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Reply | Cardiff City with big losses declared
at 00:06 28 Feb 2026
I'm told by people who know far more about this sort of thing that in light of those figures from CCFC : -
Our revenue will be slightly lower than theirs but then so is our wage bill and by a fair bit I'd imagine, and summer departures are likely needed to balance the books, though nothing in the pipeline as yet. The Walta deal was structured in a way to keep us in PSR compliance. and probably explains why it dragged out a bit
This isn't gospel just what I've heard third hand but reliable. |
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Reply | Asylum Backlog
at 23:31 27 Feb 2026
Just reading a post from Julie Birchill in The Spectator echoing my earlier prediction that the voters of Gorton will get 'buyer's regret' at some point. Maybe a few already felt a bit of the old cognitive dissonace when she was reading her acceptance speech off an iPhone. Maybe I'm being harsh but political passion and conviction don't need a script...?
Having experienced first hand the havoc the Greens and Labour have foisted upon Bristol and Brighton, Julie describes the Greens of 2026 as "A Vercuca Salt joins The Stasi brand that's obsessed with the evil of Israel and the transcendent wonder of Trans"
Made me chuckle and spot on in my humble opinion.. [Post edited 27 Feb 23:35]
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Reply | Small Prophets
at 16:17 27 Feb 2026
Another recommendation for what it's worth
The Zone of Interest (2023) - German language film with subs from Jonathan Glazer. Won loads of international awards. Wanted to see it since it came out, missed it in the cinema and now it's on C4 Player. It follows the family life of Rudolf Hoss the commandant of Aushwitz in 1943. It's slow paced but deals with the banality of evil and it's what you don't see but sense and hear that's key, and increasingly so as the film goes on. Enough spoilers but deffo worth a watch. Spielberg praised it as the best Holocaust film after Schindler's List. |
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Reply | Asylum Backlog
at 13:12 27 Feb 2026
It's convenient for the Left, including the Greens who I would describe as Looney Left, and the political Islamists to form an unholy alliance (pun intended) at this juncture in time....
We live in strange times and there are no doubt those on both sides who feel uncomfortable with their new political allies, but needs must...
A sort of C21st version of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with angry bearded men in Pyjamas on one side and angry bearded men in Women's Dresses on the other...
And yes, Polanski would probably get thrown off a roof to his death in Gaza on both counts as a gay Jew, a conflict which the Greens campaigned heavily on in Gorton.
Weird lot... [Post edited 27 Feb 13:18]
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Reply | Asylum Backlog
at 13:04 27 Feb 2026
I know she's qualified Gwyn but she's a Green Energy Heat Pump Engineer and has been for a long time and I also don't believe she's been working tirelessly throughout this campaign ....You can't run for an MP and also work full time - there aren't enough hours in the day and I don't think the fellow yoghurt-knitters have the resources for a large campaign team and back up...
ARIA the company she works for must have cut her a load of slack for months to boost their Green credentials which you would expect. I'm sure she has been available on the phone to advise
But this idea that she's got her arm down a U-bend unblocking shit one minute and handing out leaflets the next (hope she's washed her hands) is spin, pure and simple...
Like Starmer's "Son of a toolmaker" "NHS Nurse.."
"That's always going to be a part of my identity…I always will be Hannah the Plumber."
"Apologies to my customers who have booked me ....I'm off to Westminster"
Give it a rest....
It's all propaganda designed to get the disgruntled and angry Labour voters to side with the Greens rather than Reform which I'm sure the likes of you are delighted about as it seems to have worked... |
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Reply | Asylum Backlog
at 11:54 27 Feb 2026
The cos-play "plumber" waving her working class street cred around won't be the last.
The Greens, who let's face it have always been in cloud cuckoo land on policy, now seem to be morphing into a party of Eco-narcissists under that lunatic Polanski and aligning themselves closely with sectarian identity politics. It is a dangerous mix.
The trad Labour voters who have been taking in by her schtik will soon have buyer's regret I'm sure.
