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  1. Ian1779

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    It’s OK though as they are ‘electable’ now...
  2. Ian1779

    Police with criminal convictions

    I would have thought this was standard.
  3. Ian1779

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    The fact that Starmer doesn’t appear to give a shit about the government scrapping free parking for NHS staff tells me a lot about the ‘electable’ face of Labour... I know he raised it in PMQ’s but it’s an easy win for Labour to champion against it.
  4. Ian1779

    Imagine

    I remember when we went back to the Ricoh for the first game after Northampton - a virtually full stadium, Mr Blue Sky blaring out as the team emerged from the tunnel... sent a shiver down my spine and a lump in my throat. I think it’ll be like that.
  5. Ian1779

    Jonny Depp

    She was pretty hot in Aquaman.
  6. Ian1779

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I just don’t know how they manage it. A supportive narrative from the media coupled with some incredibly effective use of Facebook and other social media - especially since 2017. Brexit was also a gold coated gift for them, but the Tories have always tried to hang the ills of the country on...
  7. Ian1779

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    All about saving money.... lump stuff together, maximise teaching allocations and lose a teacher here and there. At least thats what they are doing in our school.
  8. Ian1779

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    The Tories are good at creating an alternative narrative. The last election was easy for them with Brexit but also they managed to convince Northern voters that their underinvestment and decimation in their region was the fault of the incumbent Lab MP’s and not the Tory government that had been...
  9. Ian1779

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I think best case scenario is we could get 10 seats in the places you’ve mentioned. We had 7 in 2017, now only have 1. The way the Tories have handled Cov-ID I think they’ll lose the little seats they have next time round.
  10. Ian1779

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Northern Labour voters have been in decline since the end of the 90’s because the party was viewed as too London-centric. 2017 was actually an arrest of this decline and in some areas it started to improve, only to be truly fucked by the Brexit stance. I know we have gone over this before but I...
  11. Ian1779

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Depends where they in terms of geographical location. I might be wrong, but I feel that centrists and lefties often occupy the same areas (London and big metropolitan conurbations) - and I’m unconvinced that northern constituencies are full of centrists.
  12. Ian1779

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Corbyn toxicity with voters stemmed from Brexit and the decision to pursue the PV (championed by Starmer no less) - it allowed the Tories to pin on him that he didn’t respect democracy. To their credit they executed that with aplomb, and once they had that embedded they could chuck anything and...
  13. Ian1779

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Labours issue now is that whilst they are trying to appeal to people that don’t vote for them - moderate Tories and centrists (on the face of it making some sense) they are now alienating the core base of their vote that stuck with them in 2019. No point in gaining moderates and centrists...
  14. Ian1779

    Ricoh Lease...

    He must work for Dominic Cummings on the side...
  15. Ian1779

    Ricoh Lease...

    This is an important point. Both entities are mercenaries, Wasps had a better PR set up.
  16. Ian1779

    George Floyd

    I believe it’s now called vertically challenged porn.
  17. Ian1779

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Yep you can see how that would unfold a mile off. I’m inclined to think that if we put ours up we aim for a higher price and then if it goes it would help.
  18. Ian1779

    George Floyd

    Thinking of the pricks that do Nazi salutes yet carry Union Jacks and wear poppies.
  19. Ian1779

    George Floyd

    Just floating a thought... if people are sexually attracted to brunettes or black girls for example you could argue that comes from some kind of natural instinct. So does that mean we are ‘programmed’ to be racist IF they were accurate?
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    George Floyd

    They look like a shit Father Ted tribute act.
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