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Straggler

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  1. This exact argument played out for real in this election cycle. A naturalised citizen wanted to run, but ultimately failed to get on the ballot as he was considered constitutionally ineligible. His legal argument was actually quite well thought through and persuasive (imo), but I can see why he was ultimately rejected. The example
  2. The one that really gets me about Pep is the use of Stones in midfield. I've watched quite a few games this season and Stones is doing ok in there for a CB. The pundits are going crazy for it. It seems to me to be a bit of the emperor's new clothes though. Stones is slow in transition, he can pass it simple, but in comparison to his team mates he is laboured in possession and I would say the same in comparison to his peers in midfield in the Prem. Against a quick break his positioning is below average and his lack of nimbleness and pace is a significant weakness. Pep gets away with it to a certain extent because of how dominant they are as a team. Stones is playing a similar role to Kamara in our team and I wouldn't swap them if you paid me.
  3. I went for Klopp. Even though I think he is a really good manager. However, since he announced his leaving Liverpool he has effectively been awarded Sainthood. The crying the wailing the gnashing of teeth, the number of people who are treating this more like a death in the family. He isn't the Messiah, he's just a really good manager. I feel the gap between Messianic saviour of the earth and the reality is big enough to make Klopp the most overrated.
  4. Good god Vini Jr is an unlikeable character. Behaving like an absolute clearing in the woods at the moment.
  5. Sheffield look like they want to break a leg or two. There is nothing else left for them to do. I fricking hate teams like that.
  6. That is a classic. Although there is a hint of non-cooperation protest in there. Sort of like Gandhi.
  7. I preferred This Ole House
  8. To be fair it is the nature of the thread. Once upon a time I had a line manager who told me "if you leave everything to the last minute then everything only takes a minute". A real silver lining to procrastinating. It didn't work as a way of life of course but it did sound good.
  9. Damn wish I had written my second post in here sooner. You are the proud owner of 1000 internet points. Spend them wisely
  10. I also have an envelope here with the most obvious comedic response to this thread. The person who's post matches what is in the envelope wins 1000 internet points
  11. Today I am going to clean the bathroom. I'm not doing it because I'm on VT putting off the moment when I get started. This thread is for the jobs/tasks/moments/experiences that you are putting off rather than just getting on with it and grasping that nettle.
  12. Followed quickly by the words war and crime.
  13. I just googled "what is wrong with Rochdale" and I kid you not one of the first headlines I saw was..... Jury warned to beware of prejudice due to Rochdale’s reputation for grooming It should be make Rochdale wait again
  14. This is where I am at with him too. A lot of what he promised 4 years ago I would describe as challenging to achieve, but well worth pursuing. Near enough all of it has been discarded and I'm feeling a little burned how much has gone and why it has gone. I'm not buying the different time different audience argument either. He is in the position of responsibility now because of the commitments he made then. He needs to either deliver against them or make a convincing argument as to why they are impossible to maintain. IMO neither of those things have been done. Political expediency seems the main justification, and all that means to me is that principles are nice, but really, they are not to be found here. I'm also not sure who Starmer is actually listening to. It is not the members of his own party as votes taken at the conference are treated very much more like polling data than instructions. So I can see what is written down, but don't trust that it will be delivered. With very little transparency around how policy is formulated I can't trust the process. All I have left is hope, and the behaviour I am seeing does not inspire it. The main driving goal I can see is the campaign for a bullet proof manifesto. It seems that to achieve that bullet proof status there has to be nothing in it that the Daily Mail can make a negative headline out of. And the Daily Mail wants Tories, so the manifesto keeps lurching towards what DM readers want. This is not a good thing. If the polling is correct, Labour are about to get a massive mandate to deliver a compromised and massively underwhelming manifesto. IMO they could still be in this place without losing their souls to do so
  15. Does anyone know how many passes we strung together for that 2nd goal? Even the extended highlights don't have the whole passage of play and i could swear it must be 30 passes or more....
  16. IIRC being a sex pest gets you promoted in the Tory party. Chris Pincher is the most obvious example. You are going to need to think of deeper and more unpleasant depths for them to sink to...
  17. Yep, came here to post the very same thing. I thought at first maybe he was going for a laugh, but no. He went straight to glory to god and was dead serious.
  18. Technically correct, but there is a reason Starmer is getting to meet all the world leaders at the moment. They know what way the wind is blowing. Also, this is how Labour are representing how believe the UK should behave should they be in power.
  19. Toto seems pretty comfortable with that definition too.
  20. Their front wing is causing a little controversy too. Apparently it is within the rules, but goes against the spirit of the regulations.
  21. It's still an utter wet blanket of a position. We don't have to have the collective western liberal democracy view as our own UK objective. It is perfectly ok to have our own position and a collective bargaining position that differs slightly from it. It's like having indecisive Dave from the fast show incharge. They are supposed to be representing us in the international community, not the other way around.
  22. It was shameful politics yesterday. Everyone involved came out of it worse off. They all played the game as people die. All they achieved was to erode the hope that things will ever get better. And Starmer. He is fricking lost. He is so far from the man he promised when he became leader of the Labour party. So obsessed with the optics of doing no wrong that he will actively prevent good from happening. There is a quote out there about what triumphs when good men do nothing... Why does he have to be the option against the people who actively want to do harm?
  23. I don't understand. How does this help anyone?
  24. Never mind a party at his home. They did the same for the NRA annual conference.
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