Renton

Let's hope Barca fuck them up tonight.

Realist, because they're favourites. But we are not massive outsiders and I think we have a better chance than we did in 98 or 99. Anyway, chill, it's only a tinpot cup (if we lose).

You might be right here, I'm not sure your old ticker will cope.

As for the match, Que sera etc. For now. Come Sunday 4.30pm. .

Fucking hell, those differences are huge. OT is fucking massive. And unlike SJP but like Wembley, flat.

Remember a certain person's after pub snack was Dr Oetker's pizza.

Let them eat turnips instead. This isn't parody, this is our government.

Yeah, I know you're right and stage management is important. His approach just seems so piecemeal to me though when I think what we need is something radical. And if not now, then when? Like I say he'll get my vote cos he's not a tory, not because I believe in him any more.

But with your latter sentence how do you deal with the boiled frog phenomenum? People don't seem to realise what is happening and we are still perpetually gaslit by the MSM. For instance I know of people who live in Spain and they say the winter has been entirely normal there this year. But the BBC has toed the line for days now shortages are because of the weather, showing library photos of a snowy Morocco. People just get used to it and accept what they are told. And then there are some rightwingers who think they have their "gotcha" moment because the RoI also has shortages. But nobody in the MSM will point out that Brexit also fucked up Ireland's supply chains. I mean, it was CT who I quoted yesterday (from years back) who laughed about the possibility that Brexit could ever be the cause of food shortages, specifically tomatoes. And when this happens, it s the weather innit. Or covid, Or Ukraine, whatever else, but not the precious Brexit even when YOU WERE WARNED THIS WOULD HAPPEN. I mean we know in 7 or 8 years time the average Poish person will be better off the average Brit. I find this staggering, but then the average Brit doesn't often take trips to Poland to find this out. Ignorance is bliss. We're truly screwed by out politics and media in this country.

That's not the point though. He's just literally said he will grow our economy faster than that of Germany and the USA, those countries which are either a major part of, or are themselves, fucking economic global superpowers. How's little old UK, which has huge structural and trading problems relative to these countries, going to achieve this? Meaningless rhetoric (or lies if you are less polite), not much better than Truss. Just repeat "Green Energy Revolution" enough, or "Why can't that be us?" enough times and everything will be okay. I'm sure the answer will be in the manifesto., all we need to do is believe. Brexit is no longer even the main issue for me anyway, its a symptom not a cuase of our decline. It's our completely failed democracy that bothers me most. And he is seemingly completely unwilling to touch the sides of that.

I respect where he came from and what he has achieved, and to some extent I understand why he is so cautious with the media now, but I find his rhetoric increasingly cowardly and frankly nauseating (like Shamima Begum today for instance). He knows people like me will still vote for him so seems to be happy just to take the piss. I'm just hoping he has more substance in office because these fucking three word soundbites aren't saving the country. At least recognise the multiple elephants in the room Keith you Arsenal-supporting nobhead.

Good thread on why we are suffering food shortages and the EU are not. The MSM still reporting its nowt to do wqith Brexit when of course it fucking is. Exporters within the EU (like Spain) preferentially export to EU markets. Whilst those outside (like Morocco) will also prederentially supply their (by far) biggest market. Basic economics, we are left with the dregs. Worth remembering that this is whilst we are not even bothering to enforce our own regulatory borders . We can't ever do this now as the disruption would be too great*. Meaning we have no quality control and can't apply tariffs properly, resulting in billions lost tax revenue. But meanwhile the EU are more than happy to apply their own regulatory rules, much to the disbenefit of British exporters. What a fucking joke. * Or maybe not. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/think-the-tomato-shortages-are-bad-you-aint-seen-nothing-yet/

He might be cremated.

Keir Starmer starting his fucking five pledges lie speech. "We're gonna have the biggest GDP growth in the G7". Okay Keith, I believe you. I'll not bother asking how, that's so passe.

I'm not sure how to react to this after Hereford. Oh go on then, I'll forgive him. RIP John.

Gemmill's got one on his Jeep I hear. The news the Roald Dahl was being rewritten broke him and he's nowhe's reunited with his mam and he takes her weekly shopping in Tescos iirc.

Does the Daily Heil have no organisational memory to prevent it sounding fucking stupid on tweets?

That's got to be a euphemism. Back to Gloomy, the lad's only going for a few days in April, with kids. Wild campingin the Knoydart is probably a bit optimistic.

Nothing like a trip to Lock Lomond the biggest expanse of fresh water in Britain, or Lock Ness, the deepest and largest lock by volume. Also, if you want sea locks, I recommend Lock Etive which is near Glen Coe. Fun fact, there are more locks in Scotland than your average branch of Timpson's. Edit: by the way CT, nothing says sassenach like not pronoucing Loch right, let alone spelling it right!

Hendo's playyn shyte on purpeyz marra. Eee's wannin to moyve back to playez for the ladz, marra.

April shjouldn't be a huge issue for midges, rain/cold is a bigger risk. Loch Lomond is nice but not a million miles away from what you'd get in the Lakes. Skye with kids, I'm not too sure. I'd maybe consider a compromise and going as far as Fort Bill for highland beauty or Oban for coastal beauty. The driving up there isn't a chore as the views are so spectacular, and trhe roads south of the greeat Glen are very good. If Fort Bill is considered, you have to take a walk through Glen Coe and Glen Nevis. There are rainy day activities there too. Mull and Tobermory for Oban.

CT's love child has scored the deciding goal against Sunderland, who somehow despite being an upper midtable premier league side are an upper midtable championship side.

It really is the boiled frog though isn't it? We've just gotten used to empty shelves and rotting fruit and veg. It's never got back to normal aferter covid/Brexit, and never will now. They've even taken the best before dates off a lot of produce under the guise that as long as it's not mouldy it's okay to use. But does this reduce waste? Because I always used this as a guide rather than a rule anyway, and quite often now my veg goes putrid just days after buying it. You can't always tell how old it is when looking at it in the store. So it gets binned anyway and I'm out of pocket.

I think you're right. There were American nukes based in Belgium and West Germany I think, and here I think in places like Greenham Common. And of course ironically Ukraine has russian nuclear weapons which they handed back. Which was a mistake in hindsight. It's rare that I think there has ever been a war as clear cut as there is here as to who the actual agressor is. Putin's "victim blaming" Ukraine - she was asking for it - is utterly laughable, I'm amazed anyone could fall for it.

I used to love pool and be quite good at it, but fucking hell, the size of a snooker table, it would take me a day to complete one frame.