It'll come down to the ground game rather than the air game. Reform may have the BBC in it's pocket but these guys have a motivated and usually educated following who can put an argument across in non-Daily Mail ways. It's also a convenient place for Labour to send those on the naughty step.
Hardly, GB news may be in Reform’s pocket but the BBC is firmly Starmer Labour
Have you watched the BBC lately? Nigel Farage is on every 10 minutes.
His party is leading in the polls, they just won the local elex, and they are - as things stand - likely to be the next government (or part of it)
So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
Stokes is done for. Readjust all your Ashes betting.
And yet he walked off smiling and also quite easily
I pray this is just him being sensibly cautious. England are totally dominant. No point in risking a deeper injury. We've got five more wickets to get 100 more runs, should be do-able
Stokes is done for. Readjust all your Ashes betting.
And yet he walked off smiling and also quite easily
I pray this is just him being sensibly cautious. England are totally dominant. No point in risking a deeper injury. We've got five more wickets to get 100 more runs, should be do-able
That is exactly how he used to be when it locked up before and he used to do it with the same shot trying to force a sweep / reverse sweep. Always claiming no biggie, when it was / is something very serious as he had to have 9 months out of the game in order to get to a stage to bowl properly again.
Stokes is done for. Readjust all your Ashes betting.
And yet he walked off smiling and also quite easily
I pray this is just him being sensibly cautious. England are totally dominant. No point in risking a deeper injury. We've got five more wickets to get 100 more runs, should be do-able
That is exactly how he used to be when it locked up before. Always claiming no biggie, when it was / is something very serious as he had to have 9 months out of the game in order to get to a stage to bowl properly again.
Not much evidence of that much loved Yoon meme of SNP transfers to Reform. SLab otoh..
SLAB deserve to be in freefall. Not only are they part of the worst Labour government ever, they have sidelined the only MP who tried to help his constituency. In Holyrood, they still haven’t learned their lessons of 2007. They still think they are entitled to the Scottish vote for doing nothing except cronyism. Fuck them! I would sooner see Reform as the official opposition than that bunch of charlatans.
I always think 20 mins is too short for the tea break. By the time the players get back in the dressing room there's only about 10 left and they need to be on the field a few mins before play begins, so they probably only get about 5 mins. It's also too short for spectators to stand in queues for drinks.
And in that 5 mins they somehow have to deal with a plate of cucumber sandwiches and a slice of cake.
It'll come down to the ground game rather than the air game. Reform may have the BBC in it's pocket but these guys have a motivated and usually educated following who can put an argument across in non-Daily Mail ways. It's also a convenient place for Labour to send those on the naughty step.
Hardly, GB news may be in Reform’s pocket but the BBC is firmly Starmer Labour
Have you watched the BBC lately? Nigel Farage is on every 10 minutes.
His party is leading in the polls, they just won the local elex, and they are - as things stand - likely to be the next government (or part of it)
So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
That’s not how the BBC is supposed - and required - to work.
"Was out doing some gardening earlier when I too came across a stubborn root that I just couldn't get out. So I know how India must be feeling right now.
It'll come down to the ground game rather than the air game. Reform may have the BBC in it's pocket but these guys have a motivated and usually educated following who can put an argument across in non-Daily Mail ways. It's also a convenient place for Labour to send those on the naughty step.
Hardly, GB news may be in Reform’s pocket but the BBC is firmly Starmer Labour
Have you watched the BBC lately? Nigel Farage is on every 10 minutes.
His party is leading in the polls, they just won the local elex, and they are - as things stand - likely to be the next government (or part of it)
So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
That’s not how the BBC is supposed - and required - to work.
Yes, they must be the nation’s left liberal conscience and treat anybody right of Jeremy Hunt with withering contempt. Though licence fee payers who vote Reform would be even more annoyed with the BBC as a result
"Was out doing some gardening earlier when I too came across a stubborn root that I just couldn't get out. So I know how India must be feeling right now.
