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Yours truly is actually human.....Covid has finally got me. Was wiped out for about 30 hours in bed. Still managed two wanks though.

Weather has sorted its shit out.

Good to see you've pulled yourself round.

Got to say, I'm a big fan of England matches being in the 'other games' thread. (It's how I usually find out their results).

Hopefully then Isak will be back in 3 games' time 🙂

I don't agree that the papers can spin this for them. The papers can lie to you about something that hasn't happened but will be great (Brexit) or something that is happening to other people (evil migrants and benefit cheats), but they can't lie to you about what's happening to you. They can't tell you you're better off when you know you aren't, or that you CAN pay that energy bill and do all the other things you used to be able to do, when you know for a fact that you can't. Eventually reality catches up with you and bites. It already is, and things are gonna get worse from here, not better. This lot are fucked.

I hope you didn’t charge for them.

The place is wasted on you. You should be banned.

Am I balls. I've been hoying the ball into the lake for the dog, called in for a lunch of shakshuka and now I'm just chilling reet oot. Thank you for the recommendation though.

I think that's fair enough. The thing that most pisses me off is the weight given to vox pops. But anyway, all this is happening and STILL labour are way ahead in the polls. Maybe see the glass half full instead of half empty. Seems strange me saying this.

Done nowt but piss on the righteous so far.

Brought a new meaning to tossing and turning all night.

When Rents is the voice of optimism then it is probably time to re-evaluate tbh.

I've just woken up.

The legacy press certainly doesn't have the impact it used, but it still creates a subliminal drumbeat for the morons to march to. Added to which the press also has also lost the ability to hold people to account, and tell truth to power as the phrase goes, it is almost totally pure propaganda now. More importantly the BBC has completely relinquished its role to inform, the both sidesism that brought us Brexit and climate denial, and made major figures out of Farage Johnson and ReesMogg continues unabated. Just heard the news headlines on Radio 5 and they played a minute long clip of govt minister but quoted 10 words from Starmer. Most people listening would give the government side credence and just hear tac cuts. No mention of the pound or the cost of borrowing It's a long way from in the bag amongst the actual people whose vote matters

It’s not his fault he has dementia

Southgate might as well walk now. He hit the peak last summer and this group of players has to be more expressive ffs. The cunt has England playing like they’re going for 14th in the league in their first season up. Absolutely nailed on that he goes with a back 5 and 2 holding players against Iran btw

When you start thinking CT might be right in the Politics thread, you've got problems.

Get wor flags on the case! Very apt for the Gallowgate.

Polish wor flags

Only you would imagine that 😉

This narrative needs to be resisted by absolutely all of us, very vocally, permanently. We must never shut up about the absolute garbage that the Tories have created here. We must be relentless in holding truth up to people. Crazy as that sounds, that's what it'll take. Silence and they get away with it. Same as fucking austerity.

Still, whatever you’ve lost in water bills will be small change compared to what you get for the movie rights to this enthralling saga.

Dweezil’s balls. RIP.

Jesus. Remind me, they went in “ to stop the Neo-Nazis from terrorising the population” , aye? Fuck Putin.

13 minutes, though- impressive

The gigolo game has modernised so much from I was last involved in it.

We are getting to the tipping point with this though. Half the country has cognitive dissonance about Brexit being great, despite the fact every aspect of their life is worse. It's like the real life version of "don't look up"

At what point do we acknowledge that Mitrovic is probably one of the most prolific strikers in world football and we dropped the ball letting him go?

People may not be buying the newspapers but they are still reading their websites. Daily Heil gets over 500m views every month.

Wainwright said grannies and bairns could do Catbells, Gemmill. Sounds perfect 👍🏻

Braverman setting out her stall as Home Secretary and Anti-Woke Minister, ffs. Home Secretary Suella Braverman tells police to stop symbolic gestures https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63015388

For once CT has a point. Just look at the way this already being spun as a gamble but worth a try. Unless Labour manage to craft their own narrative I fear a short lived bounce next spring followed by a snap election

Calling this a gamble at all is complete spin. How is cutting the tax of the highest earners going to boost economic growth? Even cutting the tax of average earners during a period of stagflation is absolute nonsense. The chancellor is writing to the BoE telling them to get a grip on inflation while doing everything he possibly can to fuel it. It’s like torching your own house and then continuing to pour petrol on it then berating the fire brigade for not getting there fast enough. The BoE have one very blunt tool and and that’s interest rates. If the government are telling them to cut inflation then all they can do is spike interest rates which fucks the rest of us and stifles investment in the economy.

I think you are massively underestimating their ability to campaign. ”We saved you with the vaccine” ”We saved you with Furlough” ”We saved you when Putin put the prices up” Also possibly ”we’ve got the economy booming, don’t risk it with Labour” ”We’ve brought down Putins inflation / rates / etc” One thing they usually do very well is campaign. Starmer really needs to up his game or move aside or he will be caught in the headlights of “are you going to increase taxes” etc

The same cunts who always vote for them plus a section who float from party to party on the advice of the papers/radio hosts etc willing to change their minds on tap like Dave from the fast show because they're empty vessels.

There used to be an occasionally funny dating page in Mixmag. One that springs to mind was along the lines of - Are you into political activism? Do you have strong views about the environment? Are you part of the anarchist-illegal rave scene? Then kindly fuck off. I want a thick as fuck blonde with massive tits.

You’re sat at your desk like this aren’t you?

Yeah you’re probably right mate. Remind me, how are Everton getting on in the championship this season?

He might not yet have the sporting director knowledge but the first team will have The knowledge.

They fucking love that bloke. Sporting Director is a canny senior role to just be handing out to a fan favourite ffs. Make him the club mascot.

He'll have the first team trained to be cab drivers & the youth team sweeping chimneys before the international break is out.