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They spent £37 billion on test and trace and the Public Accounts Committee found that it made "no measurable difference to the course of the pandemic".

So what is he actually doing to solve the problem? If they're not going to relax the visa rules then where is the 100000 shortfall coming from especially, as you say, wages and conditions need to be much improved. I was surprised to learn that, if there is a hold up at the container port, trucks have to sit and wait, possibly for hours, with no facilities whatsoever. Drivers have to pee in a bottle. How much would it cost to put up a small toilet block?

So 25000 drivers returning to the EU had no effect?

Very true. A lot of the Taliban quietly slipped over the border into Pakistan who were happy to give them board and lodging. For some reason the Western powers never seemed to put any pressure on Pakistan to do anything about it.

A long, long time

Sad news for all of us who grew up in the 60's.

And to think that someone gets paid to write that bollox.

Mine and son's both arrived this morning.

Reminds me of Fabrice Fernandes

Maybe that would bring some sanity to wages.

To add a bit of perspective, the side that started today for Man City cost £380m and the subs that came on cost £300m. Am I the only one who thinks that the ESL would have been good for the 14 or so clubs that would have been left in the EPL?

Athletico's website (needs a VPN) https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news/2021/08/07/live-southampton-fc-athletic-club

Yes, fine with VPN apart from Spanish commentaty.

Cucumber? Custard tart? Cumulo Nimbus cloud? Curiosity?

Messi is leaving Barcelona as they can't afford to keep him. Do you think he'd fancy a spell in sunny Southampton? He'd have to take a small wage cut as he made about £100m last year.

It would be better than the half-time "entertainment" that we get at St Marys.

Just been on the site to get tickets for son and grandson and the Kingsland, most of the Itchen and the Northam are not available.

Has a similar effect.

Perhaps it's time for a Staplewood Stud Farm.

Someone should tell the presenters that they don't have to talk non-stop, especially as a lot of it was "banter". The only good thing is that it's on terrestrial TV so might get more kids interested. Cricket lost a lot of followers when Sky had the monopoly (but the EWCB made a lot of money of course).

Could this be why? https://newsthump.com/2021/07/16/gb-news-audience-plummets-after-footage-emerges-of-andrew-neil-being-polite-to-a-muslim/

Jimmy Case

Sadly died yesterday, only 68. Decent player in his day. Always remember him in that Ipswich team of Bobby Robson's.

Not much I hope as he's dead.