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Big big call, one we are light years away from making.

I get the point about about there has to be a point where we stop, but the first winter after the pandemic doesn't feel like the right point. Mask wearing is such a small imposition and its more about reducing the burden on the NHS then protecting anti-vaxxers.

It about limiting contact with aerosols, not stopping contact completely. It can only help quell the numbers, people are catching it somewhere.

I agree, a mask mandate, forces those selfish cunts do their bit. It also helps stops those selfish cunts being double selfish cunts by taking up a hospital bed that could be better used by someone else. Asking people to pop on a mask in the supermarket, train etc isn't a big ask.

All that does seem self indulgent. I was having a pint the other night with my NHS colleagues from the estates department the conversation moved on to going into the 'wrong' pub by mistake, and I can assure those worried about a trans ideology takeover, that this is far from the case in my small part of Kent.

The gay player, great in midfield but doesn't know what to do with it in the box. Still good to bring on when you're losing, great at coming from behind.

Tory Scum

When the government choses to do it for one thing and not another, its about limiting contact/exposure not prohibiting it completely. This tries to strike a balance between protection and the economy. Perfectly sensible. The argument that 'they've allowed this so they should allowed that', is a bogus argument.

Nigel Adkins sacked from Charlton. He has never managed to get going again after he left us. Shame, nice bloke.

Plenty of highly respected medical organisations recommend mask wearing.

That's just for covid patients, I was talking about all patients, maybe I wasn't clear. There has been a slight but increasing rise of covid patients in my hospital, but nothing like the other peaks. We are full with backlog patients and current elective care and we will have the usual winter pressures on top. The point being that a rise in covid patients will be impossible to accommodate without the shut down of scheduled care. On top of that 40k nurse vacancies, something will have to give. They can free up space by stopping elective care, so hip replacements etc will have to wait another 6 months. We should try to avoid a further lockdown. Maybe more mask wearing, but the mask has been politicised by the anti anti-freedoms politicians and commentators.

My hospital is full, we have been tasked with making extra bedspaces on current wards. The problem is we haven't got enough staff to open a winter pressure ward. We are short of nurses, yet the Tories expect kids to pay £9k a year for three years to train, all for a low to average wage at the end. No surprise kids choose not to do it, surely a tory market approach would be free training.

Yes they are, do people really have a problem saying that, when the numbers are overwhelming? What is also undeniable is that the amount of Muslims that are terrorists is very very small. People aren't apologists for saying that. What is not spoken about enough is the links between the Saudis and Muslim terrorist groups, yet here we are as a country embracing them.

There is an issue with religious mentalists and fascists. The authorities attempt to deal with it through anti-terrorist agencies and the Prevent program. But its very difficult.

Because we turned him down before

If you have the keeper to beat it can never be classed as a tap in.

I totally agree that someone in the shadow cabinet shouldn't be using the word scum about political opponents. It's preaches to the choir and turns off the others, totally counter productive. Call out policies not names. Not a Corbyn fan but isn't it a bit of a leap in to the conspiracy world to call a leader of a mainstream party dangerous.

I don't think we are currently 'making' it in the premier league, we are merely existing in the premier league at the moment. We have deficiencies in the team and squad thay can only be solved over an extended time period, in which time more deficiencies will occur. There is no sense that we can mount a challenge on the top ten, we are a bottom half team fighting relegation and just one slip up away from the drop. We should have probably got rid of the manager, but will someone else do appreciatively better given our resources, probably not, so that would be a lot of money to waste for very little benefit. I see the club is admirably trying to move forward in its current operational difficulties and looking for the new formula. But it's very difficult. We have a good pedigree as a top flight club and we are a large enough city/region to support a top flight club, but the finances of football don't work for provincial clubs like ours. The top six boys don't care who the also rans are, the other slots in the premier league will always be filled. In fact weaker smaller prem teams helps them in Europe. The other divisions are littered with clubs like ours who have been out of the top flight for a long time, that could easily be us in the future. Wages and transfer fees are probably the problem, we are competing in a market place with teams who also operate in a larger market place. What's going to happen if Goa can't sell, will he want to recoup some money by other means, are the training facilities at risk? We've seen entrenched owners at other clubs at odds with their clubs best interests, could it happen here, why not. Yes it's negative, but we are not in a good place at the moment. The one silver lining is that the club recognises it's position and is trying to respond. Here's hoping.

Premier league clubs with out a benefactor, large match day income or other lucrative deals, are now like lower league clubs needing to pull off some big teansfer deals to survive. Its sad that a club of our size can not make it in the top flight.

We moan at each other about politics and bollocks, but underneath it all we are Saints fans and humans. Situations like yours highlights what is important. Wishing you and you family all the strenghth you need.

I think we're done here mate.

That's a good point, things are never easy are they.

I think I keep myself in check most of the time with most posters.

Well we can only change the law in this country! Yes I know the internet has no borders etc. Don't you think the world would be a better place if we are not all shouting at each other from behind masks.

He is a little bit of a twat.