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That's exactly what it is. Sycophantic big business owners are saying what they need to say.

That's Badger's point. It's a claim.

First doses, yes, but it entirely plausible that Zuckerberg is being honest and that the Biden people applied pressure after he came into office. That said, I'm not sure what to believe here and the timing of that interview is interesting.

Cupboard

Starmer inherited a mess. His not making this a priority in July is understandable. The Tories doing nothing for years (the first Jay report was 2014, and there were ambu more reports thereafter until the final report in 2022 which they ignored). That is unforgivable.

Ever decreasing circles, and you to be in a minority on this. That's probably as you're wrong. I repeat, for the last time as it's tedious, that's it's daft to attack labour for not doing immediately upon taking office what the Tories did not do after the Jay report was issued in 2022 and before they vacated office in 2024. I'm staggered that you can't see how silly your argument is. Most can.

Sherry

Or not donated fire engines to Ukraine according to Donald. Sadly climate seems to have played a big part - loads of rainfall the last couple of years growing the shrubbery, heat this year has dried them out, and the wind has come along to fan the flames. Horrible tragedy, and very sad that it's being used for political opportunism.

Is she relying on the technical defence of "it was Kwarteng"? Lunacy regardless.

Please remind when the Jay report was? Please remind me how long the Tories were in power thereafter. Staggeringly pathetic to suggest that labour should be criticised for what the Tories didn't do. Staggering.

My observation of trends is that a SoG post is guaranteed a like by TD, often a laughing emoji by Hypo and sometimes east stand nic, and that most other people react with comments and emojis as befits the post. I used to be benevolent to SoG and although I think too many people play the poster not the post, he doesn't help himself, and I'm still convinced he's on a wind up or is some kind of abuse masochist.

Are you suggesting multi logins, bandwagon jumping, or something else?

It's poor form to say that labour should have done in their first five minutes of power what the Tories didn't/wouldn't. The attempts to turn a Tory failure into a labour one is staggeringly pathetic.

They weren't, none of them. The Tories now banging the drum for an inquiry having failed/refused to act on the inquiry carried out in their watch, is a disgraceful act of political grandstanding and opportunism.

Starmer's a youngster, he's only 62. Burnham is only 7 years younger. I fear he's a bit like Starmer, Rishi and many others, ie you believe he's PM material until he actually becomes PM.

No disrespect, but I'd rather the club didn't throw away millions on signings which won't make a difference to the outcome of this season so that you feel you've got value from your hundreds.

Yep. He's an unelected megalomaniac being given a massive platform, and as yet unknown authority. For me it's impossible not to look at what he and Trump are saying and doing in the round.

Blimey, Trump & Musk are struggling for top 5 shit now.

I've not had a chance yet but I'll listen to it later. My interest will be to understand the evidence of a potential cover up, not speculation or opinion.

Good shout. I forgot Hale & Pace as well.

Of course they're not, but for whatever reason, the worst double act since cannon & ball are unsettling Europe and others which ain't ideal.

Yep. Having influence but unknown motives isn't ideal. The facts are that he's unsettling a number of European leaders all whist his mate Trump is unsettling a number of other global leaders. Christ knows what they're playing at, but when you have Musk taking a vote on liberating Britain, and Trump wanting to annex other sovereign countries, you know that you've got interesting times ahead.

Thanks for the link. I'll take a listen later.

Yep. He won't make any meaningful difference to our lost season so leave him where he is where he can get more minutes and develop.

I don't want to believe that idiots like Musk have a huge influence but alas they do. We're living in a world where rhetoric is stated as fact, and a huge number of people lap it up. Something being rolled out on the pages of the sun back in the day carried much less weight than it going out on X, then being disseminated from there. There was a time when noise from someone like Musk wouldn't have made it's way across the ocean. That's not the case and we can't avoid that he's now having an impact on British politics - the fact that we're discussing him tells a story.