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Or you could have a line x yards from the goal line which you have to behind when the ball is played to you to prevent the game from becoming too stretched. My fear about no offside is that you will end up with 20 players spread from one end of the pitch to the other. If you reduce the area that will at least compress the area of play.

For a tall guy he is very poor in the air and his positional sense is appalling. We really should have sold him on years ago. Passion and being ok at blocking occasionally is all well and good on a Sunday morning on Hackney Marshes, but it really doesn’t cut it in professional football nowadays.

For a man who prides himself on “the art of the deal” he doesn’t seem to have the slightest idea of how business and trade actually works.

Of course you are struggling Batman. Both sides have brown skin.

The coastal Kent areas are full of London/cockney accents. The locals call them DFLs (down from London).

Surprise, surprise. The Brexit trumpeting right wing media are giving the trade deal with India a kicking, despite it being an actual “benefit” of leaving the EU!

I think people have a reasonable idea if they look at manifestos but my point is, again, many people just listen to the soundbites and if a certain message resonates with them, like stopping the boats, that is what will ring their bell (even if untrue). Look at the Brexit vote. A lot of people voted for things that were never remotely likely to happen, or chose to ignore the clear and obvious downsides. According to the feedback, many of the people who voted leave before would now vote remain. Rupert Lowe made the point that Reform has no clear policies other than on immigration. Does anyone really know what their new councillors are going to do locally I wonder? Protest votes are all well and good, but not so much if they make matters worse. This is (was) a strong Tory ward for local government. The votes went - Reform 2471 48% Independent 1047 20% Tory 859 17% Labour 459 9% LibDem 356 7% From what I hear there wasn’t a great deal of canvassing outside of Ashford. Just mainly leaflet drops. We only had leaflets from the Tories and the Independent candidate. If my neighbours voted to the Refirm candidate, the only firm commitment was about stopping the boats. Something the councillors have no control over. As you say. Democracy is a bitch.

You made this point before about why there was so much coverage about the POTUS and US politics over on this side of the pond. Given what is happening with Trump I am surprised that you are still banging this particular drum. Do you really need it to be explained to you again?

I think the point is that any manager worth his salt is going to see what his options are before making any hasty decisions. We may well already have made an offer to his agent but if his agent is not as dumb as Trump he will wait and see what his options are before he and his client make any decisions. Will he want to come if he has better options on the table?

No one is saying that they did. My point is, again, that I wonder if all of the people who voted for them knew what, exactly, they were voting for (apart from stopping the boats, which they can’t do anyway). As for the banning flags from council buildings other than the Union flag and the flag of St. George. I get that they are against diversity and want to be seen as against “woke”, but surely taking down the Ukrainian flags sends the wrong message? Unless Farage doesn’t want to upset Putin of course.

I was thinking more about the people who voted Reform that wouldn’t normally go that far. I agree that there are those who are very happy with their choices.

It starts. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-ukraine-flags-farage-b2745470.html#

Those who pretend that we are not witnessing a genocide will not have a problem with Netanyahu’s latest moves. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/06/israel-gaza-war-latest-live-news-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-palestine

Sadly the people who need to watch this won’t.

For those worried about what happened at last week’s polls, this is worth reading. For those still popping champagne corks, don’t bother. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/05/reform-minorities-labour-british-public-keir-starmer

Nothing to worry about here, eh guys? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14679281/amp/Putins-spies-Parliament-Three-Bulgarians-convicted-spying-Russia-pictured-sitting-Westminster.html

I’m glad you don’t live here either, although I think they would welcome you in Dover. If the local population wanted the person they voted for to stop the boats they are going to be very disappointed. It is quite worrying that people vote for councillors yet seem to have little idea what they are actually responsible for. On the Reform flyer for the local councillor it talked about stopping the boats. The Home Office are responsible for immigration, not the local councillors.

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/trump-calls-for-reopening-of-alcatraz-to-house-most-ruthless-and-violent-offenders-13362068 Perhaps he is thinking of having it done up like Mar-a-Lago for when he finally gets put behind bars?

One the local newsgroup this morning was a post about the local having its used vegetable oil stolen (apparently it can be turned into fuel like diesel). There is a picture of the guys involved and several local business have said they have had their used oil stolen too. One local posted that “now we have Reform on the council perhaps they will do something about the European 💩👽that are ruining our country”. Not sure what a poo alien is but I’m guessing it is not complimentary!

Oops! Not the best start Andrea. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/farage-reform-council-diversity-officers-local-elections-lincolnshire-jenkyns-b2744308.html

Just read an interview with a new Kent county councillor. He said out of 57 of them only 6 have previous political experience. He has already been asked when he is going to stop the boats. He and the people who voted for him are in for a rude awakening.

No doubt these guys will be celebrating Reform’s success at the polls. https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/25120013.far-right-group-hosts-hitler-birthday-party-royton-pub/

Plenty of people have concerns about “who we are letting in to our society” as you put it. It doesn’t make them racist. Saying that people who are clearly racist are not racist doesn’t make them non-racist. You do know that you are in more danger from people already in our society and well defined as indigenous than those we are “letting in to our society, don’t you? Lol.

I’ve just read that Spitfire crash landed in a field near Hythe yesterday evening. It’s an omen!!!

Imagine what is is like being surrounded by people like Lord Duckhunter, Turkish, hypochondriac and ease-end-nic. 🤪. It’s been bad enough having these nutters invading the local newsgroups with their racist bile. Now some of them are actually running the council. How long before they form a militia and have them spread along the Kent beaches wielding pitchforks? Sod the potholes and broken local services, let’s just sort out the foreigners. There are a few houses for sale in the village. I expect Batman et al might be interested. What next? The local ale house changing its name to the Farage Arms and being frequented by gammons and “nine pinters”? We’re doomed I tell you! Doomed! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