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Scott_xP said:

Leon said:

Cauterise is a brilliant word, in this analogy

Except it's really not

No, it is. The Brexit issue festers far less than it used to. You may not like it but we're in a much happier situation than we were three years ago.

Cookie said:

Leon said:

kle4 said:

This is interesting

The most fascinating part of this news clip from Putin’s 2003 visit to London, (where he was hosted by the Queen and greeted with a 41-gun salute), is the rare video of him speaking in English.

https://twitter.com/biannagolodryga/status/1507039075336921094

Fascinating. I fear we probably did fuck up our relations with Russia. There was a window where we could have been allies, perhaps

Ach, so sad

This does not exonerate the Mad Putin of today, he must lose and be seen to lose;

Then, if all is well, we can scrutinise our very real failings

I think even by 2003 it was already too late, though maybe this wasn't fully appreciated in the west. Even back then, in retrospect, this was a regime which if it operated within superficially democratic norms did so only because it was temporarily convenient to do so; and which thought it had a right to pick the leaders of it neighbours.

Yes, I’m sure the plans for Georgia were already underway, and though we let them get away with that in 2008, it’s no different to Ukraine.

Edit - not to mention Litvinenko would have been planned already.

CorrectHorseBattery said:

The Batman is excellent.

Is not a widely held opinion.

FrancisUrquhart said:

turbotubbs said:

Taz said:

No_Offence_Alan said:

Saqib Mahmood has now hit more sixes in Test cricket (1) than Jonathan Trott (0).

What a fact.

Trott never hit a six in test cricket !!

The best batsmen always play along the floor.

I blame T20.....

On that Note the IPL starts in a few days.

CorrectHorseBattery said:

The Batman is excellent.

How did you find the length? Some have suggested it could have been trimmed a bit.

Trott one, is quite some stat. When you think he played a load of tests, against the sort of pace regularly in test match cricket a top edge can easily go for six, before you even consider getting in and taking on a spinner.

ydoethur said:

Taz said:

No_Offence_Alan said:

Saqib Mahmood has now hit more sixes in Test cricket (1) than Jonathan Trott (0).

What a fact.

Trott never hit a six in test cricket !!

Nor did Chris Tavaré although he hit two in ODIs.

His swashbuckling innings against the lethal Sri Lankan attack at Lords in 1984 was truly something to behold.

Leon said:

kle4 said:

This is interesting

The most fascinating part of this news clip from Putin’s 2003 visit to London, (where he was hosted by the Queen and greeted with a 41-gun salute), is the rare video of him speaking in English.

https://twitter.com/biannagolodryga/status/1507039075336921094

Fascinating. I fear we probably did fuck up our relations with Russia. There was a window where we could have been allies, perhaps

Ach, so sad

This does not exonerate the Mad Putin of today, he must lose and be seen to lose;

Then, if all is well, we can scrutinise our very real failings

There is no 'we' in that sense. We can be allies with Russia if America chooses that we shall. Even today with Boris proposing to freeze Russia's gold - that's him kite-flying for the US; they're the ones who'd like to get their mits on the gold. Differences are presentational.

Leon said:

Yes it is

The wound is still bleeding, and infected.

Leon said:

Scott_xP said:

Leon said:

Cauterise is a brilliant word, in this analogy

Except it's really not

Yes it is, you're just insane. Sadly, this is not news

Scott was happily posting that bullshit video with Boris being "isolated" at the NATO meeting. He just can't help himself. His whole life seems to revolve around hatred of Brexit and Boris. I mean I don't like Boris very much, yet I'm still able to apply basic fucking logic to this stuff and there's no way that Biden and Macron would be rude to the PM of the UK despite Boris being a dipshit. I still remember the same bullshit stories from the Cornwall G7 and Scott furiously masturbating over the video if Macron blanking Boris and speaking to Biden, yet a month later AUKUS came into being and that was founded at the G7 in Cornwall by Boris and Biden.

He still falls for this, time and again. It's as if he's become addicted to bullshit news about the PM or Brexit and doesn't know how to let go of whatever adrenaline rush he gets every time some "bad news" headline comes out.

turbotubbs said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Trott one, is quite some stat. When you think he played a load of tests, against the sort of pace regularly in test match cricket a top edge can easily go for six, before you even consider getting in and taking on a spinner.

