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Very sad news. Not sure of the circumstances, and hopefully it was natural causes rather than life getting too much. Regardless, he was a great character and a superb fighter. RIP.

Yep. Ball into a man who can't win it or hold it up. Lose it. Hope to win it back. Repeat. I've no idea what his midfield set up is supposed to be. Seems like the players don't either.

Are you watching?

Can't believe that's a serious call. Azaz is the only one moving and offering an option.

We've been shocking. I don't do pies, but I've gone for a pie. Their sub keeper has passed the ball more than Downes. Only Azaz and Archer offering up for the ball. Shite.

I think you misunderstand her comparison. It's not literal. I'd hazard a guess that many of those 2 million people would prefer death to their existence.

You have no right whatsoever to say that a Jew born in the holocaust cannot make that comparison. Your views are clear. Hers I respect.

Although plenty of decent Jewish people do. Miriam Margolyes has risen from bloody irritating to bloody decent in my eyes with her comments. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMiL0mXI3kM/?igsh=MTYzdjJoYjJwb20xYQ==

We need the likely starting team working the shape, not just those left behind. The point is, him playing a 3 tomorrow is not indefensible. Personally, I think it's understandable.

Of course it is. We've had an international break and no opportunity to work, as a group, on a new shape.

Sponsorship duties. Get in, get out.

Anyways, Romsey show this morning, music in the city pm, dinner this evening. I'm out.

That's your take. It's not her message as I see and hear it. Restraint is "his death shouldn't have happened, and while we should all unite, I'll carry Charlie's message". She carries the message of sadness and divide, not sadness and unity. She had a platform to promote some calm, not speak as she did the maga lot.

That's a very naive take on her message. Those she's speaking to will not interpret it that way.

Restraint is not using that language or tone of voice. It's provocative. Fires over there need dampening, not fuelling by grieving widows.

There's nothing like using a tragedy to call for unity and respectful dialogue. Or something.

I'm out of words for the Israeli regime. The decent people get it, and the blinkered never will. The sycophant Starmer has made his bed on the wrong side of right, and won't shift unless and until Trump develops some morality. The situation in Gaza will get worse until Egypt has no choice but to take people in, and we'll see even more of that ^^^ kind of appalling behaviour in the West Bank, more illegal settlements, more outposts, more mass "arrests" and detention without charge (basically hostage taking), and the continued annexation of Palestinian land. What we're seeing is an utter disgrace.

We've shifted from the pilot point, and the rights of doubting the competence of a sufficiently qualified black pilot. I remain of the view that he was out of line, but I also dislike quotas. He could have just said that the best candidates should get the gig and if they're all black, so be it, but he went a different route.

People's styles change. Some play for reaction, and certain audiences. Each to their own.

We're talking about the pilots as per Kirk. The standard isn't being lowered to facilitate the quota, so how can there be a doubt re the qualifications of anyone passing? I get there may be better candidates, but that doesn't render the quota appointments inadequate.

Some are, for sure. Others are authentic.

The merits of a quota system are entirely different to feeling it's ok to doubt someone's credentials, based on skin colour, when they've actually met a standard which was the standard prior to the quota. Fwiw, I disagree with quota's - hire on merit.

If the standard is 80%, and all pass that, it's not lowering the standard. The standard is met. I'd take your point if the standard was say 90% but they had to engineer that downwards to meet a quota. He suggested that happened re Harvard.

Yep. This. Everyone chosen under that policy will be sufficiently qualified to fly a plane. Having concerns to the contrary is based on prejudice.

Why does it matter if someone is less qualified than someone else if they are sufficiently qualified?