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Always comes across as being more pro-Birmingham than pro-Midlands to me. So if he mediated and the end result was us remaining in Birmingham it's hardly a surprise ;)

They do look good but I might suggest putting some bulbs in before you spread the seed, esp spring bulbs. Some of the wildflower meadow mixes don't get going until quite late in summer and it can look a bit sparse early in the year and it'll help insects earlier in the year. By the time the...

Have I missed something? Is Dadashov definitely here now?

The argument put forward was that if Akinfenwa had taken it as racist then it has to be considered racist. By extension therefore if any person takes something as racist it has to be considered racist. It then went into "well, someone needs to decide what's racist, so why not the people that...

That's great to hear. Have a speedy recovery.

It would appear something along those lines but for someone who's entire career is based about words and lyrics he seems very very poor at choosing them. The interview doesn't do him any favours at all and rather than row back he seems to still insinuate it's the fault of THE Jews not A Jew. He...

I don't think anyone knows the offside rule anymore. Or handball. Made the laws so complicated they're pretty much a lottery.

In that case we need a new chocolate brown kit!

I assume this racehorse scheme doesn't involve sending players out to stud! Or selling their semen for an obscene price.

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I assume it's box. There is a potential problem of box blight but it should be fine for a while at least as it's most susceptible from wounds due to trimming. If it does need trimming just make sure you regularly dip the shears/secateurs in a very weak soapy or bleach solution as you do it and...

Tends to be a short-term solution. Spreads the spores around and ultimately creates a bigger problem. Needs a proper solution to get rid of it, but need to be careful of overspray onto plants/lawns.

As I said the black community should be the biggest voice in that decision but they shouldn't be the sole one, or it's open to abuse. The argument being put forward is that if someone takes it as racist then it is racist. So that has to work both ways. If a black person see's a white blond kid...

I'm not saying ignore it. I'm saying make the most of the more clear cut examples first. I'm not going to talk to the doctor about a cut on my finger if my legs been chopped off. Of course I shouldn't ignore it in case of infection, but I'd say it might be better to focus on the leg first.

But the artibtrator would be applying the rules as set out by one of the groups, thus making it open to abuse. In smmeee's example it'd be like the teacher applying the rules, but the rules were "whatever that one kid says is true". It'd be a facade of fairness and arbitration when in reality...

The point is of self-policing. We decide what is and isn't racist and if you don't like it you're a racist. On other political threads it's been mentioned about deregulation of the finance industry and allowing them to self-regulate. I'm not in favour of that because it opens the system to...

What are you talking about. Are you saying him telling people he'd suffered abuse such as monkey noises, bananas etc wouldn't be more effective than talking about a comparison with a buffalo? Would there be a debate on here about whether those things were racist or not? Of course not - it'd be...

Aren't we then getting towards the problems with anti-semitism and the IHRA definition? They've suffered it so they get to decide what is and isn't anti-semitic and they've seemingly decided any criticism of Israel, its officials or its policy is anti-semitic? It's a dangerous path to lead and...

Not really what I'm saying. I'm saying he will undoubtedly have had worse insults thrown at him. I sadly suspect they'd include things like monkey noises, bananas and even things like the n word. Surely if he wants to highlight the racism problem he's got much more effective and clearcut...

As an option for DCM with the added bonus of another back-up CB he wouldn't be a bad shout by the looks of it.