Craig

I get the point. But if they appoint the option that has the best opportunity to keep the Tories out of power, they'll soon replace them. Only a matter of time before some upcoming centrist comes along who makes them electable. Give them someone from the old guard that'll keep them in the wilderness due to their associations with the previous government, but who's not likely to do anything earth shattering.

I wouldn't give the right-wing cunts of this country the opportunity to test that theory

Jenrick is the big concern as far as I'm concerned. As a said a few weeks back it's saying something when James Cleverly is the most reasonable option. Tugenhadt seemed reasonable enough when it came to replacing Johnson but even he seems to have gone a bit crackers - he's still the 2nd best option. Badenoch then 3rd best with Jenrick being the turd of all turds. Which likely will mean he'll win.

How many people vote for Reform as a protest vote, knowing fine well that under FPTP they are not a serious contender on a nationwide level. I suspect many who voted for them may consider differently if it was under PR.

100% agree.

I think we'll win this, but not by much of a margin. Going for 2-1 - Barnes and Gordon to get a late winner and send the bitter dippers into meltdown.

In a nutshell. Surprise, surprise, as soon as Iran get involved, then they're getting interested and saying Israel has the right to defend itself. But Israel's incursion into Lebanon is fair-game? Quite how they expected to take out the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah and not expect any retribution is utterly ridiculous. The US, and the UK should be calling for widescale de-escalation on all sides. But they won't.

We won, we're in the next round, all that matters. Pretty convince that won't be the side they put out against Chelsea.

First off, it's Luke Edwards so likely to be figures developed inside his own head but even if there is a modicum of truth in it, there could be a whole number of factors which mean a new stadium could cost considerably more than what Spurs paid. For starters, Spurs had a relatively straight-forward footprint, once they'd cleared out all the local businesses. We've got to give consideration to grade I listed buildings, parkland that no doubt has significant preservation orders in place and underground tunneling to consider. Complexity in construction adds £s very quickly. Secondly, Spurs had the luxury of being able to move out during the main construction phase. It's almost certain we won't so they'd have to factor in additional complexity in the build process, or the construction / removal of a temporary location if that's the path they take. Finally, if PIF are going to fund a brand new stadium you can bet your bottom dollar it'd be the most opulent stadium in the UK by some margin. They certainly wouldn't be scrimping on the price - particularly as Andrew pointed out, it doesn't impact PSR. But ..... I go back to the fact this is Luke Edwards, so likely bollocks.

I get the point being made, but the suggestion he betrayed / knife his brother in the back is a bit much. He was proposed and seconded by sitting Labour MPs and was democratically elected as leader by the party membership. IIRC the trade unions were massively in support of Ed which probably was the difference. I was surprised David didn't get it, but it was always going to be something of a busted flush - the new leader of a party who have just come out of over a decade of government is likely to be transitional. Foot & Hague were the same and the new Tory leader will likely be the same.

Fucking hell, I lost my Mam to Myeloma, it's fucking horrid. Hope he gets better soon.

It's a text message from someone who knows someone reporting on the PL AGM. You've got as much as I have

I can't be held responsible if you equate 'strong rumour' to actual news

Negative. You can search for midget porn all by yourself.

Nothing substantial. Rumblings from someone who is reporting on the PL AGM. Could turn out to be bollocks

Strong rumour that Man City have won their APT case. Game changer for us if that's the case.

I thought we have an explanation for your permanent grimace for a moment.

It's not unprecedented. The bloke who is owner of Nottingham Forest is also the owner and president of Olympiacos

Only Murders In The Building. Needs a Disney+ subscription but it's fucking hilarious. Gave season 1 a go and now halfway through season 3.

I'm sure KK said something along the lines of he looked into Jimenez and the only previous connection he found that Jimenez had with football was he used to be a steward at Stamford Bridge.

The trackie top is OK, the rest ... could have been so much better - no thanks.

100%. Shepherd had pneumonia I seem to remember. It epitomises the Halls completely. Totally self-serving cunts! And some people still believe John Hall is the reason our fortunes turned around in the early 90s. Bullshit! He did two things worthy of note: 1. Appointed Keegan 2. Shit himself in a hastily arranged TV interview when Keegan walked out in the "not like it was in the brochure..." moment and finally agreed to spend some money.