In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
Unfortunately they have also forgotten to be good at music.
As I said earlier, the likes of Kneecap are a trying to ape RATM, except RATM were both innovative while Tom Morello is genius on the guitar, Kneecap are just shit.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
Lucy Connolly really is the pin up for the hard of thinking.
Her and Lucy Letby.
The Letby case is complex, and that’s a rather cheap shot. I am one of several on PB that thinks there are questions to answer and suspects that there will be an appeal, potentially with very different evidence. There is also almost certain evidence that at least one doctor gave a different account of events during the trial to what he recorded at the time.
But the blanket ban on e-scooters is to my mind a gross failure of regulation and flexibility. They are undoubtedly a brilliant, cost and energy-efficient way for people to whizz around our cities and towns, particularly given 25% of all journeys are less than a mile (70% less than 5). They don't take up much parking space, don't smash the roads to pieces and so on.
We need a new RTA and revision to the Highway Code to anticipate the scooter revolution.
ebikes, if we mean electrically-assisted bicycles, are fine imo. If by e-scooters you mean the ones that look like children's toys, they were briefly very popular round here but have since largely disappeared.
That's because they are illegal in the Uk - to the extent shops and online retailers don't sell them because they can't be used..
if that wasn't the case I would have one tomorrow to wizz around town on and I would probably visit town more often if I had one.
I doubt it. As I said, they used to be common round here, legal or not, but are rarely seen now. That suggests the people who used to whizz round on them decided they were impractical.
E-scooters are the new Segways. An attractive idea but flawed in practice.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
Lucy Connolly really is the pin up for the hard of thinking.
Her and Lucy Letby.
The Letby case is complex, and that’s a rather cheap shot. I am one of several on PB that thinks there are questions to answer and suspects that there will be an appeal, potentially with very different evidence. There is also almost certain evidence that at least one doctor gave a different account of events during the trial to what he recorded at the time.
There have already been multiple appeals. She lost them all.
Rare unanimity on X that Pulp have stolen the show so far at 2025's Glastonbury.
It's Jarvis Cocker. The Glasgow concert was great and were it not for the fact it would have added 3 hours to 20 hours of driving across last weekend we would have seen them in Glasgow as well. I'm still trying to get Tramline tickets for the Friday...
His dry charisma seems as strong as ever. There was always an extra layer of subtlety with this band; the most self-aware face of Britpop.
Sorry brit pop was never that self aware they were people that fancied a quick buck.
Want self aware look at bands like the levellers, New model army, flux of pink indians, conflict etc
The Levellers are great live band. At least they were back in the day.
I used to be down in Brighton a fair bit 20 years ago, I bumped in Jeremy (the bass player) a number of times in pubs and he signed some of his artwork for me.
Rare unanimity on X that Pulp have stolen the show so far at 2025's Glastonbury.
It's Jarvis Cocker. The Glasgow concert was great and were it not for the fact it would have added 3 hours to 20 hours of driving across last weekend we would have seen them in Glasgow as well. I'm still trying to get Tramline tickets for the Friday...
His dry charisma seems as strong as ever. There was always an extra layer of subtlety with this band; the most self-aware face of Britpop.
Sorry brit pop was never that self aware they were people that fancied a quick buck.
Want self aware look at bands like the levellers, New model army, flux of pink indians, conflict etc
The Levellers are great live band. At least they were back in the day.
I always thought the Levellers a bit tediously right-on until I saw them live. Changed my view completely. I like it when bamds unexpectedly win you round.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
Unfortunately they have also forgotten to be good at music.
As I said earlier, the likes of Kneecap are a trying to ape RATM, except RATM were both innovative while Tom Morello is genius on the guitar, Kneecap are just shit.
Ah I hadn't realised that was a music criticism post. Yes Kneecap are shit.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
Lucy Connolly really is the pin up for the hard of thinking.
Her and Lucy Letby.
The Letby case is complex, and that’s a rather cheap shot. I am one of several on PB that thinks there are questions to answer and suspects that there will be an appeal, potentially with very different evidence. There is also almost certain evidence that at least one doctor gave a different account of events during the trial to what he recorded at the time.
There have already been multiple appeals. She lost them all.
Indeed but if the issue is our justice system cannot handle complex medical and/or statistical evidence, then burning through appeals without fixing the courts does not tell us whether shedunnit.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
Lucy Connolly really is the pin up for the hard of thinking.
Her and Lucy Letby.
The Letby case is complex, and that’s a rather cheap shot. I am one of several on PB that thinks there are questions to answer and suspects that there will be an appeal, potentially with very different evidence. There is also almost certain evidence that at least one doctor gave a different account of events during the trial to what he recorded at the time.
There have already been multiple appeals. She lost them all.
And the doctors evidence changing from the time of the event to court?
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
I often find posting problematic for this reason. From a religious point of view I should support the death and destruction of enemies, I suspect expressing that view would likely get me another ban
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
Lucy Connolly really is the pin up for the hard of thinking.
Lucy Connolly is a prime example of people not understanding the purpose of the riot act. At times of tension you need to throw the book at anyone ramping up said tension which is what she did...
Hadn't realised Gary Numan had never played Galstonbury until today. Sounded great. His two guitarists were cool - looked like "what two White Walkers did on our holidays".
I hadn't realized you were a lesbian.
I just love women. I must be then.
Inside every straight man there's a lesbian wanting to get out and outside every lesbian there's a straight man wanting to get in.
Do you have something to tell us?
I have been best bitch at two lesbian weddings.
As a student and thereafter I spent a lot of time in gay bars.
I love lesbians, a pair once bought me a Rolex watch, they misunderstood me when I told them 'I wanna watch.'
Utterly offtopic but you may appreciate this.
Because I'm in Paris by myself (David Hockney exhibition and something at the Orsay that closes next week) I've spent this afternoon in Galerie Lafayette and Printemps. Both have 5 to 6 floors of men's wear where every floor is the same size as the total size Selfridge's menswear departments in London and Manchester.
