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Agree with much of this. Would make sense for SR to have an overall DoF with top leagues experience and expand the leadership group so that Rasmus and Kraft are outvoted and outnumbered.

Agree, but not sure most of the fanbase understands how much Rasmus has been at the root of the club’s rapid decline, compared to Les Reed or Rupert Lowe. At least the latter two did have some successes to point to.

Talk about him not reading the room. All the fanbase cares about is three points vs Leicester. We couldn’t give a flying fuck if THB, JB and JS have a 50-strong passing string between them progressing us 5 yards up the pitch to meet ball possession targets.

There’s some good points here. I nearly agree with the last paragraph except I see the same continuation for the GOP as well as the Democrats. Tariffs aren’t going to revive the economy in blue collar states though. The populist and nationalistic sentiment I understand, but it’s like Gordon Brown’s comments about British jobs for British people at Ravenscraig. And then the lack of delivery leaves the communities feeling even more left behind. Reminds me of the ex-miners voting Reform because regeneration and levelling up projects they don’t see as relevant to them so they’re frozen in time. Economies evolve and it’s about retooling communities to be able to tap into it - look at the healthcare technologies and digital literacy hubs in Detroit opening up https://michigancentral.com/michigan-central-and-henry-ford-health-announce-partnership/ Wonderful to see those grand buildings dormant for decades back to productive and new use. The gaps in economic and cultural issues are getting so polarised though that I’m not sure either party can stitch together a broader Cameronite or Starmer voting coalition like you see here.

What the attached demonstrates is a need for more American African-American men to push on beyond poverty into good careers and enterprise in what is a more diverse country post-civil rights era. Regarding women, Trump can’t run away from the fact that his judges, whom he appointed, have taken away control over their bodies in many states by rolling back Roe Vs Wade, which is inexcusable. Vague boasts with no evidence ‘I’m the King of IVF’ don’t cut it when his judges have been rolling back the access to that as well. Which given how petrified the GOP and far right groups such as the Proud Boys are about White Displacement theory is insane. Not only is Trump’s past economic record dreadful but his proposed new tariffs will screw manufacturing and automobile industry in many of those marginal Electoral College seats. Harris isn’t the best candidate we’ve ever seen and yes, Biden should have stepped down well before. But voting for Trump is a very deliberate choice.

Harris has run a tidy campaign since coming into it late. For me, it’s far more an indictment on the American public, their education system and a lack of self-respect that some categories of the population vote for him. If the leader of any of the main parties stood on a podium and said ‘all middle aged white men originally from Southampton are rapists’, would you or I vote for them? Of course we wouldn’t yet millions of Latinos - we all know Mexico was a shorthand for a whole region with the ludicrous comments from him and Vance on Venezuelans taking over apartment blocks - are queuing up to support him in places like Florida. His economic record was dreadful and he’s a bankrupt several times over yet tens of millions of people seem to think he’s going to put more money into their pockets. Yeah right. As for some African-American voters supporting him after some of the things he’s said (and meant) - words fail me. And women with the sexual assault comments. And isolationism won’t keep them safe with Putin/Xi/Kim - another myth. White male supremacist non-College educated voters - that’s his core demographic and I get why they vote for him. That’s logical.

Would any of the people posting false equivalence actually want to leave their kids in her care? Thought not.

I forgot about the civil service quote which she tried to backtrack on https://news.sky.com/story/badenoch-joking-over-claim-10-of-civil-servants-should-be-in-prison-13226045 Sometimes, she can speak sense but it gets drowned out by culture war garbage like that, the autism comments and maternity pay. I don’t think there’s much of a filter nor any intention of developing one.

Potential opportunity to defect - 18 already did https://kyivindependent.com/18-north-korean-soldiers-already-deserted-positions-by-ukraines-border-intelligence-sources-tell-suspilne/

Yes https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/news/new-data-on-the-autism-employment-gap It costs everyone far more to keep people on benefits when actually with a few low/no cost reasonable adjustments and sensible management people on the autistic and related spectrum can contribute really well in the workplace. Which equals greater economic productivity. It’s also very good for giving bright people who find it less easy to mask conditions in the workplace financial independence and self-confidence. Badenoch’s latest idiot comments (on top of maternity pay and McDonalds) would also block neurodivergent people’s progress towards that point from education onwards by stigmatising or de-funding reasonable adjustments.

