Alex

Radge by proxy

Didn’t she recently go bankrupt? Presumably because she can no longer fund the lifestyle she seems to think she’s entitled to. Also, I would’ve loved to see her reaction to Ben Stokes getting spoty

Fyp

Minder and The Professionals are on ITV4 or something like that. And they’re awful

It wasn’t LK who said that but another BBC reporter did. Unless she said it after the election. Anyone with any degree of analytical ability knows what she’s like anyway though. Even going back to 2015, Paxman asked Miliband questions he would never have asked Cameron. At the same election looking awkward eating a bacon sandwich was enough for many to consider ‘Red Ed’ unsuitable for leadership so it shouldn’t really come as a surprise that people are easily taken in

It’s Always Sunny.... and Rick and Morty are perfect if you can’t be atsed to watch a full length episode of something btw

Yeah, it’s excellent. The Man in the High Castle is good too

The Sports Personality of the Year, man

Labour had a fucking mare though in terms of the popular vote. In any case, a Greens/LD/Labour pact wouldn’t be a bad thing. Especially considering the alternative

Fortunately not

Had a mint taxi driver who reckoned it was his dream come true yesterday because we had a Geordie manager and captain. Also reckoned Andy Cole and Ruel Fox were moved on because Tino used to sell them coke. Even though neither were at the club at the same time as Asprilla

AV was a terrible option as well, which didn’t help in 2011. In other news, it’s not that long ago lying about your job in a campaign would have lead to serious questions about your future as an MP

He was almost there, just couldn’t quite manage to get those words in the right order

The heartlands were fucking crying for someone like Blair, man

I know I keep going back to it but you can’t help anyone or change anything if you don’t get into power.

It’s really nice and not expensive either. For lunch you get a slice of pizza for less than £3 which is quarter of a 16 inch pizza. Worth ordering ahead of an evening as it gets pretty busy especially on a Friday or Saturday

Slice is the same people who’ve got Pizzeria Italia at four lane ends I think. Well nice

I think him or someone like him was necessary in taking the party away from centrism. Probably where the mistake was in his not leaving post-2017. I also agree about there not being any easy solutions/ alternatives. But Labour didn’t need to win, they just needed to stop those cunts from winning. That was definitely up for grabs with a better leader. Whether the Momentum fanatics would ever have realised that is a different matter of course.

Let’s be honest, the was a problem but that wasn’t his only issue. The lack of vision, the lack of charisma, the lack of intellect, the refusal to play the game and miss open goals by wanting to appear ‘decent’ or ‘moral’ or whatever, his choice of advisers, etc. fucking etc.

I know it’s a chain but Ask Italian in Eldon Square is decent. Also handy for the ground and they do a kid’s menu too.

Oddly if you look at the polls they were the same at the beginning and end of the campaign. So maybe most policies didn’t even matter. Also, if you look at historical surveys, people may align themselves with Labour policies and still not vote for them for a variety of reasons that probably aren’t worth going into at this juncture. What’s clear to me is that two things overwhelmingly dominated the campaigns - Brexit and the leaders. On the former, whatever side you agree with, Johnson was crystal clear on his view and has been for some time. Corbyn came across as a ditherer who didn’t believe in his own policy (I do accept he was dealt a very difficult hand btw). So, when you break it down Johnson trounced Corbyn on both counts. I struggle to get my head round it (even as someone who can’t stand Corbyn for not having the vision to stand down earlier) but there’s no denying it.

I don’t think anyone on here is trying to pin it all on one thing. It’s a counter to the absolute denial in some quarters in the Labour movement that Corbyn wasn’t a huge (probably the biggest) factor.

Can’t help thinking about Kinnock’s ‘I warn you...’ speech

He can be himself now anyway