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Talking about strikers. How come I haven't read that Ross Stewart has a club yet? The World Cup has been over for Scotland for, what feels like, months. And, after his 5 minute cameo I would've thought he'd have been snapped up by now.

Stop thinking about Kenzie Benali you perv

And he is still young.

Given the loyalty we've shown him, I would be disappointed if Baz wound up leaving us for Derby. I always imagined he'd be walking into a top six team or possibly one of the European heavyweights after his time with us. So to settle for another team in the Championship seems perplexing. Derby are pulling our pants down with this one.

@edprice1984 it’ll be interesting to see who Rupert puts up as a candidate. He will be very keen to unseat Farage even if it means a Tory MP in Clacton again. Musk doesn’t like Farage much either to put it politely and will throw cash at Lowe to beat him. Farage will win but by a reduced majority of 4-5k as I reckon Rupert will retain their deposit by drawing off the football casual/raise the flag element of Farage’s support. It’ll drag Farage further to the right during the campaign, pleasing Zia but making Bob Jenryck unhappy.

and a goalscorer and so very versatile, no doubt could play the Beckenbauer role sweeping crossfield passes left right and centre, sometimes to his own players

If re-elected, the previous investigation resumes and if he were found guilty would lead to censure, a suspension and potentially another by-election. When David Davis did something similar all the major parties didn't bother, calling it a vain stunt. Difficult for them to do something similar here. What you need is a Martin Bell style candidate standing as an Independent. They would need to be sincere and serious, so unfortunately it would rule out Count Binface (although that would be incredible!) and someone that would be seen as a genuine alternative. Even running Farage close would be incredibly damaging for him and Reform. Particularly if the whole thing had to be run again due to the Standards committee confirming his alleged mis-deeds.

Polanski calls him a grifter. Farage is, but it takes one to know one eh Zack? Lowe making clear noises that Restore will stand, that’s an issue Reform didn’t have to consider last time. Still think Farage wins but reduced majority.

Which have actually become coaching breaks with a bit of hydration thrown in.

Didn't some media outlets misquote him by implying he'd said "white rage"? Just a "sorry Nigel". Add to that showing his daughter's house. My personal benchmark, regardless of what I think of him or his views, was the Beeb airing someone joking about an acid attack against him. When that was pointed out to them, they did as little as possible in redress. That was a shocker to listen to at the time (Jo Brand).

Let's wheel Martin Bell out again for one last time and have him stand as an anti-corruption candidate.

Edit on your edit: While getting my tea, the next two headlines on the radio were that Le Pen's decision was upheld. It was, but disingenuous for the Beeb to suggest that was all that happened; and Harry losing his court case into hacking. Which everyone knows was rife, no matter how much Brooks and Coulden burn in the basement car park. So, a glimpse into our media landscape.

I broadly agree but he also knows he has a highly volatile support base with more convictions than you could write on the Thames Flood Barrier. Referring to cold rage is bound to stir them up into violence against those two police officers who weren’t even there on the night of the Nowak murder and they don’t have a £5m bung to buy protection (or Ferraris) from his and Tommy Robinson’s thugs. So he might reflect on his own language use in relation to security matters.

Hydration breaks

I did hear him mention Starmer. He also said a couple of days after the death of Kirk, he got most of his security funding removed. It's not unique to him. However, if risk assessing them all, he'd be higher than many. A blanket model may not apply.

I sometimes dream of their (adult 😂😂) daughter?

If he’d said that the Russian attacks on Starmer’s house were unacceptable and cited the Amess, Cox and Pennington murders he might have had more of a point. It doesn’t justify however accepting a £5m bung, association with and funding from a money launderer in any way. There is a risk to all MPs and ministers, it’s not unique to him. He’s about as clean as Portsmouth FC during the 2000s and early 2010s. The Leveson enquiry should have led to much better regulation of press behaviour - but the government at the time didn’t want the Mail, Sun and Telegraph having their claws clipped slightly to be within the law of the land. Self-regulation never works. The amount of interference into court cases the tabloids have is awful and contempt of court isn’t used often enough. Rose West trial could have derailed in 1995 because of the bungs they were plying vulnerable witness with large sums. This not being tackled led them to think paying police officers was fine and dandy = Coulson and hack-gate.

I had a dream we unveiled Salech or Futkeu as our new striker And Tyler Dibbs on loan as our number 10 cover for for Finn / Fellows

I'm sure Farage's ego would outweigh anything else, but seeing the way the last few prime ministers have been torn apart along with the recent increased scrutiny on his own personal life, I wouldn't be surprised if he looks at things and thinks they're not worth it.

I only caught the last part of his speech. Is the idea that:- The investigation is into donations over 12 months old. As an MP, you should be declaring donations within a 12 month period, prior to becoming one. If reelected, he then gets out of the investigation? On one of his other points, the press have no justification going near his family. He's right to be incensed about it, as they are now at heightened risk. As he has been. Edit: Just seen the been link, suggesting things would resume as they have been. That leaves him resetting it all in the public realm. "This is what I did it for. The rules say I should be suspended, but we all know what's really behind that, which is why I asked you to vote for me, as a signal to those parties."

Not surprised, Nick Robinson knows his stuff. It might head off the Standards enquiry to an extent assuming he wins (he will) but the stench won’t go away nationally and his reputation for being tetchy will encourage the press elements not in his pocket to go further. For a supposedly politically shrewd operator, the most attacked and at risk politician line is indefensible when you’ve had the Amess, Cox and Andrew Pennington murders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Jones,_Baron_Jones_of_Cheltenham

Ding ding ding, we have a winner: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn0v9l9x0g8t

It’s been ok, the refereeing has on the whole been excellent, and I like the new innovation of VAR getting involved with corners/goal kicks. They also seem to have clamped down on theatrics and diving. Too many meaningless group games though and there is some right noddyness going on. Counting down the kick offs, WTF is that all about? The hydration breaks are pony, and the stadium announcements and music sound a right load of old shite. And I’m sick of the TV cameras constantly point at nods or kids in the crowd. I don’t mind panning in on the odd fit bird, but it’s getting ridiculous now. The crowds are so fucking vanilla, mainly nods & blokes with their other halves, like they’re on some sort of date night. The other thing is fucking mobiles, watch the penalty, free kick or corner, don’t film it on your fucking phone. There’s probably a few lads & the odd bird who are proper die hard supporters, but it’s getting less and less. It’s becoming a sporting Glastonbury….

They have and it shouldn't happen to any politician, particularly those who at an increased risk of being assaulted.