Don’t envy him the situation with his son but his rudeness has been rumoured long before that https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a44816729/gregg-wallace-bbc-show-exit-rumours-rudeness/ https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2276860/gregg-wallace The other thing was that I assumed with their onset chemistry that him and John Torode were friends away from it. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/masterchef-star-gregg-wallace-cross-with-rude-strangers-who-send-him-pictures-of-bald-men-8519664.html Not so apparently, friendly at work but not social away from it (nothing wrong with that but surprising). Torode’s partner Lisa Faulkner said something interesting at the Cheltenham Literary Festival. She won the Celebrity a few years back before she got together with Torode https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/lisa-faulkner-masterchef-greg-wallace-john-torode-b2629322.html Apparently a clip of innuendo about a former contestant has appeared on the Sun website. If I didn’t know better I’d say the BBC were trying to ease him out.

Good journalism by Sky News here, confirming beyond doubt that the summer riots were organised and driven by not only domestic far right and facist groups but also the global far right using deliberate misinformation https://news.sky.com/story/riots-and-the-far-right-the-global-network-behind-the-violence-13232023

Can’t match you guys for fitness kicks and Weston’s impressive weight loss but managed to lose several pounds since the summer and my clothes are fitting better with reducing carb intake. Not altogether because I do enjoy good bread but from the local baker not crap with a preservative list stretching half of the packet. Main thing for me is reducing inflammation rather than weight per se, I’m median BMI for my height. Kicked lactose out of my diet in 2019 after allergy tests and the heartburn of old has vanished. I still have lactose free milk etc, not gone down the vegan route fully and eggs in cooked things etc. Have stopped meat though, fish is my protein align with pulses and lentils although I do limit the tuna. The Cotswolds helps, some of the hills are around or over 1000 feet and good cardio, and views when it’s not full of rain and clag. Been wanting to get over to the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons an hour or so from here, but want a decent day to make the most of it with the walking boots on. Crickhowell is a great place to start walks from.

Not least given Kemi’s latest off the cuff opinions with zero evidence behind them https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/badenoch-autism-comments-detached-reality-3323648 As someone who often votes Lib Dem but not always, I hope the picture you paint indeed comes to fruition. When the Bucklands of the party are derided for not being ‘real Tories’ you know they are going down the same rabbit holes Labour did with Corbyn to get one over on ‘Blue Labour’.

Kemi seems to have a Braverman tendency to want to be noticed, usually for a stupid/pro active comment. This time, autistic and other neurodivergent people are in her firing line https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/kemi-badenoch-autism-tory-leadership-buckland-b2628845.html She’s a gift that keeps giving for the other parties but I think Bob Jenryck, with his own slew of issues and unpopularity, will edge the contest. Why she didn’t speak to Robert Buckland, a former Tory MP with a good depth of knowledge on autism and the economy, and a good person frankly, astonishes me. Would rather rant in an unevidenced and uneducated way instead.

Gregg Wallace?

If we lose this one, it’s a 30 game, 10 month pre-season for 25/26 campaign. Would only have Derby’s low points record to overhaul but hopefully some of the players would want to use the remaining fixtures as a showcase/shop window and as fans we might get at least a few enjoyable games/results without useless passing triangles between Stephens-Bednarek-THB. Nothing against any of those players, I just loathe the style of football as much as I did Branfoot and long ball.

That article has all the hallmarks of a pitch to his next mid-table Championship employer with half an eye on making the play-offs.

They really can’t help themselves, although the actual club did deal swiftly and decisively with the academy players incident 3 or 4 years ago tbf.

Have never liked the idea of online-only banks and an example of why https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6epzxdd77o

I’m not a Labour voter but even I can see that the lack of daily civil war and reduced xenophobia is going to encourage inward investment https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/britain-is-ready-for-investment-say-big-banks-and-companies-v5p6h7ct7

Autumn colours

Their Ginger Beer and Cream Soda is decent as well.

The truth 👆

Vaguely Saints-related, Lewis Payne got on second half for Cheltenham in their 3-2 defeat at home to Swindon in a Cotswolds derby today and did well. Harrison Sonha, their other technically good player, didn’t get on until half-time either. Swindon filled the away end for the short trip and gate of 5.5k meant a good atmosphere. Michael Flynn much like Russell Martin at Saints on thin ice, far more so I’d say. In fact, as popular as a fart in a space suit with the natives at the moment unless things rapidly change. Thought he’d be a decent appointment but after a huge turnover of players they really cannot defend at all. There was nearly a comedy own goal before Swindon’s first from a throw in that exceeds anything Saints have done recently. Amazingly, Cheltenham were the width of a post from 3-3 after being 3 down, but both sides will struggle to stay up, exciting as today was. The win is only Mark Kennedy’s second in 14 for Swindon but buys him a couple more games having been under pressure going into today.