Guided Missile

Forget the football aspect and focus on what clubs are and have to be. They are businesses and this type of thing happens all the time. Remember the emissions scandal in which VW were involved. Volkswagen responded to Dieselgate by quickly acknowledging wrongdoing once regulators uncovered the emissions cheating software, replacing senior leadership including CEO Martin Winterkorn, recalling around 11 million vehicles worldwide, compensating customers through repairs, buybacks and cash settlements, paying more than $30 billion in fines and legal costs, implementing major compliance and governance reforms. Rather than fighting every aspect indefinitely, Volkswagen combined admission, compensation, organisational change and long-term strategic repositioning to rebuild trust and restore commercial performance. That combination helped Volkswagen recover commercially despite enormous financial damage. By 2017 it had regained its position as one of the world’s largest automakers.

I have fond memories of the Johnson's Paint Trophy and Rickie Lamberts many goals in Div 1. I could live with that again.

I'm actually looking forward to another season in the Championship. Dedicated fans and a real incentive to get automatic promotion. I can see from this thread that the fair-weather fans will go and I'll be sat among dedicated supporters, not cry babies who obviously fail to remember the bad times we have gone through before.

Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio...

Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio....

Earlier...

Trump says: "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP"

I think Trump should be handing the IRGC his war plans, just after releasing them to CNN. That's bound to save US lives.

Chuck Norris, the greatest human who ever lived! Just some of his feats: * When Chuck Norris was born, he drove his mom home from the hospital. * When Chuck Norris slices onions, the onions cry. * Chuck Norris counted to infinity — twice. * Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door * Time waits for no man; unless that man is Chuck Norris. * Chuck Norris doesn’t write books. The words assemble themselves out of fear. * Chuck Norris can divide by zero. * Chuck Norris can delete the Recycling Bin. * Death once had a near-Chuck-Norris experience. * When God said, “Let there be LIGHT!” Chuck Norris said, “Say, please.” * Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird. * The flu has to get Chuck Norris shots every year.

I am not often lost for words, but...

Great film out at the moment...

A near miss by Iran on Portsmouth Dockyard, but, as they say, every cloud has a silver lining.

If ‘letting someone use your runway’ makes you responsible for everything they do, airports are going to need very good lawyers.

So, what you are saying is that what Israel are doing to a terrorist dictatorship that wants their country to be wiped off the map "from the river to the sea" is akin to a "drive by shooting". Mate, have a word with yourself.

This is a stupid tangent: Oh and you'll understand the rent boy comment one day, as soon as the super injunction is lifted.

So, Article 5 of the NATO treaty, does not apply to Cyprus, primarily because Cyprus is not a member of NATO. It may apply to the UK bases on Cyprus, but you have Article 4 and 6 coming into play and Starmer would get a rent boy hard-on just thinking about the legal arguments against helping Trump and upsetting his muslim voters.

Calm down, dear: Why Cyprus is not in NATO There are a few historical and political reasons: Division of the island (since 1974) After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the island was divided between: the internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus (south) the Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey) Because Turkey is already a NATO member, the dispute complicates Cyprus joining the alliance. Neutral / non-aligned tradition After independence from the United Kingdom in 1960, Cyprus was associated with the Non-Aligned Movement, avoiding military blocs during the Cold War. Turkey could veto membership NATO requires unanimous approval from all members. Turkey would almost certainly veto Cypriot membership because of the unresolved territorial dispute. Current Western alignment Although not in NATO: Cyprus is a member of the European Union (since 2004). It cooperates with European security frameworks and partners with NATO countries informally. ✅ Summary: Cyprus is politically aligned with Europe but cannot realistically join NATO while the Cyprus–Turkey dispute remains unresolved.

Cyprus isn't a member of NATO and Turkey would never agree to its membership.

Meanwhile, Lammy refuses to rule out strikes on Iran Deputy Prime Minister says ‘all operational capability’ open to UK to defend country

Ali Starmaini

Like I give a fuck...

I think you'll find that pretty much every soldier in the British Army was inspired by Winston Churchill during WW2 and were proud to serve Queen and Country. Monarchs are allowed to survive wars. Jesus, King Edward VIII, that well known Nazi was allowed to live in the Bahamas after the war. Politicians and dictators are normally, when supporting the losing side, hanged from the nearest lamp post. There's an idea...

Starmer proving, beyond any doubt, he is no Winston Churchill at the press conference. Do we have one single member of the armed forces that would risk his life defending his sorry ass? I don't think a single member of the cabinet would. Today is a historic moment, the day that the UK hit rock bottom.

Met Craig David in 1st Class on a BA flight to Miami. What a lovely bloke. On "deplaning" he took us to immigration on his golf cart and told us we should apply for Global Entry. A great tip from a true Southampton legend.