I hope 'NP' either flop entirely or do incredibly well and win lots of seats. No breakthrough but polling enough to hand power to Farage is the worst outcome from my pov.
It is perfectly possible to vote for Corbyn’s new party in inner London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Oxford, Bristol, Cambridge, Liverpool, Brighton etc with no risk of electing a rightwing MP.
Only if you live in a marginal seat could a vote for Corbyn elect a Reform or Tory MP
I agree that such a result would be great for the SNP (and on this @Leon is quite wrong).
However, it's quite hard to know exactly how it would play out, because we don't know how concentrated the Reform vote will be, because it's not been tested yet. What we do know, though, is that the LibDems will almost certainly win the same six seats that they have now, simply because their vote is incredibly concentrated.
We also know that Labour would lose most of their two-way seats to the SNP. I suspect it probably wouldn't be *quite* as bad as predicted. But it would be bad.
I agree that such a result would be great for the SNP (and on this @Leon is quite wrong).
However, it's quite hard to know exactly how it would play out, because we don't know how concentrated the Reform vote will be, because it's not been tested yet. What we do know, though, is that the LibDems will almost certainly win the same six seats that they have now, simply because their vote is incredibly concentrated.
We also know that Labour would lose most of their two-way seats to the SNP. I suspect it probably wouldn't be *quite* as bad as predicted. But it would be bad.
"The MoD’s Afghan data breach shows us who we really are The British state remains in thrall to New Labour’s brutal adventurism. By Oliver Eagleton
This sequence of events unfolded not just in Britain but across the Global North, as governments joined foreign wars and delegated authority to big business. It soon gave rise to a paradoxical situation. New forms of international dependency were created, with impoverished client states becoming completely reliant on the imperial powers. At the same time, those powers themselves became dependent on predatory investors and asset-stripping corporations, with dire results for states and wider societies. So, as elites in Kabul looked to Western governments to stabilise their rule, they realised that the latter were grappling with their own set of instabilities, caused by the forward march of neoliberalism. Politicians in the developed world had forfeited their own sovereignty while trying to assert it over others." (£)
I agree that such a result would be great for the SNP (and on this @Leon is quite wrong).
However, it's quite hard to know exactly how it would play out, because we don't know how concentrated the Reform vote will be, because it's not been tested yet. What we do know, though, is that the LibDems will almost certainly win the same six seats that they have now, simply because their vote is incredibly concentrated.
We also know that Labour would lose most of their two-way seats to the SNP. I suspect it probably wouldn't be *quite* as bad as predicted. But it would be bad.
So, you don't actually know if I am wrong, then
And unless they hold the balance of power in the Commons, Westminster elections are largely irrelevant for the SNP anyway beyond SNP MPs enjoying their expense accounts in the Westminster bars and restaurants
I hope 'NP' either flop entirely or do incredibly well and win lots of seats. No breakthrough but polling enough to hand power to Farage is the worst outcome from my pov.
But that is Corbyn's USP. Vote Corbyn, vote Conservative government.
Not buying he has just got a bit of cramp. Its been an hour since he went off the field and several wickets have fallen, yet we are sending in the tailenders.
It'll come down to the ground game rather than the air game. Reform may have the BBC in it's pocket but these guys have a motivated and usually educated following who can put an argument across in non-Daily Mail ways. It's also a convenient place for Labour to send those on the naughty step.
Hardly, GB news may be in Reform’s pocket but the BBC is firmly Starmer Labour
Have you watched the BBC lately? Nigel Farage is on every 10 minutes.
His party is leading in the polls, they just won the local elex, and they are - as things stand - likely to be the next government (or part of it)
So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
That’s not how the BBC is supposed - and required - to work.
And the irony is a Farage led government would end the BBC as a public funded broadcaster.
I agree that such a result would be great for the SNP (and on this @Leon is quite wrong).
However, it's quite hard to know exactly how it would play out, because we don't know how concentrated the Reform vote will be, because it's not been tested yet. What we do know, though, is that the LibDems will almost certainly win the same six seats that they have now, simply because their vote is incredibly concentrated.
