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I wonder if there are still any supporters of Bojo on here? GM perhaps?

Years ago I used to watch 'Crossroads', 'Coronation St' and 'East Enders' (I am ashamed to say) Nowadays I am engrossed in all things Parliamentary. Not much difference in the then and now I think.

McCann?

Nadine Dorries, the Tories answer to Dianne Abbott!!

Am I right to assume that from the squad that finished the season Forster and Long have definitely left but there is no definite news on the future of Theo Walcott or any of the other players with question marks over their future? Meanwhile we have 2 new keepers, a central defender and relatively strong possibilities of two new midfielders.

Badger, I heard the assault against two men on the BBC news just now as part of their coverage

Sure he's not American with a waistband like that?

I have to say Diana Ross is disappointing from what I hear on the BBC. V good catalogue to present but a bit like Martha Reeves when I heard her on Jools Holland, her voice has gone. Not a patch on Gladys Knight (or George Benson) who I have seen recently and they are of a similar age. Also whereas Macca made reference to John, George and Ringo, Ms Ross (as she likes to be called) no mention of Mary Wilson or Florence Ballard from the Supremes. Also in the early days Motown artists had the benefit of backing from the Funk Bros and the Andantes. Still amongst all this it seems that the audience are enjoying themselves and that's what counts.

I surprised myself and stayed up to watch the show. The band and the show were good and it was really the 60 year old songs which generally went down better with the audience than the newer songs. Macca's voice is failing and his microphone didnt seem to project his voice well at times. At 80 years old you can overlook Macca's failing voice but, as a comparison, I saw 79 year old George Benson put in a flawless performance at the BICC recently. Will be interesting to see how Diana Ross performs at Glastonbury this afternoon.

Shame. He was well remembered by my kids, and me. Also Sally Taylor who, I assume has ongoing health challenges.

Your Dad was fortunate to see both Best and Edwards play. Bobby Charlton who played with both of them reckoned Edwards was the best player ever in his opinion. He reckoned Best was an outstanding forward but would have been useless as a central defender or full back or even as a typical centre forward. In comparison Edwards could play anywhere in the team and be top rated. He also had a thunderous shot in either foot which very few players I can think of who have that capability (Charlton was one)

Pilchards, Not quite true. It was Alan Hardaker of the Football League who was against English Clubs entering the European Cup and Chelsea were banned from entering the first competition.. Matt Busby got Sir Stanley Rous, President of the FA, to back him up and persuade Hardaker to change his mind. However Matt Busby was keen to return from their game in Belgrade asap to ensure they were able to play a League game on the Saturday. The plane tried to take off twice from their fuelling stop in Munich but failed on the third attempt.

Not Saints related and forgive me for that but I have just finished reading a biography of Duncan Edwards by James Leighton. I guess only the older Saints fans on here will remember his name and only a few will have seen him play prior to his death in the Munich Air Crash of 1958. I can remember being off school ill when the tragedy was reported on our old valve radio and being particularly affected by the deaths, particularly of Duncan Edwards who had dominated the football headlines at the time. Reading the book brought home to me the loss of Edwards, who was truly a giant in the game in every respect at the tender age of 21, as well as the likes of Tommy Taylor, Roger Byrne and a number of other young players who would likely to have been regulars in the England team going forward. By common consent Duncan Edwards was, at 21, the greatest all rounder English football ever produced and he was earning £15 a week plus bonuses. Puts a lot of things into perspective I think.

Interesting to see that one of the main financial backers of the 'Leave' campaign (with a £9m donation), the nice Arron Banks and his Russian born wife, Katya, met with Russian Govt linked people a number of times to supposedly discuss 'business interests. Mr Banks didnt like an article posted by the journalist Carole Cadwallader, and he sued for libel but lost. Presumably there was no link between Mr Banks, Russia and Brexit or was there? Why would Russia want to interfere in a vote in the UK unless it was to weaken the UK and de stabilise European unity? Surely they wouldnt want to do that, would they?

Seems that Boris was trying to get Carrie Symonds, his bit on the side at the time, a job as a 'Special Advisor' @ £100k pa when he was Foreign Secretary. True to form as it was also suggested he was trying to provide financial benefits for a well upholstered Jennifer Acuri when Boris was Mayor of London. I suppose a slob like him has to pay for favours.

I am sorry to say I am with you on this. The FTSE 100 has had a sharp reduction today and I am fearful this will continue as I have a decent % of my capital in shares . That said I have always worked on the assumption that my shares are there for the long haul so expect to take a fair bit of short term pain for (hopefully) long term gain. The problem is that the possibility of recession will accentuate the myriad of problems facing the Govt who are not collectively able to deal with the expected mayhem.

Whilst the Express, Mail in particular and the Telegraph to some degree are favourable to Johnson, I dont think this applies to Murdoch owned Times group. The Sunday Times regularly have articles negative to Johnson.

Who can afford Maris Piper?

If the Tories get caned in the upcoming By Elections will this be Bye Bye Boris?

Shane Long has always put heart and soul into his game whilst at SMS. However, in my opinion, he was overpriced at £12m in the first place (a couple of Hull City fans I know couldnt believe their club had received such a high price for a player they only thought of as average, at best) For a striker his scoring record here has been very disappointing. All that said I also wish him the very best for the future and hope the club can replace him with someone with more ability but with Shane's commitment

Give the job to Mad Nad and put Diane Abbot in as leader of the opposition and PMQ's will be riveting viewing!!!

1 Sheep tied to a lamp post = Leisure Centre in West Wales!!

A mate of mine, who deals in Northern Soul records, sold one of the two 45rpm vinyl copies of Frank Wilson's..'Do I Love You (Indeed I do')...for £18k about 20 years ago. It was resold 2 years ago to a guy called Lee Jeffries for a reported £100k!!

Just bought a 45rpm single by Clifford Chance 'She Shot a Hole in My Soul' with 'Wont you Shag with me' on the flip side.. Interesting B side!!! Anyone have an idea of the value?

Always look forward to your posts. To the point and generally full of (black)humour.!!!!!!!