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  • I've still not seen any Tories propose any policies to win over anyone under the age of 60. I will wait.
  • If you want to live longer, vote Labour, Lib Dem or Green. If you want to die early, vote Reform.

    Voting Conservative will give your wife bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW.
    BMW M3!

    Goons car. Aggressive lot. Nurburgring best place for it rolled over in the woods.
    You tube is full of places to subscribe to M3 fanboys. Sign up if you have not. They are a foul lot. If you do not support the brand they become abusive. Real tossers.
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 42,812
    Leon said:

    ydoethur said:

    ydoethur said:

    I do hope this Germany Denmark match resolves the Schleswig-Holstein question.

    Wasn't it Bismarck who said, 'There are only three people who have ever understood the Schleswig-Holstein question: the Prince Consort, who is dead; a German professor, who is mad; and I who have forgotten?'
    Lord Palmerston.
    I knew it was some random imperialist.
    He was the greatest Foreign Secretary this country has ever had until Dave got the job.
    Bloody hell

    You look at Angelagate. Then you look at Mone and Greensill. What's that, 6 OOM different? And the difference is male sex, shiny forehead, Eton.

    I am cleverer than Cameron and posher and went to an older and more expensive school than he did, but I am done.. This country needs its Bastille storming asap.
    I am cleverer AND posher than anyone on here and I hope the Tories DIE DIE DIE

    Lord David Duke of Brexit Cameron is a primary reason why
    But you didn't go to Oxbridge or Durham. Which are apparently essential to be posh. HYUFD should know; he did a postdoc masters at Oxford.
  • glwglw Posts: 9,906
    ydoethur said:

    Five years of Labour fucking up will be a great recruiting seargeant for the Conservatives.

    Again.

    That's roughly what Labour thought in 2010.

    Remind me how that turned out.
    I think that the next 5 years could easily be more difficult than the 5 we have just been through.

    Imagine Putin escalating the war in Ukraine with Trump in the Whitehouse. Starmer had better start preparing for that next Friday, and if that does occur it will likely mean that all Starmer's plans for the great things Labour will do will end up in the bin, much like Boris had to abandon levelling up as a consequence of the pandemic.

    Given Biden's debate performance I think this sort of scenario is now more likely than not.
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 35,982
    Leon said:

    I am cleverer AND posher than anyone on here and I hope the Tories DIE DIE DIE

    Lord David Duke of Brexit Cameron is a primary reason why

    You wanted Brexit

    You voted for it

    Dave is your hero...
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,171

    I've still not seen any Tories propose any policies to win over anyone under the age of 60. I will wait.

    NI cut,free childcare hours extension
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 32,541
    I wonder if Labour in St Austell & Newquay are slightly annoyed that an indy called Angie Rayner is standing.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Austell_and_Newquay_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Elections_in_the_2020s
  • If you want to live longer, vote Labour, Lib Dem or Green. If you want to die early, vote Reform.

    Voting Conservative will give your wife bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW.
    BMW M3!

    Goons car. Aggressive lot. Nurburgring best place for it rolled over in the woods.
    No thanks to Bmers. The most aggressive drivers on UK roads along with Audi people. Yuck.
  • ChrisChris Posts: 11,747
    Leon said:

    ydoethur said:

    Nigelb said:

    Wow.

    Trump: All they know is electric. They want electric planes. What happens if the sun isn't shining while you're up in the air?
    https://x.com/Acyn/status/1806786821311082854

    In all seriousness, does @Leon still think Trump is not senile as he recites mindless guff like this?

    In 2016 he was coherent if not pleasant.
    I’m no Trumpite so please shut the fuck up with this shit

    And in this statement Trump is referring to solar power - creating electricity. It’s not insane - is it clumsy telescoping of concepts? Perhaps

    But he’s not a corpse in a headlight like Biden
    Charming.

    But quite funny that, for you, when Biden confuses two things he's a corpse, but when Trump does it it's a "telescoping of concepts".
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 35,982
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 42,812
    Pulpstar said:

    I've still not seen any Tories propose any policies to win over anyone under the age of 60. I will wait.