Burberry is still as god awful naff as it always was especially the shirt and shorts combo that was on full display in both those stores and Samaritaine. Just take their tartan, image the worst possible style and it was worse...
Rare unanimity on X that Pulp have stolen the show so far at 2025's Glastonbury.
It's Jarvis Cocker. The Glasgow concert was great and were it not for the fact it would have added 3 hours to 20 hours of driving across last weekend we would have seen them in Glasgow as well. I'm still trying to get Tramline tickets for the Friday...
His dry charisma seems as strong as ever. There was always an extra layer of subtlety with this band; the most self-aware face of Britpop.
Sorry brit pop was never that self aware they were people that fancied a quick buck.
Want self aware look at bands like the levellers, New model army, flux of pink indians, conflict etc
The Levellers are great live band. At least they were back in the day.
I always thought the Levellers a bit tediously right-on until I saw them live. Changed my view completely. I like it when bamds unexpectedly win you round.
Oh they are definitely "right-on", but they can you know do the thing they are famous for i.e. play music, really well.
Its a bit like Mark Thomas, I doubt politically we agree on very much at all. Is he a really funny comedian, well he definitely was in the noughties. I really enjoyed his live shows.
Rare unanimity on X that Pulp have stolen the show so far at 2025's Glastonbury.
It's Jarvis Cocker. The Glasgow concert was great and were it not for the fact it would have added 3 hours to 20 hours of driving across last weekend we would have seen them in Glasgow as well. I'm still trying to get Tramline tickets for the Friday...
His dry charisma seems as strong as ever. There was always an extra layer of subtlety with this band; the most self-aware face of Britpop.
Sorry brit pop was never that self aware they were people that fancied a quick buck.
Want self aware look at bands like the levellers, New model army, flux of pink indians, conflict etc
I remember the Levellers being.a huge phenomenon in the early 1990's, around the rave era. There was a radical period in the early 1990's there, before Howard passed the Criminal Justice Act and criminalised his repetitive beats.
But the blanket ban on e-scooters is to my mind a gross failure of regulation and flexibility. They are undoubtedly a brilliant, cost and energy-efficient way for people to whizz around our cities and towns, particularly given 25% of all journeys are less than a mile (70% less than 5). They don't take up much parking space, don't smash the roads to pieces and so on.
We need a new RTA and revision to the Highway Code to anticipate the scooter revolution.
ebikes, if we mean electrically-assisted bicycles, are fine imo. If by e-scooters you mean the ones that look like children's toys, they were briefly very popular round here but have since largely disappeared.
That's because they are illegal in the Uk - to the extent shops and online retailers don't sell them because they can't be used..
if that wasn't the case I would have one tomorrow to wizz around town on and I would probably visit town more often if I had one.
I doubt it. As I said, they used to be common round here, legal or not, but are rarely seen now. That suggests the people who used to whizz round on them decided they were impractical.
E-scooters are the new Segways. An attractive idea but flawed in practice.
Salford allows them, Manchester doesn't. If only @Anabobazina were still here to opine. Personally, I'm with Salford on this. I have nothing against electronic gadabouts, but I don't like basically motorbikes getting away with pretending to be ebikes.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
Rare unanimity on X that Pulp have stolen the show so far at 2025's Glastonbury.
It's Jarvis Cocker. The Glasgow concert was great and were it not for the fact it would have added 3 hours to 20 hours of driving across last weekend we would have seen them in Glasgow as well. I'm still trying to get Tramline tickets for the Friday...
His dry charisma seems as strong as ever. There was always an extra layer of subtlety with this band; the most self-aware face of Britpop.
Sorry brit pop was never that self aware they were people that fancied a quick buck.
Want self aware look at bands like the levellers, New model army, flux of pink indians, conflict etc
The Levellers are great live band. At least they were back in the day.
I always thought the Levellers a bit tediously right-on until I saw them live. Changed my view completely. I like it when bamds unexpectedly win you round.
Oh they are definitely "right-on", but they can you know do the thing they are famous for i.e. play music, really well.
The levellers and my political views do not mix but I enjoyed them live a few times
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
Lucy Connolly really is the pin up for the hard of thinking.
Her and Lucy Letby.
The Letby case is complex, and that’s a rather cheap shot. I am one of several on PB that thinks there are questions to answer and suspects that there will be an appeal, potentially with very different evidence. There is also almost certain evidence that at least one doctor gave a different account of events during the trial to what he recorded at the time.
There have already been multiple appeals. She lost them all.
Indeed but if the issue is our justice system cannot handle complex medical and/or statistical evidence, then burning through appeals without fixing the courts does not tell us whether shedunnit.
There was no complex statistical evidence presented. No-one used a p-value or calculated a likelihood. There was no Bayesian analysis.
Hadn't realised Gary Numan had never played Galstonbury until today. Sounded great. His two guitarists were cool - looked like "what two White Walkers did on our holidays".
I hadn't realized you were a lesbian.
I just love women. I must be then.
Inside every straight man there's a lesbian wanting to get out and outside every lesbian there's a straight man wanting to get in.
Do you have something to tell us?
I have been best bitch at two lesbian weddings.
As a student and thereafter I spent a lot of time in gay bars.
I love lesbians, a pair once bought me a Rolex watch, they misunderstood me when I told them 'I wanna watch.'
Utterly offtopic but you may appreciate this.
Because I'm in Paris by myself (David Hockney exhibition and something at the Orsay that closes next week) I've spent this afternoon in Galerie Lafayette and Printemps. Both have 5 to 6 floors of men's wear where every floor is the same size as the total size Selfridge's menswear departments in London and Manchester.
Burberry is still as god awful naff as it always was especially the shirt and shorts combo that was on full display in both those stores and Samaritaine. Just take their tartan, image the worst possible style and it was worse...
I am still boycotting France after their shameful behaviour towards me in 2022.
Hadn't realised Gary Numan had never played Galstonbury until today. Sounded great. His two guitarists were cool - looked like "what two White Walkers did on our holidays".
I hadn't realized you were a lesbian.
I just love women. I must be then.
