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I don't think that saves him from the accusation tbh. He's taking a stance because of his office, fine, I can understand it rationally, but his soul remains sold.

Funny how often we get to call him that. Maybe the right are correct, maybe they really are all the same.

Hard to know what will happen. Iran is going to "rediscover democracy" if it retaliates, so you could potentially argue that the US involvement may be the quickest path to an ending because its hard to see what they can actually do against the US. They can just be bombed into submission since they have no air cover. Trump will never put boots on the ground but he doesn't have to. Iran and the middle east should just accept that Israel can slaughter them whenever it wants and make peace with it tbh, I dont see what else they can do.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/19/netanyahu-son-wedding-comments-israel-backlash Netanyahu has now claimed in amongst the carnage that he is feeling a very real personal cost in all of this - his son had to postpone his wedding.

Shows even more how much Staveley was running the show tbh. It's felt like we've been adrift in the boardroom since she left.

But why not keep both and let Trafford bed in properly?

I keep hearing that we're exploring shifting Pope to Leeds. Anything in that? Not sure I'd be up for it tbh.

I remember going to Durham a few years back with a friend I invited up from London - born and bred southern lad, fairly sheltered from the realities of life north of Watford Anyway I told him Durham was a really nice little city, nice walk around etc. We got there over a bank holiday weekend and it felt like all of Sunderland had emptied itself into the place. Arrived at 1pm to absolute chaos in the main town areas, drunken fistfights, screaming mackem spawn, it was breathtaking in its depravity. I could tell my mate was reeling from this a bit so I said we'd get some money and head into the quieter bits around the Cathedral - stood in line behind a bloke in a Sunderland top. Waited for about 60 seconds before I realised he was pissing on/into the ATM in a drunken haze. The whole scene was like Mordor had emptied and successfully conquered Minas Tirith. We just got back on the train in the end, and I felt incredibly ashamed of the north for a good few hours... thanks for that Sunderland.

Have any of them acknowledged that as it stands, they are the worst team in the league based on previous league position? Or that they've sold at least one (two?) of their first team players since then, without replacing them? They may spend a fortune and be competent, but I'm not sure where any confidence in that outcome is at present.

I feel like the business culture of Saudi must be really, really cautious. It's been 18 months now in theory, right?

He didn't get signed by City yet so doesn't qualify for inclusion.

I thought this comment was facetious but I've just seen it. There are no words.

Probably just trying to drive up the price for us.

Likewise, impossible to dislike Brighton apart from when you're beating us

The UK is sending the RAF so that we too might entangle ourselves in this chaos. Some little quisling in the Labour cabinet called John Healey has claimed we're moving planes over there to 'protect our assets in Cyprus from Iran' but then added 'we may also support our allies'. There is going to be no persuading me to vote for Labour if they get us mixed up in regime change in Iran, mind.

Why on earth are the US getting involved in this... I thought they were meant to be all about non intervention now ffs.

Is that because of the training ground incident or just in general? Thanks for stopping by with the views btw.

If they want to go after the people complicit in negligence around this then fair enough, though that's not what I've interpreted the purpose of this to be. The recommendations it has cited for improving the situation are the same ones we've had the past 3 times, and it's deeply frustrating to see all these right wingers now running around as if they've scored some sort of huge victory here by compelling the government to look at collecting ethnicity data and consider cultural factors. We had that 'victory' a decade ago in the 2015 one. Having said that, if the point of all of this is to go after people who were previously being protected, then fair enough - I've not seen that written anywhere except in your post so forgive my ignorance on it. If that is the big difference between this one and the others, then fine.

I am sincerely sorry you experienced this. Sounds like it must have been devastating to see as a child... not sure I could have handled it personally. You've got to wonder at the shit people go through sometimes.

This audit they've just done has stipulated that we need a new inquiry to address a few different things that, with the exception of one around the definition of rape, were already in the previous inquiries. Even the one 10 years ago - and yes, including the ethnicity tracking stuff and whatever. If we need an inquiry into anything, it's why the Tories did fuck all about this for the entire time they were in power.

Tosin is on 120k a week at Chelsea. I think stuff like that is probably a factor too tbh.

Fair tbh, I kinda feel bad for them but I suppose they enjoyed it.

What a statement this is from FIFA, well worth everyone's time so far...

I was on it for a while for anxiety but the side effects were intolerable. I'm not sure if I thought it helped or not, maybe it did. It's really hard to say with some of these sorts of things. I just use Beta Blockers now for days when I'm particularly bad and beyond that call it quits. Hope you're well anyway Andrew, but sounds like the right decision to get off them given the side effects. I'm told different drugs can have wildly varying responses from different people, another type may be better for you.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7872pngj2qo We are now going to have yet another inquiry into grooming gangs...