Personally I don't think that family voting would have made much difference to the over all result as I think Reform and Labour didin't mount strong campaigns but I do wonder how many of the electorate shouldn't have a vote in the first place. I would strongly argue the case that you have to be born a UK Citizen or resident for at least 10-15 years to be eligible to vote but it's not up to me and thee sadly...
Meanwhile we have these lovely people campaigning to sell off even more of the family silver....
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Reply | Swansea's 3 nights blitz
at 23:43 25 Feb 2026
Just catching up on this poignant thread.
I remember my Nan telling me her cousin who she used to go and stay with was killed when their Anderson shelter took a direct hit also killing her husband and young son.
Always meant to research it and with the advent of the internet it became easy. There was at one time a web page that listed in detail all the raids and casualties in detail but this thread prompted me to have a look for it again and sadly I think it's gone. There is however this archive of the death registers and reports which is very sobering in its detail, listing items of clothing, personal effects and jewellery.
https://www.swansea.gov.uk/Arc
From memory the address was Penfilia Rd and I couldn't find it in the above Council records at first because the address in the register was Bryn St - I think the shelter would have been on the back gardens or wasteground between the two streets that now have more modern housing built on. This was one of the very first raids on Swansea - 10th August 1940
https://islandfarm.wales/Luftw
"31 High Explosive bombs dropped during a heavy midnight raid. Damage was caused to Landore's railway viaduct and also to houses in the surrounding Manselton, Cwbwrla and Brynhyfryd areas. Also bombs hit Singleton Park, Clyne and Ravenhill. 13 of the 31 bombs failed to explode but one directly hit an "Anderson Shelter" killing 5 occupants. A total of 13 were killed and 15 injured during the raid."
***EDIT**My earlier post about the ARP Warden was wrong I've just discovered. That also occured nearby and likely from the same blast, but looking through the register again, the "friend" I mentioned was actually a couple of neighbours which now rings a distant bell from previous research and so the figure of 5, not 4, is correct.
Thanks Boundy for posting, a very dark time in Swansea's history. [Post edited 26 Feb 1:16]
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 18:37 19 Feb 2026
I used to work in Bond Street for a while and the after work pub crawl from there up through Marylebone to Baker St was wonderful on a summer's evening...
Sad to see The Pontefract Castle on that route where we stopped off on our way to Wembley in 2011 has closed down. Another old haunt gone... |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 18:19 19 Feb 2026
You'll be fine ...
Nice to visit for a short break as there's always things to do and see but living there is a different kettle of fish entirely.
My sister moved there in the early 80s, I moved in the 90s and last worked there in 2020.
I think I saw and enjoyed the best of it but by 2004 I was done living in it.
I'd go back there to work if I had to and it's likely I will at some point, but not 5 days a week - it would have to be hybrid - just dealing with the chaos, sheer volume of people and of course having one eye constantly looking for something /someone kicking off.
It drains you day in and day out...
I've variously described it as a "termite colony with luggage", an "open air lunatic asylum" or "the Tower of Babel on steroids..."
It's not an age thing either because I hear a lot from people a lot younger than me who feel the same. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 13:32 19 Feb 2026
"When workers were invited to Bradford from Pakistan in the 50's - 70's they shouldn't have been expected to adapt to the civic norms of the area and a community they weren't from, they were needed to prop up the local economy and invited to do this. Proper integration would have allowed this but we expected them to assimilate which they didn't and should not have been expected to do"
By and large they did though. I speak with some knowledge of this because one of my oldest friends family were part of that initial wave into Bradford and Leeds. These Kashmiris and Punjabis made great efforts to integrate and consequently their kids and grandkids went to the local schools and are as British as me and you. The problem was that successive waves tended to be from more rural areas of Pakistan, especially Mirpur and were less educated and less willing to adapt and in many cases less willing to work in non-family businesses, seeing a ready made community they felt no obligation to look outside it. Consequently, there is a certain amount of resentment among first and second generation Pakistanis towards more insular recent arrivals as they feel a lot of the well publiciised problems associated with Pakistani Muslims stem from the more recent diaspora and they don't want to be associated with them for that very reason. They are unsuprisingly anti mass-immigration because they worked bloody hard to build a life for themselves in the UK and now see it being undermined. I can only speak for Leeds & Bradford but it's a likely similar story all over the UK. |
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Reply | ARRESTED
at 12:02 19 Feb 2026
Mandelson's arrest can't be far off then... |
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Reply | Small Prophets
at 02:16 19 Feb 2026
Watched Ep 1 and then binged the lot.
