Straggler

Nail on head.

Not technically part of the Tory party, but close enough.

I have to admit, I did not know what Musk's tweet meant, but if it is encouraging what he is accused of here it will be further evidence of his state of mind. That whole Q thing is so weird.

Fa have already said they want him to stay on. Just up to Southgate if he wants it.

He has a wonderful left foot on him. Takes all the set pieces including this free kick from last night.... (4mins in roughly). It was his assist at 2.43 from the corner too. His striking of the ball really does stand out. Almost forgot that he scored the last goal from the spot too, another clean and powerful hit.

Literally the worst.

I will remain hungry until I eat something. I shall also stay in bed until after I wake up. I will not drive the car until after I have started the engine. F me how does anyone think to press send on a tweet like that.

Just quit alcohol. Nothing is better for mental and physical health than quitting the booze.

I don't get why energy companies get to hold a surplus. It's my money, I'd rather have it in my account than sitting with a massive energy company. It's 100% to cover their risk. They get an accurate reading from my smart meter, I've never defaulted on any bill, so why do they think holding 500 quid of my cash against future use is ok? I'll pay them when I use the energy thanks very much.

does it?

Andor is a breath of fresh air in the Star Wars universe. It has nailed what I would want out of TV Star Wars. It is on my personal list of all time great SW stuff including the films. Probably in my top 3. It is a such a compelling setup ,the rise of an empire creating the conditions for its own downfall. The crushing threat the Empire wields combined with it's own casual cruelty and central power base resulting in low level incompetence and grasping ambition. Serious Putin vibes. With this world to live in, it is set up for drama, and tension and high stakes. All you need then are decent characters to behave in a logical way and you have a show worth watching. It feels like for the first time in forever that they have just told a good story rather than have the writing be a a vehicle to get you from one big visual set piece to another. There are good strong action scenes in Andor. They happen very organically and have greater impact for them. Of course there were some really strong acting performances, the leads were excellent and most of the periphery cast were at least serviceable. The relief I feel that they just told a good story and gave us as audience members enough credit that we could watch a show without all the clowning around is palpable. I really really hope they can take the lessons from this show

JFC.

Maybe they are counting the people under the stadium?

Even if it is some sort of revenge for Monaco, it is the most petty minded, pathetic form of revenge. Max won last year, he won this year, he is on the top and by some distance and he still feels the need to settle the score? Even if Perez did crash deliberately, he has been doing a solid team job helping Max win on countless occasions. Apparently all the good things count for nothing if there is a single bit of red in the ledger. I hoped we had seen Max grow up a little bit this year, but petty stuff like this just confirms what an asshole he really is. It is all but impossible to enjoy watching him win even when watching him be quite brilliant.

Well at least I got the bit about me not being an expert right

The thing is, if the Russians keep retreating beyond the range of the artillery, then all the Ukrainians have to do is keep moving said artillery forward. I'm certainly no expert, but I don't think running away is a winning strategy. It's good for not getting blown up, but a strange strategy for holding territory. All that said I'm all for the running away and not getting blown up tactics, long may they continue.

Did they really do that crap TV show announcing the withdrawal to the world before telling their own troops? This leadership could only get worse if they decide to deliberately shell their own troops, which at this stage is not an impossibility.

This isn't just doing it wrong. This is you Mastodon it wrong.

Ok who touched you?

Just checked and the answer is no. There is a work around that involves saving all your settings to your profile, but it just makes it a bit quicker to reload them, it does not stop them from resetting.

To flip this around a little bit how is it possible to legally apply for asylum in the UK? Our rules are that you have to be physically in the UK to apply. There is no such thing as an asylum visa. You could in theory travel on a tourist visa, but you would probably have to lie on that application which would break the law. All this makes it virtually impossible to apply for asylum in the UK legally. This forces people into those boats that we all want to stop and into the hands of the criminal gangs that we don't want operating. Our own policies are self defeating and stupid, designed for rhetoric rather than practical application. The answer is if course to provide a safe and legal way of allowing genuine asylum seekers to apply before reaching our borders. Having created a safe and simple route for genuine refugees we can then treat people crossing illegally as criminals and it won't be so difficult to distinguish between refugees and criminals. Sadly our government don't wish for us to be able to distinguish between criminals and refugees because it suits them to have people ignorant, angry and scared of the other. Braverman uses language that is indistinguishable from the National Front. When we hear that language from the centre of our government alarm bells should be ringing.

You put them in the same category as people who have no interest in going through the system and disappear into the country to live off crime. The people who want to avoid the system and live off crime are illegal immigrants. By your own definition an asylum seeker is awaiting a decision and are therefore inside the system. They cannot be both inside the system and avoiding it. That you are conflating the two suggests you are either unable to tell the difference or are deliberately using inflammatory and inaccurate language to strengthen your argument.

All this post does is demonstrate that you have no idea of what an asylum seeker is.

There has been some research into this. The conclusion is not entirely surprising. Online Vs IRL behaviour.