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I predict the Tories will get a proper hammering in the next GE, though possibly not enough to get beyond a hung parliament. But it's nothing to do with any of the economic or political arguments any of us could make, it'll be purely this phrase: "It's time for a change". That's it. Crappiest...

That's entirely possible, but often even that argument doesn't stand up to much scrutiny. Even if you're voting Tory to pay lower taxes, which of course at the moment we're not, what happens if you fall ill or lose your job? Overall, what has been the impact of the Conservative government on...

Pointing out things like hypocrisy and corruption aren't a shouty pile on. My take on it is that the reason most average Tory voters are a bit shy about admitting it on open forums is that they can't face genuine debate. At best they can come up with a few (generally spurious or ad hominem)...

We need to find another Mick Harford. One goal every 16 minutes for us. That would be over 250 goals per season, and that's just league games. 😄

Exactly this. It's such an obvious ploy. The Tory government starves the larger, typically labour-leaning councils of funds, so that the electorate blames the latter for the local issues. Of course it doesn't help when local Labour in this neck of the woods also involves itself in, well... I'd...

Amazing. So apparently we should only tax companies more if they want to pay more tax. By the same logic can I stop paying the recent tax rise if I promise to invest in a Tesla at some undetermined point in the future? It's only the threat of additional taxation that stopping me going more...

Also, like most in the party of law and order, a bit bent... https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/tom-swarbrick/cameron-lobbying-scandal-eustice-policies-helping-family/

George Eustice, privately educated ex-UKIP nutter (redundancy alert), only in the cabinet because Boris prefers unthinking loyalty to actual intelligence. 'Let them eat (own brand) cake!'

I stopped watching it when it looked certain that Wasps were going to win. Arse. Now I know how those people leaving the CBS in the 89th minute feel. 😄

Standard internet valuations apply... Either: Eleventy billion. Or: I'll drive him there myself, mate. 😁

I'd start by insisting that refs robustly enforce the rules we've already got. Dissent by word or action at either the ref, the lino, or the fourth official, is a caution. If a bunch of players surround the ref, he cards them all. Touching the ref or any other official, red card. I'd tweak...

In theory at least, not any more. Despite the best efforts of the DUP. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-56041849 Always worth remembering that the DUP can have an unhealthy hold on the Tory party, especially when the numbers in parliament are against them.

I'm sorry but I've got to disagree, it's absolutely not a 'low bar'. Let's just say again what the rest of the country was doing: Not visiting their family in care homes, not being able to comfort loved ones who were dying in hospital, not being allowed to go to funerals. The bare minimum...

It's a good read, and I quite like the idea of the Russian army being comprehensively beaten. For all of that though, and odious as it sounds, I think we need to leave Putin some kind of 'off-ramp'. I think this is more likely to end up in some kind of ugly compromise that no one really...

If Starmer or Rayner are issued with an FPN, then yes, I think they need to step down. That's because, unlike you and your hypocritical Tory MPs, I genuinely believe in standards in public office. At one time, whether you stood to the left or the right, there was a consensus on this. But...

I take your point, but I'm just not sure how the conversation would go. "Darling, will you marry me?" "Yes!" "Great. Would you mind signing this please?" 😄

I'd heard she was getting the house, but the plumbing and wiring were coming with you. 😄 I jest of course, it always sounds hugely stressful going through a divorce. Turns out that marriage is usually expensive at both ends, and always in the middle!

If you can't face chocolate mate, then it's definitely getting serious! Can't have you getting skinny now lad, not after all those recent years of effort to obtain that 'fuller' figure. 🙂 We'll have to get you on that old British Army diet recommended for underweight recruits, chips and...

I see where you're coming from mate, but the article you've linked to about a joint agreement to provide aid is a lot more vague than Boris's unilateral statement made later in India. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/21/uk-training-ukrainian-soldiers-weapons-equipment I don't...

I think even he must give it a rest sometimes, else it'll fall off. Shows how seriously they take their jobs, eh.