Like Detectorists it's gentle and seductive British comedy at its best...
I might watch it all again soon in fact.
Currently watching Vigil which for some unfathomable reason I miseed first time round, very good claustrophobic Cold War espionage thriller in the le Carre mould Series 3 out soon I'm told... |
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Reply | Cardiff centric again
at 14:15 18 Feb 2026
The station makeover is also completely uneccessary in my opinion. Just a vanity project for those who can't spend money fast enough.....as long as it's spent in Cardiff of course.
All gone a bit quiet on The Swansea Bay Metro project as well or have I missed something ? [Post edited 18 Feb 14:27]
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 14:12 18 Feb 2026
Yes I remember it back in the 70s/early 80s having some good places to eat along there and some antique shops we used to visit, but by the 90s it had become a bit grotty with loads of fast food places springing up. A similar decline happened with High St although I'm a bit young to remember its heyday. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 13:04 18 Feb 2026
St Helens was dodgy day or night over 30 years ago when I lived near there. Full of smackheads and aggressive beggars - I think there was a place near there where they could get methadone and a few hostels IIRC. Don't know if that's still the case. Only visted that area once or twice since we left the Vetch for a nostalgic drink in the Westbourne. |
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Reply | 2026 Unemployment
at 20:00 17 Feb 2026
Ah Paul.
A magnanimous Pontardawe man and a true fierce Cymro both footy and rugger…
I was very upset I couldn’t make his funeral as I was riddled with gout at the time, a condition now managed thankfully with lifestyle changes and meds. I was in a bad way otherwise hell or highwater wouldn’t have stopped me.
3 fine sons are his legacy. Why do the good die young eh ?
Respect…. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 16:41 17 Feb 2026
I don't know anyone who had a problem with immigration 20-25 years ago myself included. Our cities were a melting pot of different cultures that integrated well.
Today most folk ARE bothered about it as socio-economic priority. It dominates any discussion about current affairs more than the cost of living.
The main problem is the scale of it between now and then - it's not immigration for skills shortages it's an invasion of millions mainly it has to be said by people from Third World Islamic cultures that have no wish to integrate on any level with Western society or its values. The fact that this has been allowed to happen is scandalous and those responsible should face prosecution.
A few years back, after work on a summer's evening, I walked through Southall in West London and down the Grand Union Canal to Hayes. In the past we used to go there to eat authentic cheap curries as it was a predominately Asian area due to an influx of railway workers in the 50s 60s replacing the previous workforce which had a strong Welsh contingent from GWR. It was a Friday afternoon and the busy streets were full of people out and about. There were still a number of Asian shops and clothes stores but what was noticable was that the main demographic was now overwelmingly African Islamic. I walked for 2 miles amonst thousands of people and the only white faces I saw were the clothes store mannekins. Not one.
It might be hard to believe if you haven't experienced it but when people say that Newham, Tower Hamlets in London or Sparkbrook in Birmingham are "like downtown Mogadishu" they are not exaggerating.
Our towns and cities are rapidly changing beyond all recognition and not for the better.
Paralell nations are fast developing and will lead to the Balkanisation of the UK with inevitable consequences, I've been saying it for years unless someone gets a grip of it - it may already be too late.
This is why Sir Jim's words resonated with many. You may well dismiss it as racism but the point he was making is rooted in cold hard facts. |
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Reply | 2026 Unemployment
at 15:45 17 Feb 2026
Speaking of Tesco many Tesco Express in my area are having to close during hours they are supposed to be open due to staff shortages.
Speaking to the staff in my local one the hours, pay, terms and conditions are so bad many quit after a few weeks and the reputation is now so bad they can't get people to apply. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 04:16 17 Feb 2026
"You can lead a horse to water but..."
...You can't legally smash it over the head and drown the fecker....Shame as there's a few candidates on here...  [Post edited 17 Feb 4:31]
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