You need to play a pull to get a top edged six really, and I don’t think he was a frequent puller.
Not like Graeme Thorpe, allegedly...

At 90mph, you can easily get tucked up, ball flies off top edge, some smaller grounds it can go for 6.

turbotubbs said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Trott one, is quite some stat. When you think he played a load of tests, against the sort of pace regularly in test match cricket a top edge can easily go for six, before you even consider getting in and taking on a spinner.

You need to play a pull to get a top edged six really, and I don’t think he was a frequent puller.
Not like Graeme Thorpe, allegedly...

Ian Botham of course was famous for pulling.

His hooks were something else too.

Something to do with shelving his drive.

FrancisUrquhart said:

turbotubbs said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Trott one, is quite some stat. When you think he played a load of tests, against the sort of pace regularly in test match cricket a top edge can easily go for six, before you even consider getting in and taking on a spinner.

You need to play a pull to get a top edged six really, and I don’t think he was a frequent puller.
Not like Graeme Thorpe, allegedly...

At 90mph, you can easily get tucked up, ball flies off top edge, some smaller grounds it can go for 6.

I hit a six away to Charterhouse in the County Cup.

#RishiAntoinette now trending on twitter

Jozza Lumley letting the side down, the three Great Cities of the World she’s chosen are Paris, Rome and Berlin. Hasn’t she heard London is BACK?

MaxPB said:

Scott was happily posting that bullshit video

Nope

You are just making shit up now

MaxPB said:

Leon said:

Richard_Nabavi said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

IshmaelZ said:

rcs1000 said:

IshmaelZ said:

rcs1000 said:

There is lots to dislike about Boris (mendacity, laziness, etc.).

But he also - instinctively - got three things absolutely correct: the need to cauterize Brexit as an issue, by - you know - actually Brexiting; vaccines; and Ukraine.

What did he get right about Ukraine?

Oh come on, the UK has been at the absolute forefront of supporting the Ukrainians with useful weapons. Now, one can argue that this relationship goes back to Cameron, but nevertheless, under Johnson's premiership the UK has led the way.

He hasn't positively shat the bed, sure, but there's been no major decision that he could have made differently. Other than not airlifting a bunch of pets (that we know of)

January, the UK were making lots of supply flights to Ukraine when other European countries weren't in the picture. I doubt Boris was personally scheduling flights, but i would have thought he have to give the nod to make such a move. This meant when the war broke out, especially SoF were very well armed.

Very fortunately, we happened to have Ben Wallace at Defence at the right time. I suppose we have to give Boris some credit for that, but, looking at his other appointments, it's probably just pure luck.

If only Boris had appointed a "near perfect" Chancellor

Tbf, Osborne would be doing a much better job right now IMO.

Not sure about Sunak but I thought Osborne was terrible. Did almost nothing of substance with regards to financial reform in the wake of the GFC, pursued an unrealistic approach to the public finances until it was clear it wouldn't work, messed around with corporation tax cuts and enterprise zones to little effect and perhaps worst of all help to buy (sell?).

tlg86 said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

turbotubbs said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Trott one, is quite some stat. When you think he played a load of tests, against the sort of pace regularly in test match cricket a top edge can easily go for six, before you even consider getting in and taking on a spinner.

You need to play a pull to get a top edged six really, and I don’t think he was a frequent puller.
Not like Graeme Thorpe, allegedly...

At 90mph, you can easily get tucked up, ball flies off top edge, some smaller grounds it can go for 6.

I hit a six away to Charterhouse in the County Cup.

The one in the mendips or the school?

biggles said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

CorrectHorseBattery said:

The Batman is excellent.

Is not a widely held opinion.

Batman is a Tory bastard of course:

- Comes from money.
- Provides his own privatised solution to crime rather than funding the police force.
- Beats up poor people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l1PMVvfjDM

IshmaelZ said:

Leon said:

rcs1000 said:

There is lots to dislike about Boris (mendacity, laziness, etc.).

But he also - instinctively - got three things absolutely correct: the need to cauterize Brexit as an issue, by - you know - actually Brexiting; vaccines; and Ukraine.

Cauterise is a brilliant word, in this analogy

As in, brexit was a severe wound in danger of festering and killing the body politic.

OK

Yes

HYUFD said:

#RishiAntoinette now trending on twitter

Whose side are you on?