    NI cut,free childcare hours extension
    Didn't that cut fail to compensate for their own increases in NI and tax, certainly cumulatively?
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,651

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    Very much doubt it's backfired.

    This is one thing I've noticed that's cut through.

    Lol. Your antennae are rather suspect pal.

    Anyone remember the 'meat tax'? No?

    @Casino_Royale
    This has definitely cut through.
    It was all anyone was talking about at work today.


    Or how about Sunak's retreat from D-Day:

    @Casino_Royale
    Absolutely no-one cares about this and it will have zero impact on the campaign or the GE result.
    Oh no - holding us to account for stupid things we have posted is a horrible precedent on this board. Who will be safe!!!
    Certainly not me!
  • LeonLeon Posts: 55,232
    edited June 29
    Scott_xP said:

    Leon said:

    I am cleverer AND posher than anyone on here and I hope the Tories DIE DIE DIE

    Lord David Duke of Brexit Cameron is a primary reason why

    You wanted Brexit

    You voted for it

    Dave is your hero...
    I despise everything about him

    That said; weirdly I am about to spend a few days in the holidav home of one of his friends who assures me Dave is a brilliant man (I have never met him)

    I’m still fairly surely Cameron is an overrated twat, and he is the biggest overrater of all
  • Cicero said:

    I'm reassessing my Portillo moment- Gillian Keegan getting booted out in Chichester might be more entertaining than Liz Truss losing.

    Nah, I still want to see Truss get ousted.

    Rees Mogg is so loathed that his defeat will be greeted with shouts of joy.
    Scum. That man. Good riddance.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,171
    Carnyx said:

    Pulpstar said:

    I've still not seen any Tories propose any policies to win over anyone under the age of 60. I will wait.

    NI cut,free childcare hours extension
    Didn't that cut fail to compensate for their own increases in NI and tax, certainly cumulatively?
    NI being cut whilst IT thresholds are frozen benefits working people relatively
  • Cicero said:

    I'm reassessing my Portillo moment- Gillian Keegan getting booted out in Chichester might be more entertaining than Liz Truss losing.

    Nah, I still want to see Truss get ousted.

    Rees Mogg is so loathed that his defeat will be greeted with shouts of joy.
    I really hope he gets stuffed by tactical voting, no one deserves it more. Odious man.
  • Nunu5Nunu5 Posts: 964
    Leon said:

    ydoethur said:

    ydoethur said:

    I do hope this Germany Denmark match resolves the Schleswig-Holstein question.

    Wasn't it Bismarck who said, 'There are only three people who have ever understood the Schleswig-Holstein question: the Prince Consort, who is dead; a German professor, who is mad; and I who have forgotten?'
    Lord Palmerston.
    I knew it was some random imperialist.
    He was the greatest Foreign Secretary this country has ever had until Dave got the job.
    Bloody hell

    You look at Angelagate. Then you look at Mone and Greensill. What's that, 6 OOM different? And the difference is male sex, shiny forehead, Eton.

    I am cleverer than Cameron and posher and went to an older and more expensive school than he did, but I am done.. This country needs its Bastille storming asap.
    I am cleverer AND posher than anyone on here and I hope the Tories DIE DIE DIE

    Lord David Duke of Brexit Cameron is a primary reason why
    I don't get that? You voted Brexit.
  • I think the convential wisdom is that there are a proportion of very floating voters who like to move to the winning side. Whether 'Project Fear' will energise enough otherwise abstaining Cons to vote to offset that is arguable. The fact is manhy voters do not stay at home out of apathy they stay at home as a choice. Lab voters did it over Corbyn in 2019 and lots of Con voters will do it over the last five years of nonsense
  • pigeonpigeon Posts: 4,837
    Leon said:

    Dura_Ace said:

    pigeon said:

    Five years of Labour fucking up will be a great recruiting seargeant for the Conservatives.

    Again.