We also know that Labour would lose most of their two-way seats to the SNP. I suspect it probably wouldn't be *quite* as bad as predicted. But it would be bad.
Not buying he has just got a bit of cramp. Its been an hour since he went off the field and several wickets have fallen, yet we are sending in the tailenders.
Jeez, you're determined to think the worst!
We don't really need Stokes, if the tail can hit 50 from here, that's a great result, then get the Indian tail in for a few overs
Or bat to the end, then maybe Stokes can come back tomorrow
It'll come down to the ground game rather than the air game. Reform may have the BBC in it's pocket but these guys have a motivated and usually educated following who can put an argument across in non-Daily Mail ways. It's also a convenient place for Labour to send those on the naughty step.
Hardly, GB news may be in Reform’s pocket but the BBC is firmly Starmer Labour
Have you watched the BBC lately? Nigel Farage is on every 10 minutes.
His party is leading in the polls, they just won the local elex, and they are - as things stand - likely to be the next government (or part of it)
So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
That’s not how the BBC is supposed - and required - to work.
Yes, they must be the nation’s left liberal conscience and treat anybody right of Jeremy Hunt with withering contempt. Though licence fee payers who vote Reform would be even more annoyed with the BBC as a result
You know very well that the BBC is obliged to take account of the balance of representation in parliament, and of substantive results of actual elections, and not just the latest passing poll
It'll come down to the ground game rather than the air game. Reform may have the BBC in it's pocket but these guys have a motivated and usually educated following who can put an argument across in non-Daily Mail ways. It's also a convenient place for Labour to send those on the naughty step.
Hardly, GB news may be in Reform’s pocket but the BBC is firmly Starmer Labour
Have you watched the BBC lately? Nigel Farage is on every 10 minutes.
His party is leading in the polls, they just won the local elex, and they are - as things stand - likely to be the next government (or part of it)
So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
That’s not how the BBC is supposed - and required - to work.
Yes, they must be the nation’s left liberal conscience and treat anybody right of Jeremy Hunt with withering contempt. Though licence fee payers who vote Reform would be even more annoyed with the BBC as a result
You know very well that the BBC is obliged to take account of the balance of representation in parliament, and of substantive results of actual elections, and not just the latest passing poll
Like May’s local elections where Reform won most votes and control of ten county councils? Or the Runcorn parliamentary by election Reform won?
We've done really well today but it would be really good if we can get another 40, 50 or so in this innings, as that will be so much easier than having to get those runs as part of a chase in the 4th innings
We've done really well today but it would be really good if we can get another 40, 50 or so in this innings, as that will be so much easier than having to get those runs as part of a chase in the 4th innings
Yes, another 35 would give us a lead of 200. Surely we can do that with 3 wickets (minus Stokes)
It'll come down to the ground game rather than the air game. Reform may have the BBC in it's pocket but these guys have a motivated and usually educated following who can put an argument across in non-Daily Mail ways. It's also a convenient place for Labour to send those on the naughty step.
Hardly, GB news may be in Reform’s pocket but the BBC is firmly Starmer Labour
Have you watched the BBC lately? Nigel Farage is on every 10 minutes.
His party is leading in the polls, they just won the local elex, and they are - as things stand - likely to be the next government (or part of it)
So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
That’s not how the BBC is supposed - and required - to work.
And the irony is a Farage led government would end the BBC as a public funded broadcaster.
I am not convinced that Farage would do this. It's fine as a 2024 policy for a party that can't win; less convincing as a 2029 policy for a party that might be the government. Await the manifesto.
I think the BBC is an organisation which, as the decision of defunding arrived, would suddenly find it had about 30 million supporters including a very large number of Reform voters.
And then there is a smaller number of people who notice how PSB works in Russia, and in the USA, and may conclude that we are not so badly off.
It is perfectly possible to vote for Corbyn’s new party in inner London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Oxford, Bristol, Cambridge, Liverpool, Brighton etc with no risk of electing a rightwing MP.
