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Really? It leaves Ukraine totally exposed to future Russian aggression and rewards them for their initial invasions into sovereign territory. It also gives Putin the green light for future action elsewhere. Do you think that European leaders would be happy with this deal?

Just in case there was any doubt that Trump is in Putin’s pocket. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15308713/amp/Trumps-officials-arrive-Ukraine-bid-force-Zelensky-accepting-peace-deal-heavily-tilted-Russia-hand-land-Putin-cut-military.html

Didn’t Arma say that they hadn’t given 100%?

Nic, Yes, once again, I do not read all of your posts. Yes, once again, I have missed some of your questions. Do I have the right to call you out for not answering my questions? Yes, absolutely as I assume that you have read them. You have not said that you haven’t. Sorry nic, not outed (again). The National Socialist Workers Party in Germany were far right, yes. Stalin was not far right, quite the opposite (ideology Marxism/Leninism). What were the other questions that I haven’t answered? I have asked you several times. I suggest that you take pingpong’s advice and take a rest.

If you find my posts that much of a struggle why bother to read them? If being anti Reform is being weird, bring it on.

Trespasses - Channel 4 An interesting period piece (1975) based around The Troubles in Belfast. Those of a certain age will remember the fashions and hairstyles with fondness/horror. As someone who used to watch it all unfold on TV and only had to worry about hoax bomb calls at work, it gives a good insight into the quiet menace faced by everyday people, be they Protestants or Catholics, trying to lead normal lives in an abnormal world.

So apparently not all of the very rich want to leave Britain and avoid higher taxation. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2wlznd33wo.amp

Not heard that mention for a long time. Perhaps we sold that to Liverpool too? They used to make a big thing about having a constant, updated list of possible appointments in all positions didn’t they? This isn’t Ted Lasso and SR haven’t bought the club to destroy it. I am sure everyone from Dragan down is very unhappy about the direction of travel. But we aren’t the only club whose supporters feel have been let down by the owners, coaches, players. Getting the chemistry right is not easy, as we have seen for a while now. Everyone wants a quality, consistent goalscorer, midfield general, centre half goalkeeper and, not least, a manager/coach who can turn things around and make the club successful. Yep, stating the bleedin’ obvious. But we don’t have a divine right for these things and if we don’t achieve them, it doesn’t mean that the people making the decisions are making poor ones deliberately and aren’t feeling the same frustrations that we are. My hope is that SR use this season to get the club where it needs to be to not only make a good fist of promotion next season, but have the basics in place to stay up and thrive. Whether they will succeed, God only knows. But isn’t it all about the journey rather than reaching the destination? (Ok, desperately looking for a silver lining)

Yet another dodgy Reformer. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/19/reform-uk-councillor-suspended-over-whatsapp-group-featuring-extremist-posts

Things that are racist - Nigel Farage as a kid. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/19/nigel-farage-allegations-racist-behaviour-school Apologies for posting the same link on two threads but it deserves the exposure on both of them.

Nigel, as a kid, racist? Surely not! https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/19/nigel-farage-allegations-racist-behaviour-school

I’m sure she is, but she did leave her husband for … Richard Tice!

I have never employed a football coach, but would you just look at the applications or would you work through your own list of people you have identified as being of interest. I can’t see a quality manager worth his salt sitting down and putting together a formal application form. I wonder how many of the 150 applications were people on Universal Credit fulfilling their job application quota? 😉

We had that conversation a couple of months ago. If we were 10 years younger we might seriously consider it. 14 years of austerity, Brexit and Covid have all left this country in the crapper. Anyone who thinks that Labour, or anyone else for that matter, can turn things around quickly are delusional. We like to think that we are a tolerant country but the truth is that we are rapidly turning into the country we were in the 70’s. Starmer was right when he said it would take up to two terms to fix this country. Like with football managers now, if they don’t deliver in two months they can expect the sack. Just over a year in to an even tougher job and Starmer is, supposedly, toast. Driving back from the supermarket today I noticed that the Union and St George’s flags hanging from the lampposts are now just shredded rags. If the people who put them up were so proud of their country, why haven they replaced them, or at least taken them down as they look a mess? Just the usual nationalistic gesturing I suppose. What’s next? The country needs more money which means taxes will need to rise in the budget. Starmer and Reeves will get a kicking but at some point this country, all of us, are going to have to accept that we voted economic sanctions on ourselves in 2016 and we will be paying the price for some time to come - be it under Labour, the Tories, the LibDems, Reform or the Greens. The alternative is even less public spending and we know where that leaves us.

Hard left? Who? The only people I can see making moves are from the opposite end of the political spectrum. What have I missed?