Inside every straight man there's a lesbian wanting to get out and outside every lesbian there's a straight man wanting to get in.
Do you have something to tell us?
I have been best bitch at two lesbian weddings.
As a student and thereafter I spent a lot of time in gay bars.
I love lesbians, a pair once bought me a Rolex watch, they misunderstood me when I told them 'I wanna watch.'
Utterly offtopic but you may appreciate this.
Because I'm in Paris by myself (David Hockney exhibition and something at the Orsay that closes next week) I've spent this afternoon in Galerie Lafayette and Printemps. Both have 5 to 6 floors of men's wear where every floor is the same size as the total size Selfridge's menswear departments in London and Manchester.
Burberry is still as god awful naff as it always was especially the shirt and shorts combo that was on full display in both those stores and Samaritaine. Just take their tartan, image the worst possible style and it was worse...
Last time I went to Galeries Lafayette, it was a heaving hellhole of tourists. Like a well-heeled Primark when onesies are on sale.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
I often find posting problematic for this reason. From a religious point of view I should support the death and destruction of enemies, I suspect expressing that view would likely get me another ban
You're free to call for the death and destruction of your enemies.
Likewise, the site is free to decide it doesn't want you as a posting member.
Personally, death's too good for my enemies. I wish them eternal pain and suffering.
Hadn't realised Gary Numan had never played Galstonbury until today. Sounded great. His two guitarists were cool - looked like "what two White Walkers did on our holidays".
I hadn't realized you were a lesbian.
I just love women. I must be then.
Inside every straight man there's a lesbian wanting to get out and outside every lesbian there's a straight man wanting to get in.
Do you have something to tell us?
I have been best bitch at two lesbian weddings.
As a student and thereafter I spent a lot of time in gay bars.
I love lesbians, a pair once bought me a Rolex watch, they misunderstood me when I told them 'I wanna watch.'
Utterly offtopic but you may appreciate this.
Because I'm in Paris by myself (David Hockney exhibition and something at the Orsay that closes next week) I've spent this afternoon in Galerie Lafayette and Printemps. Both have 5 to 6 floors of men's wear where every floor is the same size as the total size Selfridge's menswear departments in London and Manchester.
Burberry is still as god awful naff as it always was especially the shirt and shorts combo that was on full display in both those stores and Samaritaine. Just take their tartan, image the worst possible style and it was worse...
I am still boycotting France after their shameful behaviour towards me in 2022.
Did they serve you dutch cheese as you are foreign and dont know the difference?
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
Lucy Connolly really is the pin up for the hard of thinking.
Her and Lucy Letby.
The Letby case is complex, and that’s a rather cheap shot. I am one of several on PB that thinks there are questions to answer and suspects that there will be an appeal, potentially with very different evidence. There is also almost certain evidence that at least one doctor gave a different account of events during the trial to what he recorded at the time.
There have already been multiple appeals. She lost them all.
Indeed but if the issue is our justice system cannot handle complex medical and/or statistical evidence, then burning through appeals without fixing the courts does not tell us whether shedunnit.
There was no complex statistical evidence presented. No-one used a p-value or calculated a likelihood. There was no Bayesian analysis.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
Hadn't realised Gary Numan had never played Galstonbury until today. Sounded great. His two guitarists were cool - looked like "what two White Walkers did on our holidays".
I hadn't realized you were a lesbian.
I just love women. I must be then.
Inside every straight man there's a lesbian wanting to get out and outside every lesbian there's a straight man wanting to get in.
Do you have something to tell us?
I have been best bitch at two lesbian weddings.
As a student and thereafter I spent a lot of time in gay bars.
I love lesbians, a pair once bought me a Rolex watch, they misunderstood me when I told them 'I wanna watch.'
Utterly offtopic but you may appreciate this.
Because I'm in Paris by myself (David Hockney exhibition and something at the Orsay that closes next week) I've spent this afternoon in Galerie Lafayette and Printemps. Both have 5 to 6 floors of men's wear where every floor is the same size as the total size Selfridge's menswear departments in London and Manchester.
Burberry is still as god awful naff as it always was especially the shirt and shorts combo that was on full display in both those stores and Samaritaine. Just take their tartan, image the worst possible style and it was worse...
I am still boycotting France after their shameful behaviour towards me in 2022.
Did they serve you dutch cheese as you are foreign and dont know the difference?
TSE's enduring hard on for SKS is the one of the weirdest things I've seen on PB
Is it really just lawyer love?
Don't be low IQ.
This is a betting site, and I look at things rationally, I despise Donald Trump but saw he was likely to win in 2024.
Sir Keir is woeful but the way you and others latch onto every little thing about is repetitively dull and doesn't help gamblers.
It’s not really a betting site, let’s be fair. Not to criticise but most people who post don’t mention betting at all really. It is political debating.
Callaghan - Winter of Discontent Wilson - Devaluation Heath - Miners strike Eden - Suez MacMillan - Profumo
All handled badly. And we already have the same verdict for Cameron, May, Blair, Truss, Sunak, Johnson.
It shows how it's the norm for these Defining Episodes to be screwed up by the PM of the day. And therefore how (on this metric) Gordon Brown was exceptional.
He was a great PM. An surprising conclusion (and perhaps unwelcome to many on here) but pretty much undeniable.
Ted-the Common Market.
When it came to miners strikes Ted was a rank amateur compared to Thatcher.
Macmillan was defined by the "you've never had it so good" narrative.
Devaluation was a seminal moment for Harold but I don't believe it defined him.
Yes, Wilson is a difficult one. His resignation was unusual in being a purely personal decision.
I think Harold is probably my favourite post war Prime Minister. I researched the devaluation crisis a while ago, and the big regret was they didn't go much earlier.
Harold handled his Eurosceptics beautifully. Cameron could have learned lessons from him.
The very left-wing head of the sixth form at my school named Harold Wilson as his hero.
Harold was something of a chameleon. He appeared left leaning to the Labour left, and right leaning to the Labour right.
The print media of course were convinced he was a Soviet agent. One wonders what those journos would make of Donald Trump.