Only if you live in a marginal seat could a vote for Corbyn elect a Reform or Tory MP
Presumably if the New Party attracts support it will be a net benefit to Labour's opponents. But it's not an entirely straightforward situation. Strange as it sounds, to some extent Corbyn will be fishing in the same pool as Farage, particularly in the "Red Wall".
It'll come down to the ground game rather than the air game. Reform may have the BBC in it's pocket but these guys have a motivated and usually educated following who can put an argument across in non-Daily Mail ways. It's also a convenient place for Labour to send those on the naughty step.
Hardly, GB news may be in Reform’s pocket but the BBC is firmly Starmer Labour
Have you watched the BBC lately? Nigel Farage is on every 10 minutes.
His party is leading in the polls, they just won the local elex, and they are - as things stand - likely to be the next government (or part of it)
So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
That’s not how the BBC is supposed - and required - to work.
Yes, they must be the nation’s left liberal conscience and treat anybody right of Jeremy Hunt with withering contempt. Though licence fee payers who vote Reform would be even more annoyed with the BBC as a result
You know very well that the BBC is obliged to take account of the balance of representation in parliament, and of substantive results of actual elections, and not just the latest passing poll
This is a manufactured disagreement so I assume people are just having fun.
Given the political climate it is not surprising Farage gets plenty of airtime, and it's just a rehash of the old argument that being on TV causes his support rather than the reverse to moan about it. But moaning about them not being actually treated like they have the electoral track record that their polling suggests they might get is equally as silly.
"The MoD’s Afghan data breach shows us who we really are The British state remains in thrall to New Labour’s brutal adventurism. By Oliver Eagleton
This sequence of events unfolded not just in Britain but across the Global North, as governments joined foreign wars and delegated authority to big business. It soon gave rise to a paradoxical situation. New forms of international dependency were created, with impoverished client states becoming completely reliant on the imperial powers. At the same time, those powers themselves became dependent on predatory investors and asset-stripping corporations, with dire results for states and wider societies. So, as elites in Kabul looked to Western governments to stabilise their rule, they realised that the latter were grappling with their own set of instabilities, caused by the forward march of neoliberalism. Politicians in the developed world had forfeited their own sovereignty while trying to assert it over others." (£)
It'll come down to the ground game rather than the air game. Reform may have the BBC in it's pocket but these guys have a motivated and usually educated following who can put an argument across in non-Daily Mail ways. It's also a convenient place for Labour to send those on the naughty step.
Hardly, GB news may be in Reform’s pocket but the BBC is firmly Starmer Labour
Have you watched the BBC lately? Nigel Farage is on every 10 minutes.
His party is leading in the polls, they just won the local elex, and they are - as things stand - likely to be the next government (or part of it)
So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
That’s not how the BBC is supposed - and required - to work.
Yes, they must be the nation’s left liberal conscience and treat anybody right of Jeremy Hunt with withering contempt. Though licence fee payers who vote Reform would be even more annoyed with the BBC as a result
You know very well that the BBC is obliged to take account of the balance of representation in parliament, and of substantive results of actual elections, and not just the latest passing poll
Like May’s local elections where Reform won most votes and control of ten county councils? Or the Runcorn parliamentary by election Reform won?
Which is why they get plent of attention. Just not to the level of being as though they were the official opposition.
"Chris Packham and other outraged campaigners are calling on the education regulator to withdraw "dangerous" training materials that link autism to radicalisation."
When I said England could get 700 earlier I wasn't being entirely serious but it now looks possible.
I would be very pleased if we get to 600 from here
Quite, seems unlikely. 550 would be ok
As long as Stokes is fit to bowl. Which seems unlikely. I think England need all the runs they can get here. Knocking over India again without Stokes just might prove tricky.
The whole thing is identical to how his knee used to go 2 years ago and had surgery on. He tries to sweep, it pops in some way, it then locks up if he gets in a certain position and is in general discomfort. He can do somethings, it can't do others.
