Tamesaint

Methinks the lady doth protest too much. Stop waffling. Just admit that you made a mistake and move on. It's not as if it would be the first mistake you have made on this forum. 😁

So you vote Conservative on what sounds like moral grounds. I think you are a little confused. You prefer to vote for a party led by a serial adulterer. A party which has to contest 2 by elections because one of its MP s is now serving time for sexually assaulting a child and another one was addicted to watching porn. A party which has had to suspend one of its MPs due to sexual assault. A party which has told one of its MPs not to turn up to Parliament as he has been arrested for rape. You prefer to vote for a party where 3 cabinet ministers have been accused of sexual assault. Blimey. You do have a strange thought process.

It seems that Tory MPs don't agree with you https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/johnson-gray-report-election-lost

How about waiting to see if we get him before getting worked up. It's going to be a long,long summer if we jump on every Twitter rumour.

Good old Saintsweb. Let's write a player off . Not after he has played a few times for us . Not after he has made his debut . Not after he has signed but after some dodgy bloke who 99% of us haven't heard of links us with him on Twitter. Ah well. I am sure he is crap.

As part of the general end of season review I was contemplating the most inane comment I had heard on a radio phone in. I don't know whether callers are being screened better before going on air but this season nothing really stands out. The award would probably go to the (so called) Citeh fans who wanted Pep to be sacked after they failed to win a match. My favourite of all time came a couple of years ago when a Liverpool fan phoned in. A relatively young lad he proudly claimed that he "was not just a supporter for the good times." He had supported Liverpool "through the bad times as well." Blimey. Imagine supporting a team that could only finish 8th. 😁

I have to confess that until recently I was in the Lord Duckhunter "Dog and Duck" school of thought about women's football. I never showed much interest in it and thought it was just a passing fad. Our girls's performance this season has made me change my opinion. I have followed their scores and yesterday was the first time that I have seen the team play. I saw some good football and I was impressed. You can see that they have been coached well and have enthusiasm and energy. Articles like the one below also help in increasing my understanding of the women's game. I await following the team's performance in the Championship next season. Ah well. Something else that I now disagree with Duckie about. 😁 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/may/21/southampton-women-win-promotion-to-second-tier-after-victory-against-wolves?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Oth

Great victory for the girls.

Let's just hope that you are not around when there is a "major trial". You have posted pretty often on the subject of a "minor trial". God knows how the forum would cope with all your posts if you started to opine on the subject of a "major trial". 😁

I did like the half time music selection: God save the Queen 2 out of 3 ain't bad. Not sure about the rest of the evening.

Guided Missile will very shortly be coming out with this sort of crap. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/16/buffalo-massacre-great-replacement-theory-republicans?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

That is interesting. My niece and her boyfriend have just moved into the constituency from central Bristol. A teacher and a psychologist there is no way that they would vote for JRM. A lot of supposedly safe Tory seats like this one would be vulnerable with a "progressive pact" if they are typical of the demographic changes taking place.

If the anti Tory vote could get its act together, his (North East Somerset) is the sort of constituency that the Tories could lose. At the last election the "Progressive" vote was split between Labour, Lib Dem and Green. JRM received just over 50% of the vote as there was no alternative to him for right wing voters. A few more widely publicised idiotic statements from JRM will lose him some votes. A few more educated young professionals moving into the area would increase the progressive vote in his constituency. His seat however is really only vulnerable if Labour / Lib Dem / Greens can decide which one of them gets a free run at the next election. I am not sure if they will come to such an arrangement but wouldn't it be nice to see the "member for the 19th century" out of Parliament and left to spend his time counting his money.

So what could Labour do to appeal to you?

2 reasons why he wins elections: 1. He has charisma and knows how to play the public . The upper class toff who comes out with funny remarks has always been appealing to the English public. Eg Hugh Grant. He knows how to play this role. Unfortunately for him this image has a shelf life. 3 years into his Premiership he is approaching the end of his. People get tired of this persona and expect better of their leaders. Liars lose their appeal - even when lying in a posh voice. The Tories lost 500 council seats under him, will most likely 2 more seats in upcoming by elections and will lose the next election if he is still leader. 2. The opposition was headed by Jeremy Corbyn. A one legend man is more likely to win an arse kicking competition than Corbyn becoming Prime Minister.

You can see what will happen. Staff numbers at places like the Passport Office will be cut. The service will get even worse and then JRM or Priti Patel will decide that the service will be provided by a private company . A private company whose shareholders are mates of the Tories / drinking buddies of Hancock etc etc

Any excuse for a spot of daytime drinking eh? Just don't drink too much this time and make a fool of yourself.

Until March 2018 Leigh Anderson was a member of the Labour party. A Labour local councillor he defected to the Tories and became an MP. A quick Google of his views indicates that there are a lot of categories of people that he doesn't like. A narcissistic nasty piece of work, he would probably fit in well in the current Conservative cabinet.

I don't disagree but what is the latest re her?

What a ridiculous question. It is perfectly natural for a 50 year old Cabinet Minister dressed like this to go dancing in an Aberdeen nightclub. I am sure that JRM does it all the time. https://youtu.be/toYL4jjl4q4

How long do you expect to live? More than 100 years? I would have thought that 100-1 was a perfect match for "once in a lifetime".

Thanks. So there are not convicted criminalS sitting in Parliament. There was 1 MP who left office 3 years ago and 1 now who is appealing (as she is fully entitled to ) against her conviction. People do "give a toss" as they were both suspended from their parties. It is hardly a thieves's kitchen. 😁

Out of interest who are the convicted criminals currently sitting in Parliament? Imran Khan the Wakefield MP resigned as soon as he was convicted. Who are the other convicted criminals?

Don't let the facts spoil Dickie's fantasy "whataboutery" world.

They are struggling... and the more they flounder, the worse the damage to the Conservative party. If they had any sense Tory MPs would sack Johnson tomorrow and try to rebuild their party.