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Johnson has corrupted the entire apparatus of government, his own party and the voters. The man is poison.

There’s a few more left I think. Thor, Hawkeye and Hulk of the original team. Sam Wilson and War Machine we’re also made Avengers in Age of Ultron. Spider-Man a little later.

Wouldn't we just be investing into people just sat on a bench though? Whoever we sign now will probably be backup for Kamara.

Why do we? We have Nakamba as backup and Luiz who can play they (admittedly not his best role).

There's been a noticeable drop since Endgame but I have to wonder if this is in part due to the lack of central figures the universe has been built around. The lack of Iron Man and Captain America (Steve Rogers version) has really affected it for me. The first 3 phases were all building towards that big battle with Thanos and you know they're trying to do something similar with Kang but it's just not there at all. Some of the Disney+ series have been excellent and others have been pretty dull. I did think Spider-man no way home and Shang Chi were solid MCU. I do wonder if they'd have cast Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther had they known he was terminally ill. I think they were kind of building him to be the new "leader" of the MCU, filling the Iron Man/Steve Rogers void and his tragic death really threw a grenade into everything.

I wasn’t suggesting a second chamber with 8 members. I was suggesting a second chamber where all the nations of the UK were represented equally, regardless of population and wealth. However many total members there would be is for discussion. If the UK is a nation of equals, then let’s be equals. There’s a problem here where the other nations know that all the MPs of Scotland, Wales and NI could all decided to vote one way but whatever England says, goes. That can’t be right? The UK can’t survive if 3/4 of the countries feel ignored and marginalised. I get that it’ll be a hard sell to the people of England given that most of the population of the UK live there and there’s definitely an argument in that scenario for some kind of Devolution to the English regions.

He loves playing for his country and wants to play there rather than a nothing game for us where he’ll likely have lots to do? Cant say I blame him tbh.

Correct. They’re upset because they can see themselves become second rate powers and don’t like it. The money is one thing but this reported veto he’ll have on managers, sporting directors and signings is another thing. I’m sceptical whether that’s actually in the deal. No football club that wasn’t total tinpot could surely approve something like that.

What they need to decide this summer is how much they want to gamble on someone like Kamara or [insert random foreign league player]. They're an unknown in this league and we've been burned by that before. Someone like Phillips or Bissouma will undoubtedly cost more but is definitely the safe option. It's a key position for us and I think that it'll make us a much more balanced team. It'll get more out of Mcginn and Luiz as they won't get shoehorned into a position that doesn't suit them.

Timing of it doesn’t look great for them though. To do it pretty much immediately after Everton secure safety smacks very much of sour grapes even if they have a valid point.

Who would have thought that the MET would give an easy ride to their boss's boss who controls their entire budget.

Option 4. Invade Ireland and bring them back into the Queen's loving embrace. What a jubilee present for her majesty.

Has to be Dirty Leeds.

The solution to that is a reformed second chamber where all 4 nations have equal say - as in the United States (which admittedly might not be a popular example!!) where each state has 2 senators regardless of population and wealth. In general, we need a proper constitutional convention of all parties and nations because in recent times the government of the day have shown a frightening willingness to tear up the rule book, lie and act like charlatans without conscience when it’s in their own party interest.

Yep. He’ll definitely see it as victory. He’s no intention of going for anything. All he’s interested in is power and holding onto it at all costs. He has no shame.

I guess when Johnson is pretty toxic with pretty much everyone the only thing he has to fall back on is the perception that he’s a vote winner. If they accept that he’s now not even that anymore it becomes really difficult to see why they still need him?

But other than that what have the romans done for us?

I would think that a policy of building enough houses that the value of the biggest asset people ever own falls is sure to be the biggest vote loser ever.

I wonder how many of the current government ministers or their family own some of those shares. I'm sure that has no impact on their decision not to impose a windfall tax

I said this in conversation with the Mrs yesterday when she asked who I was going to vote for in the locals tomorrow. My response was "whoever has the best chance of beating out the Tory candidate, that isn't a Representative for Wellingborough party, BNP, UKIP etc". If that candidate was Liberal, I'd vote Liberal. If it was Green, I'd vote Green. As it happens, in my area it's Labour. I do find it sad that I'm voting "against" someone rather than "for" someone. I get that pisses people off and that it's not the way I'm "meant to use my vote" but this lot are just so egriously bad that they have to be got rid of. Hopefully a real kicking in these elections and enough of the Tory MP's will get so worried for their seats he'll get knifed by the 1922. It's a real shame that Labour won't campaign on a platform to reform the electoral system properly into some kind of PR.

He’s terrified of any forum where it’s not against the rules to call bullshit on every word from his mouth.

Won't they need to legalise secession first? As far as I'm aware there's no provision within the constitution for "backsies" to the union. It's a one way trip.

And we’d have not addressed centre back issues.

That whole argument just makes me so mad. I have an uncle that’s very “old labour” who won’t vote for starmers labour because he doesn’t think it’s “proper labour”. It’s a childish and pathetic attitude. Even if you believe this labour incarnation is far from perfect, and many do, even those not on the hard left, it’s surely better than the pure evil we have now? I genuinely think there’s an element that wants to burn the whole house down because they aren’t happy with the wallpaper.

But it isn't like Finland and Russia were great mates before Finland joining NATO. They'd still have needed to defend that border before. Regarding Ukraine, it'll be a question of priorities for the resource and balance of risk as it is for any country. They'll bitch and wine that Finland joining NATO is bad etc etc but their immediate problem is that they're engaged in a bloody offensive war in Ukraine that has the potential to turn the Russian public opinion against the regime. They'll see defeating Ukraine or at least being able to claim they've defeated Ukraine as the strategic imperitive. Not defending a thousand miles of border with a country that realistically wasn't ever going to attack them anyway.