    Let's hope not. I'm worried that the next iteration of the Tory Party will be modelled on Reform and we don't want what's left of the Conservative brand being hijacked to give them a shot at real power. Such an entity needs to be crushed so that we can move on to a non-toxic opposition, whether that's called the Conservative Party or something else.
    I am sure that the lessons the tories will take from their imminent defeat is that they need to be a more competent and better funded iteration of Reform. They will attempt rebuild a political movement around 63 year old fat white men called Barry who smoke while driving their Peugeot Partners and post pictures of their Alsatians on FB.
    You really have no idea what is happening with Gen Z
    Neither do the Conservatives.
  • kamskikamski Posts: 5,189
    kamski said:

    pigeon said:

    Andy_JS said:

    What the eff is happening in the Germany/Denmark match?

    An astonishing storm. But this ain't cricket, so the match will be completed eventually, as opposed to India being declared the winners.
    God was probably aiming at the AfD congress in Essen
    Apparently the way to get a standing ovation there is to slag off the German football team and claim Ukraine isn't in Europe.
  • Cicero said:

    I'm reassessing my Portillo moment- Gillian Keegan getting booted out in Chichester might be more entertaining than Liz Truss losing.

    Nah, I still want to see Truss get ousted.

    Rees Mogg is so loathed that his defeat will be greeted with shouts of joy.
    I really hope he gets stuffed by tactical voting, no one deserves it more. Odious man.
    Brillant. Vermin.
  • Dura_AceDura_Ace Posts: 13,677
    Scott_xP said:
    Barry, 63, shouting RIP IT DAHN is amusing.
  • The degree to which a few users will post literally a hundred times today that Biden has dementia but then when Trump goes on an inane rant he's perfectly sane really undermines any point they are making.
  • Nunu5Nunu5 Posts: 964
    Scott_xP said:

    @kateferguson4

    EXCL: The ex Reform activist who made a racist slur about Rishi Sunak in another hate storm.

    He posted TikTok video hailing Nigel Farage's decision to stand & slamming "Third World filth".

    Reform says the man is an actor and they were part of a set up

    https://x.com/kateferguson4/status/1807141685895594330

    This isn't some set up by Channel 4. He's a regular Reform member
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 42,812
    Pulpstar said:

    Carnyx said:

    Pulpstar said:

    I've still not seen any Tories propose any policies to win over anyone under the age of 60. I will wait.

    NI cut,free childcare hours extension
    Didn't that cut fail to compensate for their own increases in NI and tax, certainly cumulatively?
    NI being cut whilst IT thresholds are frozen benefits working people relatively
    They increased NI in the first place, didn't they, originally?
  • Leon said:

    Scott_xP said:

    Leon said:

    I am cleverer AND posher than anyone on here and I hope the Tories DIE DIE DIE

    Lord David Duke of Brexit Cameron is a primary reason why

    You wanted Brexit

    You voted for it

    Dave is your hero...
    I despise everything about him

    That said; weirdly I am about to spend a few days in the holidav home of one of his friends who assures me Dave is a brilliant man (I have never met him)

    I’m still fairly surely Cameron is an overrated twat, and he is the biggest overrater of all
    Obama said. He's a Lightweight.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,691
    Mail online is totally awash with Labour adverts.

    The bants!!!
  • DopermeanDopermean Posts: 497

    ydoethur said:

    ydoethur said:

    I do hope this Germany Denmark match resolves the Schleswig-Holstein question.

    Wasn't it Bismarck who said, 'There are only three people who have ever understood the Schleswig-Holstein question: the Prince Consort, who is dead; a German professor, who is mad; and I who have forgotten?'
    Lord Palmerston.
    I knew it was some random imperialist.
    He was the greatest Foreign Secretary this country has ever had until Dave got the job.
    Bloody hell

    You look at Angelagate. Then you look at Mone and Greensill. What's that, 6 OOM different? And the difference is male sex, shiny forehead, Eton.

    I am cleverer than Cameron and posher and went to an older and more expensive school than he did, but I am done.. This country needs its Bastille storming asap.
    Interesting question as to whether Dave understood the Greensill play and is totally unethical or if he was too stupid to understand it and just greedy. Someone commenting on the FT said he'd turned up at the Australian insurer that refused to renew their underwriting of Greensill bonds to plead Greensill's case.
  • Mail online is totally awash with Labour adverts.

