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  1. duffer

    America

    Other than Boris, obviously. The Tory party in its current form is beyond parody.
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    Wasps downward spiral...

    The fact that a large part of the bond went to paying back Richardson, and that he's clearly not intending to loan them the money back again, should tell Wasps supporters a story. Their 'white knight' has had enough, and for all of the upbeat statements about refinancing the bond repayments...
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    How we all doing troops

    Sorry about the covid, mate, hope you're feeling better soon. "Sweating like a Wasps bondholder" is classic though, I might as well admit now that I'll be stealing that line for future use.😁
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    Wasps downward spiral...

    No worries, a few minutes with a belt sander should get that right off for them. Failing that, there's always the angle grinder... 😁 Hmm. The report you're quoting about how much money the Commonwealth games brings in, is paid for by the people who run the commonwealth games! Forgive my...
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    Desktop PC

    For that kind of money I think you'd get a very high spec desktop. In fact I reckon you could half that, and still get something entirely functional, with maybe a 1Tb hard disk for storage plus a smaller, faster, SSD to run the operating system. It's been a while since I bought a desktop, I...
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    Lady Godiva

    Dibs on Aethelred. I'm pretty sure we could frame the return to old English names as a Brexit benefit. I'll write to Jacob. 😄
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    I'm no expert on pensions, but this might be a good place to start for free, impartial, advice... https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en
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    Wasps downward spiral...

    Maton is very much pro-Wasps. He was the one they put on the radio to cheerlead the project. A slimy, disgrace of a man who hugely diminishes the office of Lord Mayor. Everything that's bad about politics is neatly captured in the incompetence and corruption of this council. And they're supposed...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Relevance? It's a politics thread. The point isn't solely to highlight your personal success, lovely as I'm sure that is for you, it's also to discuss the flaw in the policy. You'd say you've bettered yourself, but politely, as I see it you've not exactly pulled yourself out of the gutter by...
  10. duffer

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Please point me again to the place where it was called immoral? What I would say is that if you're supporting the party who are about to buy some votes by doing it again, then it's obviously up for challenge and might justifiably be considered selfish or short-sighted. In the meantime, stop...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    And just to add, most countries have far more secure tenancies as well. We seem to live in a country of insecure rented housing, provided by individual buy-to-let landlords using them as a personal pension/investment plan, rented by people with diminishing job security. I don't know who this...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Hold up a moment here. I'm not for a moment saying what you did was wrong, but what you actually did was took advantage of an opportunity to buy publicly provided housing on the cheap, and then sell it later for a substantial profit. Individually that might be fair enough, but if that housing...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    I think you've mistaken the English electorate for people who give a fuck about policies. They don't. Similarly, I think you've mistaken a man who looks half decent in a suit, with a tidy haircut, as someone fundamentally honest and trustworthy. He isn't. What will do for the Tories is simply...
  14. duffer

    CCFPA

    Must. Resist. Obvious. Joke. 😁
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    Wasps downward spiral...

    And the remaining 37p went towards making them the richest, most successful, and best-supported club in the world, obviously. 😄
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    Wasps downward spiral...

    Easy mate, that's like someone saying all football fans are coke-fuelled arseholes based on the behaviour of a few of them. Some of us here support both the Coventry footy and the Coventry rugby club. Most of the fans I've met at either venue are decent enough people.
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    Wasps downward spiral...

    Can't beat a bit of informed guesswork, OSB, it's all we can do at the moment. So what do we know so far? Wasps haven't managed to refinance the bond. ACL haven't filed their accounts. Wasps/ACL have applied for a loan (or grant) of 13m from WMCA. I can't see these as being unrelated. How...
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    Wasps downward spiral...

    I think if the stadium had serious structural issues, we wouldn't get a safety certificate for all or part of it (like Blues, perhaps). But I couldn't imagine it's that serious. I also can't see any reason why CCFC would want to break their sub-lease at the moment. Similarly, even if Wasps end...
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    Wasps downward spiral...

    It was a bit more complex than that as I recall, but maybe we don't want to go down that rabbit hole again here. Let's just say that for a brief period, everyone involved seemed up for screwing YB over, but then they all fell out. No honour amongst thieves, is the phrase that springs to mind...
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    Wasps downward spiral...

    Absolutely. I don't think they're hated at the Butts, but I'm pretty sure that they're not much liked! I've been going regularly for a long time now, way before Wasps rocked up. Cov's owner was apoplectic when the deal was done in secret without their consultation, and I think he still feels...
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