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  1. chiefdave

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    I live alone but have a 2 bed terrace. The one and only reason for that is there's no other options in the area I wanted to live as I needed to be close to my aging parents. My Mum lives alone in a 3 bed place since my Dad moved in to the care home. Absolutely no reason for her to, and its...
  2. chiefdave

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    would it not just be on the corrections and clarification?
  3. chiefdave

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    The weekend of the reform conference was the first time I've seen Farage on his regular TV rounds actually being challenged on policy. It was an absolute car crash. He had no answers to anything. The issue of course is both if that sort of questioning will continue and if it even cuts through to...
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    Immigration and Asylum

    What worries me is there is so much focus on asylum seekers arriving by boat or those awaiting processing who have been placed in hotels that we are taking our focus off by far the largest group of offenders. I completely understand the idea of certain groups being over-represented in stats...
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    I don't know what sickens me more. The way people will make attempts like this to defend the indefensible or the fact that there are Trump supporters who will happily nod along in agreement. Some pretty horrific details about Gaetz were released in court yesterday as well. Paying and supplying...
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    cricket 2025

    A lot of people seem far too confident about this series, I'm not seeing it. The Aussies certainly aren't unbeatable but that's a very different thing to going in expect to win the Ashes. Still at least we forced Jimmy out the team as he wouldn't still be playing by the time it got to the Ashes.
  7. chiefdave

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    this is quite an interesting read https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/13/who-votes-for-reform-and-why-charts-that-show-who-supports-farage-party
  8. chiefdave

    cricket 2025

    The difference in approach is noticeable. We were fucking around in New Zealand playing (losing) white ball games. The Aussies have pretty much all their expected test squad playing domestic red ball games.
  9. chiefdave

    Immigration and Asylum

    Friend of mine, from a non-European country, works in the fiance sector in the city. Has worked here for several years, her husband is not allowed to join her here. He has a degree, would be working and contributing to society but doesn't meet the threshold. Makes me sceptical when I see...
  10. chiefdave

    Things that annoy you

    They're planning new homes near me (well its been going on for years and there's no sign of breaking ground anytime soon) and all I hear is about the impact on the traffic. People who live in what were 2 bed terraces that have been massively extended to 3, 4 or even 5 bedrooms to facilitate...
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    Is that the letter to BBC that was sent to the wrong address, with the wrong legal wording after the date for action had passed?
  12. chiefdave

    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    So we've gone from him promising to release the files to there's no files to the whole thing is a hoax to ending the government shutdown which definitely isn't being done to change the news cycle.
  13. chiefdave

    cricket 2025

    So what was it people were saying about Englands Ashes squad having too many injury prone bowlers?
  14. chiefdave

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Can't possibly imagine why care home costs are so high. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/12/private-care-providers-in-three-english-regions-make-250m-in-three-years
  15. chiefdave

    Southampton v Portsmouth

    I used to work in live music, anything from academy sized venues to arenas / festivals. 99% of the time nobody ever checked passes and I'm sure if you turned up a few hours early and walked in with confidence nobody would have stopped you.
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    There's so many horrific things going on in the world at the moment its hard to keep track. Did we used to just live in blissful ignorance of most of it before the social media age? Somalian pirates are back in action after 18 months of little to no trouble and the UN reports the aid system in...
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    Immigration and Asylum

    Recently I've seen a big increase in talk about 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants. People talking of how that demographic has higher crime rates and therefore there should be mass deportations. The question then is through what legal process are you deporting British citizens born and raised...
  18. chiefdave

    Immigration and Asylum

    If you don't want to work to integrate people then what other option do you have unless you want to ignore our international obligations and just not allow anyone into the country? Even then the chances of a 100% success rate of stopping illegal immigration is unlikely to say the least.
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    Israel - Palestinian Conflict

    This won't come as a surprise to most people.
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