    The bants!!!

    Mail online is totally awash with Labour adverts.

    The bants!!!

    They will accept business from anyone.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,548
    Scott_xP said:
    One of the moments of the campaign.

    If only for the Trumpian "Lock her up!" / "Tear it down!" chant.

    He does seem a tad touchy about it, though.


    Hur hur hur...
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 53,797
    The weather break was one of the highlights of the Euros so far. Way more exciting than the football in this game or any game played by England.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,691

    The degree to which a few users will post literally a hundred times today that Biden has dementia but then when Trump goes on an inane rant he's perfectly sane really undermines any point they are making.

    Who has said that?
  • Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 8,163
    Dura_Ace said:

    Scott_xP said:
    Barry, 63, shouting RIP IT DAHN is amusing.
    All 10 members of the audience seem quite worked up...
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,651

    Scott_xP said:
    One of the moments of the campaign.

    If only for the Trumpian "Lock her up!" / "Tear it down!" chant.

    He does seem a tad touchy about it, though.


    Hur hur hur...
    Was Farage actually wearing a blue blazer?
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 28,411
    Scott_xP said:

    @kateferguson4

    EXCL: The ex Reform activist who made a racist slur about Rishi Sunak in another hate storm.

    He posted TikTok video hailing Nigel Farage's decision to stand & slamming "Third World filth".

    Reform says the man is an actor and they were part of a set up

    https://x.com/kateferguson4/status/1807141685895594330

    Reform do not 'say' the man is an actor - he is an actor.
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 28,411
    Nunu5 said:

    Scott_xP said:

    @kateferguson4

    EXCL: The ex Reform activist who made a racist slur about Rishi Sunak in another hate storm.

    He posted TikTok video hailing Nigel Farage's decision to stand & slamming "Third World filth".

    Reform says the man is an actor and they were part of a set up

    https://x.com/kateferguson4/status/1807141685895594330

    This isn't some set up by Channel 4. He's a regular Reform member
    He is not a Reform member.
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 42,812

    Scott_xP said:

    @kateferguson4

    EXCL: The ex Reform activist who made a racist slur about Rishi Sunak in another hate storm.

    He posted TikTok video hailing Nigel Farage's decision to stand & slamming "Third World filth".

    Reform says the man is an actor and they were part of a set up

    https://x.com/kateferguson4/status/1807141685895594330

    Reform do not 'say' the man is an actor - he is an actor.
    Oh, they were fibbing, claiming he isn't a thespian? Shocking.
  • kamskikamski Posts: 5,189

    Scott_xP said:

    @kateferguson4

    EXCL: The ex Reform activist who made a racist slur about Rishi Sunak in another hate storm.

    He posted TikTok video hailing Nigel Farage's decision to stand & slamming "Third World filth".

    Reform says the man is an actor and they were part of a set up

    https://x.com/kateferguson4/status/1807141685895594330

    Reform do not 'say' the man is an actor - he is an actor.
    Reform says. 'the man is an actor, and they were part of a set up.'

    Does that help you
  • eekeek Posts: 28,362

    Nunu5 said:

    Scott_xP said:

    @kateferguson4

    EXCL: The ex Reform activist who made a racist slur about Rishi Sunak in another hate storm.

    He posted TikTok video hailing Nigel Farage's decision to stand & slamming "Third World filth".

    Reform says the man is an actor and they were part of a set up

    https://x.com/kateferguson4/status/1807141685895594330

    This isn't some set up by Channel 4. He's a regular Reform member
    He is not a Reform member.
    Really? As there seems to be plenty of evidence that he is.

    Mind you it still doesn't explain the other people interviewed and their views all of whom are members..
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 28,411
    edited June 29
    eek said:

    Nunu5 said:

    Scott_xP said:

    @kateferguson4

    EXCL: The ex Reform activist who made a racist slur about Rishi Sunak in another hate storm.

    He posted TikTok video hailing Nigel Farage's decision to stand & slamming "Third World filth".