All very true. I think one of the reasons the head of the sixth form liked Harold was because of the Open University which is a pretty good reason for anyone to rate him.
Hadn't realised Gary Numan had never played Galstonbury until today. Sounded great. His two guitarists were cool - looked like "what two White Walkers did on our holidays".
I hadn't realized you were a lesbian.
I just love women. I must be then.
Inside every straight man there's a lesbian wanting to get out and outside every lesbian there's a straight man wanting to get in.
Do you have something to tell us?
I have been best bitch at two lesbian weddings.
As a student and thereafter I spent a lot of time in gay bars.
I love lesbians, a pair once bought me a Rolex watch, they misunderstood me when I told them 'I wanna watch.'
Utterly offtopic but you may appreciate this.
Because I'm in Paris by myself (David Hockney exhibition and something at the Orsay that closes next week) I've spent this afternoon in Galerie Lafayette and Printemps. Both have 5 to 6 floors of men's wear where every floor is the same size as the total size Selfridge's menswear departments in London and Manchester.
Burberry is still as god awful naff as it always was especially the shirt and shorts combo that was on full display in both those stores and Samaritaine. Just take their tartan, image the worst possible style and it was worse...
I am still boycotting France after their shameful behaviour towards me in 2022.
Did they serve you dutch cheese as you are foreign and dont know the difference?
It involved tear gas.
Could have been worse could have involved cazu marza
TSE's enduring hard on for SKS is the one of the weirdest things I've seen on PB
Is it really just lawyer love?
Don't be low IQ.
This is a betting site, and I look at things rationally, I despise Donald Trump but saw he was likely to win in 2024.
Sir Keir is woeful but the way you and others latch onto every little thing about is repetitively dull and doesn't help gamblers.
It’s not really a betting site, let’s be fair. Not to criticise but most people who post don’t mention betting at all really. It is political debating.
Some bet but dont tell, they use this site to gather info
Hadn't realised Gary Numan had never played Galstonbury until today. Sounded great. His two guitarists were cool - looked like "what two White Walkers did on our holidays".
I hadn't realized you were a lesbian.
I just love women. I must be then.
Inside every straight man there's a lesbian wanting to get out and outside every lesbian there's a straight man wanting to get in.
Do you have something to tell us?
I have been best bitch at two lesbian weddings.
As a student and thereafter I spent a lot of time in gay bars.
I love lesbians, a pair once bought me a Rolex watch, they misunderstood me when I told them 'I wanna watch.'
Utterly offtopic but you may appreciate this.
Because I'm in Paris by myself (David Hockney exhibition and something at the Orsay that closes next week) I've spent this afternoon in Galerie Lafayette and Printemps. Both have 5 to 6 floors of men's wear where every floor is the same size as the total size Selfridge's menswear departments in London and Manchester.
Burberry is still as god awful naff as it always was especially the shirt and shorts combo that was on full display in both those stores and Samaritaine. Just take their tartan, image the worst possible style and it was worse...
I am still boycotting France after their shameful behaviour towards me in 2022.
Did they serve you dutch cheese as you are foreign and dont know the difference?
It involved tear gas.
Could have been worse could have involved cazu marza
Hadn't realised Gary Numan had never played Galstonbury until today. Sounded great. His two guitarists were cool - looked like "what two White Walkers did on our holidays".
I hadn't realized you were a lesbian.
I just love women. I must be then.
Inside every straight man there's a lesbian wanting to get out and outside every lesbian there's a straight man wanting to get in.
Do you have something to tell us?
I have been best bitch at two lesbian weddings.
As a student and thereafter I spent a lot of time in gay bars.
I love lesbians, a pair once bought me a Rolex watch, they misunderstood me when I told them 'I wanna watch.'
Utterly offtopic but you may appreciate this.
Because I'm in Paris by myself (David Hockney exhibition and something at the Orsay that closes next week) I've spent this afternoon in Galerie Lafayette and Printemps. Both have 5 to 6 floors of men's wear where every floor is the same size as the total size Selfridge's menswear departments in London and Manchester.
Burberry is still as god awful naff as it always was especially the shirt and shorts combo that was on full display in both those stores and Samaritaine. Just take their tartan, image the worst possible style and it was worse...
I am still boycotting France after their shameful behaviour towards me in 2022.
Did they serve you dutch cheese as you are foreign and dont know the difference?
It involved tear gas.
Could have been worse could have involved cazu marza
I’d give that a go.
It’s cheese after all. A little extra protein.
its great but cover your eyes those maggots can jump
But the blanket ban on e-scooters is to my mind a gross failure of regulation and flexibility. They are undoubtedly a brilliant, cost and energy-efficient way for people to whizz around our cities and towns, particularly given 25% of all journeys are less than a mile (70% less than 5). They don't take up much parking space, don't smash the roads to pieces and so on.
We need a new RTA and revision to the Highway Code to anticipate the scooter revolution.
ebikes, if we mean electrically-assisted bicycles, are fine imo. If by e-scooters you mean the ones that look like children's toys, they were briefly very popular round here but have since largely disappeared.
That's because they are illegal in the Uk - to the extent shops and online retailers don't sell them because they can't be used..
if that wasn't the case I would have one tomorrow to wizz around town on and I would probably visit town more often if I had one.
I doubt it. As I said, they used to be common round here, legal or not, but are rarely seen now. That suggests the people who used to whizz round on them decided they were impractical.
E-scooters are the new Segways. An attractive idea but flawed in practice.
What's wrong with them? There's clearly gigantic latent demand for them given the number of people who use them while being entirely illegal to do so.
The issue is the current rider. The kind of person who breaks the law on e-scooters is more likely to be doing the same elsewhere. If they were legal, it would the Rotary Club tending to the flowers with them.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
Hadn't realised Gary Numan had never played Galstonbury until today. Sounded great. His two guitarists were cool - looked like "what two White Walkers did on our holidays".
I hadn't realized you were a lesbian.
I just love women. I must be then.
