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I don't think anyone other than those that work in the neoliberalist billionaires interest can do any differently. I think the whole "polling higher" statement kind of re-enforces my belief though, that poll means nothing - who ran it and who took part? Very very few people in either my locality, people who sit near me at the match , or my family would go anywhere near reform . I've genuinely only met 2 people who were pro reform and they will be probably dead by the time the next election comes around. The over 60's are a real problem, because their education standards as a demographic are so low , they could leave school at 13 and have a job for almost life. My personal view is it is a bigger problem that people aren't actually going out to vote. If they are dissatisfied they should go in and spoil the ballot, because that is recorded and doesnt show as "voter apathy" but a real belief in no choice. I'd love to see us do what Australia does and make voting compulsory Compulsory voting in Australia - Australian Electoral Commission It doesn't matter which politician you put in imo , it's fooked - if you dont react to it, you get destroyed by public opinion that is (for the masses) controlled by the ultra wealthy. I'm not saying theres a secret society like the Illuminati - I'm saying there are 4 or 5 individuals who have too much wealth and unbridled power to push their narrative and views - if you threaten them, they will attempt to destroy you. Just like Boris was really bad at hiding corruption, Musk is equally as bad at hiding his influence and control and his broadcast to UK citizens that they were at risk of physical harm unless they took the fight to "the enemy" is a prime example. But we can do nothing about it - Musk clearly made a hate crime speech, the same way Bin laden's Islamic State did back in the day. But we can do absolutely nothing. We need radical change to try and get control back imo. Right now, the papers are political tools owned by the elite and the general public are not well educated , we went through a good spike in the 80s when education levels went high, but now its been underfunded and neglected all over again and thats what Conservative politicians want - they dont want to share , or empower the lower classes, they want to continue to exploit and milk them. If you have uneducated populace, then they are easy to manipulate via social media and the papers and that is what is happening. Some things I saw done in "better democracies" overseas whilst living there were: 1- Illegal to advertise your party for 6 weeks up to elections 2 - the only thing you can fund for is a manifesto delivery to your electorate 3 - Private individuals cannot donate to political parties without two way anonymity (the party and the general public cannot know who funded the party) 4 - All policy and change has to be published in the national gazette and given time to be objected to or voted for by the general public (Direct deomcracy, used in Sweden) 5 - Standard of living is the metric to be judged by, taken by national census NOT GDP. (New Zealand) Right now, I dont think the world is going to shit - I think its being made to look that way and being pushed that way by all the kind of people that read Rees-Mogg's "The Sovereign Individual" - So Zuckerberg, Musk, Bezos etc - Meta controls the narrative now and is built to divide and distract whilst (for one example from the book) they buy islands and areas that they can effectively hold private security forces on and be above any regulation or influence by the people or any government. People are still inherently good and well meaning. Some class things that Facebook did in particular , before and after Clegg quit: 1. Ran a psychological experiment in the 2010's without consent of its users to see if they could influence mood and then push on to literally control it - "can we make person X think Y , or their emotions be "X"" - they literally did this, possibly killing people who were suffering from mental illness: Facebook Manipulated 689,003 Users' Emotions For Science 2. Liaised with the Nudge Unit in the UK / Behavioural insights to "push public opinion to make more healthy decisions" .... good intentions to start... definately used now to push the "look over there" narratives of mass immigration etc. 3. Got rid of fact checking to basically turbo charge the ability to nudge public opinion 4. Got rid of fact checking to allow AI generated deep fakes to show anyone they like to be doing anything they want them to be seen doing. <end rant> Insert "all my own opinion , not trying to present as fact - disclaimer"

bit late to the party on this one - but their money is already in Monaco, jersey and the Cayman Islands. It doesn't really matter where they are in person, unless they have a moral conscience and want to put legacy back into the country (and there are many millionaires who still do this - Top 100 philanthropists in the UK - The Sunday Times Giving List 2022 - Powerbase ) - otherwise its just symbolic and a way for them to try and push politics away from taxing them anywhere near what they paid before Thatcher / Reagan and neoliberalism. Right now, its my opinion that Dyson can pay 156 million in tax - publish in the papers that is what he paid and say he's a top payer and needed - without disclosing the fact that that 156 million was on 1.1 billion of personal income that year after winning on the NVIDIA stock and AI boom. That's paying 15% tax - much much less than anyone pays on PAYE and NI , and also remember that this is essentially "voluntary" from him, he could have put it through offshore accounts. But it helps him save face and avoid scrutiny on his decisions and tax payments post Brexit (he moved his operations to Singapore , leaving the UK "HQ" as a symbolic hq only) That's the problem imo - it's leaking money out of the economy that doesn't come back or if it does its locked in assets that don't change hands. It's a real mess , admittedly it was decades ago that I studied economics, but one of the key things that the economists took as fact was that money put into the economy ended up generating more as it went around the system from earner to spends, to earn etc. if you are leaking your currency overseas into locked assets or hidden shells / banks and creating more of it at the same time , you are just destroying any value it had. We are doing the opposite of Keynesian theory now - we are effectively having billionaires taking money out of the economy and the government borrowing to put it back into the economy, only for it to be leaked overseas again. my 2 cents and needs independent verification

I dont get it??

Aye! I'll be singing "the champions" really badly, hopefully pissed before kick off Should be a cracker

Sorry that's my fault I deleted a thread ;/

@PaddockLad if youve got over your hangover and fancy a meet after the match let us know. My mate in the ballot fucked his back so I ended up coming down on me todd. Que piss take replies.

