Alex

They’re being cagey but from what Tindall says he’s been really poorly for a few days which sounds like an illness. Maybe it’s something like flu and he’s overdone it because he’s a workaholic. Hence the concern and hospitalisation. Certainly hope it’s that but it sounds quite serious whatever it is.

He’ll never learn

Aye. When you consider the fixtures that’s probably better than you could’ve reasonably hoped for

Pleased you waited until full time btw

I did as well

Rob Draper is so principled he used to write for Mail and went to Russia in 2016 to report on the World Cup for that paragon of virtue. This was, of course, after Putin’s first incursion into Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. For some reason this, the lack of democracy and the human rights abuses didn’t get mentioned by him at the time or directly afterwards.

It’s more than that. We can’t have anything like the standard of living we have in this country if we cut ourselves off from and boycott goods from places like China. Who are easily equally bad from a human rights pov, whilst presenting much more of an existential threat and having what essentially amounts to ambitions of world wide domination. Their tech was probably made there. The minerals inside it were probably mined using an African workforce who earn next to fuck all and shorten their lifespan considerably doing so. So I guess any sensible person realises we live in a global economy where we are the winners in many ways. And any stance you take about one single thing just makes you a hypocrite about practically everything else when it comes to things like this. But no, we’re supposed to go along with everything else but football club ownership is beyond the pale? And it’s really driven because they’re pissed off it’s NUFC crashing the party. With its fiercely loyal supporters who deserve a patronising pat on the head (but we can’t have them actually winning things!) They built that whole article about one daft cunt who gave it to the man by listening to the cup final on the radio instead of watching it on fucking free to air telly. He really showed them. I hope we keep winning stuff and it keeps boiling their piss. Which it especially will if it’s to the detriment of their beloved chosen ‘big clubs’.

I couldn’t give a fuck what the Guardian thinks about anything but it’s laughable they find NUFC and its fans somehow more accountable than a government/state that has regarded Saudi Arabia as a key ally for decades.

Probably got his views on the subject from a focus group

Coif?

I also like the way that it ridicules him just by looking pretty much exactly like him

I’m an old fart but I think 32 was pushing it. 64 teams in the World Cup though? Fucking hell, man. Absolutely ridiculous

Leazes wanting rid of Anelka before we’d signed him btw

Thanks, lads. You’re a good bunch 👍🏻

They’re a nation with lots of selfish, self important cunts*. There’s a lot a people who voted for Trump because they’re fully onboard cult members. But there’s an awful lot too who simply didn’t give a fuck what he did as long as it didn’t harm them and they paid less taxes. Tough shit * I know that’s a bit rich coming from someone from England btw.

It’s what they voted for. 👍🏻

https://cricverse.substack.com/p/knott-a-bad-cricketer?open=false @spongebob toonpants Lovely piece about Alan Knott on the occasion of his 79th birthday (I seem to recall you saying you were a big fan)

Cheers. It’s about this: https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/cabinet-office-to-cut-headcount-by-1200-over-next-two-years

Cheers, mate.

Sorry Machinery of Government moved that is. Ie moving functions to other departments

Probably about a 1/6 with a similar number going elsewhere in MoG. But that’s obviously still a lot of redundancies

Well I don’t know because like most of their recent announcements they haven’t worked out the details. My role is quite niche so I might be ok. There’s literally me and one other person doing what I do in the whole of the civil service, let alone the department. But at the very least there’s bound to be a lot of people I know who will be. It’s pure politics too imo. Once again trying to appeal to people who would never vote for them whilst alienating people who otherwise would

Lovely atmosphere at work today. Very noble of Pat McFadden to lead from the front too.