decent job of it alongside Ings, struggled more as a primary goal scorer but that’s on the club for being twats. Something they’ve specialised in over several years.

You’d think the people around her would do some research into it, wouldn’t expect the CofE to have the time but at least know the right people to ask to dot Is and cross Ts.

I’m trying not to click like on this post - and Egg is correct about resources - but I agree that it is reckless to risk your kids on a dangerous sea crossing when other safe nations are available for asylum as a basic point.

Don’t rate her at all - although the markets do - but what has she actually gained apart from hassle? Totally different from Rayner and Farage who have gained financially from property dealings. Who paid for it then? Russia and Putin quite probably just like his mate Banks. This stench won’t be going away any time soon around Farage. Led by Donkeys will ensure that https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce845w70g0yo Different to the Uniparty my arse. Farage is in hock and debt to all sorts of shady figures. This is someone in Reeves’s entourage not doing their due diligence - never trust estate agents https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd04d0yxnrvo 5/10 at worst, silly but her budget will soon bury it and the Gammons will pile onto that.

There are many other things happening in this country, eyewatering levels of corruption for one https://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/special_reports/profits-of-doom.pdf We paid for these firms and Tory donors to gorge themselves on the taxpayer teat. That’s without the damning report about the asylum hotel contracts this week as well.

I voted Tory once in 2017 because although May botched the Brexit negotiations (redlines far too early), it was clearly going to better as a deal economically than anything which followed (and factually was). Pragmatism didn’t pay off that time as we ended up Boris and Frost instead. Abstained 2019 as Boris and Corbyn - never - and Swinson’s Brexit pledge was nonsensical. Lib Dem before and since.

Not even WGS who worked out superbly did really. Drew with Ipswich 3-3 and then a few defeats at Fulham and elsewhere. The first SMS win v Charlton turned the corner and Spurs Boxing Day win, albeit scrappy, pulled us out of the bottom three and then Chelsea hammered at Stamford Bridge. Probably only Ralph December 2018 after a defeat first up at Cardiff. Poch improved us but the results took a few games to come through. Adkins won a huge streak of games but poor run to start with.

24 weeks as an upper limit although with the summer legislation, it will no longer be an enforcement matter beyond that. Not sure I agreed with that but very dangerous from Farage - up to 24 weeks is a long held consensus and he’s merely cosying up to MAGA benefactors https://news.sky.com/story/nigel-farage-says-it-is-utterly-ludicrous-to-allow-abortion-up-to-24-weeks-13375431 I’m pro choice for our women on the whole, as conservatives (small c) overall used to be in a more sensible era, and 24 weeks is a compromise. To threaten to reduce that considerably is backfiring thankfully and hopefully will continue to do so https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/reform-anti-abortion-us-movement-farage-b2832865.html Not a coincidence either that a headbanger like Maria Caulfield defected there recently nor Mad Nads.

They’re more like Liberal Democrat’s. I had Jeremy Hunt or Andy Street type figures in mind. Sunak got the job too early and at the wrong time. Good interview with the Times but behind a paywall. He clearly doesn’t want to cause Badenoch any issues but clearly irritated by some of the greasy estate agent corrupt Bob’s recent comments. If people don’t want to re-elect Labour and won’t give a Remain party enough seats, I know I can live a decent life under them. Reform are just a MAGA tribute with nationalism and white supremacism running through them. Abortion limits, key agencies ransacked, companies relying on exports going pop, social care system collapsing, skilled jobs slashed, educational standards down the toilet. Brexit gap making the economy far worse again.

There’s an image 🤣 Reminds me of that ‘Sexy Football’ advert with David Batty during Gullit’s ill fated spell at Newcastle.

They recruited one and for a decent Champ level fee. Sadly he’s a Wessex League footballer. Bristol City manager was saying that Bundesliga 2 is a lot weaker and less intensive than the Championship, and hence you have to be selective who you sign from there and expect instant performance.

So they should be, Lib Dem’s were as well, and Tories if they had a vaguely competent leader and deputy (not saying Starmer and Davey are all that either, but Kemi is desperate straits for them). Long may Sarah Pochin give gifts. Good article here showing data that more voters believe Reform is an openly racist party than was the case in 2024, which added to their plagiarism of MAGA’s crazy anti-abortion views is leaving them wide open for tactical voting as we’ve seen in Wales and Scotland https://www.ft.com/content/c09d5494-9c0c-480e-8f2b-73635d86e76a They should have won Runcorn by more considering the former Labour MP actually punched a constituent on the high street! Window of opportunity for the Tories to revive somewhat to be the primary centre right option again if they ditch Badenoch/Estate Agent Bob and elect a centre right pro-business leader free of the 2016-22 taint.

So could I. Might not even need to move house if he doesn’t mind the W Mids M-Way network.

Can’t see it, wouldn’t worry, SR love a needless risk but too hot even for them. Pity, if he wasn’t one of the Blue Few he’d be what we needed,

Linked to Brum where Chris Davies under pressure.

Honestly, don’t bother @Crouchie's Lawyer, MLG just wants an argument. He knows full well that the club have been selling players for higher fees and re-investing and replacing across different areas of the squad since Martin Chivers in the 1960s. The times it’s gone wrong is when a player has either been sold/injured/not worked out across the spine of the team. Take centre back. Ken Monkou contract expires, getting on a bit, Dean Richards comes in on a free from Wolves. He excels, sold for £8m, after Paul Williams as a stop gap, Michael Svensson came in from Troyes for £2m. Where it went wrong for Lowe was Killer doing his knee (Fratton of all place in the warm up) and replacing him with Andreas Jakobsson. A slow and reactive ball playing CB with an ageing Claus who was ditto. But cheap fee from Brondby. Claus needed pairing at that stage with another Killer/Deano who were more inclined to attack the ball and see off danger. VVD despite the record fee and Fonte weren’t replaced properly at all by Reed, Jan was meant to be back up at most and Stephens has never been a PL CB because we wouldn’t pay the £25m fee at the time that a ball winning and assertive decent quality international CB cost. Vestergaard, Hoedt, Lyanco - the list of failures goes on and cost far more than a good one would’ve cost who at 23-24 if does well probably sells for £50m and they achieve their aim. Ings - similar, Semmens and Crocker patted themselves on the back for weeks sickeningly at the £35m fee and then panicked on AA for £15m. Keepers - Gunn was never needed, Forster never the same mobility after his major knee injury, AM back up. Just needed a Ramsdale level #1 for £25-30m. Look at how much extra they pissed away instead on wages, fees, contract extensions. Then SR and Rasmus doubled down by spaffing £14m up the wall on a 20 year old lower leagues keeper straight in the deep end who makes Shilts look a giant minus all of the natural goalkeeping ability.

Quite, if she’d said ‘I’d feel patronised if I were from an ethnic minority in this country by what advertisers are doing, it’s tokenistic’, I think a majority of people including me would have actually agreed with her. Instead, she went down the ‘It Drives me Mad line’, all those black faces, poor whites etc’ following Murdoch’s channel’s caller down the racist rabbit hole. She’s had prior form for racism as well so if it she mis-spoke as a one-off.