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If being on here doesn't get you down mate, then I reckon you can handle anything life throws at you, cold water swim or not. 😁

I'm heading for the Malverns personally, no one's going to bother dropping a bomb over there, unless Morgan take up wartime production. Have you got a spare room mate? I'm not very good at cooking, but I don't mind doing the washing up. 😄

Doesn't mean it's going to be turned down either, given the 'relaxed' approach of our council to HMOs, green belt development, student flats etc. etc.

This being the same Soviet Union that guaranteed Ukraine's territorial integrity if they gave up their nuclear arsenal. Putin's excuse for breaking that agreement is that the USSR no longer exists, I believe. Cuts both ways, does that.

There's absolutely no reason why the NHS shouldn't get involved in treatment though, unless I'm missing something. If it's not improving, I'd be tempted to kick up a bit of a fuss on his behalf. Squeaky wheel gets the grease, etc.

I've got a mate who suffered from something that sounds very similar to that injury... More detail here... https://www.healthline.com/health/myositis-ossificans#causesand-risk-factors

I hope he's well too. Always enjoyed hearing his remarkably honest take on things

I suspect many older Russians are entirely used to only having 'approved' news, so it may take a while to work its way through. However there's no disguising the shortages in the shops, and even worse, no hiding the dead bodies or the maimed when they start returning home. Eventually some...

In a nutshell, I think it's a bit like this: Repressive regime in a very big country trying to control a number of internal factions, lots of oil but low overall wealth, seeking nuclear weapons. No trust of the west for a number of historical reasons, Israel (a local nuclear power) and the US...

I think, in all fairness, there are plenty of other reasons the U.S. and the west aren't entirely trusted by non-aligned countries as well. There is a degree of hypocrisy when both we and the US talk about supporting a 'rules-based' world order, only to act far beyond those rules when it suits...

Some fair points here. I think the only thing I would say is that by the time Putin digs himself out of Ukraine and rebuilds his military, western Europe will also have substantially re-armed, and we'll also know him for what he truly is. I don't care for throwing Ukraine under a bus either...

If you're too lazy to read it, then don't fucking read it. You could've saved yourself a bit of time too, by shutting the fuck up if you don't want to engage with the actual point. Tories can't help but whine incoherently when there's no other response available though, QED.

Completely agree that MPs should be paid more (to remove any need or excuse for corruption), and completely disagree that we should ever accept even the vaguest hint of corruption from anyone in public office (from Councillors upwards). Corruption is a cancer in politics and democracy, and the...

What an arsehole thing to say. Are you 14 or something?

I think the reason for targeting journalists is to try to suppress independent reporting of the war. There are two reasons I can think of for that; firstly the war clearly isn't going as planned, and secondly the Russian forces are also committing war crimes by directly and deliberately...

Exactly what I thought. On the upside if it had have been around longer I'd probably been forced to listen to it every Sunday morning along with 'Leaving of Liverpool' and Val Doonican. Scarred for life! 😁

I know exactly where you're coming from, Pete, but if you're not careful this is the kind of thinking that leads to a messy divorce, a new trophy wife, and a two-seater sports car. Hmm... there's probably a down side that I'm not seeing... 😄

Ah, it's nice to have a little bit of good news for a change. 😁

Not a NATO base mate, 5 miles from Poland and within Ukraine. Apparently used for training and storage, I'd guess it's where some of the munitions that are crossing the border are received. I think if Putin hit anywhere within Poland then NATO would be duty bound to retaliate. Of course...

As Foreign Secretary, Johnson ditches his security detail to go to wild parties in the Italian palace of his Russian oligarch mate. The same mate who is closely aligned with Putin, says the Salisbury attacks aren't Russian in origin, whose father was a KGB agent, and who is considered a...