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That’s the way I see it. It would open up a massive can of worms and I really can’t see the PL wanting to do that. It’s not like they are a bastion of integrity so I think the delay is them trying to give the impression that they are seriously considering the counter arguments, even though I doubt they are. I’m fairly sure it will go through but I’m not that bothered. On the one hand, I want Ashley out but, on the other hand, I agree with those who say it is sports washing so anything we achieve will be tarnished somewhat. However, there’s a load of dirty money swilling round the PL so other teams can get to fuck if they want to try and take the moral high ground. I think the main reason I want it to go through is so that we all get to witness the inevitable meltdown from Richard Keys.

Fun fact: Noelie is actually older than Saudi Arabia.

Is he any relation to tough-guy-mick or one-punch-Mick, whatever the fuck he was called? Tell me Carl, do you have any opinions on Cheryl Cole or the black-eyed-peas, particularly the black male members of the group? Have you ever been a professional comedian on a cruise ship?

When did the Bein reports come out? 6 weeks ago?! What are these people doing? I’ve read Fish posts shorter than this

Aye, he's Fred Dibnah's grandson.

Maybe he keeps calling them scum

Like pretty much everything they say, it'll never actually happen when push comes to shove.

I get that she wants justice for what happened (alleged or otherwise), but I don’t really understand this obsession she’s developed with the purchase of NUFC, the PiF have bought into a ton of businesses in the last few month yet for some reason this one is a sticking point for her.... it’s almost like she’s being put up to it by someone.

That fucking episode where Dibnah's wife wanted a holiday so he took her somehwere on the coast so he could take a chimney down

Here, man. Afternoon drinking is meant to be fun

That’s not a war memorial. It’s a statue of Field Marshall Earl Haig of Bemersyde. He didn’t care who or how many he fuckin killed either. 99.999999999% of them were white too

When did Ken Dodd fuck Alexei Sayle?

"Did I tell you the one about Newcastle going unbeaten in the Corona pandemic? Never dropped a point in three months. I tell you what, that Cheryl Cole likes the black looking fellas don't she, though? Black-eyed peas will be well in there, lad! By the way, if you want to book a holiday, don't use bottom-holidays, don't even use middle-holidays, no, book with peace of mind with Top-holidays! There's a pamphlet on your seat, ladies and gentlemen."

Yes, Einstein has signed up with his work email.

Can everyone pause for a minute’s silence please?

They are pretty pointless tbf seeing as racism doesn’t exist in this country.

The fucking brass neck on them cunts. Worried about sports washing while being part of the leadership system that actively trade arms and have various other business & political deals with the Saudis, get in the fucking sea man.

Let's be frank, Noelie cannot afford for these fuckers to be shitting about wasting time. #OverthelineforNoelie

If this takeover doesn't go through, they'll go to another league and buy another club, she'll forget all about us and probably won't even try to intervene in their next purchase. Meanwhile, we'll be stuck with Ashley. None of them can change the fact that the system we all permit to exist is predicated on money being able to buy you whatever you want. I am more than fucking happy for that system to come tumbling down but I cannot get behind the selective nature of this shit. If the PL do deny this, and there just seems to be absolutely no possible angle for them to do so from a legal standpoint since the PIF is not a person, and Mubarrak isn't going to be personally fucking involved, then I daresay they'll make a big song and dance about how they were doing it for 'the right reasons'. But there is nothing anyone could say to me to convince me that they give the slightest of fucks about this woman's murdered husband. In fact, I don't even really think the press do. No fucker really cares.

I didn’t know that Thought you were being either clever or it wasn’t your cup of tea...or maybe you were just being a bit of a cunt The six minute album version I heard yesterday was like 3 songs in 1.... this Peel version is a fuckin madman...

That’s a quote from Bob Harris btw, after Roxy Music played their debut on The Old Grey Whistle Test. What a cunt

Roxy Music, known to pretentious know it all bar room preaching tossers like myself as, along with Bowie, the absolute pinnacle of 70s Glam Rock...truth be told, I basically only knew their hits. Heard this for the first time yesterday...fuckin hell...