    Reform says the man is an actor and they were part of a set up

    https://x.com/kateferguson4/status/1807141685895594330

    This isn't some set up by Channel 4. He's a regular Reform member
    He is not a Reform member.
    Really? As there seems to be plenty of evidence that he is.

    Mind you it still doesn't explain the other people interviewed and their views all of whom are members..
    Except that he doesn't have a party membership.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,171
    Carnyx said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Carnyx said:

    Pulpstar said:

    I've still not seen any Tories propose any policies to win over anyone under the age of 60. I will wait.

    NI cut,free childcare hours extension
    Didn't that cut fail to compensate for their own increases in NI and tax, certainly cumulatively?
    NI being cut whilst IT thresholds are frozen benefits working people relatively
    They increased NI in the first place, didn't they, originally?
    To 13.25% from 12% but it's 8% now
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 42,812
    edited June 29
    eek said:

    Nunu5 said:

    Scott_xP said:

    @kateferguson4

    EXCL: The ex Reform activist who made a racist slur about Rishi Sunak in another hate storm.

    He posted TikTok video hailing Nigel Farage's decision to stand & slamming "Third World filth".

    Reform says the man is an actor and they were part of a set up

    https://x.com/kateferguson4/status/1807141685895594330

    This isn't some set up by Channel 4. He's a regular Reform member
    He is not a Reform member.
    Really? As there seems to be plenty of evidence that he is.

    Mind you it still doesn't explain the other people interviewed and their views all of whom are members..
    Oh, we have those to look forward to. Not so easy to explain away a fish-filleter or a cat-groomer*, mind.

    *Or whatever they are.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 81,968
    edited June 29
    Really noticeable the difference between a top coach in Big Ange analysis and Keane / Wright.....ITV would be better just having Big Ange every half time explain what is going on.
  • eekeek Posts: 28,362

    Mail online is totally awash with Labour adverts.

    The bants!!!

    Mail online is totally awash with Labour adverts.

    The bants!!!

    They will accept business from anyone.
    As is the Sun

    All made possible by the Tories betting which changed the odds and revealed what the date was going to be.
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 42,812

    eek said:

    Nunu5 said:

    Scott_xP said:

    @kateferguson4

    EXCL: The ex Reform activist who made a racist slur about Rishi Sunak in another hate storm.

    He posted TikTok video hailing Nigel Farage's decision to stand & slamming "Third World filth".

    Reform says the man is an actor and they were part of a set up

    https://x.com/kateferguson4/status/1807141685895594330

    This isn't some set up by Channel 4. He's a regular Reform member
    He is not a Reform member.
    Really? As there seems to be plenty of evidence that he is.

    Mind you it still doesn't explain the other people interviewed and their views all of whom are members..
    Except that he doesn't have a party membership.
    He doesn't now, but ...
  • Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 8,163
    Cicero said:

    I'm reassessing my Portillo moment- Gillian Keegan getting booted out in Chichester might be more entertaining than Liz Truss losing.

    Nah, I still want to see Truss get ousted.

    Rees Mogg is so loathed that his defeat will be greeted with shouts of joy.
    I have a bottle of Chablis on stand-by (couldn't get a decent Sancerre)
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 81,968
    edited June 29
    Hasn't it already been reported the Reform racist had a tiktwat on which he played different characters. He seems to move between trying to convince people he is a well respected and connected actor through to Alf Garnett.
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 42,812
    Pulpstar said:

    Carnyx said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Carnyx said:

    Pulpstar said:

    I've still not seen any Tories propose any policies to win over anyone under the age of 60. I will wait.

    NI cut,free childcare hours extension
    Didn't that cut fail to compensate for their own increases in NI and tax, certainly cumulatively?
    NI being cut whilst IT thresholds are frozen benefits working people relatively
    They increased NI in the first place, didn't they, originally?
    To 13.25% from 12% but it's 8% now
    Okay. Now we move on to the failure to increase allowances with inflation. Which mean serious increases in tax in an inflationary period. They were certainly not "frozen" in rteal terms.
  • No_Offence_AlanNo_Offence_Alan Posts: 4,513
    glw said:

    ydoethur said:

    Five years of Labour fucking up will be a great recruiting seargeant for the Conservatives.

