Alex

I blame Li3nZ

He's more than good enough to start in the championship.

Gemmill is seething about this, btw

Shit the bed! What a fantastic performance.

It's class, aye. I think it's at least as good a novel but obviously Remarque's book is all about trench warfare and just the war itself. Whereas A Farewell to Arms has much more to it even if it is about the war. Both show the pointlessness of it all.

I know loads of you probably have read it but the best thing I've read about that war is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's horrific but it's an absolute masterpiece.

I think the military tactics of the day hadn't caught up with the technology, so in that sense it excuses the generals etc. to an extent. What is inexcusable is that way in which they persisted with such a disastrous tactic for so long. On one of the programmes commemorating the Somme it was said that it was apparent within a number of minutes that it was an unmitigated disaster. At least the elite sent their kids to fight then though (not that I see that as particularly admirable but it's better than the fucking hypocrites in government now and in recent times who wouldn't let their bairns anywhere near the conflicts they were starting).

Amazing

I'd love to see Shearer spark him out like. Childish but true

Gove seems to be the type of 'radical' that makes stuff up on the hoof, if his tenure as Education Secretary is anything to go by. Not to mention his being a key member of the 'we want to leave but we don't have a plan in place if we do' campaign.

Sorry, I thought you were referring to May. I think she is the establishment choice.

Mercenary arsehole

That's all it is, PL football and back to London. He'll probably outlast Pardew because I can't see another owner giving him as many chances as Ashley.

Rescued = left Spurs about 6 months earlier than he otherwise would have.

Or they're arselicking because they think she'll win.

The establishment choice, in other words. Not that you'd expect anything else.

We're on US time now as we begin our assimilation into Airstrip One

Luton voted to leave by quite a large margin. Well done, them. I know it's potentially just a few jobs atm but I find it difficult to believe a lot of these sorts of firms won't look to relocate in the long-term. Even if the UK gets a decent post-Brexit EU deal (and assuming they do, what will have been the point?) then, who's to say that deal won't get worse in time? We won't have much influence and we'll also have no veto on any further EU regulation changes.

Nicely put, Herr Parkenstein