Last time I checked England were about 98/9. Didn't expect them to be on 200.

Leon said:

Theuniondivvie said:

Leon said:

Theuniondivvie said:

Jeezo, those old favourites, English sparkling wine and scrabbling through the vomit of BJ’s pm-ship for the delicious bits.
It’s like PB’s been eating raw onions and kippers.

You are welcome to move to the two websites


www.scottishsparklingwinedebate.com

and

www.scottishjustbasicpolitcalbettingwhywontanyonesanetalktome.com

Weirdly, you don't .Why is that? You hate the UK, why don't you fuck off and do a Scottish site all of your own? why?

Lol, on the downslope?
I assume over indulgence in Nyetimber gives you the same disgusting breath as all other sparkling wines.

Seriously. Just fuck off to the equivalent and specifically Scottish indy website. We will get together a collection to speed you on your way, and give you lots of likes as you depart!

Nothing you say about anything else, outside Scottish indy, is of any interest to anyone on here. Like all your Nat peers, you are a bore. It is time to face that fact, and quit

Man up, and leave. All you care about is your dismal, parochial Scottish Nationalism. So find a website that satisfies you. Do it. Go

Given you can hardly persuade your ageing flesh to do what you want, I must break it to you that I’m unlikely to give a fuck about your screeching.

Theuniondivvie said:

Leon said:

Theuniondivvie said:

Leon said:

Theuniondivvie said:

Jeezo, those old favourites, English sparkling wine and scrabbling through the vomit of BJ’s pm-ship for the delicious bits.
It’s like PB’s been eating raw onions and kippers.

You are welcome to move to the two websites


www.scottishsparklingwinedebate.com

and

www.scottishjustbasicpolitcalbettingwhywontanyonesanetalktome.com

Weirdly, you don't .Why is that? You hate the UK, why don't you fuck off and do a Scottish site all of your own? why?

Lol, on the downslope?
I assume over indulgence in Nyetimber gives you the same disgusting breath as all other sparkling wines.

Seriously. Just fuck off to the equivalent and specifically Scottish indy website. We will get together a collection to speed you on your way, and give you lots of likes as you depart!

Nothing you say about anything else, outside Scottish indy, is of any interest to anyone on here. Like all your Nat peers, you are a bore. It is time to face that fact, and quit

Man up, and leave. All you care about is your dismal, parochial Scottish Nationalism. So find a website that satisfies you. Do it. Go

Given you can hardly persuade your ageing flesh to do what you want, I must break it to you that I’m unlikely to give a fuck about your screeching.

Just go. Now

Andy_JS said:

Taz said:

No_Offence_Alan said:

Saqib Mahmood has now hit more sixes in Test cricket (1) than Jonathan Trott (0).

What a fact.

Trott never hit a six in test cricket !!

Mike Atherton and Geoff Boycott also hit very few sixes during their long careers. I think Atherton hit 4, and Boycott 2. Atherton played for 12 years, Boycott 18 years.

With Boycott it seemed longer...

turbotubbs said:

Andy_JS said:

Taz said:

No_Offence_Alan said:

Saqib Mahmood has now hit more sixes in Test cricket (1) than Jonathan Trott (0).

What a fact.

Trott never hit a six in test cricket !!

Mike Atherton and Geoff Boycott also hit very few sixes during their long careers. I think Atherton hit 4, and Boycott 2. Atherton played for 12 years, Boycott 18 years.

With Boycott it seemed longer...

Famous newspaper report including a Freudian slip.

'Shortly after tea, Mr Boycott ran a single to long on to complete his century in a little over six years of batting.'

Last over of the cricket.

Hopefully Mahmood and Leach can see the day out.

rcs1000 said:

kjh said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

According to NYT bit I linked, not only are the Russian foot soldiers using unsecure radio and normal cell phones, apparently even General are communicating via this method. They claim that one of those killed was as a direct result of being tracked via cell phone communications.

If the NYT can get this info, the likes of the US / UK intelligence services must be having a field day with it. No wonder the Ukranian SoF lot appear to know a hell of a lot about when and where to hit things.

The trouble is what to believe and what not to believe. The Today programme the other day stated that Russian soldiers were not allowed to have, let alone use, mobile phones. That seemed unlikely to me, but if true makes the above impossible.

