spongebob toonpants

There's a lot to be said for keeping a settled back 4 imo. The more they play together as a unit the better

These are all arguments that would work for me, I would have voted for anybody over Trump, but the economy booming is great if you are doing well but it's meaningless for somebody whose wages have gone up less than inflation. The stock market being at a record high means nothing if you can't feed your family

Welcome aboard. I'm on my second run through. The first few are good but it gets better and better

Incumbents run on their record. Biden promised to forgive student loan debt and to raisethe min wage to $15/hr. He did neither, then the Dems cuddled up to Liz Cheney to win over Republicans. They also got sucked into fighting on Republican territory, immigration trans rights etc again sucking up to Republican voters who are never voting for them. What should they have done differently. Keep your promises that affect the people you want to vote for you and campaign on medicare and abortion

Last time the Republicans won the popular vote was 2004. Before that it was 1988. Its a pretty big deal

Get on it. It's topped Apocalypse Now, The Wire and Sandanista as the zenith of western culture Kept me sane through the madness since @PaddockLad brought it to my attention

On 22/09/2020 at 11:38, spongebob toonpants said: This is what I said the Democrats should do if they won a trifecta in the last election, they won, they didn't and look where they are now Starmer is now in the same position of strength, he can do whatever he wants. We won't be in this position again. Now is the time to sort Brexit, windfall tax the fuck put of billionaires and actually do something. Its literally now or never

All true, but demonising and setting up as an existential threat to democracy just plays into his strong man image, and helps him more than hinders. You've got to offer something and make their lives better, not just patronise them

Because if you blame them you aren't addressing the problem and we will keep losing

Also they didn't vote for Trump because they liked him, on the whole they don't,they voted for him because they believed he was better for them financially. Its not a moral judgement its a fiscal one

The US and UK are the same, and Johnson and Trump are the same except US is ruled by money and UK by class The same will happen here unless Labour radically improve the lives of the poor and the disengaged. This won't happen with a sensible 5/10 year plan it will only happen if they address Brexit and properly tax wealth and fix the country from the bottom up Without this, and let's face it, it's not happening Labour hasn't a hope in hell of being re-elected and whichever loon is leading the Tories or Farage or Johnson will be back

So much blaming the voters in this thread, its the olds fault, it's the youngsters fault, it's the Hispanics fault. No its not It's no good proclaiming an economic miracle when inflation means the poor can't put a meal on the table The Democrats didn't win because they didn't give people anything to vote for. Their whole platform was orange man bad. Their whole platform was a money making excercisr and viewed from that perspective it was a resounding success. How many times did you hear how they were outperforming Trump on raising money. Now they can go into overdrive raising more money for the next election Starmer needs to take note here (he won't) Labour needs to make people's lives better not just be manegerially more proficient. Inflation cost the Dems and in reality its probably what got Labour elected. Most voters are low information. 5 and 10 year plans to gradually turn things round when they are seen to be cutting pensions putting the poorest bus fares up and leaving children starving Also don't underestimate the Dem/Labour response to Gaza in depressing support. I've heard Trump will be worse for Gaza. How exactly, it's already a fucking genocide supported by UK/USA So basically stop blaming the voters and the leftists when the centrists, let's be honest neither Dem/Lab are in any way left, offer them nothing

I don't think it's right to say he doesn't tweak the system, it's much more fluid than bog standard 4-3-3 https://twitter.com/Jake_armstrong9/status/1853401601001865584

He's not played for a year, let's not rush to judgement quite yet

Does he not realise the author of the book posted the image. What a fuckwit

First chance I've had to watch the game and having Willock playing like that makes such a difference the whole team. He works so well with big Joe on the left and makes him play so much better With Longstaff between the defence and midfield and Willock linking mid and attack we seemed much more joined up as a unit It would be glorious if Gordon works on the right, team seems so much more balanced Full backs were great, so much potential there Hopefully exciting times ahead

Never really listened to the Cure since 3 Imaginary Boys, but this one has hit me hard. Think I might be having some sort of existential crisis

I actually think she comes over as a much more normal and relatable person than not just Trump (obviously) but Starmer Sunak Badenoch, in fact pretty much any politician I can think of

That's her fucking scuppered then Nostradamus

You talking about Liz Truss?

That's quite the bump