It'll come down to the ground game rather than the air game. Reform may have the BBC in it's pocket but these guys have a motivated and usually educated following who can put an argument across in non-Daily Mail ways. It's also a convenient place for Labour to send those on the naughty step.
Hardly, GB news may be in Reform’s pocket but the BBC is firmly Starmer Labour
Have you watched the BBC lately? Nigel Farage is on every 10 minutes.
His party is leading in the polls, they just won the local elex, and they are - as things stand - likely to be the next government (or part of it)
So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
That’s not how the BBC is supposed - and required - to work.
And the irony is a Farage led government would end the BBC as a public funded broadcaster.
I am not convinced that Farage would do this. It's fine as a 2024 policy for a party that can't win; less convincing as a 2029 policy for a party that might be the government. Await the manifesto.
I think the BBC is an organisation which, as the decision of defunding arrived, would suddenly find it had about 30 million supporters including a very large number of Reform voters.
And then there is a smaller number of people who notice how PSB works in Russia, and in the USA, and may conclude that we are not so badly off.
That the Tories - who once upon a time spoke for conservative Britain - got themselves into a position where they were attacking the BBC, the National Trust, the judiciary, universities, civil servants, local government, and so on, is a sign of how badly they went wrong under Johnson and subsequently. Ask most Con voters (or indeed most Brits) and these would be on the list of things that make us proud of our country. That Bozo and Cummo went chasing after new voters who wanted to tear everything down is a big part of why the Tories were thrown out of so many of their previously safe seats.
"The MoD’s Afghan data breach shows us who we really are The British state remains in thrall to New Labour’s brutal adventurism. By Oliver Eagleton
This sequence of events unfolded not just in Britain but across the Global North, as governments joined foreign wars and delegated authority to big business. It soon gave rise to a paradoxical situation. New forms of international dependency were created, with impoverished client states becoming completely reliant on the imperial powers. At the same time, those powers themselves became dependent on predatory investors and asset-stripping corporations, with dire results for states and wider societies. So, as elites in Kabul looked to Western governments to stabilise their rule, they realised that the latter were grappling with their own set of instabilities, caused by the forward march of neoliberalism. Politicians in the developed world had forfeited their own sovereignty while trying to assert it over others." (£)
"...If the government’s main foreign policy ambition is to act as Washington’s henchman, this is in part because its domestic policy is not designed to reclaim the sovereignty that was relinquished during the neoliberal period; it is characterised by the same mix of deregulation and deference to private interests. In this sense, the data leak offers a glimpse of a much wider problem: the ability of Blairism to survive amid the wreckage it has made..."
When I said England could get 700 earlier I wasn't being entirely serious but it now looks possible.
I would be very pleased if we get to 600 from here
Quite, seems unlikely. 550 would be ok
As long as Stokes is fit to bowl. Which seems unlikely. I think England need all the runs they can get here. Knocking over India again without Stokes just might prove tricky.
We don't want to have to chase more than 200. Getting the runs in the 4th innings at Old Trafford is not always straightforward.
I was worried Stokes would break down with all the bowling he was doing. Apparently he has worked on his run-up and delivery to try and reduce strain on his knee. Looks like instead it was a reverse sweep.
I agree that such a result would be great for the SNP (and on this @Leon is quite wrong).
However, it's quite hard to know exactly how it would play out, because we don't know how concentrated the Reform vote will be, because it's not been tested yet. What we do know, though, is that the LibDems will almost certainly win the same six seats that they have now, simply because their vote is incredibly concentrated.
We also know that Labour would lose most of their two-way seats to the SNP. I suspect it probably wouldn't be *quite* as bad as predicted. But it would be bad.
I was worried Stokes would break down with all the bowling he was doing. Apparently he has worked on his run-up and delivery to try and reduce strain on his knee. Looks like instead it was a reverse sweep.
Who was the cricketer who severed a tendon picking up a plate?
