hypochondriac

Either that or they can personally house one and avoid any sort of related tax.

I'd say we could do a lot more to make it less desirable to come here for a start. That doesn't mean allowing people to die due to easily treatable medical conditions but it does mean spending less generally to house them and give them all handouts. Unfortunately there's just too many people coming here and it's deeply unfair to expect the taxpayer to pay for all this.

I know it won't happen but I'd have Ings on a free, if only because I'd be confident he'd score against the skates.

I don't agree that it's policies first and personalities selling them. Elections are a popularity contest and elections ns have been decided on personalities including all the people I just outlined.

Of course policies will contribute to the public mood and be a factor in election. The idea that the personalities of the politicians aren't also significant factors is a pretty silly thing to say. You don't think that Boris, Nigel, Obama, Trump, Blair, Bill Clinton to name a random few haven't had the success they have had because they appeal and are popular with a decisive number of the electorate? Similarly Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Brown, Miliband, Corbyn failed at least in part because they lacked widespread appeal and didn't have personal qualities that enough of the electorate were looking for. Like I said, elections in the main are popularity contests, it just depends what the electorate is looking for at the time.

Hard to disagree. Bringing down numbers hugely, growing the economy in a meaningful way per capita will be huge factors like you say. Some of these trade deals might be a good start but if they result in waves of more migrants it's not going to touch the sides.

Possibly but I think if they'd had a Boris Johnson type leader they wouldn't have fared very well. His personality reflotheir politics and was a factor in their win for me.

Highlights once again how intolerable it is to live next to a nation who harbour extremist death cults who routinely want to murder you.

Must be a real challenge for you too. There's no Jews on either side.

Starmer won because the Tories were wildly unpopular but also because he exudes managerial competence and people wanted predictability and someone steady after the Tory disaster. Not bollocks at all.

Every single election in my lifetime has been decided based on personalities.

Whereas if you hate people better off than you and want to give people a taste of their own medicine you can hold all the luxury beliefs you like and vote Labour.

Elections are 100% a popularity contest.

Agreed. If we get promotion again then I'd bin him at that point. I certainly wouldn't be making him captain. Maybe club captain which is more of a ceremonial role.

Given that we won't be getting rid of all of our players and that IMO it's more likely that THB and Bednarek will leave, I would probably have Stephens in the squad. Wood, Edwards, Stephens and a new signing would do for our centre backs. Bree, Wellington, Manning and a new RB and that's the defence sorted. Will this Kayi Sanda bloke feature at all or is he more likely to go out on loan?

We gave them some games in the Championship is my point. As we should do here.

Not sure why. I'd have him in the fringes of the squad. We gave the likes of Edozie and Amo Ameyew a chance.

On a per capita basis? And if we pretend that what you say is true, why would you want more threat in the country to exacerbate an existing problem?

I'm prepared to see what Spors can do as long as he isn't off as soon as a bigger club shows interest. The fact that Smallbone and Stephens are getting regular game time in the premier league as an absolutely damming indictment of our transfer policy. If we see promotion next year for example and then a much more ruthless approach next summer I'd be satisfied. Could just as likely do a Luton at the moment though and go back down to league one.

Don't say anything. Prove competence with a good managerial appointment and signings.

New gk New rb Wood Edwards Charles New striker At least half the team will be unaffected by this season.

The best bit is any of them can go and I won't give a shit. Last time losing Lavia, livramento and jwp was a wrench but there's no equivalent now. Couldn't give two shits who leaves.

It's crap policies post brexit that have led to that not brexit directly.

It's a good point though. If you genuinely want something to be done about that then you're not going to be voting Labour are you. Seems a bit pointless of Labour to concentrate so much of their messaging on that. Particularly because they aren't actually going to succeed and it's going to be used as a stick to beat them with.

Labour only got into power because the Tories messed up so badly. Labour are going to have to find some way to make people like them and inspire people. That's going to be almost impossible in my opinion under Starmer. Maybe someone like Andy Burnham would have a better shot.