Inside every straight man there's a lesbian wanting to get out and outside every lesbian there's a straight man wanting to get in.
Do you have something to tell us?
I have been best bitch at two lesbian weddings.
As a student and thereafter I spent a lot of time in gay bars.
I love lesbians, a pair once bought me a Rolex watch, they misunderstood me when I told them 'I wanna watch.'
Utterly offtopic but you may appreciate this.
Because I'm in Paris by myself (David Hockney exhibition and something at the Orsay that closes next week) I've spent this afternoon in Galerie Lafayette and Printemps. Both have 5 to 6 floors of men's wear where every floor is the same size as the total size Selfridge's menswear departments in London and Manchester.
Burberry is still as god awful naff as it always was especially the shirt and shorts combo that was on full display in both those stores and Samaritaine. Just take their tartan, image the worst possible style and it was worse...
I am still boycotting France after their shameful behaviour towards me in 2022.
Did they serve you dutch cheese as you are foreign and dont know the difference?
It involved tear gas.
Could have been worse could have involved cazu marza
I’d give that a go.
It’s cheese after all. A little extra protein.
its great but cover your eyes those maggots can jump
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
If you'd been paying attention you'd know that Hamas started the war and took a load of hostages.
Hadn't realised Gary Numan had never played Galstonbury until today. Sounded great. His two guitarists were cool - looked like "what two White Walkers did on our holidays".
I hadn't realized you were a lesbian.
I just love women. I must be then.
Inside every straight man there's a lesbian wanting to get out and outside every lesbian there's a straight man wanting to get in.
Do you have something to tell us?
I have been best bitch at two lesbian weddings.
As a student and thereafter I spent a lot of time in gay bars.
I love lesbians, a pair once bought me a Rolex watch, they misunderstood me when I told them 'I wanna watch.'
Utterly offtopic but you may appreciate this.
Because I'm in Paris by myself (David Hockney exhibition and something at the Orsay that closes next week) I've spent this afternoon in Galerie Lafayette and Printemps. Both have 5 to 6 floors of men's wear where every floor is the same size as the total size Selfridge's menswear departments in London and Manchester.
Burberry is still as god awful naff as it always was especially the shirt and shorts combo that was on full display in both those stores and Samaritaine. Just take their tartan, image the worst possible style and it was worse...
Last time I went to Galeries Lafayette, it was a heaving hellhole of tourists. Like a well-heeled Primark when onesies are on sale.
Galeries Lafayette is blooming awful but the neighbouring menswear store was rather pleasant. Mrs Eek and I have a game of finding the worst possible item and while the Burberry outfit was beyond naff this hat pipped it
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
If you'd been paying attention you'd know that Hamas started the war and took a load of hostages.
Indeed they did. But when opposing an unjustified attack you are not supposed to commit war crimes yourself. The actions of Hamas on 6 Oct are not justifications for the excessive actions of the IDF today.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
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I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
Also his nickname, Ned. 🙄
I started watching cricket in 1990 when Gooch was godlike, 333 (and 123) against India at Lord's.
The following year the best innings by England batter when he scored 154* against the Windies when Ambrose, Marshall, Walsh, and Patterson were destroying everyone else, the next highest score was 27.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
Callaghan - Winter of Discontent Wilson - Devaluation Heath - Miners strike Eden - Suez MacMillan - Profumo
All handled badly. And we already have the same verdict for Cameron, May, Blair, Truss, Sunak, Johnson.
It shows how it's the norm for these Defining Episodes to be screwed up by the PM of the day. And therefore how (on this metric) Gordon Brown was exceptional.
He was a great PM. An surprising conclusion (and perhaps unwelcome to many on here) but pretty much undeniable.
Ted-the Common Market.
When it came to miners strikes Ted was a rank amateur compared to Thatcher.
Macmillan was defined by the "you've never had it so good" narrative.
Devaluation was a seminal moment for Harold but I don't believe it defined him.
Yes, Wilson is a difficult one. His resignation was unusual in being a purely personal decision.
I think Harold is probably my favourite post war Prime Minister. I researched the devaluation crisis a while ago, and the big regret was they didn't go much earlier.
Harold handled his Eurosceptics beautifully. Cameron could have learned lessons from him.
The cleverest person ever to inhabit number ten. I think this is generally acknowledged. And just a touch of the populist there too with his pipe and simple folksy manner and holidays in the Scillies.
He may have been clever, but he didn’t achieve anything of substance.
Macmillan oversaw decolonialism, and Heath got Britain into the EU.
Wilson just had his “white heat” speech and spent his time trying to avoid devaluation - and failing.
Harold Wilson kept us out of Vietnam. That was a courageous act that did the country far more good in sum than either joining the EEC or the dash out of Africa.
I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
Also his nickname, Ned. 🙄
Ravel Morrison waves....
We had that loser on loan at the start of his career. His attitude stunk.
It was even too bad for the management team at the time.
I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
Also his nickname, Ned. 🙄
Ravel Morrison waves....
I found out something about Ravel Morrison which reflects poorly on Manchester United, he was diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed meds which would have helped him but because of anti-doping regulations he wasn't allowed to take them.
However he would have been able to take the meds if Manchester United had applied for an exemption but they didn't.
I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
Also his nickname, Ned. 🙄
I started watching cricket in 1990 when Gooch was godlike, 333 (and 123) against India at Lord's.
The following year the best innings by England batter when he scored 154* against the Windies when Ambrose, Marshall, Walsh, and Patterson were destroying everyone else, the next highest score was 27.
Now I feel old. I started watching in the first World Cup year and remember his first tests against the Aussies, although not his ignominious performance specifically.
Callaghan - Winter of Discontent Wilson - Devaluation Heath - Miners strike Eden - Suez MacMillan - Profumo
All handled badly. And we already have the same verdict for Cameron, May, Blair, Truss, Sunak, Johnson.
It shows how it's the norm for these Defining Episodes to be screwed up by the PM of the day. And therefore how (on this metric) Gordon Brown was exceptional.
He was a great PM. An surprising conclusion (and perhaps unwelcome to many on here) but pretty much undeniable.
