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That's a wholly acceptable rhetoric when you're in opposition, but the minute you walk into Number 10 you need to bin off that practice else your tenure is going to be very short indeed. Perhaps the Southport incident and ensuing civil unrest so early into his government took his eye off the ball and he's playing catchup ever since, but it's no excuse in reality. Taking GB News as a sole media channel to an event is hard to forgive for me. It's not about the broadcaster chosen per se, it's the control of the media as a whole I'm uncomfortable with - it wouldn't have mattered who he'd chosen - the mere fact he's being selective convinces me he's trying to drive support.

Tomorrow's headlines today: HAYTON BREAKS 18 MONTH SILENCE ON GAZA

I've repeatedly said I'll hold my tongue on my feelings about what is going on in the middle east, but 18 months on, it's increasingly difficult to do so. Hamas may be recognised as a terrorist organisation by many nations, including the UK and they did fire the first shots in this episode on 7th October 2023, but the response since from Israel has been ridiculously disproportionate. They're viewing Hamas and Palestine as one of the same - they're not! And there's been far too many 'incidents' where the Israelis are claiming an error of judgement on their part. The most prominent one of that was the incident with the Palestinian Red Crescent where unbeknown to the Israeli forces, it was being recorded and proved beyond doubt they were talking a load of shit. It's nothing short of Genocide IMO. And the west has, until now, largely stood by and watch it happen. It's disgusting.

"Fam, what you saying blud?" "Don't speak to me, you get me? Yes Fam" "You see blud, yeh, you get me, you feel me, you checking me?" "We haven't won the league, yeh? But fam, check it check it check, its because of cheaters, yeh?" "Isak aint good enough fam blood fam,you get me?" "Respect, yeh"

He's so reactive. It's really interesting tbh but it's actually consistent with his strategy pre-election. Just sit back and react to things - which at the time felt like a decent approach, let your enemy make a mistake etc, but it's a bit weird to see it continue on into government. As you say, needs to be far more decisive about these issues and move on from them. It feels like he's just bouncing around based on polling numbers.

I get that this is a difficult one and honestly it always has been for me as well because I no more want to see Hamas massacring people than I do Netanyahu, but just to set out - we're all culpable for this, it's not unique even to Israelis, let alone Jewish people. We all stood by and let this entire situation develop into what it has. I mean as you say, Trump has emboldened this absolutely, so you then also have to share the blame around with people who resisted voting for Harris over this stuff. I might well have been one of those people if I were an American (I'm not 100% on that but I can't rule it out), in which case I would certainly feel personally culpable to some extent. As useless as the Democrats are on this, it is hard to imagine it being this bad with them at the helm. I don't know what any of us can do, against any government, anywhere - I'm tempted to say that the only thing we actually can do is to continue to vote for politicians that believe in an international rule based order to things because it's about the only way any modicum of control is every applied. But to be frank, this is more on the US than the rest of us - this is what the world without US leadership looks like, it seems. Isolationism leads to atrocity.

the pictures of the developing famine in gaza are turning my stomach. i argued with friends - and on here - in the immediate aftermath of the october 7 attacks about israel's right to respond to the attack by hamas. i can no longer do so with any conviction. what we're seeing is exactly as you describe. smotrich let the veil fall when he called to clear gaza of all palestinians. chilling. and words which sickeningly sound like those used during events in mid 20th century europe. my family - and i'm convinced a majority of israelis, for that matter - can see through it but they are seemingly as powerless to stop it as we are here in the west. the far-right nationalists and religious fundamentalists in netanyahu's fragile coalition are calling the shots and it is no longer about returning the hostages and destroying hamas, if indeed it ever was. the horrific events of october 7 have been used as an opportunity to cling to power and to turn gaza - and its people - to rubble. meanwhile bibi's biggest cheerleaders are in the whitehouse while europe is apparently too spineless or powerless to do anything about it.

"Awrigt geezers, it's me Wobbie fwom Arsenoh fan TV. Oi just 'eard that we've signed Isak fwom Noocarsel Unaaaahted. Where's the blud/fam bloke and that nonce who wears 'is Wenger jarmies to the match? We need to get on this immediately."

Not only are we completing data/probability visualisation pieces of Newcastle's chances, but now also a critical review of said data presentation methodologies. I've seen less scrutiny in academic journals Remember to call out your innate bias and areas in which further research could be done lads.

Last day here for us, the key thing I'll remember was the insane standard of young European blart working here, unreal, it's like Lara Croft walking around in tight shorts every where you look or dresses.

I’m on Fluoxetine (prozac) for my depression.

That looks more like a table than a chart

Ever since they've become successful, Carragher has turned into a pro-Liverpool knob. The irony that until he signed with Liverpool as a school boy he was a die-hard Everton fan isn't lost on me. What works in Neville's favour is it was fully expected he'd be a Man Utd appeaser - he's been anything but, but then he's absolutely pissed at the shambolic was his club is run.

Carragher was too from memory. Back when they were the banter kings of sky sports.

Honeymoon? Are you only recently married like?

I’m off to Saint Lucia tomorrow on my honeymooon. Sadly the kids are coming as well.

tbf Neville has always been quite measured about us whilst he's been a pundit. When it was popular for the likes of Rio to bang on that we should be eternally grateful to Mike Ashley for servicing debt, Neville tended to buck the trend and suggest he got why we were so fucked off and agreed with it. An absolute cunt on the pitch, a really really shit co-commentator with his high-pitched squeals but when it comes to punditry, I think he's one of the best out there.

He was utterly convinced there was no need to bring black and white ribbons to Wembley that day.

Neville has named Howe in the cup final as his coaching performance of the season and that game as his game of the season. We're slowly being welcomed in by these fucking bellwhiffs.

I see Starmer is changing his mind on the winter fuel allowance and wants more pensioners to be eligible. Change of heart or another reaction to the local election results? Either way he's coming across as fucking indecisive and with it, weak as fuck.

nah honestly fairly reverent about us and the season we've had. Carragher saying he was gutted at the cup final but when you see the reaction from the fans, you've got to be happy for them. He could've told his fucking face that on the post match telly coverage mind.

I only thought the topic of conversation on that show was the current Manchester United side and manager, ex- Manchester United players and managers, games recently played by Manchester United and games played by themselves for Manchester United plus massive lashings of the above but Liverpool football club and a few playing career reminiscing game chat with Ian Wright. Did Keane's nose turn up when NUFC were mentioned as if some invisible, malevolent apparition was wafting a particularly rancid, invisible jobby under his sneck?

I saw some clip recently where she'd been playing in some charity game and she was saying that she got absolutely smashed by Marlon Harewood. Keane turns to her deadpan and goes "Yeah but what about the game though?"