(Mind you, I did something to my shoulder lifting up a very light shopping bag this morning.)
This video is by RyanMcBeth, an American security analyst. The video details how the break in Iran's internet during the recent war resulted in lots of Scottish Independence advocates on X going dark, revealing their actual identity as Iranian disinformation agents.
Labour have no chance whilst Starmer remains PM . The loathing of him by friends who were previously staunch Labour is off the scale . Historically Labour have not been ruthless when it comes to removing leaders .
Why is he so loathed?
It’s a range of things , Gaza , his Trump arselicking , and the final straw was Palestine Action being classed as a terrorist organisation . And we’re not talking about them being fans of Corbyn when he was the leader . That should really worry the party .
Labour have no chance whilst Starmer remains PM . The loathing of him by friends who were previously staunch Labour is off the scale . Historically Labour have not been ruthless when it comes to removing leaders .
Why is he so loathed?
It’s a range of things , Gaza , his Trump arselicking , and the final straw was Palestine Action being classed as a terrorist organisation . And we’re not talking about them being fans of Corbyn when he was the leader . That should really worry the party .
Personally I thought his handling of Trump was one of his better actions as PM. Very sticky wicket.
The answer being the national, centrally funded, care service that Labour has shunted off until its prospective second term.
A terrible decision, though in fairness to them all the party's ahve been promising to have solutions for years but never seem to advance them (or stop quickly).
The answer being the national, centrally funded, care service that Labour has shunted off until its prospective second term.
A terrible decision, though in fairness to them all the party's ahve been promising to have solutions for years but never seem to advance them (or stop quickly).
The reason being that they cannot handle the truth: that the cost requires major tax rises.
"The MoD’s Afghan data breach shows us who we really are The British state remains in thrall to New Labour’s brutal adventurism. By Oliver Eagleton
This sequence of events unfolded not just in Britain but across the Global North, as governments joined foreign wars and delegated authority to big business. It soon gave rise to a paradoxical situation. New forms of international dependency were created, with impoverished client states becoming completely reliant on the imperial powers. At the same time, those powers themselves became dependent on predatory investors and asset-stripping corporations, with dire results for states and wider societies. So, as elites in Kabul looked to Western governments to stabilise their rule, they realised that the latter were grappling with their own set of instabilities, caused by the forward march of neoliberalism. Politicians in the developed world had forfeited their own sovereignty while trying to assert it over others." (£)
"...If the government’s main foreign policy ambition is to act as Washington’s henchman, this is in part because its domestic policy is not designed to reclaim the sovereignty that was relinquished during the neoliberal period; it is characterised by the same mix of deregulation and deference to private interests. In this sense, the data leak offers a glimpse of a much wider problem: the ability of Blairism to survive amid the wreckage it has made..."
I have no idea why they would be there, it's just a road junction. Other than that there's an 850 pupil school nearby, it is soon after school closing time, and it is a hot Friday afternoon in summer. It is vaguely the same side of town as where the alleged offence was committed on 30 June, but about half a mile from the nearest park entrance..
There's a GP surgery and a small hotel if you spin the view to the right. The hotel is a tiny one star with double rooms at about £60 b&b, and maybe 15-20 rooms, so I don't think the Home Office will have taken it.
I'd put this down to Agent Anderson's shit-stirring. That man is a disgrace.
It'll come down to the ground game rather than the air game. Reform may have the BBC in it's pocket but these guys have a motivated and usually educated following who can put an argument across in non-Daily Mail ways. It's also a convenient place for Labour to send those on the naughty step.
Hardly, GB news may be in Reform’s pocket but the BBC is firmly Starmer Labour
Have you watched the BBC lately? Nigel Farage is on every 10 minutes.
His party is leading in the polls, they just won the local elex, and they are - as things stand - likely to be the next government (or part of it)
So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
That’s not how the BBC is supposed - and required - to work.
And the irony is a Farage led government would end the BBC as a public funded broadcaster.