    Again.

    That's roughly what Labour thought in 2010.

    Remind me how that turned out.
    I think that the next 5 years could easily be more difficult than the 5 we have just been through.

    Imagine Putin escalating the war in Ukraine with Trump in the Whitehouse. Starmer had better start preparing for that next Friday, and if that does occur it will likely mean that all Starmer's plans for the great things Labour will do will end up in the bin, much like Boris had to abandon levelling up as a consequence of the pandemic.

    Given Biden's debate performance I think this sort of scenario is now more likely than not.
    If Putin was capable of escalating the war, wouldn't he have done it already, some time in the last 2 years?
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,397
    eek said:

    Mail online is totally awash with Labour adverts.

    The bants!!!

    Mail online is totally awash with Labour adverts.

    The bants!!!

    They will accept business from anyone.
    As is the Sun

    All made possible by the Tories betting which changed the odds and revealed what the date was going to be.
    Indeed.
    And how pleasingly amusing it all is too.
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 35,982
    Seen on the campaign trail in Portsmouth North

    https://x.com/JAHeale/status/1807145769952268440
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,368

    Five years of Labour fucking up will be a great recruiting seargeant for the Conservatives.

    Again.

    Be careful what you wish for.

    If Labour do screw up of course your team may not be the net beneficiary. We could all be goose stepping down the High Street to Farage/Trump/ Putin's tune.
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,397
    Denmark!!
  • kamski said:

    Scott_xP said:

    @kateferguson4

    EXCL: The ex Reform activist who made a racist slur about Rishi Sunak in another hate storm.

    He posted TikTok video hailing Nigel Farage's decision to stand & slamming "Third World filth".

    Reform says the man is an actor and they were part of a set up

    https://x.com/kateferguson4/status/1807141685895594330

    Reform do not 'say' the man is an actor - he is an actor.
    Reform says. 'the man is an actor, and they were part of a set up.'

    Does that help you
    He is down the Spoons in Rochester tonight with Farage and the rest of The Heavies having a knees up with Tim. Let's make England great again. Screw off a.holes.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 51,814
    Denmark score against Germany! 1-0.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 53,797

    Denmark score against Germany! 1-0.

    Are you sure?
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,397
    edited June 29

    Five years of Labour fucking up will be a great recruiting seargeant for the Conservatives.

    Again.

    Be careful what you wish for.

    If Labour do screw up of course your team may not be the net beneficiary. We could all be goose stepping down the High Street to Farage/Trump/ Putin's tune.
    Or indeed have a compulsory bungee jump on a motorbike each Friday.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 55,232
    Omg HILAIRE bollocks
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 51,814

    Denmark score against Germany! 1-0.

    Belay that! Offside!!!!
  • paulyork64paulyork64 Posts: 2,507
    Slightly connected to the match. Does the Russia bit of Borussia Dortmund have anything to do with Russia
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,548
    Scott_xP said:

    Seen on the campaign trail in Portsmouth North

    https://x.com/JAHeale/status/1807145769952268440

    That should get her some votes....
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,397
    dixiedean said:

    Denmark!!

    That post aged badly.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 81,968
    edited June 29
    Joe Biden gets tired after 4pm, according to aides, which might explain his dismal performance on Thursday’s 9pm debate.

    Citing people close to the president, Axios reported that Mr Biden’s day is planned to ensure public events in front of a camera occur between 10am and 4pm.

    Outside of those hours, he is likely to become tired and make verbal blunders, the website reported.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/06/29/us-election-latest-biden-trump/

    Its a good job that the world only operates between 10am-4pm
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 51,814

    Slightly connected to the match. Does the Russia bit of Borussia Dortmund have anything to do with Russia

    Borussia is Latin for "Prussia" (as in the erstwhile German-speaking kingdom of northern Germany).
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 42,812
    Scott_xP said:

    Seen on the campaign trail in Portsmouth North

    https://x.com/JAHeale/status/1807145769952268440

    Quite something that local matelot (or RM) humour can do about five million times better than CCHQ, and not much less indelicately.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 81,968
    V.....A.....R.....strikes again.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 41,950
    edited June 29

    Scott_xP said:
    One of the moments of the campaign.