Ted-the Common Market.
When it came to miners strikes Ted was a rank amateur compared to Thatcher.
Macmillan was defined by the "you've never had it so good" narrative.
Devaluation was a seminal moment for Harold but I don't believe it defined him.
Yes, Wilson is a difficult one. His resignation was unusual in being a purely personal decision.
I think Harold is probably my favourite post war Prime Minister. I researched the devaluation crisis a while ago, and the big regret was they didn't go much earlier.
Harold handled his Eurosceptics beautifully. Cameron could have learned lessons from him.
The cleverest person ever to inhabit number ten. I think this is generally acknowledged. And just a touch of the populist there too with his pipe and simple folksy manner and holidays in the Scillies.
He may have been clever, but he didn’t achieve anything of substance.
Macmillan oversaw decolonialism, and Heath got Britain into the EU.
Wilson just had his “white heat” speech and spent his time trying to avoid devaluation - and failing.
I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
Also his nickname, Ned. 🙄
Ravel Morrison waves....
I found out something about Ravel Morrison which reflects poorly on Manchester United, he was diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed meds which would have helped him but because of anti-doping regulations he wasn't allowed to take it.
However he would have been able to take the meds if Manchester United had applied for an exemption but they didn't.
I saw a recent interview with him in which he claims he never been a drinker (or drugs), that he was addicted to Playstation....and numerous times he was out playing football with his mates until the small hours, meaning he didn't turn up for training.
I don't know how much he is trying to rewrite history or not.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
If you'd been paying attention you'd know that Hamas started the war and took a load of hostages.
Indeed they did. But when opposing an unjustified attack you are not supposed to commit war crimes yourself. The actions of Hamas on 6 Oct are not justifications for the excessive actions of the IDF today.
I don't think anyone thinks that. But, equally, what's happened since doesn't absolve the Palestinians of their crimes (both previous and ongoing).
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
If you'd been paying attention you'd know that Hamas started the war and took a load of hostages.
Indeed they did. But when opposing an unjustified attack you are not supposed to commit war crimes yourself. The actions of Hamas on 6 Oct are not justifications for the excessive actions of the IDF today.
Jonny Mao @JonnyMao__ Netanyahu has just stated that Glastonbury is days away from enriching uranium sufficient to build a nuclear bomb.
I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
Also his nickname, Ned. 🙄
Ravel Morrison waves....
I found out something about Ravel Morrison which reflects poorly on Manchester United, he was diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed meds which would have helped him but because of anti-doping regulations he wasn't allowed to take them.
However he would have been able to take the meds if Manchester United had applied for an exemption but they didn't.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
If you'd been paying attention you'd know that Hamas started the war and took a load of hostages.
Indeed they did. But when opposing an unjustified attack you are not supposed to commit war crimes yourself. The actions of Hamas on 6 Oct are not justifications for the excessive actions of the IDF today.
I don't think anyone thinks that. But, equally, what's happened since doesn't absolve the Palestinians of their crimes (both previous and ongoing).
Well yes of course, both are true.
It's a bit like WW2 on the Eastern front - do you support Stalin and his killers or those Latvians who joined the XV Waffen SS Division?
I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
Also his nickname, Ned. 🙄
Ravel Morrison waves....
I found out something about Ravel Morrison which reflects poorly on Manchester United, he was diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed meds which would have helped him but because of anti-doping regulations he wasn't allowed to take them.
However he would have been able to take the meds if Manchester United had applied for an exemption but they didn't.
What about his other clubs ?
Did they also fail to do the same ?
Sounds to me like it’s excuse time.
From what I gather the ban on the meds were applied to all the clubs he was loaned to.
When he went to West Ham they tried to get him the meds but the doctors said it was too late to be effective.
I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
Also his nickname, Ned. 🙄
Ravel Morrison waves....
I found out something about Ravel Morrison which reflects poorly on Manchester United, he was diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed meds which would have helped him but because of anti-doping regulations he wasn't allowed to take it.
However he would have been able to take the meds if Manchester United had applied for an exemption but they didn't.
I saw a recent interview with him in which he claims he never been a drinker (or drugs), that he was addicted to Playstation....and numerous times he was out playing football with his mates until the small hours, meaning he didn't turn up for training.
I don't know how much he is trying to rewrite history or not.
Guy I sit next to at Arsenal knows Harvey Elliot's childhood best mate. They were in an academy together (not sure if QPR or Fulham), but Elliot, apparently, only ever wanted to play football. This other lad got into other "stuff" and has thrown it away. It's so infuriating because even if you don't make it to the very top, you can earn really good money in the lower leagues. Certainly better to anything else he's likely to do as a job.
I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
Also his nickname, Ned. 🙄
Ravel Morrison waves....
I found out something about Ravel Morrison which reflects poorly on Manchester United, he was diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed meds which would have helped him but because of anti-doping regulations he wasn't allowed to take them.
However he would have been able to take the meds if Manchester United had applied for an exemption but they didn't.
What about his other clubs ?
Did they also fail to do the same ?
Sounds to me like it’s excuse time.
I think he was also at the turning point of when football became very tactical. Having all the flashy skills isn't really as attractive as it used to be. If you know anything about the sort of systems Klopp or Pep try and pursue you have to be really switched on and very disciplined. They increasingly want players who have all the natural attributes in terms of pace, fitness, etc but a huge part of the game is now being able to be part of this very complex machine. And if you can't even do turn up for training, you have bugger all chance of understand the tactical system being taught.
I heard a great interview with a player who played under Biesla....they played virtually no actual football in training. It was tactics and fitness. They signed a player, Biesla said measure his body fat, too high, you don't train until you get it below x%. Finally gets it before x%, trains a bit but miles off the pace in turns of being able to follow the tactics, binned off.
When you think about it, it's funny how Larkins got selected for overseas tours in 1989/1990 and 1990/91 when he was pretty old for a test cricketer but didn't get selected for any home matches during that general period. You'd think it would be the other way round if anything, because in those days oversea tours were reckoned to be a lot harder to cope with. That probably isn't true so much now.
