Renton

Smoggies are morons, letting this corrupt pig of a man rip them off in plain sight. He'll be a further handicap to the Conservatives in the longer run though.

I'm 53 and overweight, what do you think? Getting fitter though. Used to be a fantastic curry house at the top of Stanhope street near the CAV iirc.

I go for walk/runs from my work sometimes. Arthur's hill is a section I always run.

Maybe it's YOU who needs to change. Have you thought about that?

Love a bit of facism in these neglected seaside shitholes don't they?

Just read North Tyneside's council election results aren't expected until 4pm. On Saturday. Natch, might not bother staying up for them then.

If Trump visibly soiled himself in a majorly public way, say the presidential debate, would his supporters care?

First match of the season - pop - hamstring gone. I shouldn't even joke about it.

Or half a shandy if you're MF.

And the Rayner effect. People are poorer and they're struggling. They know their own realities. They can't hide that from them. I've been consistent on this point for two years when a lot or people were wettting the bed.

I'm sure some of the tories supported by their client media managed to turn a 30 point swing to Labour in a recent by election into a "bad night for Labour". Has it helped them, has it made any difference? I'm not sure it has.

I guess it's the charisma bit I don't get. Not in Trumps case anyway.

All this and it seems to run even deeper in my eyes. The American electorate I just can't fathom how they can be as monumentally stupid as they are to elect this orange freak. He's utterly repulsive. (I mean yes, I've heard all the psychological and sociological arguments, but I still just don't get it).

Yep, always do that. Better with added swear words mind.

Reform only have the resources (people) to stand in 1 in 6 of the council seats tomorrow, so the tories might well do better than the national polls predict, unfortunately (as we know how they will spin it). But come the GE, it will be different.

Lets start tomorrow. Lads and lasses (do we have any lasses?) you know what to do.

Gemmill, I don't say this often, and I certainly don't like saying it, but you are absolutely spot on here.

Tempting but the individual involved isn't a working class lass with ginger hair so I doubt the police would be interested. Seee that text on the top right in the tiny font? That gives his name and the address of the Conservative office in North Shields, still doesn't say he's a tory councillor himself, but it's enough for this to be legal apparently. They regularly do shit like this, pretending to be greens with targeted leaflet drops etc, but this is the worst so far.

Tories being cunts again. Got this through, despite the branding its from the Tories (who have spent a fortune on leaflet drops these local elections). So like Rochdale, a prospective Muslim Labour councillor has been suspended for saying something mildly offensive about Israel on social media. They then send this out with the non sequitur that that means you shouldn't vote Labour because that would mean you support this individual? Eh, you what? But they don't give his name so I had to Google it. He's not even a candidate in our ward. Honestly don't know how this is legal.

I was there recently too. Clearly felled by a professional imo given the clean lines. It's a shame but still a lovely walk. This is from nearby. "Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, have been charged with causing criminal damage after the tree was cut down last September" . From that article. This sounds to me like it's an additional act of vandalism since the tree was felled?

Bollocks. This is one of you lot back from a fortnight in Benidorm.

I doubt they go across in busloads. Howay, you irsh lads aren't so insular you still stare at brown people are you? I agree with you about it needing a European eide solution, let's see what Labour come up with I guess. But the optics of people arriving in small boats on Kent beaches is clearly a problem for government, whether they apply for asylum or simply disappear into the black economy. The latter has got to be a huge security risk too.

I googled him to remind if he really does look like a medieval peasant. I think he looks more like a bowl of soup personally.

Baby Reindeer is top notch imo.

Puzzled me a bit too. Do you need ID to cross on a ferry? As for it working, I'd say the opposite. The only metric of it working is people not coming across in small boats in the first place, but so far we have record numbers.