Gloucester Saint

Status Quo for the UK, we were paying 10% anyway. The continual turbulence isn’t helpful to smaller businesses in the US and well beyond including here. 1000 US importers have launched a suit against him - good for them. That it was overturned by his own judges was notable. Compensation cases he’s indicating they’ll fight in court but it will get too expensive to do that. Banging on about the 2020 election yet again. Broken record.

Public finances quite a bit better than expected https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93w4egd3gzo

The electorate need to ensure we don’t through tactical voting, and I think we will. Braverman joining them will put most even most current or former Tory members off bar the absolute headbangers, and the England Members Club/EDL element will go to Lowe anyway with Musk’s funding.

Very sensible point. As the lawyer for some of Epstein’s victims said on C4 News last night, he’s been charged at this stage with what are effectively corruption in public office allegations, and not sexual offences (yet). But the point she made is that it shows the UK is still a fully functioning western democracy unlike her own country which has become a banana republic under Trump and Vance with the various billionaires, ex-and-current Presidents who have probably far worse on file than Andrew to come out but useful idiots like Bondi suppress.

Polls shift and shape when tactical voting, which will clearly happen in practice, is factored in https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage-stop-prime-minister-tactical-voting-labour-reform-b1271499.html

Antwerp is good and pretty easy from Southampton if you’re going from there. Or from Gloucestershire really. Great architecture including an amazing cathedral which Toby A had a tattoo of down his arms, zoo, stunning station, UNESCO listed museums, top level art galleries and in winter the jazz bars are full, summer lots of squares to eat and drink in, some of the best beer in the world, great chocolate and renowned for jewellery. Can’t wait to go there for work or play again. Rotterdam or Amsterdam not far on the train either.

Did he mention being on the front 🦶 at all?

One positive, via @Farmer Saint I’ve discovered the Viz-like Rotherham Bugle. Another funny from them https://www.rotherhambugle.com/2023/01/22/barnsley-man-forced-to-abandon-car-on-smart-motorway-due-to-beer-fart/

Agree with this. For all of the flak he’s had in the past, the affair (which most of them have done) and some of his whackier views on medicines, he’s handling this situation rather well and he does say a lot of things I agree with. I suspect they’ve all got fed up with Andrew being indulged and since the Queen and Prince Philip have passéd on (not implying they covered anything up btw) more has seemed to consistently emerge, although the lid was rattling after the Matlis car crash of an interview in 2019. That’s when I sensed public opinion really turned. Harry probably unwittingly provided some air cover as well before his grandparents passed on with the headlines on the family exit. Police won’t be revealing where he’s held and any tabloid that tries I’d imagine won’t be printing copies for some time.

Cameron Archer will be one of those pets who lurks in the corner of their cage with Beats headphones on rather than approaching you with tail wagging and trying to get your attention.

TBF I wouldn’t inflict Damion Downs on any animal sanctuary, not even the Donkey 🫏 Sanctuary in Sidmouth.

Most managers who have been in the job for a while generally are and shrug it off after a bad home display and defeat.

Who was he ranting at there, presumably at the end of their defeat to the skates? Answer on page 4 and 5 https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/comment/5766433 to one of their fans who made a remark at the end, seemingly called Nathan a wanker.

More money (albeit temporarily) so he won’t care.

Kent had a strategically important role as a bridge to the EU but they blew it https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36616172 They aren’t as in a bad a shape as the part of County Durham the BBC covered which I mentioned in the Brexit thread. But some of the predictions from Craig McKinlay about a more buoyant economy would be hilarious if the real world impact was anything but. Roger Gale and Greg Clark had far more of a clue of what was to come.