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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    HS2 should’ve started top of country down if at all. Like most large public sector infrastructure projects, a shambles with budget blown years ago
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    Transfer Rumour Luke McNally

    Probably feel they owe us one for not ending up with a crocked Ohare for £6m
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    Injuries

    Spot on. I was hoping Rose would step up and do this role but unfortunately not. It’s why an experienced CB would’ve been top of my list of signings…not more wingbacks
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    The official NFL Thread

    Bengals are quality. Love Burrow. Dominated the game. Also got a great recent record against Chiefs, bit of a bogey team lately Ps Stuck a tenner on 49’ers a while back at 8s. Can’t believe Purdy has taken them to the championship game ! Wow
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    Sunaks surely got to get rid of zahawi, who if he had any integrity would’ve resigned already. Like all this things its as much the actions after the ‘crime’ as the crime itself. Heard he’s not the nicest of guys, this just reinforces that view. Also, how Johnson still has he level of party...
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    Premier League thread

    Great game that. Arteta done an amazing job. Both clubs appear to have got rid of the rotten cores that were holding them back in recent years
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    Match Thread ⚽️ Coventry City vs Norwich City Match Thread - Saturday 21st Jan

    Those subs were waiting 5 minutes. WTF 🤷‍♂️
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    Match Thread ⚽️ Coventry City vs Norwich City Match Thread - Saturday 21st Jan

    Surprised Panzos not playing. Might’ve had an iffy game or two but better than a lot of that. Look so open. Hopefully robins can sort it out second half
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    Most of the test and trace budget was spent on testing… setting up and running of the labs https://fullfact.org/health/test-and-trace-37-billion/ Serco oversaw the test sites. They apparently made 60m off 500m revenue for covid contracts. 60m is a lot but a drop in the ocean overall The nhs...
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    It was a combo of both NHS England » NHS to ramp up coronavirus testing labs It’s irrelevant anyway, my point was that there were failures across the board not just at government level
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    USSR invades Ukraine.

    New tactic…500k nude Russians running around in the fields https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/19/politics/us-germany-ukraine-tanks-weapons/index.html At least UK, Poland, Finland and Baltic states are doing our/their bit in trying to get the rest to up the ante. Germany haven’t even given other...
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    Cant disagree. Johnson with Hancock at health secretary was not the ideal double act for the times Another couple of years we’d have been fine though….
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    The testing capacity was NHS/PHE. The sites operated externally. I’ve also said about the dodgy contracts but the procurement shitshow was not all on the government. Ministers don’t run public services they oversee them
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    I was talking about having sympathy for people at PHE and NHS but you are right poor all round
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    Doug King Takeover

    Also the fact that £20-25m ‘offer’ was probably bullshit to try to scupper sale to Ashley. Nobody was paying that for the stadium due to all the dilapidations/repairs needed
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    You are kidding ? The nhs wouldn’t have been able to oversee all of that (sites etc) in the middle of the pandemic ?! The actually testing capacity was all NHS/PHE and was ramped up from scratch. From memory they refused to let private institutions/Unis get involved early on when we had...
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    You’re right. Media/politicians keep banding around certain figures to suit their political argument knowing full well they’re incorrect. Probably the same people who were up in arms when free testing ended as well 🤦‍♂️ Ps the trace side of things was a complete waste of time and money though...
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    Yeah, I was talking about living a lot longer than we did in the past when 65 was picked as pensionable age.
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    You wait until you pro rate it taking holidays into consideration and add the pension 😉 Next rounds on you BSB
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    We agree on the main point. It’s down to supply and demand and the government/pay bodies need to better recognise there is a shortage of staff and retention issue in certain areas and reflect that in better pay or numbers The problem was the pay body met before the massive increase in...
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