I am not convinced that Farage would do this. It's fine as a 2024 policy for a party that can't win; less convincing as a 2029 policy for a party that might be the government. Await the manifesto.
I think the BBC is an organisation which, as the decision of defunding arrived, would suddenly find it had about 30 million supporters including a very large number of Reform voters.
And then there is a smaller number of people who notice how PSB works in Russia, and in the USA, and may conclude that we are not so badly off.
BBC also disproportionately an old folks' thing - as is Reform. Also, in any case, part of the blurry mythical era of wartime, empire, Commando comics and weird square fruit pies in British Rail buffets.
"Chris Packham and other outraged campaigners are calling on the education regulator to withdraw "dangerous" training materials that link autism to radicalisation."
The government is to ditch plans to scrap up to 4,000 EU laws by the end of the year after a private meeting with Brexiter MPs. It now aims to remove 800 statutes and regulations, instead of 3,700 laws it had lined up for a “bonfire” of EU law in December, threatening everything from passenger rights and compensation for cancelled flights, to equality employment law and environmental standards and protections.
To change it requires a bonfire of laws (as proposed by Kemi who did nothing about it)
The answer being the national, centrally funded, care service that Labour has shunted off until its prospective second term.
A terrible decision, though in fairness to them all the party's ahve been promising to have solutions for years but never seem to advance them (or stop quickly).
The reason being that they cannot handle the truth: that the cost requires major tax rises.
Which would be a tough sell already, but as it is taxes are pretty darn high and yet we're seemingly broke and everything is slow, old, or crappy, so convincing the public to bring in more is tough.
So we just get promises of magical reform to bring out tens of billions easily or taxes which magically won't affect anybody we care about.
It should be named Noddy Holder international airport. I know he’s a yam yam but all this revisionist twaddle about Black Sabbath. FFS
What revisionism has been happening about Black Sabbath?
That they’re in any way, shape, or form good.
Adam Boulton has had some good stuff about them on his Twitter.
Its all a matter of taste, but they were one of the most influential bands of the Seventies, and inspired a whole musical genre.
I don't think much of his solo stuff, but with Black Sabbath he was a true great. Not really well suited to the role of national treasure in those days.
I saw them on a couple of their farewell tours, including once at Download.
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So, yeah, Farage is going to be justifiably treated as de facto LOTO
The commentators keep saying its cramp, bollocks is it cramp. If it was, they would have the trainer out, do the usual leg straighten exercise.
I pray this is just him being sensibly cautious. England are totally dominant. No point in risking a deeper injury. We've got five more wickets to get 100 more runs, should be do-able
A pair of teachers who had sex in classrooms during a two-year affair have been temporarily barred from the profession.
Liyarna Beamish, a married deputy head teacher, had a secret relationship with Gareth Collins, an art teacher, at an all-girls’ grammar school.
The pair admitted to having sex in classrooms and locked cupboards during the school day at Ribston Hall High School in Gloucester.
Mrs Beamish, 39, and Mr Collins, 45, have now been banned from teaching after they were found to have committed unacceptable professional conduct.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/25/teachers-who-had-sex-in-classrooms-struck-off/?recomm_id=c1b2afbd-79f7-4632-a032-306d44786c78
https://x.com/matthewclifford/status/1948762299776278594
Gary, Norfolk"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/live/clyq59w7qyxt#LiveReporting
The Corbyn Project - aka Reelect The Right.
It sounds like a friendly app.
It's just cramp
Only if you live in a marginal seat could a vote for Corbyn elect a Reform or Tory MP
However, it's quite hard to know exactly how it would play out, because we don't know how concentrated the Reform vote will be, because it's not been tested yet. What we do know, though, is that the LibDems will almost certainly win the same six seats that they have now, simply because their vote is incredibly concentrated.
We also know that Labour would lose most of their two-way seats to the SNP. I suspect it probably wouldn't be *quite* as bad as predicted. But it would be bad.
"The MoD’s Afghan data breach shows us who we really are
The British state remains in thrall to New Labour’s brutal adventurism.
