Alex

Is Alicante mackem one of the lads who lives ‘in and around Bilbao’?

Still blaming the EU

I particularly like how not one single aspect of the story rings true

If she’s resigned you can guarantee it’s because she’s got wind of there being enough of her constituents asking for her to be recalled to trigger a by-election. Because she hasn’t been seen since the toys came out the pram when her peerage was blocked. She’s a self-serving cunt

And hatstands

Nice one, PL. I even like the shirt

No need for them to apologise, given something they just made up is unlikely to have been reported elsewhere already

Was going to say, as others have, Almiron just isn’t anywhere near the quality needed for a starter for where the club is now, never mind where it wants to be

You’d be fine. I reckon you could easily teach yourself what you’d need to know.

He should bring it up as many times as they all did before the takeover was mooted

Geopolitical expert Keith knows the score

Hang on, not another, scant on details, anecdote where the Mackems once again prevail whilst their Mag foes meekly accept the loss of face? Their club shop should start stocking magic beans

Bit harsh on your lass there

Tbf, that’s how I roll

Or lives (& deaths). Just to really cheer him up

You ever thought about going away for a fortnight?

He actually wrote a few non-sci fi novels that were really good too. I think he stopped at about 4 simply because he couldn’t get anyone to publish them during his lifetime. It was apparently a constant source of disappointment despite his success as a writer

I’ve reported myself btw

It’s s good one. Definitely worth the effort. The rotoscope film adaptation was good too. Although it was never going to be able to match the paranoia of the novel

Or, in my case, both

Ive recently thought about trying to read some of the many Philip K Dick works I never got round to. Despite having read a lot of his stuff there’s even more I haven’t yet. That sort of postmodern exploration of illusory alternative realities, monolithic all-seeing corporations and paranoid, hallucinatory descents into never ending madness might be a bit too much like real life in 2023 though. What a writer though. The mad fucker.

Does he wear the number 5?

Hadn’t thought of that but that makes sense too.

To be fair, it could’ve been a charade that still ended up with his being killed anyway. Just makes the whole thing more plausible. Whilst Putin has shown himself to not be the evil genius he’d like everyone to think he is, that sort of subterfuge isn’t beyond him. Who knows though? Like you say

IPCRESS File is the best film in the series of ‘Palmer’ films (he’s only named in the films, his name isn’t revealed in the books). I think all the films are done by different directors. Billion Dollar Brain is ridiculously outdated / worth a swerve in terms of the novel and film.