Alex

It would be just like them to win it

That thing on the Letterman (also shite) with Kramer / whatever his real name is. Like Jerry Seinfeld can somehow absolve the bloke that’s comfortably the funniest thing he’s ever done and they’re both playing it completely straight

A heroic Northumberland MLF Tory

It could’ve been worse. I.e. they didn’t bother checking under the bed for monsters

Sportswashing is a massive simplification by journalists who really don’t know what they’re talking about outside (and often within) their sphere of ‘expertise’ tailored for their even simpler target audience. I think PaddockLad mentioned that if it was meant to make Saudi Arabia (in our case) more popular or its rulers seen in a better light then it would be an abject failure. That’s not really what it’s about though. It’s a vanity project to be beat their regional rivals

Mine just arrived. Bit disappointed with the taste tbh

Precisely. The main cheerleaders (who literally only changed their name) are the party leading in the polls at present

tot = turning oil tanker buj = big useless Joe

They’re not even close to winning the PR war with any of this. They’re alienating their core plus the floating voters and they aren’t ever going to appease the sort they of people who’d never vote for them anyway.

Pah! They never win anything

Fucking dweebs

Da fuck did I do?

I certainly hope you’re right

@Kid Dynamite would be a good one for some practical advice I would think

It’s the same with Brexit, which of course is very closely related. It should be constant reminders that Reform campaigned for this and it made us all much worse off. Not a fucking peep though

Of course it is. But the argument FPTP prevents them from getting into government is no longer valid with it being a 5 party race now (and that’s just in England). The methodology Electoral Calculus uses applies polling at a constituency level and is more advance in terms of its modelling than most media outlets. So you can’t just ignore it. Labour are at a low ebb but Reform should be too given their stance on Ukraine for one thing. And the infighting. But they’re polling better than any other party

Projections would currently make Reform the single biggest party under FPTP with enough seats to form a coalition with the Conservatives

Probably bought the media stuff at the time. A lot of journos trotted out stories. John Gibson even came out of retirement to do a piece which alluded to it. I didnt really mind his affection for ‘United’ as it was understandable given his success there. I can’t really say I had much of a view on him beyond thinking he was a dinosaur and a shit manager. To be honest it was more us looking for a redeeming feature of an otherwise typically abysmal Ashley appointment. When this lass put us straight me and the other fella laughed as I said well he hasn’t even got a nice personality going for him.

Might’ve mentioned this but in his early days as manager here I was talking to another parent whilst watching my laddie’s football training. We were saying at least he seems well liked / canny or words to that effect. The older sister of another lad was there. She works at SJP on match days. She said he was horrible, either rude or completely ignoring staff. Whereas the other players and coaches were the complete opposite. That was when he’d been there a few weeks before his failings became obvious and when he had no real excuse for being like that. I know it’s only an anecdote but the same lass never really mentioned her job there other than that. Just another little insight into what a strange and unpleasant character he seems to be. Not to mention how fake his jovial media persona is. Except when the mask slips when he gets mild criticism like off Gayle.

That’s t’ joke

What they going to do? Make him buy the first round at his leaving do?

I honestly have no idea what they think they’re doing at this point. Like Renton I’m probably as staunch a supporter as you’ll find and like to think I’m a pragmatist. It’s one thing overhauling a system to provide the actual support to get people who want to work into jobs. As I actually think that does people good. But just cutting welfare to save money is an appalling tactic. It’s political suicide too. As well as the aforementioned taxing of those who can more than afford it there’s the lack of honesty on the need to rejoin the EU. In all but name at least. Because that’s the only real way to raise people’s standards of living. You’ve got Cummings meeting with Farage now, plotting what they’ll do in government. The government are already in a precarious position where the huge majority is because of the collapse of the Tory vote. I honestly think reform winning next time is a very real possibility. Scotland will vote SNP and Labour won’t do the necessary pact with the Lib Dems. The latter will only happen if they have to after an election. You can’t just go back on everything you are supposed to stand for and blame a changing world. It’s domestic affairs that decide elections

Them r them and we r us.