Rayvin

Aye well, I daresay you're right there

Just can't help myself.

As much as you may struggle to believe this, he was taken to court over teaching his girlfriend's dog a nazi salute. A lot of these are just ordinary guys... And Sargon is married with a kid already... The world is changing

That's all he is. A nerd with a dark sense of humour. But ignoring what we think of him as a man, I really think some scrutiny of a judge who decided that all context should be ignored when assessing the intent behind an utterance is needed here That's a fucking mental position to take. It means you could literally string people up for even quoting nazis for educational purposes.

The flag isn't but the wider culture war is now all over the place. Peterson breaking Newman brought it into the living rooms of "normies". Better out than in though...

I spent a lot of time trying to get my head around this about a year or so ago. I'm less committed to keeping on top of it now since it appears the debate is now mainstreaming itself anyway. I consider it a testament to my left wing credentials that I explored this community in depth, listened to what they had to say, and still voted for a 'far left' party at the last election Easy to see the battlegrounds that the left loses on now though, having actually looked at the other side. Unfortunately, pointing this out tends to get one branded a nazi.

It's the Kekistani national flag... In a nutshell, it's the symbol of a nationality that was devised by internet shitposters in order to poke fun at an ideology that assigns victimhood to minorities after Sargon noticed that shitposters themselves could technically fit the definition of their own ethnic group by UK government policy. The word "kek" comes from World of Warcraft where it was used instead of "lol". I'm not really sure how it became mainstream internet lingo but that's what I read. It's also an Egyptian god though, so I guess it's a crossover from the two. It's fair to say that there are no adults left in the room in the culture war.

Thin end of the wedge, etc...

I'm not a Corbynista. As you know. Don't have a Times subscription either. I don't recall his time as Justice Minister but didn't get sacked after falling out with Theresa May? On Education, he seems to be loathed by parents, teachers and students alike. So I'm at a loss as to who thinks he did a good job there. And the environment - ignoring the fact that his recent plans appear to have been inspired by a documentary rather than him actually keeping on top of things himself - I do concede that he may well actually do some good there. But until he does, he's getting fuck all credit from me.

When has Gove ever proven to be a political thinker? I can't recall any single thing he has done in any position of power, that has impressed anyone with half a brain. Not even anti-Tory bias on this one, even amongst the Tories he's fucking pathetic.

How so? Anything new happened? My dad was telling me that Ken Clarke and Michael Heseltine were on... I'm gonna guess Radio 4 but tbh I missed the program name - but anyway, Clarke apparently stated that remaining in the single market was so important to this country's future that if a Labour government was needed to ensure that this outcome was delivered, then people should vote Labour. Not so much an endorsement of Labour as a withering condemnation of his own party's approach to Brexit.

1 - you were right by accident. 2 - even if you weren't, you've only managed to correctly guess the behaviour of a truly irrational man.

Honestly, that genuinely does look as if someone at the Tory party fervently believes that standing like that makes them look powerful. It has to be something they're told to do, it's too fucking bizarre for anything else. No one stands like that.

Aye well yeah. And tbh, it doesn't look like the new guys will have the capital to push them forward quickly - it'll be sustainable planning and growth. The Ashley model, arguably.

One thing I can't quite get my head around concerning Short and this paying off the debt fiasco - if he was ready to do this, then it makes the Fish look right about his reluctance to spend in January. If he can afford to stuff an extra £80m or whatever it was into the club to pay off that debt, then why didn't he spend any money to save them... £80m would easily have been enough to get them contending for promotion this season. Although I suppose you have to consider that if it had all gone wrong again he would have had no money to bail them out later. Hard not to see this as a silver lining for them tbh. Debt free for a club that size is like a second lease of life. Once they sell off their loaned out players for about £15m or so, they can presumably funnel all of that straight into recruitment. That'll see them promoted from L1. I don't think they'll be resurgent beyond that tbh, I suspect that the Championship will hold them for a while, but still, administration and further collapse seems to be off the table.

Tbh I'm stunned that something actually happened at all here so I'm going to say that this ever so slightly raises my faith in the government. From 0% to 0.1%.

Hippy Green? I used to hang out there too I don't think the 'kids' use it to the same degree these days tbh.

But does anyone care? We've had someone fall on their sword already.

Aye, this is the stuff the Guardian does well, and what makes me want to pay for its upkeep sometimes. Shame about the rest of it. As for May, I don't think Rudd would have gone if there was any chance of May going too. I remain convinced that she's only still in the position she's in as a lightning rod for the great Brexit calamity.

Would go Ruth Davidson myself, assuming she can win her own seat.

Woulda been out at the next GE anyway. Margin of 100 iirc? Future Tory PM though, apparently, so I'm glad to see that notion has been dumped on its arse.

Yeah but that's what the statement says, apparently. That he wrote the debt off. Whereas we're simply looking at this being unlikely on the grounds that he'd have to be fucking mental to do it. But the statement does say he did... “To achieve this, higher offers from less qualified buyers were rejected and I have paid off all debts owed by the club and leave it financially strong and debt free for the first time since years before I owned it.”

Why are they all reacting like this is what has happened then?

Short has paid off all of their debt..? The man is insane. But if thats true, he has saved them, and they'll recover quickly IMO.