It's entirely possible that (a) they're not allowed to have/use mobile phones; and (b) a meaningful subset of them have mobile phones.

Yep, but this was the reason given for us not getting any pictures from the Russian side (dubious because the Russians can quite easily take real or staged pictures if they wanted to) Personally I take all the stories with a pinch of salt. I have little confidence in the media at the best of times, but here they are understandably also getting fed oodles of propaganda which result in contradictions.

Big_G_NorthWales said:

MoonRabbit said:

HYUFD said:

#RishiAntoinette now trending on twitter

Whose side are you on?

Dear leader Boris, who must be protected at all cost and that may be a terminal cost for the conservative party

But Rishi never said anything about cake, in fact bemoaned the fact his Hovis seedy thing is 20p more.

Though he did imply no magic jam tree, so not everyone will have jam on it, today or tomorrow 😕

Leon said:

Theuniondivvie said:

Leon said:

Theuniondivvie said:

Leon said:

Theuniondivvie said:

Jeezo, those old favourites, English sparkling wine and scrabbling through the vomit of BJ’s pm-ship for the delicious bits.
It’s like PB’s been eating raw onions and kippers.

You are welcome to move to the two websites


www.scottishsparklingwinedebate.com

and

www.scottishjustbasicpolitcalbettingwhywontanyonesanetalktome.com

Weirdly, you don't .Why is that? You hate the UK, why don't you fuck off and do a Scottish site all of your own? why?

Lol, on the downslope?
I assume over indulgence in Nyetimber gives you the same disgusting breath as all other sparkling wines.

Seriously. Just fuck off to the equivalent and specifically Scottish indy website. We will get together a collection to speed you on your way, and give you lots of likes as you depart!

Nothing you say about anything else, outside Scottish indy, is of any interest to anyone on here. Like all your Nat peers, you are a bore. It is time to face that fact, and quit

Man up, and leave. All you care about is your dismal, parochial Scottish Nationalism. So find a website that satisfies you. Do it. Go

Given you can hardly persuade your ageing flesh to do what you want, I must break it to you that I’m unlikely to give a fuck about your screeching.

Just go. Now

SeaShantyIrish2 said:

darkage said:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/delivering-emergency-supplies-to-ukraine

I've just donated to this Ukraine fundraiser. Ex military guy. He is taking van loads of sleeping bags and dry food to the polish border and they are being distributed over the border to the territorial defence volunteers in Ukraine.

He has some credibility based on his linkedin profile - it looks like he is backed by some businesses around Glasgow. I think it is worth taking a chance on. https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-bradshaw/

Haven't had time to listen yet:

https://becauseican-the-robust-guide-to-being-effective.simplecast.com/episodes/18-becauseican-ukraine-special

Its good. You get the impression they know exactly what they are doing.

Mahmood to 49! Three balls to go.

Oh no

glw said:

Cookie said:

I don't think I'd fully appreciated this. They're communicating with mobile phones? Using the Ukrainian networks?! Really? I'm no comms paranoid but I think I'd find a more secure method than that.
It's not as if they're using a language which is particularly obscure to the enemy. Ukraine is teeming with people who speak Russian.

Yes there have been numerous reports of them doing such stuff. Even having a Russian phone switched on, or a Russian SIM in a phone, in Ukraine is dangerous. So if some conscript with a mobile is sat in a vehicle in a convoy trundling down some Ukrainian road it's highly likely that somebody knows instantly that "Russians are there". Of course that doesn't mean Ukrainian forces can act, but the risk is there.

Though as they are running engines to keep warm at night, and the Ukranian drones have thermal imaging, poor communication discipline is not the only way to find them.

https://twitter.com/LostWeapons/status/1506774971749584898?t=HpDEd9VULCKXzsN8cnMQSw&s=19

FrancisUrquhart said:

I always wonder what somebody put in his morning coffee that day...

When the usually rock-solid Boycott went Boom Boom

When the dust settled, the greatest stodger of them all had amassed 146 runs, with fifteen fours and three improbable sixes. Yorkshire posted 317 at the then-unprecedented rate of 5.28 an over; in reply

https://wisden.com/stories/features/when-the-usually-rock-solid-boycott-went-boom-boom

Brian Close had a word with him.

Boycott could actually score fast when in form.