On the train now after getting a call from the club on Thursday morning asking if I can go. A real ballot winner has backed out. (So there's always a chance!) First ballot I've gone for, season ticket but no loyalty points. Buzzing, but no booze in our section 😕 Murphy first goal!

Depressing.. Fucking Telegraph tho - rag. A record breaking 2 or 3 years and he writs headlines like that.

2/5 see me.

Gout.. Lovely.

Seriously, this puts the fear of fucking god into me. I've just bought my (final?) house and feeling content that I've met my aims and can calm the fuck down now and work for a lifestyle rather than live for work and then there's going to be a fuckin global war or some shit. This will do to the US international reputation, what Boris did to the UK. OR Everyone will shit themselves and not want to poke the monkey. I'm hoping for the second so I can enjoy my end days sinking pints and pies and watching us win the champions league

So, This year, I've been mostly wondering why , when sat on the throne pushing out a curler , my piss is now deflecting off the underside of the toilet seat and either: 1. Running down the toilet itself and making an unsightly pool on the floor or 2. disaster - wetting the back of my trousers - thankfully when at home. Anyone else? Pre-empting any helpful questions: 1. No , it's definitely a new thing on the same toilets 2. I dont think it's changed - it was normal weather too , the only thing thats changed is the depth of hang of the balls - they are definitely half inching closer to the floor every 2- 3 years. 3. I am about 10kg heavier than this time 3 years ago. (94kg, 5ft 11)

That's not the only fine dining in Heaton , though the other one I found a bit wanky - NEST on chillingham road. Never been to My Delhi - how was it? I know I'm late to the show - but in case someone searches. I'm getting fatter year on year and here's my top £££'s ones: House of Tides (taster menu) -swing bridge Peace and Loaf (taster menu some nights "normal menus on others") - jesmond Rio (cheaper but still expensive, if you booze) - jesmond one has marginally better food imo because its busier so you get more choice - but the quayside one is proper lush too. Cafe Andaluz (town) - cheaper on theatre nights, they dont ask to see tickets if you take the pre-theatre option. ££'s Lezzet (Benfield Road / Four Lane Ends) Broad Chare (really nice , pub food with a posh edge) £'s Nudo Noodle House near pink lane (not the chain) Great sushi and oriental food at a great price They are my go to places the £££'s ones are really top imo.

A lot of money for someone with little game time last year and an ACL injury. Is the curse of NUFC (injuries to new players) finally behind us - I think this signing will tell!!

FTFY

Just hearing that in Norwich conservative office, they had a delivery of 20,000+ pamphlets on Monday, saying that people do not need ID to vote this year and have distributed all of them since. Tory HQ saying its a terrible mistake. Found this link : Norwich Conservative leaflet says voter ID not needed | Norwich Evening News (eveningnews24.co.uk)

I sat there for the Women's game this weekend, they are pretty good seats. nice clear view and enough elevation to see the other side's line markings.

I'm assuming you're buying for you and a family member or friend? The way to do this is to both have membership accounts online , then you "link" to them as friends and family - then when one of you gets on you can buy tickets for both members and they can be together at the same time. We had to do this for Wembley and once its done, its done forever. They have to be people you trust though, obvs - or they could nick your allocation for matches with more than 1 ticket allowed per member (cup games)

To be fair, if our lot is anything to go by, only a 12:30 kick off can stop us being full of beer - but I'm thankful for the 2pm as I like to remember the bloody games

Write up on nufc.co.uk now Newcastle United - In pictures: Newcastle United Women score six at St. James' (nufc.co.uk)

Only read a couple of pages here. But for me, this was purely fitness / tiredness and them playing almost exactly the same way we do. I don't think it was a poor performance by us, more as a remarkable one from the opposition (which I suppose is how teams must feel about us!) They were quicker to the ball - Gordon looked slow (and he isn't its just in comparison) and we missed Longstaff imo - once again teaching me a lesson that I don't know anything about team selection. I have questioned his inclusion so many times (same with Willock and murphy) and everytime I do the lads have a screamer. We had glimpses of this against Brentford (I watched that match) where if the team plays to close us down as aggressively as we do, we seem to lose options to release the ball very quickly. For the first half it looked like Brentford had "learnt how to deal" , but then they collapsed in the second, thankfully. From my view Toney should have had 2 goals by half time , not even counting the pen. Last edit - Also, I thought we saw something different from Howe in the Brentford game - he lost patience and made some pretty drastic changes compared to what I've seen before. Wilson and Isak seem to have had a great understanding coached into them already, they were immense in the second half. All that said, we've won away from home in London more than once - these in themselves are points I never would have expected - We'll bounce back at home, no bother.

I'm going with this, as soon as I saw it I thought I'd seen it last year in the season break , he runs up a hill after that bit. He may well be in France now, but that video isn't recent.

Great family day out for anyone with nippers. The atmosphere is "in development" much as the team is , but I was really surprised by the attendance. Amanda and co were in attendance and gave a good presentation at half time. The match had to be delayed by 15 minutes due to the box office still having a queue of hundreds.

You lads read too much twatter. is it ever useful?

Blame Ashley, happened under him, some of my mates are still on 10 year deals though because that bit can't be found either and it's left it a legal quagmire. I chucked mine after Rafa went, then buckled and bought one back , lost everything. Some peoples misfortune is others pure fucking jamminess. 480 quid for a season ticket in a good seat.