By Oliver Eagleton
This sequence of events unfolded not just in Britain but across the Global North, as governments joined foreign wars and delegated authority to big business. It soon gave rise to a paradoxical situation. New forms of international dependency were created, with impoverished client states becoming completely reliant on the imperial powers. At the same time, those powers themselves became dependent on predatory investors and asset-stripping corporations, with dire results for states and wider societies. So, as elites in Kabul looked to Western governments to stabilise their rule, they realised that the latter were grappling with their own set of instabilities, caused by the forward march of neoliberalism. Politicians in the developed world had forfeited their own sovereignty while trying to assert it over others." (£)
https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2025/07/afghan-data-breach-shows-us-who-we-really-are
MSF says number of people needing care for malnutrition has quadrupled since May and blames Israeli ‘policy of starvation’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/25/severe-malnutrition-under-5s-gaza-city--tripled-two-weeks-charity-msf
https://news.sky.com/story/mass-cross-party-letter-demands-starmer-recognise-palestine-as-a-state-13401496
We don't really need Stokes, if the tail can hit 50 from here, that's a great result, then get the Indian tail in for a few overs
Or bat to the end, then maybe Stokes can come back tomorrow
I think the BBC is an organisation which, as the decision of defunding arrived, would suddenly find it had about 30 million supporters including a very large number of Reform voters.
And then there is a smaller number of people who notice how PSB works in Russia, and in the USA, and may conclude that we are not so badly off.
Pretty important question if it doesn't match what Palestinian Authorities claim, for example.
Given the political climate it is not surprising Farage gets plenty of airtime, and it's just a rehash of the old argument that being on TV causes his support rather than the reverse to moan about it. But moaning about them not being actually treated like they have the electoral track record that their polling suggests they might get is equally as silly.
"More than 10,000 people have signed a petition calling for Birmingham Airport to be renamed as 'Ozzy Osbourne International'."
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2025-07-25/thousands-call-for-airport-to-be-renamed-ozzy-osbourne-international
https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1948562247950995669
So what are you even complaining about here?
He needs to hit 30 fast, then we're done
https://www.private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
Do you keep faith with Pope, the deputy who has stepped up with to put it mildly mixed success?
Do you give it to Brook, who is the heir apparent?
Or do you have a left field selection and pick Duckett?
Reform would do well to look and learn
They could rename New Street to Crazy Train
And also often a solid betting proposition
Trump supports murderer
https://x.com/GBPolitcs/status/1948784888682885315
(Mind you, I did something to my shoulder lifting up a very light shopping bag this morning.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz8whKktkQg
https://thecritic.co.uk/the-british-economy-cannot-sustain-its-contradictions/
https://youtu.be/xbyohIKIsoU?si=Vt06ZwTmWZY8VenE
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/teacher-misconduct
Leave India totally dispirited. Knock a brisk 50 tomorrow
England 230 ahead, with almost two days to go
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KELnGgg59ZmWFkDg9
I have no idea why they would be there, it's just a road junction. Other than that there's an 850 pupil school nearby, it is soon after school closing time, and it is a hot Friday afternoon in summer. It is vaguely the same side of town as where the alleged offence was committed on 30 June, but about half a mile from the nearest park entrance..
There's a GP surgery and a small hotel if you spin the view to the right. The hotel is a tiny one star with double rooms at about £60 b&b, and maybe 15-20 rooms, so I don't think the Home Office will have taken it.
I'd put this down to Agent Anderson's shit-stirring. That man is a disgrace.
Adam Boulton has had some good stuff about them on his Twitter.
Disgusting!
To change it requires a bonfire of laws (as proposed by Kemi who did nothing about it)
So we just get promises of magical reform to bring out tens of billions easily or taxes which magically won't affect anybody we care about.
I don't think much of his solo stuff, but with Black Sabbath he was a true great. Not really well suited to the role of national treasure in those days.
I saw them on a couple of their farewell tours, including once at Download.