His 'problem' was that when not in form he still had a good defensive technique which enabled him to bat all day but score only 70.

rcs1000 said:

Richard_Nabavi said:

rcs1000 said:

MaxPB said:

Leon said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Leon said:

Benpointer said:

Leon said:

Drinking English fizz all day in Regent's Park.

Blissful.

Hammered.

Which fizz? Had some Camel Valley brut, from your (former) neck of the woods - very nice.

Nyetimber Rose

It is excellent. World class

https://www.waitrosecellar.com/rose-wine/nyetimber-rose-nv-591150

Clearly no cost of living crisis among flint knapper of the world....

I can concur it good stuff.

The best pink fizz in the world? Gotta be up there.

Also it consistently surprises. You give it to friends and the older and less up-to-speed presume it is French or maybe Italian or even American, but it is British and English and ours and it is exquisite. Pricey, however

One of the best moments we had at the office pre-COVID was a blind testing of sparkling wines across Europe and our French unit director picking Nytimber over the Champagne option (which was in the £50-60 range iirc). He's never been able to live it down.

Nyetimber is fantastic.

I would also like to suggest the US champagnes made by the French houses in Napa - not least because they are excellent value. Mumm Napa is about 15 quit.

The best Californian sparklers are good, but they lack the delicacy of good champagne. England produces just about the only sparkling wines which are genuinely up there with the best.

I would agree that Nyetimber is genuinely outstanding. But it's also 4-5x the price of Chandon, Mumm Napa or Roederer Estate.

The standard Nyetimber is £27.69 at Waitrose. Were you thinking of some fancier cuvee?

HYUFD said:

Big_G_NorthWales said:

MoonRabbit said:

HYUFD said:

#RishiAntoinette now trending on twitter

Whose side are you on?

Dear leader Boris, who must be protected at all cost and that may be a terminal cost for the conservative party

Boris now leads Starmer as preferred PM by 2% while Sunak is only tied with Starmer

https://twitter.com/RedfieldWilton/status/1505975053212598280?s=20&t=z67ejZyEfi7EKh0-nkbNZQ

https://twitter.com/RedfieldWilton/status/1505967600504918021?s=20&t=z67ejZyEfi7EKh0-nkbNZQ

Which totally morally justifies the budget in your view.

49 is not quite as significant as 99, but it's possible Mahmood will never make a higher score. Reminds me of this piece about notable innings of 99 runs.

This, from @royalreporter on Twitter was quite amusing.

https://twitter.com/royalreporter/status/1507015519362187270?s=21

Wales win!

BigRich said:

kjh said:

@HYUFD fyi:

Sunday night, C4, The Falklands War, the untold story. Probably worth a watch. Clip from trailer:

The head of the SAS in the Falklands, Sir Michael Rose, speaks publicly for the first time about the war, and how the British task force came close to defeat.

Please, Please, don't start him again.

Don't worry I'm not going to, but I have just seen his reply and it is very very very tempting.

ping said:

tlg86 said:

Lol at Italy.

WTF?

And to think I was moaning about the lack of seeding to keep them and Portugal apart.

CorrectHorseBattery said:

StillWaters said:

CorrectHorseBattery said:

I wonder how many women @Leon has shouted at today

That’s an unpleasant tone to set for the discussion

In the way they attacked my mental health issues, frankly they deserve it

The rest of us don’t.

Hatred is not a healthy state of mind.

Let bygones be bygones

HYUFD said:

#RishiAntoinette now trending on twitter

Twitter is the plaything of really dumb fuckers...

Wales win!

tlg86 said:

Lol at Italy.

Two in a row.
That's England in the Seventies.
I was 15 before I was aware of England in a World Cup.

Foxy said:

Theuniondivvie said:

Jozza Lumley letting the side down, the three Great Cities of the World she’s chosen are Paris, Rome and Berlin. Hasn’t she heard London is BACK?

All great cities, but a rather eurocentric selection.

My top 3 cities would be New York, Istanbul, and Sydney.

Capetown, Marrakesh, Jerusalem, Vienna, Hong Kong all making the shortlist.

What about Constantinople?

MaxPB said:

Which one of you bloody jinxed it!

It was @FrancisUrquhart

AlistairM said:

Italy are out of the World Cup before it has even started. They lost 1-0 to North Macedonia. Look at the shot stats!

Like Eng vs Poland in 1973.