Rayvin

I can't quite believe it but ITV did the right thing and canned Jeremy Kyle. Permanently, with all previous episodes removed. Absolutely the right decision, was a dismal show at the best of times.

They should go full DnD with it now and change her middle name to 'The Uncorrupted' or 'The Breaker of Chains'. Then those kids with a bit of darkness in them can be 'The Fallen' I mean, if they're going to be stupid enough to name their children after someone who starts the series off with murderous violence and has ambitions of dominion over all men, and then be surprised when those ambitions are manifest.

Is that actually how that conversation went? What the fuck do Sugar's baftas have to do with some poor bloke killing himself?

The polls - I mean the only reason Sargon got involved with this is because he thought he could ride the UKIP wave to some kind of political career. Instead, Farage has risen from the dead like some kind of undead zombie dragon, and stolen the entire limelight.

I am enjoying this season and the fall of Dany I mean, I hate 'perfect' characters, so this is enjoyable. Jon Snow gets away with his stuff cos I think he seems genuinely quite northern in his outlook, and I'm biased af.

I think the dragonfire was a bit mixed up. When it hit people, it him them like fire. When it hit bricks and mortar, it hit them like a missile. Has it ever been shown to be that powerful in the past? Also, any possibility that Dany will try to torch John Snow and he'll live through it with his Targaryan blood? How does Sansa get onto the throne btw? That's a hell of a jump for one episode.

I will greatly enjoy that, if it pans out that way.

I dunno about that last point - what's the point in seiging a place if you're just going to flatten it? That's something you do to obliterate an enemy, not conquer a city.

The one thing I'm enjoying about Farage's resurgence at the moment is that he's knocked Sargon and the online 'public intellectuals' within UKIP off their perch altogether.

Really enjoyed that episode

Maybe he can secure a percentage of revenue then. Either way, I'm going to remain optimistic because I think he wants to stay. Its not like it'll be the first time I'm wrong if it turns out that Ashley's cuntery gets the better of his dubious business acumen.

I know but... I mean maybe I'm being overly optimistic but I reckon with investment over a few years and Rafa continuing to develop the team, we could get into a position to win things. Not the League, but a trophy maybe. And if there's any logic in Ashleys mind he'll be aware that £50m a season, paid for by TV money, is worth it compared to risking a loss of £100m every time we go down. I'm just going to hope.

Dunno, sounds alright to me if added to the young player development/sell plan. Even in this day and age. How many PL clubs are exceeding £50m net spend season on season?

I think he'll stay. I really don't think he wants to go and if he can just extract a commitment from Ashley for spending, it doesn't matter if they share the same vision or not. If he gets a commitment that he thinks he can make work, then he'll stay even if Ashley doesn't give a fuck where we finish. £50m a season maybe?

They were dead forever under New Labour as I recall. Then the coalition would never last and the government would fall apart. Then they would never get re-elected. Then they would be torn apart by Brexit. Then they would be torn apart by incompetence. Then Brexit again. Then not actually leaving. And now by Farage. Brexit will be settled by the next GE, the Farage enthusiasts will return to 'hating the left' with renewed zeal, since that's who they think this victory is over, and the Tories will be returned. Labour will fail because they've abandoned the middle class vote, and the left in the country will be split in two.

That's a really useful answer, thanks. I'll raise it with him next time.

The problem is that I've read this statement many times over the years and it never seems to come true.

A silver lining that I'll believe when I see it.

Was talking to my dad about HS2 recently, and he was of the opinion that it was supposed to shave off about 20 mins from Newcastle to London - and that the cost involved in doing it had been described by someone or other from the Lib Dems as 'being equivalent to £500m spent on 114 cities and towns, each'. On that basis, it sounds like a total waste of money.

Where is Labour's support going to come from though? I mean I'm sure as shit not voting for them and I think I was considered to be quite hardcore about my support previously. I think the Tories will get their usual support tbh - this election is consequence free, really. A GE wouldn't be treated the same way.

The long term upshot of all of is that at the next GE, we'll get a minority Tory government.

I can't believe how prolific he is. I mean he's a monumental cunt but he just can't be killed off. He's made a party out of nothing in the space of a few weeks, and now has a poll lead exceeding the combined might of the two heavyweight parties. And if it was just about Brexit, UKIP would have managed that without him. There is something about the guy that makes the stupid flock to him. Change UK must be jealous as fuck. And I can't believe that there is STILL no co-ordinated Remain movement. None of the centre left politicians seem to care about this issue much at all, they all just want to politicise it. Maybe that's Farage's appeal, he doesn't want to politicise it, he just wants to achieve an objective and has his cards on the table. What I would give for Gina Miller or someone on the Remain side to have done the same thing.

So the Nigel Farage Party has 34% in the polls. Which means it is speaking for basically all of the hard Brexit voting population. With that in mind, who in fuck does Labour think it's trying to win over? Are there actually any middle ground Leave voters who are satisfied by Labour's stance? I see Labour is trying to issue a relying cry to Remainers to vote for them in order to stop the far right agenda. Fuck you, Labour. Stop enabling the fucking thing and then you get my vote. Until then, you're on your fucking own.

He was only going to do that if they got promoted. Even though they were certain to go up and one would imagine the club will cost him more if they do.

I mean, Labour are fucked then. I cannot for the life of me understand why he and those around him think that people like me (and indeed most of us on here) are going to support them after their total abandonment of our concerns and principles over this whole issue. I will not vote Labour again until party policy is that we are part of the EU. If that means the Tories are in power for the rest of my life (not that my vote matters anyway), so be it.