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I wouldn't go that far. He has a long way to go to win from where he is. It's not like Corbyn vs Johnson here either, it's closer to Johnson versus Cameron. The sensible right will vote for the Cameron in that scenario every time.

Currently on the cusp of appointing a former Australian PM to negotiate in "our national interest" with a current Australian PM. Boris is pathetic.

Really sorry to hear this Renton - she'll be glad her brother is there for her at least, cruel as life is.

Reasonable worst case scenario for the end of the year, according to the government: - Army on the streets - Food drops by the airforce - Navy intervening in turf wars between fishermen - Widespread disease rampant through livestock - Riots https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/the-sun-publish-cabinet-office-paper-on-impacts-of-brexit-and-covid-19-1-6805548 I think we might be in trouble if even Johnson's government is now fully considering things like the above. In part because it'll almost certainly be worse than their "reasonable" worst case, and in part because if this is the worst case, even if they've identified what they need to do months in advance, they're too incompetent to handle the 'on the fly' aspects of managing the situation anyway. As they've proven time and time again.

I think we probably all need to get out ahead of it with family as far as possible. This is just the sort of shit that my Mum would end up falling for so I'll have to discredit QAnon well in advance. I've managed to steer her away from Brexit, and she begrudgingly admits Johnson is a twat, but she also believes that there's a NWO and plans to implement a one world government on the sly - and she has at least entertained the idea that the pandemic was orchestrated by those who want to reduce human population. The only thing that seems to be keeping her off properly believing that is that if that was the plan, it was a fucking shit attempt. Some people really are very vulnerable to the internet and I think it does need some work to correct this. Some kind of childlock but for people who can't pass basic critical thinking tests.

Aye - knowing wrong, having the option to choose something else, and doing wrong anyway is worse than doing it because you can't help yourself. A bit stunned that she's resigned because her daughter is trying to emancipate herself though, that's a new one.

This is it for me, too. Brexit is the fundamental in all of this and has been for years. The union, the economy, the country, none of it matters except their bluster and refusal to admit being wrong. Not sure we'll have a non-Tory government now until we're discussing rejoining the union.

The UK's hardest minges Not sure how appealing that sounds tbh.

Whenever you debate ewerk, you need to make sure you've been consistent on a viewpoint for at least the past 15 years

Rewriting the test to achieve what, in future? I've made peace with this now, and also with ceasing to pay any attention to the PL anymore. I'm not going to sit and pretend that I have any interest in being a "know your place" football club in a league dominated by duplicitous, fearful competitors. I hope anyone who can just 'enjoy the day out' can still manage to derive enjoyment from a non-competitive club, but I can't.

Suggestion appears to be that Harris is being primed to be the next President from 2024 onwards. Trump and his supporters seem to be making noise about this but I've noticed that the more sane media circles are doing the same thing. I don't really know much about her but having looked through some of her policies I think they could do worse. Certainly looks like an upgrade on Biden himself, anyway.

Why is an Everton fan trying to troll us Everton are just as irrelevant as we are. Pipe the fuck down.

Fair on all counts. I think perhaps I've given it slack because I think the overall message concerning mental health was important if a bit crudely done in places, but I can see where you're coming from.

What did it lack that you thought it needed? I enjoyed it but it wasn't a typical film in many ways and I could see why it would switch some people off.

Completely agree. I doubt we've even paid for scouts to be out there at all given what's gone on.

Wait, it's £2.5m a year? Not like a weekly budget as per FM? £2.5m a year!? They're fucked. Their only advantage at that level was the ability to pay past everyone else.

Yep. If Ashley could take over a middle eastern state and commit widespread humanitarian crimes in order to perpetuate his rule, I'm fairly convinced that he, along with most of our ruling class of elite billionaires and politicians, would do so. The difference here is that he hasn't had the opportunity.

One of those comebacks that takes down both parties. A kamikaze comeback.

The fact that the bar is so low for US presidency that it is appropriate for us to be discussing whether or not candidates have undertaken cognitive tests is just... idk what it is, but it's not good.

Can you not add it to the value of your house in the sale? What's the timeframe for them to complete work on it?

If trump was going to try to make a 'good' argument here, he should be copying Sweden's and should say something like "Yes, deaths are going up but we've decided to head this direction based on the evidence that these deaths are coming either way. For all the prevention in the countries you're talking about, eventually COVID19 will sweep through them. We have chosen to support the economy whilst at the same time utilising our superior healthcare system to test as widely as possible and to combat the infection on an individual to individual level, as needed. As such, the charts I'm suggesting we review are focusing on success as defined by our own strategy, not that of other countries. The reporter might well then pivot to say "Yes but if a vaccine is around the corner then you've taken on this risk with people's lives needlessly". From that point I would suggest Trump point to how long vaccines take to produce and needing to be certain that due process has been followed so as to avoid future health problems that could be far more widespread if we give an injection of a vaccine to everyone in the country. I'm bored this morning.

MF is jaded as fuck now Broadly agree though, I've never really been a believer in the power of petitions. I'll sign it anyway cos you never know but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Tbf to Ashley, I believe him this time. If that exclusivity did indeed lapse on the 26th of June, he's had over a month to fuck this up on his own and has resisted doing so.

The Guardian has published 4 articles about this takeover collapse, with one of them calling this a 'narrow escape' for Newcastle fans https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/jul/30/newcastle-united-narrow-escape-takeover-saudi-arabia Absolutely none of these articles are open to comments, naturally.

I mean, it doesn't particularly sound like we were being set up to be the next City anyway. £250m is a lot by our standards but not enough to become a heavyweight... The idea that even this amount was too much of a threat to Spurs and Liverpool is pretty pathetic tbh. Especially for Liverpool who are miles ahead of us. This call for fans to do something, how would that work? Why would the PL care what we think?