    If only for the Trumpian "Lock her up!" / "Tear it down!" chant.

    He does seem a tad touchy about it, though.


    Hur hur hur...
    Was Farage actually wearing a blue blazer?
    Bounder had both buttons fastened..
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,397

    Slightly connected to the match. Does the Russia bit of Borussia Dortmund have anything to do with Russia

    No. It's Latin for Prussia.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,173

    Slightly connected to the match. Does the Russia bit of Borussia Dortmund have anything to do with Russia

    I've never looked it up, but it's Latin for Prussia.

    I'm reminded of a story about a football journalist who once described Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Monchengladbach as the Borussia Derby!
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 81,968
    VAR should be a challenge system like in cricket or tennis. End of. Totally ruins the game like this.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,548
    Germans 1 up
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 51,814
    Germany score now!
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 35,982
    Carnyx said:

    Scott_xP said:

    Seen on the campaign trail in Portsmouth North

    https://x.com/JAHeale/status/1807145769952268440

    Quite something that local matelot (or RM) humour can do about five million times better than CCHQ, and not much less indelicately.
    The formal campaign message for tomorrow is shit
  • solarflaresolarflare Posts: 3,705
    Seems like a good time to mention I have Denmark in the office sweepstake. Dang.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 53,797

    V.....A.....R.....strikes again.

    Or vorsprung durch technik as the Germans like to say.
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,397
    tlg86 said:

    Slightly connected to the match. Does the Russia bit of Borussia Dortmund have anything to do with Russia

    I've never looked it up, but it's Latin for Prussia.

    I'm reminded of a story about a football journalist who once described Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Monchengladbach as the Borussia Derby!
    ISTR a presenter describing Chesterfield v Chester as a derby game.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,171

    V.....A.....R.....strikes again.

    It certainly does !
  • LeonLeon Posts: 55,232
    My gosh UEFA really want Germany in the quarters
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,548

    Denmark score against Germany! 1-0.

    Belay that! Offside!!!!
    By a toe...
  • Cicero said:

    I'm reassessing my Portillo moment- Gillian Keegan getting booted out in Chichester might be more entertaining than Liz Truss losing.

    Nah, I still want to see Truss get ousted.

    Rees Mogg is so loathed that his defeat will be greeted with shouts of joy.
    I have a bottle of Chablis on stand-by (couldn't get a decent Sancerre)
    2 lovely wines.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,173

    VAR should be a challenge system like in cricket or tennis. End of. Totally ruins the game like this.

    But what difference would it make? The only way that doesn't get given is if the Germans don't appeal, which doesn't seem a good way of fixing it.
  • Ridiculous decision. Bloody Germans.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,548

    Five years of Labour fucking up will be a great recruiting seargeant for the Conservatives.

    Again.

    Be careful what you wish for.

    If Labour do screw up of course your team may not be the net beneficiary. We could all be goose stepping down the High Street to Farage/Trump/ Putin's tune.
    Not "all".
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,691

    Joe Biden gets tired after 4pm, according to aides, which might explain his dismal performance on Thursday’s 9pm debate.

    Citing people close to the president, Axios reported that Mr Biden’s day is planned to ensure public events in front of a camera occur between 10am and 4pm.

    Outside of those hours, he is likely to become tired and make verbal blunders, the website reported.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/06/29/us-election-latest-biden-trump/

    Its a good job that the world only operates between 10am-4pm

    FFS. Do the deed. End this. Run another candidate.
  • HeathenerHeathener Posts: 7,084
    edited June 29

    Really noticeable the difference between a top coach in Big Ange analysis and Keane / Wright.....ITV would be better just having Big Ange every half time explain what is going on.

    He’s very good isn’t he?

