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We should play in all white for the rest of the season to indicate our abject surrender.

Another Trump lie. He said he would be a dictator but only for one day. https://www.ft.com/content/865ee17c-4174-475d-8c78-816c6fbe2003

Halfway through Adolescence at the moment. This from its writer. Action not role models. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0egyyq1z47o.amp Re Tate, this article is from a few years back. Famous on TikTok apparently. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star

Coincidentally I have just finished reading “How Not To Be A Boy” by Robert Webb which deals with not just toxic masculinity but the given idea of masculinity in general. He makes the very valid point that boys are not born with this notion of masculinity of what it is to “be a man”. It is something that we and our society teach them from the time they are born. I’m not suggesting for one minute that sex offender Donald Trump is a role model, but when kind of example does it set young boys when they see the most powerful man on the planet displaying such blatant misogyny and disregard for women and, on a daily basis, makes out that machismo is the way forward and might is right. As Webb points out, people are people and gender should make no difference to the way that we treat others. There are plenty of people who criticise people like Andrew Tate on one hand yet still refer to women as “bikes” if they are sexually promiscuous. Not only are we now seeing more young men who believe that girls and women are their for their own sexual gratification, they also now think it is perfectly ok to carry knives and, on regular occasions, stab other people with them. Our current King and Queen are adulterers as are two of our recent PMs. Professional footballers appear on the front pages of the tabloids charged with rape with boring regularity.The father of the worlds richest man impregnated his own stepdaughter and his son has 13 children by several different woman already. The scumbags get the headlines while the decent people, and there still are some, get relegated to the back pages because being decent (or woke) is becoming a negative. Sad times.

Hypochondriac aligns himself with similar views as Tommy Robinson shock, horror.

Or, to keep those who miss the negativity going, it’s another week when we know for sure that we won’t get 3 points!

You really are quite deluded. I notice you have answered my questions. Where have I ever called people “wrong” for their choice of newspaper? People can read what they like, it doesn’t bother me. My view is about the views propagated by those newspapers and people who agree with them. Just give it up mate.

Nigel thin skinned and vindictive? Surely not. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0qgnvqmm5o.amp

This is the issue. Once upon a time you might be worried about your child’s peer group, but with social media it is not just the local peer group you need to worry about. It is quite scary how close children are to disturbing influences and images online.

Two weeks?

Trump will be older, but it won’t apply to him in his own head. What worries me is that Bannon says that they are “working” on the issues standing in the way of a third term. We have already seen an attempt at insurrection. Trump isn’t the kind of man (or his supporters) to let a little thing like the constitution stand in his way.

I’ve tried biting. I have tried not biting. They are still circling. Anyway, more bad news… https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5202578-steve-bannon-chris-cuomo-donald-trump-third-term-ambitions/amp/

Then why bother?

Perhaps Donny should read his own book? This is not how the Art of the Deal works, surely? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjevg23enggo.amp

They don’t and I have never suggested they do. It doesn’t mean that I have to keep my mouth shut and put up with regular trolling. I noticed that you didn’t take any crap from nic. To follow your argument, nobody has to read my posts if they are so affronted by them.

Badenoch better in PMQs today. Perhaps she has been getting some coaching? It is a complete waste of time though. I can’t remember when I last heard a PM answer a question properly and I have been listening since the days of Johnson. Perhaps the Speaker should insist that the PM cannot sit down until they have given a cogent response? Either that or just get rid of it all together and find a better way of questioning the PM than this circus.

F***ing potholes! We have already had to replace 3 tyres and a wheel and lost another tyre the other day. There aren’t many A roads around here so we mostly have to use B roads. Most of them look like something from the Gaza Strip.

If this post is aimed at me you seem to be completely ignoring the fact that one poster constantly follows the other around this forum making snarky comments. I will give you a clue, it isn’t me. If you had a stalker, how would you feel about it? This is supposed to be a forum for adults but it often feels like something from a junior school playground.

Karma at work? https://metro.co.uk/2025/03/18/elon-musks-ai-tool-says-spreads-misinformation-x-22741885/amp/

Putin owns Trump and Trump has Zelensky by the balls. Watch Ukraine get sold down the river while Putin and Trump divi up the spoils.

I agree that newspapers don’t have the power they once had, but they can still effect public opinion and as you say, they can still destroy someone’s career if they put their mind(s) to it. I can’t remember the last time I bought a newspaper and circulations have certainly dwindled, but there is still a lot of online stuff from “Fleet Street” out there on a daily basis. Newspaper ownership still gets you noticed in the corridors of power. Billionaires wouldn’t waste their money if they didn’t think ownership in the print media didn’t open doors. Some newspapers still believe in investigative journalism and holding those in power to account - their stories come out both in print and online nowadays. Horses for courses naturally and people will gravitate towards those who reflect their ideals. My problem with the print media and the media in general though is that it is weighted towards those with the money to make their influence felt. These people tend not to care about us ordinary people, only what serves their own purposes.

For someone who said he would end the war with a click of his fingers he really isn’t doing too well.

Nothing makes me the voice of the forum and I don’t pretend to be. There is a sad desperation in your need to feel special isn’t there Turkish?

Any grown man who bases his credibility on the number of laughing emojis he gets and boasts about being “head” of a puerile, childish thread really doesn’t have any at all. In fact you have just hoisted yourself by your own petard.

One man’s fact is another’s opinion. Unless you are Donald Trump of course, in which case he has “alternative facts” to contend with. Where have I ever said that a person is “wrong” for reading a certain newspaper? You accuse me of twisting facts yet you do it constantly. I see you have bottled out of giving an opinion on the current government of the US. No surprise there. You constantly say that you don’t support Trump and what he is up to but never venture an opinion when pressed. If you agree or disagree with what is going on, how an earth can I twist your response? Come on, let’s see if we can tease it out of you and get you to post something relevant to the thread instead of your usual WUMmery. 1. Do you think that the recent tariff increases on imports will help or hinder the US economy and is this a masterstroke by Trump or a cock up of Liz Trussian proportions? 2. Do you think that it is hypocritical of Vance to accuse the UK and EU of allegedly shutting down free speech when the Trump administration is currently doing so in the US? 3. Do you think it was wise of Trump to let an unelected, drug addicted person with apparent mental health issues loose on government departments? You can do this nic, I have faith in you. Oh, one more for luck. 4. Is the world flat or round and is your answer a fact or an opinion?