The copper stopped tbf. It's the horse we need to hear an apology from.

It was on red as well. One rule for them, another for the rest of us.

I could watch the copper on the horse hit the traffic light all day.

Nobody's saying mass gatherings are a good idea. But your vitriolic outrage against what I think are well meaning people is way OTT. There are plenty of people fitting the description scum, people protesting against racism would be way down on my list.

Not followed any of this but I'm guessing the protests arent against American police brutality and are not intended to make Trump change his mind. They are to highlight institutionalised racism endemic throughout the world, and most definitely in the UK too. In fact we are the only country in the world that has formally acknowledged this, all be that in saner times. Guaranteed ANS would be a Trump voter if he lived in the US, nailed on. Reeks of gammon.

It's Sayle's character, 'Bobby Chariot'. Was forced to sleep in his Jag after he split from his missus or something?

Is Top-Holidays your own company Carl? Just it must be fucking tiny, as it’s not showing up on google.… unless it’s gone bust, which would be a crying fucking shame. Shall we set the Irish Bulldog on him? @Ant

I agree. But now isn’t the time to talk about Leave voters. If you can’t see why people are protesting in such numbers, you’re most likely part of the problem. It’s really fucking easy- Black lives matter. Which bit is troubling you?

Ah the famous scouse wit

No I’m not contradicting myself. You said the protests were pointless, I said they weren’t but I disagree with mass gatherings. Calm down you old woman, your daily mail crossword needs doing.

I don’t think there’s anything new which has come out in any of these stories which makes me think it’ll happen. The WTO report is probably a factor. I wouldn’t worry about the government being swayed by 16 no marks writing to them. Given the money involved and their morals they’re more likely to be swayed by incentives to make it happen. As for the Saudis, is it likely they just walk away and let their rivals effectively win? If they back out now they’ve likely got to start from scratch with whichever club they choose if it’s another PL club. My doubt is it’s nufc so I never expect anything good to happen.

Protests are hardly pointless. Not that I agree with the large groups gathering.

No mention of the heavyweight world champion?

There is absolutely no way that 16 MPs are going to force the cast of Britannia Unchained to stop this.

I still think yes as well, on the basis that I've no idea how the PL manages to tie a fund that acts on behalf of every person within a country, to the crimes of just one individual from that country. As much as I understand people thinking that if it was going to be approved then it would have been by now, the same is true the other way around. Why would the PL draw this out? If they had legitimate reason to kill it, they would have done. It's just as likely that they could be in damage limitation concerning approving it, as they could be in terms of denying it. Either way, people are going to be pissed with them, and I suspect that's why this is taking so long. IMO if they're waiting for this report to come out in a few days time, it could just as likely be so that they can hold their hands up and say "look, we waited, but there's nothing in there that can change our position from a legal standpoint" as it could be that they're going to point to it as the reason why they rejected the deal.

Yes. If the UK Government are doing deals with Saudi Arabia routinely there's no chance NUFC /Ashley can't. I think the old addage "no news is good news" is creating a lot of negative clickbait mainly. The press need an angle and if they aren't getting it they create their own.

He can’t be made redundant as they’re taking someone else to perform the same role as him. They also can’t furlough your mate as the grounds for claiming furlough are that the company has been economically harmed and there’s no work for the furloughed employee. Again, they can’t claim that then start someone else.

Theres always a chance the Saudis say " Fuck it" & walk away

Aye, nine weeks of unbuyable promotion for Fat mike and his tat emporium.

Those eyebrows

Never really related to Ben Stiller's character till now

We gonna ring-rang-a-dong for a holiday Put your arms in the air, Yedlin hear you say We gonna ring-rang-a-dong for a holiday Put your arms in the air, Yedlin hear you say

You're just letting down our NHS heroes if you do die