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New Smoke Fairies album came today. 'tis good

It's not irrelevant, completely. I agree people should get the job or not based on ability and so on - because they're damned good at what they do. And they are judged on results. That's all as it should be. But, in my view, as opposed to some managers who might be, perhaps inclined to do one at the first opportunity, or who might lack a degree of commitment to a club they have no affinity for, we just know with a genuine supporter of the club as manager, particularly one who is a complete good guy to boot, that because the job means more to him he will absolutely do his utmost all the time. Of course not being a supporter, many managers do that too. But in terms of patience with the manager, in terms of cutting him a bit of slack in tough times, in terms of being able to "support" the manager and have understanding I think it does help that he's one of us.

You’re just gutted that the truth hurts, Chris.

Also fair enough. My take would be that the website an article is posted on doesn't make it biased, only the actual content can be used to say "biased" - For example, in general, an article written for one site or outlet and then reproduced on different site with different "values" doesn't add bias because the new publisher is right or left of the original publisher. If the data used is suspect, then I agree that can lead to poor analysis of the specific point being analysed using it.

It's funny how people see the same thing differently. And long may that continue. The "it seems to me" implies, er, to me, that he's saying it seems to me that McD's conclusions are...., not that he agrees with or disagrees with. The first one, yes it's a simplistic reference to a group (to me, for brevity) and he does the same to Trumps "rubes" for the same reason. Balanced, in other words. Using the terms they use at each other, in their battles.

As per your now edited post above, the first is a comment on the broader picture. He doesn't "favour" either Trumps supporters or critics in terms of their arguments. The second is specifically saying David McDonnald's work has that implication. He isn't endorsing anyone.

I know you can read, and I know you're intelligent and thoughtful. I have absolutely no idea why you wrote what you wrote after reading that article.

That reminds me. The canteen at work does a veggie option each day apart from fridays. Last week one day the menu said “mushroom burger”. When I got to the serving counter it turned out to be....a big fried mushroom in a bun. i had a baked spud with beans and cheese

Possibly.. I’m not able to say

Caramel sauce, dude...caramel sauce

Mind you, "enemy of the people" is right about that one.

I agreed. And now it's called....

I dunno if I posted this before, but I had one abroad (Aus) last year in Hungry Jacks (what they call BK over there). It was delicious, and maybe the cooking on the same grill as the meat ones was part of that. I eat a veggie diet, but am not kind of religious about it, I'd eat meat if there was no option, and a bit of gravy or some meat residue from a burger grill - no problem for me personally. I'm probably weird, or at least an exception to the norm, but I'd definitely go there again - the one I went to was in one of those places where it's essentially one "shop" with 3 outlets in it side by side - a Greek kebab place (which was shut, but the reason I went in - they do good falafel kebabs and one of the staff is a Villan) and I think the other is a KFC, from memory. Anyway, they're excellent (I had the Rebel burger with cheese and because it's sort of vegan they asked if I wanted "normal" mayo, cheese, etc. Oh, yes!

YOu might be right. But then again "they" (Guvmints) do new coins for all kinds of tedious crap - Royal wossnames, general changes to make stuff more forgery resistant...yadda yadda. They're not always (primarily, if at all) for that Government's advantage, perhaps?

No. I mean I didn't vote at all. But if I had (been able to) I'd have voted for (probably) the Greens. Where I live, is and was a safe Tory seat . Who I vote for makes absolutely no impact or difference. That applies to many many constituenceis - as you said, the system is broken. My vote is utterly meaningless. The only ones that matter are where there's a chance of the seat changing hands. That only happens when the incumbent party in that seat (or occasionally the individual MP) completely loses the plot and/or the opponent is seen as a better option. Labour wasn't a better option than the tories, not only in already held tory seats, but even in seats where Labour was the incumbent and long held choice. And that after a 9 year long clusterpork of Tory mismanagement, cruelty and incompetence. Labour under Corbyn was so bad, so unelectable, that the worst Government in history absolutely trounced them. But to put it as a binary choice between preferring baby-eaters or Chairman Mao's anti-semitic disciple is to miss that people chose SNP, Plaid, Lib, Green etc because the choice was so abject between the other two.

Not many people will change their minds about Brexit, whatever the depth or breadth of discussion. So laughing at porky tubes like Mark Francois and his gammon themed tea-towel or Jacob Mogg-Rees with his 50p with a jobby on it is at least some solace.

If there are any jokes about Brexit 50ps I bet they're either wrong-headed, far fetched tails of complete fancy or much edgier than other coin jokes - though jokes about coins are often made by to$$ers....oh!

Aye. Though the whole lot is laughable

They're really not. Blaming the voters for being (part of) the problem is a surefire way to oblivion.

If they don't deliver on time they're gonna be hung out to dry.

They will, I agree. To get elected any party has to look credible as the next Government, and Labour isn't and wasn't. And that wasn't because a testicle-headed Aussie told his papers to write nasty things about Catweazle. I mean the tories were and are an utter shambles too, but until or unless a credible alternative comes along, they stay the Government. It's all very well saying "we won the argument" - no, they didn't. They lost it. Look in Parliament and the result is there for all to see. On top of that they were a disorganised, in-fighting, divided pro-cultist/anti-cultist, mess with a non-credible leader and a non-credible overall manifesto and a ludicrous Brexit position, promising to negotiate a deal to leave, which made retainers consider them to be a "leave party" and then a promise of yet another referendum, which made Leavers think they were a remain party...while every time anyone challenged Saint Jez on some aspect of his party he just got all pissy. They're currently filling loads of key positions with yet more Corbyn type numpties and still under the strong influence of another numpty in Len McLuskey. I mean WTAF? Change or die. Change or see another 10 years plus of the baby eaters, while claiming moral superiority and telling everyone who points out that they'd actually rather the party was electable than on some self proclaimed moral high ground to Jeff off and join the tories.

Hang on a minute!

Ah, OK. Well in that case I'll break the habit of a lifetime and vote for the lovely tories. They really are marvellous aren't they! Splendid, benevolent, fair minded, clear thinking sorts, not like those beastly Johnny foreigner types and the undeserving poor. Hip hip Hurrah for the Podgy Bullingdon Boys. They know what's best.

I am.

Yes. And also stations and lines have been being re-opened for a good while now - 20 years or so. There's nothing actually "new" really about the announcement - it's a bit of a propoganda thing that'll be forgotten in the blink of an eye. It's nothing serious. I wish the 6 billion plus was going to be available for opening lines and stations.