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Reply | REFORM
at 09:50 29 Jan 2026
That was always the Left's downfall. Forever splitting into factions as a result of arguments over theory and purity of thought. The likes of JK Rowling and Graham Linehan were solid Labour until they got turned on over the Trans issue.
The Conservatives were always basically the Conservatives. Solid. United. Boring. Any lunacy on the right was confined to the margins. That started to change a bit over Europe, but is far more visible now as everything polarises. [Post edited 29 Jan 9:51]
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Reply | REFORM
at 07:46 29 Jan 2026
Politics in Wales is even worse.
We've had nearly 30 years of left leaning Governments and Wales is failing against every measure that matters. The response of many to that is to vote for an even more lunatic version of Labour. The latest thing now is people whining that they're not in charge of Policing too.
She wouldn't thank me for it, but I'd be recommending that Mrs. Winston's kids both get the hell out of here once they've graduated. [Post edited 29 Jan 7:47]
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Reply | REFORM
at 07:24 29 Jan 2026
Reform are yet to prove that they're a serious political party instead of a Farage ego trip. Filling their ranks with failed Tories who are only after a safe seat in Parliament is not a step in the right direction when it comes to that.
They are however the most likely to be able to end this Government as it stands, although there's plenty of time before the next election.
The UK is going to be dealing with the consequences of 30+ years of Blairist politics by the time that rolls around and I don't have much confidence in any of the current leading political "talent" to be able to undo that much damage. |
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Reply | Minneapolis
at 17:20 28 Jan 2026
Yep.
When you've got such luminaries of the modern left like Noam Chomsky and Billy Clinton taking trips on the Lolita express you begin to understand why most of the calls for the release of the files are coming from online activists rather than major party figures.
I don't think many would come out of it well. |
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Reply | Minneapolis
at 06:52 27 Jan 2026
I suspect that both the Dems and GOP would really rather the whole Epstein thing just went away. For sure there are plenty of people on both sides of the political spectrum who were much closer to him than they care to acknowledge now.
I see no point in assuming that Trump is particularly vulnerable to exposure from it in comparison. |
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Reply | Hull City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 15:02 26 Jan 2026
First miss I think he had a split second doubt as to whether he was onside or not which was enough to break his concentration. Should have done better though.
I wouldn't call the second one a sitter. He could have scored it but missing it wouldn't have been a shock either. |
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Reply | Cabango and his astonishing handball loses the game for Swansea City
at 22:53 25 Jan 2026
I don't disagree, but neither can I ignore the deficiencies.
I think we could get away with one of Cabango or Burgess as long as we had another "footballing" CB alongside them. They're both good at what they do, but deficient in other areas.
For all the stick Darling took from some quarters, he was way better on the ball than both of them. |
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Reply | Cardiff Rugby
at 22:33 25 Jan 2026
If the Swans allowed it, and they probably wouldn't. Hosting the Ospreys costs the ground money. Attendances just weren't big enough to cover the expense of opening up even a couple of stands. |
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Reply | Cabango and his astonishing handball loses the game for Swansea City
at 20:23 25 Jan 2026
When we signed Ash, he made Monk look bang average with the ball at feet. When we signed Chico, he did the same to Ash. My biggest grump with Fede Fernandez is that he was a backward step in that regard, as good as he was at the other bits of defending. He summed up the Monk approach.
A team that wants to press and counter at pace can't afford to move the ball out of the defence slowly. It may be an area that Matos will look to improve in the Summer. |
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Reply | Minneapolis
at 20:18 25 Jan 2026
The Epstein files were available to the Biden administration. Why didn't they release them?
ICE are in Red Cities. Red mayors and Governors just don't make a habit of riling up their local populations to oppose them. |
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Reply | Hull City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 20:12 25 Jan 2026
For the rest of this season I hope to continue seeing the incremental improvements that we have done. The bedding in of an entertaining style of play, working towards maybe a late charge towards the playoffs or, more likely, getting things ready for the next campaign.
The most important thing we can do now is keep to the path. That's what cost us with Sheehan. What he was doing last season worked, yet for some reason that was abandoned in favour of the crap we saw at the start of this season. Blame Sheehan, blame O'Dea, blame whoever, but it was a mistake. One I don't think we'll replicate.
I don't think we're a million miles away in terms of the squad. A bit more experience/seasoning for the likes of Widell/Inoussa, a move back into the middle for Galbraith, an attempt to unlock the potential I think is there in Idah. Evolution not revolution. |
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Reply | Minneapolis
at 19:44 25 Jan 2026
The idea that federal agents would summarily execute an unarmed individual in the age of body cameras in front of several witnesses is a bit bonkers. Clearly something else was going on.
Although the point remains that if this person had not interfered with law enforcement carrying out entirely legal activities, especially whilst armed, he'd still be breathing. This is not a Jean Charles De Menezes situation. |
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Reply | Hull City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 19:41 25 Jan 2026
Players are personally attacked all the time. Only by a few twisted malcontents mind. I find personal criticism of all but a very few people who really deserve it to be distasteful.
And I thought I was being tasteful with the "less cerebral" comments. Much classier than "thick as pigshit". [Post edited 25 Jan 19:45]
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Reply | Fulton
at 17:22 25 Jan 2026
Aye.
The squad that got promoted in 2011 had Albert Serran, Andrea Orlandi and David Cotterill all with double figure league appearances. Fulton is considerably better than all three. |
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Reply | Cardiff Rugby
at 11:10 25 Jan 2026
You could have just let it slide. Instead you doubled down and embarassed yourself even more. |
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Reply | Cardiff Rugby
at 10:42 25 Jan 2026
fishing
/ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
noun
noun: fishing
1. the activity of catching fish, either for food or as a sport.
2. An excuse regularly made after the fact by people when they say something incredibly stupid or blatantly not true on the internet and get called out on it. |
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Reply | Cabango and his astonishing handball loses the game for Swansea City
at 10:39 25 Jan 2026
Cabango also clearly can't do it, yet Burgess is singled out.
This is why we occasionally get bogged down when Stamenic is playing as the deep midfielder, because he's not great at moving the ball quickly either.
If you've got two CB's who aren't comfortable in possession, you need a #6 who can set the tempo. Galbraith is our best, and Fulton is proving to be capable of it in spells. |
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Reply | Minneapolis
at 09:47 25 Jan 2026
These idiots are utterly convinced that the law shouldn't apply to them or the causes that they support. The people in the linked story are in a similar vein. No doubt if they'd tried the same nonsense in the US a couple of them would have been popped off too.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/art |
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