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How far into next season is the bet valid ?

After the apparent anti-Trump factor in the Canadian election, it looks like a similar effect has come into play in Australia.

The 1945 Errol Flynn war movie Objective Burma had to be withdrawn from the UK because it practically removed the British and Commonwealth forces from the war against the Japanese. At the UK premiere the entire audience walked out part way through. The Times wrote ; "It is essential both for the enemy and the Allies to understand how it came about that the war was won ... nations should know and appreciate the efforts other countries than their own made to the common cause."

Not sure that is true. Most of those in Lancashire are former Tory councillors. Mind you, they are talking about wanting to hold a local referendum on replacing Council Tax.

So that Vance can take over ? And if you also get him ,then it's Mike Johnson. The madness would continue.

PBS are the latest target of a Trump Executive Order; he has demanded that all Federal funding to PBS cease, along with the public service radio service NPR, as they “receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.’”. This is despite the President having no power, legally or constitutionally, to affect the management of the stations or the funding stream, which has been approved by Congress until at least 2027.

I think that a major issue for Starmer and Labour is that they are blinded by the size of their majority, which distorts how they really performed in the GE. The disparity between percentage share of the vote and percentage of HoC seats won was the greatest ever recorded, and many of those seats were won because Reform significantly split the Conservative vote. Labour's vote share was the lowest by a winning party for over a century, yet they have the second largest majority since 1935, only bettered by Tony Blair's first victory. Electorally they are much weaker than might appear on face value.

He'll claim they won in Vietnam next. And having tried to erase black troops from history, I wonder if the administration is aware of the the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT), which fought in western Europe after D-Day, and was comprised entirely of Japanese Americans.

"Donald Trump has announced that the US is to strip mention of Europe out of its annual celebration of victory in the Second World War. The president said that the May 8 Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) will become “Victory Day for World War Two”. Russia also uses Victory Day to celebrate the end of the war. The US will also recognise the defeat of the Germans in 1918 as “Victory Day for World War One”, scrapping the title of Armistice Day. Mr Trump appeared to downplay the role of European forces in defeating Nazism, saying “we won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance”. “We are going to start celebrating our victories again!” the president added." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/02/trump-strips-mention-of-europe-from-ve-day-celebration/

"No taxation ( tariffs ) without representation"

Is a "bi-election" specifically for swing voters ?

Has somebody photoshopped out the scarf he is holding ?

Local councils have very little flexibility in what they do, or how their money is spent, and for most austerity has reduced their financial activity to pretty much solely those matters that are statutory and ring-fenced. You can judge how much they actually do by seeing how often a full Council meeting is held., for some it is once a year, at budget approval. Most Councils run on a Cabinet basis, with a small number of members running things, which means that those councillors not in the Cabinet have very little input. Elected Mayors of municipalities have more devolved powers and do have some degree of autonomy over transport, economic development, and local health services.

Timbers

Another Federal Judge, Trump appointed, has ruled that using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants is unlawful.

https://observer.co.uk/culture/article/blame-bats-film-covid-review?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb "A new film about the origins of Covid-19 tells how rightwing conspiracy theorists pushed the lab-leak theory to their own ends, suppressing the work of real scientists" "Every pandemic virus in history, from influenza to HIV/Aids, started life in an animal reservoir and there was no reason to believe that Sars-CoV-2 was any different."

Donald Trump is still uncertain.

Bet you drive a BMW. If not you should, you have the right attitude.

Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was abducted and imprisoned by the Russians. In October 2024 the Russians announced that she had died. Earlier this year her body, showing clear signs of torture, was repatriated, it has now been reported that her brain and eyes were missing.

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz seems to be the fall guy for SIGNAL Gate as he steps down, and it looks likely that he will be replaced by that vastly experienced international security expert......... Trump's estate agent, Steve Witkoff. This means that Trump has now fired 4 of the 5 NSA's he has appointed as President.

"Ed Martin, Donald Trump’s top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., claimed he had no idea that a Jan. 6 defendant, whom he once praised as “an extraordinary man,” was a known Nazi sympathizer and white supremacist." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ed-martin-apologizes-lauding-timothy-hale-cusanelli-1235324617/ "In September, Martin described Hale-Cusanelli as an “extraordinary man” and “leader,” while presenting an award to him at an event at Trump’s Bedminster golf club. " This is Tim Hale-Cusanelli..... Obviously not a fan of old Adolf, no sir. Ed Martin has also launched social media attacks on WikiMedia and threatened Legal action against it for promoting liberal views. Martin has also regularly appeared on Russian TV, including during the Ukraine war.

But are you sensible and respectful ? 😉

Whether Fernandes has such a clause or not, could the club resist a £35M bid ? Would he want to stay if a PL or top division European club came in for him ?

Ditto car drivers, and especially "white van man".