    At the other end of the spectrum there’s Danny ‘Walking Platitude’ Murphy. Each time he’s on commentary I can understand why everyone gets so fed up with him.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 55,232
    That handball was outrageous
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,171

    Joe Biden gets tired after 4pm, according to aides, which might explain his dismal performance on Thursday’s 9pm debate.

    Citing people close to the president, Axios reported that Mr Biden’s day is planned to ensure public events in front of a camera occur between 10am and 4pm.

    Outside of those hours, he is likely to become tired and make verbal blunders, the website reported.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/06/29/us-election-latest-biden-trump/

    Its a good job that the world only operates between 10am-4pm

    Summer colds can really knock you for six in the evenings
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 71,044
    Scott_xP said:

    Carnyx said:

    Scott_xP said:

    Seen on the campaign trail in Portsmouth North

    https://x.com/JAHeale/status/1807145769952268440

    Quite something that local matelot (or RM) humour can do about five million times better than CCHQ, and not much less indelicately.
    The formal campaign message for tomorrow is shit
    Pithy, but what does it mean ?
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 81,968
    edited June 29
    tlg86 said:

    VAR should be a challenge system like in cricket or tennis. End of. Totally ruins the game like this.

    But what difference would it make? The only way that doesn't get given is if the Germans don't appeal, which doesn't seem a good way of fixing it.
    No a team has to appeal that they think something has been missed or wrong decision. Limited number of challenges. Germany weren't appealing for a penalty there.
  • HeathenerHeathener Posts: 7,084
    edited June 29
    Leon said:

    My gosh UEFA really want Germany in the quarters

    You just can’t miss the opportunity for a conspiracy theory pile-on, can you?
  • bigglesbiggles Posts: 6,046

    I've still not seen any Tories propose any policies to win over anyone under the age of 60. I will wait.

    Isn’t that a bit of a silly question? If they offered a free house for everyone under 50, or £500k for anyone who already had one, I think they might win a few votes.

    I know that’s a silly extreme example, but what do you want from people? Any party is capable of offering policies to attract any part of the electorate.

    But for the Tories, the next time they win it will be based around personal freedoms, lower taxes, supporting home ownership, a sniff of patriotism, and an offer on crime.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,173

    tlg86 said:

    VAR should be a challenge system like in cricket or tennis. End of. Totally ruins the game like this.

    But what difference would it make? The only way that doesn't get given is if the Germans don't appeal, which doesn't seem a good way of fixing it.
    No a team has to appeal that they think something has been missed or wrong decision. Limited number of challenges. Germany weren't appealing for a penalty there.
    What would the time limit be? Only needs someone watching on tv to be able to see it pretty quickly.
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,397
    Can't say this is an uneventful game.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 81,968
    edited June 29
    Heathener said:

    Really noticeable the difference between a top coach in Big Ange analysis and Keane / Wright.....ITV would be better just having Big Ange every half time explain what is going on.

    He’s very good isn’t he?

    At the other end of the spectrum there’s Danny ‘Walking Platitude’ Murphy. Each time he’s on commentary I can understand why everyone gets so fed up with him.
    I think BBC and ITV are missing a trick. Far too many faces on every broadcast offering very little. Less of them and I want to see more of just Big Ange or a Henry explaining what the teams are trying to achieve.

    Then I would hire somebody like the Tifo football guys to do a show, where they really break down what is going on, the attributes of various players etc.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 55,232
    Heathener said:

    Leon said:

    My gosh UEFA really want Germany in the quarters

    You just can’t miss the opportunity for a conspiracy pile-on, can you?
    It’s fun!

    Also, not entirely inconceivable, sadly

    But putting all that aside the penalty against Denmark was ridiculous whether it was done by the illuminati or a stupid VAR
  • bigglesbiggles Posts: 6,046

    VAR should be a challenge system like in cricket or tennis. End of. Totally ruins the game like this.

    I have long thought this. Two per coach and you retain your reviews if XYZ just like cricket. Make coaches put their money where their mouth is.

    Or even two per on-field captain and give them a role. A captain mouthes off and the ref says “are you reviewing it”?
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,171
    Some comical refereeing going on
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