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  1. duffer

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Some fair points mate, all wars eventually end with some sort of negotiation, but I think it's up to Ukraine to decide when that point is reached. As a nation we can't do it on our own, but NATO and Europe can obviously do a lot more should they choose to. Even the military superpowers...
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    USSR invades Ukraine.

    The Ukrainians aren't asking us to fight their battles for them, or for us to send our children to die in their fields, they're just asking for the tools to defend themselves. At heart, I'm a pacifist, but it seems to me that history has taught us that there's a point at which inaction becomes...
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    Match Thread ⚽️ West Bromwich Albion vs Coventry City Match Thread

    Struggling to see us getting much out of this. That said we've had a couple of decent chances, but for the most part it feels like we're chasing shadows. Albrighton looks a properly good signing, we could do with keeping him a bit quieter. Might be a long second half...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    This has been the Tories' plan forever. Underfund the NHS until it's at breaking point and then present privatisation as the only alternative. Who benefits? Themselves, their rich mates, and their corporate lobbyists and donors. Who loses? Everyone else, but especially the poorest and most...
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    Benjamin Mendy.

    I hear what you're saying, but given that potentially only one in a thousand rape cases end in conviction, I think I'd be focussing on that area ahead of the false accusations. Both are horrible crimes of course, but the sheer number of victims of one must be an order of magnitude or two greater...
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    Benjamin Mendy.

    So in broad brush strokes the numbers seem to be along the lines of 1% of rapes reported, and of those reported, 1% end up in convictions. That doesn't suggest to me that the burden of proof for a conviction is too low. This has been an issue for a very long time...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Doddle mate, just get one of your old school friends or alumni to get you a job where you can directly influence the award of Government contracts and have a say over planning law or regulatory requirements. Easy if you went to the right school (and have the required moral flexibility)...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    How can it not impact your job, seriously? Being an MP is arguably the most important role in the country. You're representing tens of thousands of constituents and providing leadership and governance for the entire country. If you've got time for a second job then you're not taking it...
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    Doug King Takeover

    Actually, I'm blaming the typically shite level of journalism in the CET for the endless speculation and stress here. More of this "it's understood that the EFL have ratified the deal". Andy Turner et al, if you do read this, the CET has gone from a respected newspaper to an absolute...
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    Doug King Takeover

    That's exactly what worries me too. The timing of the King bid was very odd and very last minute. Nothing about it seems organised or straightforward, and the EFL delays only add to that suspicion. Don't get me wrong, I'd be delighted to see the back of SISU, but it just feels 'off' somehow and...
  11. duffer

    Positives from yesterday

    We were first on MoTD, it's been a long time since that's happened. 😄
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    Fabio Tavares

    I wonder if Tavares is a better player coming on against tired defenders than starting a game? He wasn't getting much change against a fairly average defence yesterday. I'd love to see him come good, but I'm not really certain he ever will. That said, I hope he recovers quickly from his injury...
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    Match Thread Wrexham FA Cup match

    Well, at least it was an exciting watch. If they've been working on defending long throws in training, it clearly didn't pay off! I don't know what's happened to Dabo or Moore, they both seem to have gone backwards massively. Might just be me, but I'm not going to get hugely upset about it...
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    Doug King Takeover

    The longer it takes, the more dubious it feels to me. "Imminent" is a meaningless word in this context, and I can't see why there needs to be a veil of secrecy on the process - the club, the EFL, or King himself could explain the delays without giving away any commercial secrets. For example if...
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    Lost item tuns up after refund..advice

    I'd tell them that you haven't got access to a printer and given the packaging isn't secure you're unable to return it until they provide new packaging and a proper label. Mess 'em about a bit. If you've already had the refund then I think they're screwed unless they recharge your card.
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    Terry hall

    Excellent read. And yes, agreed, fuck that racist boor Philip Larkin - not fit to lace Terry's boots, in football parlance.
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    Wasps downward spiral...

    Six times smaller than our ground and they still won't fill it most of the time. 😄 Wasps - fuck off down south for God's sake, and treat your real fans with some respect for once.
  18. duffer

    Wasps downward spiral...

    It looks like Wasps are on a mission to make Millwall look popular. Is there anyone they've not pissed off yet?
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    Terry hall

    Spot on, Otis. It's always been a rough old working class town, and it's funny how we can both hate it and love it in equal measure. Anything that was anti-Thatcher and poked a finger in the eye of the racist dickheads was ok by me, the fact that it was brilliant music just added to the mix. I...
  20. duffer

    Wasps signs have actually gone!!

    That's exactly what I was thinking. I suspect the clueless bastards at the RFU are making Wasps stick to the "local area" clause in their rehabilitation from administration guidelines, ignoring the fact that they let exactly the same outfit move 100 miles North of their actual home just a few...
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