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Thought the bump was because Diego Jota died in a car crash

This x1000. My mum, with her prinlvate pension she got part time as a clerk (would be minimum wage now), my dad's teacher pension still paid after his death, and the state pension, is on more money than most 30 year old graduates in full time work. No mortgage of course. Now undoubtedly I'll be a beneficiary of this, and my kids will be pn my death. But that is fucking wrong, life just becomes a lottery on how rich your parents are. For those from disadvantaged backgrounds, well, you are fucked my son. Social mobility really isn't a thing in this country any more. The only difference between Labour and the Tories is the former want it to be, whereas the latter don't. But increasingly it doesn't matter, the outcome is the same.

Where's that Diaz story from? It sounds like a spoof.

You could genuinely be writing that about my Dad and Step Mam. When Dad realised I've voted remain he told me I'd "made a clear mistake which was understandable as I wasn't alive in 1973 so have no understanding of what sovereignty is". I mean, how condescending can you get?! It's one of the only times in 50 years I've told him to fuck off. My Step-Mam .... forever texting me pro-Brexit propaganda which I just ignore. Every now and then I have a go and tell her to stop sending me bilious nonsense that I don't subscribe to and she relents ... for no more than a couple of weeks and then it starts again.

Aye heard this just before. Absolutely terrible news.

YNWA Jota Awful, just awful.

I think the answer to the question is Brexit, voting Tory, buying up property for rental income. And then to top it off, and I don't know if this is a majority or a vocal minority, but being absolute fucking cunts when it's suggested to them that young people face hardships that they never had to contend with. "Eat less avocado toast" and all the shite about snowflakes and being too soft, etc. These twats bought 4 bed houses for under £20k and retire on unbelievable pensions. My mam didn't work for the vast majority of my childhood and has a pension I might just about surpass having worked all of my adult life in jobs that pay multiples of what she would have been earning.

The "old' have enabled conservative government's all my life. They vote for policies to enrich themselves at the expense of the young. And Brexit. It's not all old people of course, including exemptions for your good self I'm sure. But it is still a general truth. The older my mum has got, the more bigoted and judgmental she has become. Seems to me that this happens to a lot of older people as they age. I hope I end up more like you TP than her tbh. It scares me I might end up like that.

I'm sensing a data purge might be coming with next week's maintenance.

I think I've mentioned this on here before but when my job was at risk cos of Brexit, my own mother told me that "well if you can't find another job with your CV, you're doing something wrong". Honestly, I paint a bad picture of my mam on here, but in reality it's anything for her kids and if anyone does anything to upset either of us she'd murder them. But Brexit was this fucking thing for people like her that sent them completely daft. That was the first time she'd ever said anything like that to me, and the first time it was clear that her brain was starting to melt because of Facebook. One of my old mates from school contacted me a few years back and said "do you see the stuff your mam puts up on Facebook?". I don't cos I'm not on there, but I fucking dread to think.

I like reading old opinions. I also found this gem!

He is to our CPU usage what CT is to new hobbies that wont last.

He is to reanimating ancient threads what Robin is to GIFs.

I understand TPs point but I have some of those vox pops from Brexit etched into my brain. "What if its harder for your children in their future?" "Dont care, sovereignty!" "What if your son loses his job" "Dont care, sovereignty!!!!" It makes it intensely difficult to view it as just something the government and corporations did. The government and corporations didn't want Brexit.

Horrible news. Good player and seemed like a good lad.

In general they voted for brexit and consistently vote tory.

The young have been shafted by governments and corporations NOT the old, what utter bollocks, am sure "old" people went through life doing stuff on the basis of "muhahahahaha what can I do today to fuck it up for my kids and grandkids". Utter divisive/deflectionary tripe !!!! Is the world fucked up, absolutely, but it's not the fault of members of the general public irrespective of age. Good to have someone to blame, who's not the real person to blame though, job done. You'll disagree, so feel free to point out to me exactly what I (as 67 yr old) have done to shaft the young (in a non Gary Glitter way)??

what exactly do you have against the generic small time football blather thread?

What awful news.

Luiz Díaz Launches Legal Action Against Liverpool in Shock Wage Dispute "Luiz Díaz has launched legal proceedings against Liverpool Football Club in a sensational case that alleges the Colombian winger was paid below the legal minimum wage, in what legal experts are already describing as one of the most extraordinary employment disputes in Premier League history." "The 28-year-old, who joined Liverpool from FC Porto in January 2022 in a deal worth up to £50 million, claims he was “misclassified” under his employment terms and has been underpaid for substantial periods during his time at Anfield." "In court filings lodged with the Employment Tribunal Service this week, Díaz’s legal team argue that the player was compensated at a rate “far beneath statutory thresholds” due to a series of administrative errors and “non-standard contractual arrangements” that may contravene UK employment law. It is alleged that, for a portion of his initial 18 months at the club, Díaz was paid less than £10 per hour—well below the current national minimum wage of £11.44 for workers over the age of 23." "Liverpool have vehemently denied any wrongdoing, calling the claim “entirely without merit” and state that Díaz has at all times been paid in "full compliance with UK labour regulations and in accordance with his contract". Nevertheless, sources close to the player insist Díaz became aware of irregularities only after a recent audit by his new management firm revealed “systematic underpayment”." "While Liverpool are understood to be open to resolving the issue behind closed doors, club officials remain “deeply frustrated” that the matter has been brought into the public domain amid sensitive transfer negotiations elsewhere in the squad. Privately, figures at Anfield have questioned whether the legal manoeuvre may be part of a broader strategy to engineer a move away from the club, particularly given interest from Barcelona and Bayern Munich in recent months."

Yep - same here.

Chris Waugh's take on the window https://archive.is/T3K7r

Overtaking another car when the tire blew out. Crashed and then the car went on fire. Poor fuckers.

Fuck. That's awful. 3 young kids too. Same happened to Jose Antonio Reyes a few years back