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It didn't help, but Major's government doubled the debt between 90 and 95 in their attempts to deal with the recession and recovery, then Brown's put 50% on between 2008 and 2010 for similar reasons. It's been downhill from there for a variety of reasons, but Christ knows why anyone would think Lowe is the answer.

So if US negotiators are negotiating, and have done a deal, but it's all subject to Donnie's approval, who's set the US terms for the negotiators? On any assesment, it feels like negotiations are happening with ever changing Trump (perhaps Israel ?) positions. Odd.

Do you live in the Congo, in the middle?

I'm not sure itst that radical - go and watch a player, conclude that he's not good enough for club a, but could do a job at club b, and/or may become good enough for club a after a season or two at the other club. Seems an efficient way of doing it.

Sounds like he had a big role here, leading the scouting network, and was the "sporting director" whatever that was. He thanked the first team assistant coach, and you'd imagine that not thanking Tonda was deliberate...the comment about not getting the promotion we deserved must have been aimed at him. Anyways, he's gone, and hopefully it's not too unstable behind the scenes.

Pretty much this. My head rules, and still tells me that his position is untenable, although my heart will take over next season if he's still in charge.

Indeed! We did the Yorkshire dales and Moors last year. Picked up a few scars. We'd only do Devon in the autumn or spring when it's less mental. Can't be doing crowded lanes, or actually anywhere crowded.

Ha!! We avoid the crowded touristy places. Little sites in the countryside are where it's at.

Spotify threw that at me earlier today. Splendid 😊.

Camping in a tent, cooking all out meals, no, but we've got a campervan and love it. King size bed, central heating, bathroom, flushing toilet, shower, electric, proper fridge, and the ability to go wherever we want. We only stay on sites with proper facilities and somewhere walkable to eat. We ate out yesterday, today we barbequed, tomorrow, who knows. Done properly it's decent.

Yep, we're doing a road trip in Belgium. The Brits stand out a mile everywhere we go - fat and either pale or orange. The locals are nearly all in great nick.

I think that's the case.

I think it's gone quiet because Tonda is in the middle of an internal disciplinary process, and the club are saying nothing until that plays out. If he had our backing, the club would have said so.

Yes, but, he/we failed to grasp the distinction between the intent to gain an advantage and getting one, and having maintained that no real harm was done, the panel viewed the club’s defence as an attempt to downplay a "top-down" operation, ultimately leading to our playoff expulsion. Absolute cock up all around.

Relating that to our case, when McLaren stole Ferraris data to attempt to get an advantage, they had Hamilton and Alonso (the reigning world champion) as their drivers. Just having the best drivers/players wasn't enough for them, they felt the need to spy to gain a sporting advantage. The panel referenced the McLaren case for good reason.