I remember Wayne Larkins from the 1990/91 Ashes tour. He already looked about 45 on that time. RIP.
A typical decent county player who was shit when he played internationals
Graham Gooch rated him and thinks Larkins suffered by going on the first rebel tour.
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
The Gooch was a terrific batsman but in Larkins case he never delivered. The Gooch may well have rated him, however A great player on paper is nothing if he never actually delivers when it matters.
Also his nickname, Ned. 🙄
Ravel Morrison waves....
I found out something about Ravel Morrison which reflects poorly on Manchester United, he was diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed meds which would have helped him but because of anti-doping regulations he wasn't allowed to take it.
However he would have been able to take the meds if Manchester United had applied for an exemption but they didn't.
I saw a recent interview with him in which he claims he never been a drinker (or drugs), that he was addicted to Playstation....and numerous times he was out playing football with his mates until the small hours, meaning he didn't turn up for training.
I don't know how much he is trying to rewrite history or not.
Guy I sit next to at Arsenal knows Harvey Elliot's childhood best mate. They were in an academy together (not sure if QPR or Fulham), but Elliot, apparently, only ever wanted to play football. This other lad got into other "stuff" and has thrown it away. It's so infuriating because even if you don't make it to the very top, you can earn really good money in the lower leagues. Certainly better to anything else he's likely to do as a job.
These days the competition is off the charts. And it really doesn't take much for you to slip away. I have a family friend who is part of a Premiership Academy and it feels insane the levels of dedication expected.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
If you'd been paying attention you'd know that Hamas started the war and took a load of hostages.
Indeed they did. But when opposing an unjustified attack you are not supposed to commit war crimes yourself. The actions of Hamas on 6 Oct are not justifications for the excessive actions of the IDF today.
Jonny Mao @JonnyMao__ Netanyahu has just stated that Glastonbury is days away from enriching uranium sufficient to build a nuclear bomb.
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
If you'd been paying attention you'd know that Hamas started the war and took a load of hostages.
Indeed they did. But when opposing an unjustified attack you are not supposed to commit war crimes yourself. The actions of Hamas on 6 Oct are not justifications for the excessive actions of the IDF today.
I don't think anyone thinks that. But, equally, what's happened since doesn't absolve the Palestinians of their crimes (both previous and ongoing).
Well yes of course, both are true.
It's a bit like WW2 on the Eastern front - do you support Stalin and his killers or those Latvians who joined the XV Waffen SS Division?
I disagree. The Latvians and the lot referenced in Goldeneye were between a rock and a hard place. Hamas have the backing of enough Palestinians. Without that, there would be no Hamas (not true with Hitler and Stalin).
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
If you'd been paying attention you'd know that Hamas started the war and took a load of hostages.
Indeed they did. But when opposing an unjustified attack you are not supposed to commit war crimes yourself. The actions of Hamas on 6 Oct are not justifications for the excessive actions of the IDF today.
Jonny Mao @JonnyMao__ Netanyahu has just stated that Glastonbury is days away from enriching uranium sufficient to build a nuclear bomb.
I know all or most of the words to Metal, M.E., Pure, Cars, Down in the Park, My Name Is Ruin, and AFE. But my windows are open because it's hot. So when there is singing along to the lyrics, headbanging and twisty hand gestures whilst tapping the laptop at chez Viewcode, I have to do it really quietly.
I would have swapped out "Nothing's What It Seems" and "Haunted" and replaced them with "Intruder". Or "Dominion Day". Or "We Are Glass". Or "I Die: You Die". Or "This Wreckage" (the reworked version). Or "Crazier". Or "When the World Comes Apart"... but I detain you.
Fuck me, but "Cars" is still a banger. It's older than @Casino_Royale, but it fills the space. It's the only hit he had in America. I keep wishing ToddInTheShadows would do him as a OneHitWonder, but he refuses.
For reviews of his entire goddamn career, please see
In Britain, we now jail the likes of Lucy Connolly for dumb, incendiary social media posts (that she deleted), but 1000s chant about killing people at a major music festival, live on our publicly funded broadcaster, and nobody seems to care. Outrageous double standard.
If you support one side in a war then you ipso facto support the death of enemy soldiers. I for one would like more Russian soldiers to die and do not see why I should not be able to express that opinion in public.
"Death to the IDF" to me falls under freedom of speech.
In any case, have we forgotten that pop singers are supposed to be provocative?
So the people at Glastonbury support Hamas?
Good to know.
Maybe they just don't support the way in which the IDF is waging the war.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
If you'd been paying attention you'd know that Hamas started the war and took a load of hostages.
Indeed they did. But when opposing an unjustified attack you are not supposed to commit war crimes yourself. The actions of Hamas on 6 Oct are not justifications for the excessive actions of the IDF today.
Jonny Mao @JonnyMao__ Netanyahu has just stated that Glastonbury is days away from enriching uranium sufficient to build a nuclear bomb.
I know all or most of the words to Metal, M.E., Pure, Cars, Down in the Park, My Name Is Ruin, and AFE. But my windows are open because it's hot. So when there is singing along to the lyrics, headbanging and twisty hand gestures whilst tapping the laptop at chez Viewcode, I have to do it really quietly.
I would have swapped out "Nothing's What It Seems" and "Haunted" and replaced them with "Intruder". Or "Dominion Day". Or "We Are Glass". Or "I Die: You Die". Or "This Wreckage" (the reworked version). Or "Crazier". Or "When the World Comes Apart"... but I detain you.
Fuck me, but "Cars" is still a banger. It's older than @Casino_Royale, but it fills the space. It's the only hit he had in America. I keep wishing ToddInTheShadows would do him as a OneHitWonder, but he refuses.
For reviews of his entire goddamn career, please see
When you think about it, it's funny how Larkins got selected for overseas tours in 1989/1990 and 1990/91 when he was pretty old for a test cricketer but didn't get selected for any home matches during that general period. You'd think it would be the other way round if anything, because in those days oversea tours were reckoned to be a lot harder to cope with. That probably isn't true so much now.
