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The majority of the electorate accept that trade off. This is how leaving the ECHR has gone from fringe opinion to the mainstream in little over a year. The current frameworks are just not working for us (or Europe) and there’s no sign of that changing. This is an issue that seems to be...

Anyone who arrives illegally should be barred from entry altogether, no exceptions. I disagree with the principle of banning based on religion but the system needs to be more restrictive towards nationalities that tend to be economically unproductive and are overrepresented in crime statistics...

This a straw man and you’re better than that. If anyone is coming here legally and on a salary that means they’ll be a net-tax contributor, welcome. To generalise, there aren’t too many high income migrants from low income countries arriving legally or illegally. Particularly, the example of...

Pretty much any country that records nationality of offenders finds the same reoccurring patterns. There’s a much higher levels of criminality and welfare dependency from nations and regions of the world that are poorer and more violent. Which is not unexpected. For example, you’re just not...

In terms of raw numbers, Brits will obviously lead most, if not all categories. The MoJ shows a 1/4 of sex offences are committed by foreign nationals (around 10% of the population). In London, that figure is 40% and what these figures do not actually highlighted is crimes committed by...

No, I don’t think this is being blown out of proportion at all and MoJ data actually supports this. From what I gather, you do seem to acknowledge that there’s a problem with migrant crime. Is that correct? The secondary issue is that successive governments have shown they’re incapable of...

Agreed, from relegation back in 2001, it was a state of managed decline. I fell into this category but was also at uni in those dark days. Seen Marcus Tudgay and Sam Ricketts at my local Sainsbury’s when doing my shopping (we had Morecambe away in the cup) and genuinely couldn't care. In...

In the stadium... The poster on their forum based in Houston obviously wasn't one of those fans. For context, they have 1.5m followers on IG so have plenty of tourist fans/followers out there. Edit: there's an embarrassing amount of Americans that don't realise that Britain is comprised of 4...

In fairness, these newer fans would have never experienced the intensity of the rivalries with Chester, Cardiff and Swansea. They don't get the geography and history of their newly adopted club. The fan culture in the USA is v different too and the closest thing their have to the intensity of...

Do you acknowledge that there could be a problem at all, out of curiosity?

Very important point on Grimes. His durability is elite, he’s missed about 10 to 15 league games since our league 2 days. I’m just going off appearances so there are games he may have just been rested rather than injured. With Sheaf, I worry we ran him into the ground because he basically...

The cases against him were civil, not criminal, so no. We also don’t have elected DAs which, in this context, stood on platforms to prosecute him. Our judiciary is not outwardly politicised as it is in the USA.

Yep, ignoring the problem for too long has fuelled v dark opinions underneath legitimate concerns. The other day I was driving somewhere and BBC R2 did the headlines and it was ‘x’ asylum seeker commits a violent crime, something about world affairs and then ‘y’ asylum seeker commits a violent...

When the time comes, I imagine Wrexham fans will feel how we did when we sacked Robins. Parkinson has took them from the NL to this point. That loyalty to Parkinson from the owners and fans could well be a source of regret come end of the season. They’ve spent a lot of money on the players of...

Betting markets is one of the most data driven industries. How do you even go about setting odds before anyone places money on an outcome? There will be an element of customer led odds setting because betting markets need to protect themselves and prices need to correct themselves. I suspect a...

Hahaha you sausage! In all seriousness, the betting markets will be well aware of the data and build this into their pricing model. The reason Ipswich are still second favourites is because the underlying data suggests they’re in a false position and favour McKenna to turn things around...

£6.5m to play around with in January is appealing. We probably should have cashed out on Sheaf in the summer of 2024 but if he’s struggling with injuries/niggles, take what you can and move on. Parkinson’s quote on Sheaf’s latest injury was concerning, he more or less said he felt something go...

@Bugsy in short, @shmmeee did a Gemini summary of teams who were top of the Championship after 12 games. 15/20 were promoted automatically. Last season, Sunderland were the first team to be top after 12 games and go up via the playoffs. As a percentage, that’s 76.2% of teams top after 12 games...

I hope they get relegated. Dislike Welsh clubs in the EFL as a whole, but their arrogance makes them unbearable to be honest. Hoping Blues and Wrexham get a bloody nose and banished to shadow realm (L1).

Agreed. For some reason I’m anxious about this one. Wrexham’s home form has been average, they’ve got a 3 game week and our away form has been flawless… Naturally, this is where we drop points. If we 7-9 points before the international break, I’ll be fully convinced we’re going up...