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Sorry to hear that Renton. I've lost a best mate and my brother in law in the last year both to cancer so I know what you mean about collateral damage of the pandemic.

It's the ultimate endgame of the analogy of nuclear weapons as empty willy-waving rhetoric when we have the epitome of that entire concept and a being whose existence is defined by it as pm.

A return of the Countryside Alliance would be good - the sight of a Tim nice-but-dim in a barber jacket and tweed cap being truncheoned when they protested the fox hunt ban was fucking delightful.

"Six or seven teams looking over their shoulders" looks like it's about to become one - us. Cheers Steve.

This is going to be just like 5 years ago when they let McLaren take them on a jolly to come back to the shittest defeat ever and finally sacked the cunt 3 games (at least) too late. They'll sack him after we get hammered by Spurs when it should be now, tonight, before half ten.

Sheff Wed's accounts reveal we paid 6.5m in compensation for Bruce. Jesus titty-fucking Christ.

I was working with a couple of Aussies when they had the referendum and they reckoned the problem was the proposed alternatives were poor so you have to get that right. One of the stupidest standard responses to arguments I've seen loads of times is when you suggest getting rid of the monarchy and the reply is "So you'd be happy to see President Thatcher or President Blair would you?" - completely missing the point that elected ceremonial heads of state like Ireland's or Germany's have no power and just usually get on with it quietly without the forelock tugging deference the present fuckers get.

Rather than "simple" racism, I'd say it's a much broader attitude of superiority and looking down on non-aristocrats which happens to include non-whites. I think they hit their limit with the "common" Middleton.

Johnson is way past Trump's fifth avenue murder analogy - I just can't see what shit would stick.

I still don't understand how the PL can dictate to a region who has TV rights covering nations who are virtually at war.

Well the piracy thing is on its way to being sorted so they'll have to find another reason to block it.

Funnily enough I found out a couple of years ago I have what's called a horseshoe kidney as in one extended one rather than two. It's never bothered me apart from being aware if it goes wrong I'm fucked. Looks like we have a common board feeb factor.

I was okay on Saturday after mine but halfway through the night I woke up a bit feverish and felt shitty all day yesterday. A bit better today but still a bit fuzzy and weak - I've been staring at a blank screen for a couple of hours trying to write some SQL and failing miserably.

RIP Excellent player for us - also did a great job with Gazza. A shame it didn't work out for him as a manager - did "too well" as a caretaker when it would have been better for him and the club if Shepherd had had the balls to go for someone else instead of taking the easy option of giving him the job.

Biden's dropped the minimum wage increase and launched his first middle East bombing run. Good start over.

Just got home from being Pfizered - I think Gemmill was generally right about cripples and feebs

It's all relatively sensible but aiming for June the 21st as "normality" day is a long way from the second dose endpoint for a hell of a lot of people. I'm still expecting some kind of screwing over generally regarding second doses though.

Out of the blue phone call from my GP's surgery just now - would I like a covid vaccine? - just resisted the "fuck yes" and settled for yes, please. Booked in for next Friday afternoon.

Shielding letter makes you group 4 so same here.

I don't think it's very accurate after the first 9 groups as there's no set order: https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/vaccine-queue-england

I've read there's been some clarification of the qualification criteria for asthma sufferers being included in group 6 and I think there'll be a lot of people "disappointed" . Couple of hospitalisations or frequent steroid tablet courses seems to be the bar which certainly excludes me. I might qualify as a fat bastard but to be honest if I put group 6 into a calculator it returns some time in March but group 8 for my age returns April. I feel quite safe so I'm happy with that.

Harding should have been sacked (and probably shot) on the spot for her statement that nobody foresaw a virus mutating.

My instant reaction to Wilson's news was one word - "relegation".

Have I missed something - how the fuck did the fishing industry expect to gain from brexit when they sell most of their fish to the fucking EU?

The young(er) lad is Spoilt Bastard out of Viz.