My assumption was that they offered chances to everyone on the rebel tours. Not sure why, maybe there was some sort of unspoken agreement to offer something to make up expected lifetime earnings.
Putting someone on a tour was easier than selecting for a home test when there was competition from people making big runs in the County Championship, back when it meant something and there were no central contracts.
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As I said earlier, the likes of Kneecap are a trying to ape RATM, except RATM were both innovative while Tom Morello is genius on the guitar, Kneecap are just shit.
E-scooters are the new Segways. An attractive idea but flawed in practice.
I used to be down in Brighton a fair bit 20 years ago, I bumped in Jeremy (the bass player) a number of times in pubs and he signed some of his artwork for me.
Starmer confesses
Not sure this helps his image
Is it really just lawyer love?
End of story AFAIC.
The conical plants are Golden Hops, and the grey border plants are Curry Plant, I think.
Because I'm in Paris by myself (David Hockney exhibition and something at the Orsay that closes next week) I've spent this afternoon in Galerie Lafayette and Printemps. Both have 5 to 6 floors of men's wear where every floor is the same size as the total size Selfridge's menswear departments in London and Manchester.
Burberry is still as god awful naff as it always was especially the shirt and shorts combo that was on full display in both those stores and Samaritaine. Just take their tartan, image the worst possible style and it was worse...
Its a bit like Mark Thomas, I doubt politically we agree on very much at all. Is he a really funny comedian, well he definitely was in the noughties. I really enjoyed his live shows.
Personally, I'm with Salford on this. I have nothing against electronic gadabouts, but I don't like basically motorbikes getting away with pretending to be ebikes.
This is a betting site, and I look at things rationally, I despise Donald Trump but saw he was likely to win in 2024.
Sir Keir is woeful but the way you and others latch onto every little thing about is repetitively dull and doesn't help gamblers.
Some think that a Britain in which “White British” are in a minority has lost something valuable. Others claim to be relaxed about that possibility.
Relatedly, perhaps, my grandmother was born to a Tamil mother in Madras; my son is blond and blue-eyed.
Likewise, the site is free to decide it doesn't want you as a posting member.
Personally, death's too good for my enemies. I wish them eternal pain and suffering.
But look at that chart, biggest net gains since VE Day, all by lawyers, coincidence I think not.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c4gdrpqeg90o
Good to know.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6576769.stm
‘ Larkins said: "Of course we're very sorry. It wasn't intentional."
These fuckers are always sorry when they’re caught.
I hope that everyone appreciates my contribution to the gambling fraternity
LAWYERS RULE
Bet accordingly
It’s cheese after all. A little extra protein.
All ours have been chewed to death by Box Moth. Just a brown skeleton remains.
The culprit seems to have moved north recently.
The issue is the current rider. The kind of person who breaks the law on e-scooters is more likely to be doing the same elsewhere. If they were legal, it would the Rotary Club tending to the flowers with them.
https://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2025/04/26/the-14-1-bet-ive-just-taken/
There was the time I tipped a July 2024 election at 20/1
https://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2024/03/27/we-may-need-to-revise-our-summer-plans/
There was the time I tipped the SNP to poll 40% to 45% at the Hamilton, Larkhall, and Stonehouse by-election
https://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2025/06/03/by-election-betting-3/
I could go on but I am far too modest to keep on posting all my winners.
Hamas is the only game in town, how else are Gazans supposed to defend themselves?
Ironically it was the second rebel tour that allowed Larkins back in the team.
Also his nickname, Ned. 🙄
Ex-Tory minister George Freeman refers himself to parliamentary watchdog after leaked emails reveal he was paid by a company that helped him write questions to government" (£)
https://www.thetimes.com/article/0e4e5ff4-2668-4677-87a9-3a211bdc371b
The following year the best innings by England batter when he scored 154* against the Windies when Ambrose, Marshall, Walsh, and Patterson were destroying everyone else, the next highest score was 27.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/box-tree-caterpillar
It was even too bad for the management team at the time.
However he would have been able to take the meds if Manchester United had applied for an exemption but they didn't.
I don't know how much he is trying to rewrite history or not.
@JonnyMao__
Netanyahu has just stated that Glastonbury is days away from enriching uranium sufficient to build a nuclear bomb.
Did they also fail to do the same ?
Sounds to me like it’s excuse time.
It's a bit like WW2 on the Eastern front - do you support Stalin and his killers or those Latvians who joined the XV Waffen SS Division?
When he went to West Ham they tried to get him the meds but the doctors said it was too late to be effective.
I heard a great interview with a player who played under Biesla....they played virtually no actual football in training. It was tactics and fitness. They signed a player, Biesla said measure his body fat, too high, you don't train until you get it below x%. Finally gets it before x%, trains a bit but miles off the pace in turns of being able to follow the tactics, binned off.
- Here's the video of his set: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002fctd/glastonbury-gary-numan
- Here's the set list: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/gary-numan/2025/worthy-farm-pilton-england-5b5b6774.htm
I know all or most of the words to Metal, M.E., Pure, Cars, Down in the Park, My Name Is Ruin, and AFE. But my windows are open because it's hot. So when there is singing along to the lyrics, headbanging and twisty hand gestures whilst tapping the laptop at chez Viewcode, I have to do it really quietly.I would have swapped out "Nothing's What It Seems" and "Haunted" and replaced them with "Intruder". Or "Dominion Day". Or "We Are Glass". Or "I Die: You Die". Or "This Wreckage" (the reworked version). Or "Crazier". Or "When the World Comes Apart"... but I detain you.
Fuck me, but "Cars" is still a banger. It's older than @Casino_Royale, but it fills the space. It's the only hit he had in America. I keep wishing ToddInTheShadows would do him as a OneHitWonder, but he refuses.
For reviews of his entire goddamn career, please see
the Eavis family.
Putting someone on a tour was easier than selecting for a home test when there was competition from people making big runs in the County Championship, back when it meant something and there were no central contracts.