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Also, wasn't Mike Lynch a bit disappointing tonight? He didn't mention any of the killer lines he's being doing on shitty breakfast shows on QT. No mention of ticket prices rising in line with RPI for 10 years and wages falling in real terms since then. No mention of the 500 million profit line. Also missed the chance to shut down the people saying "You need to modernise, why cant someone working at Paddington go and work at Euston?" - Cos its a fucking set of franchises you daft twat, or as the worker rightly said "It's life doing work for Sainsburys and then going into Asda and doing it for them" its separate companies 😕

Now don't be like that. you know the point in voting for anyone other than Tory, strategically - don't let them win just by dissapointment that the other parties are not doing what you want either. Never forget that there's no other party who's core belief is that public services should not exist , unless absolutely necessary and who have stolen from everyone but the elite . No other party is increasing that behaviour, every choice is a reduction.

I reckon he won't , not immediately anyway - from my perspective, Howe has always made people fight their way into the team , if the previous first choice is fit. Look at how long he took to be "kind to Lascelles" and Longstaff playing over Bruno etc. I'm absolutely delighted that my wet dream of bringing in fringe and established England players is coming true, we've definitely asked after a few now.

I'm quite nervous about this tbh. If this revolt carries on all Summer, I can see Boris escalating Ukraine and causing the elephant in the room to happen. I honestly believe he'd put our 60,000 troops (or is it 50,000) to war to save his career and doom us all. Ok, where's my weed ? :D

I love the gulp at 0.33 - mint. How long until Lynch is arrested under our new state rules for , I don't know - sexual misconduct or fraud? I bet someone in government has considered assassination even.

I think you underestimate Eddie Howe's motivational ability. He got Shelvey to run - imagine what he'll do with someone athletic with a heart condition. (Btw, does anyone have a link to the video of shelvey puking outside his Land Rover after the beep test day? - no one believes it happened and I cant find a link , perhaps I was tripping?)

Ok, tactfully now.. Eriksen is a good player - but aren't we forgetting something? We are newcastle united. If we sign eriksen it is nailed on he will die within the first 4 games, or have a massive heart attack that renders him in a coma for a decade... That is the Newcastle way.

No I've a front row seat, I don't sit with the plebs at the back. Seriously tho, i was gutted as I chucked my season ticket the year before last in protest - then couldn't buy it back - my mates sit at the gallowgate behind the goal and I have to walk over every half time now. But, the atmosphere improved massively once Bruce went , it was a definite catalyst and I don't regret the move now - but yes, some guy on the front row next to me complained about me leaning forward at corners and actually pushed me back with his forearm at one point - he learn't not to, and thankfully wasn't a season ticket holder! I wasn't looking forward to a year of that every bloody game! I love being able to directly shout at the lino and players tho, so I'll stick in my leaky roof / sun in your eyes seat .

I was testing daily from the start as I was directly involved and no long term immunity seems to be proven? One thing that was interesting for me, was a doctor I know who worked in the Red Zone since day 0 and right through until the end of last year they wore rubbish PPE at times like the apron and the crap consumer masks. Then they went out for a pizza as a rare outing and bang, both positive and quite poorly too. He said it kind of proved to him that the crappy fabric masks did work at some level , as he used to be really concerned they didnt get N95 / FFP3 masks but in the end, it looks like 2 layer worked, in his case. It's a weird thing, where many people I know have had it at least once, some 3 times - and then there's us with nothing and seriously, after the 2nd vaccine I became brazen to "Test the vaccine" as I was testing daily using masks and not mixing with vulnerables - but going "out out" to mass indoor events. And yep Renton - I have had similar experiences where I'm convinced its covid and I've been negative PCR / LFT.

Don't worry lads I can periscope from the East stand touchline for you all, plebs. As long as you don't complain about me calling the Linesman "What's the point in you" for 70 minutes of the 90

I have CPTSD lets not have a "mental health" off eh? Seriously though, I'll leave it be.

I never asked you what you did for a living. so there you go again putting words in my mouth. Jaysus. I asked what you were doing when you say people are doing nothing about the issues, or that protest, rally etc is pointless.. Not what you do for a living. I'm not calling you out either. and whos being judging when you get all preachy about "trying not to engage with me" to deal with how terribly judgy I'm being, I'm responding to your posts and comments. Wow. just wow. I'll leave it there.

or adhesion / torsion , helicopters and penile rifling.

I'd totally forgot about that sugar cube.. Why don't they do it now, is it in an injection or something, or (hope not) did we decide it wasn't needed anymore as we'd eradicated it?

Writing "Does this better equip you to judge me?" is perfect British passive aggressiveness. Apologies if you feel judged making political debate and strong statements on an internet forum , with no body lanugage, tone of voice or facial expressions- it's going to happen. But I couldn't have put any more softening or caveats on that at all. You are being overly defensive in my opinion and its a common theme, one which I apologised for in the past - perhaps wrongly, as there's little venom in anything I've written this past 24 hours. How else can we respond or debate if every challenge is rebutted with "people are idiots" and statements like "do what you want". "you are just a human on the internet with a view" lovely thanks, here I was thinking that Toontastic was a community I've enjoyed being connected with , with common interests and good will. (except the dark Cayman Islands watch selling days you bunch of cnuts ) Now who's being passive aggressive ...

Just like the last time we debated, I'm not making assumptions, I was asking and what else can I do? Not asking is judging.

Ironically, one of the few people I know for sure voted Brexit, caught Polio in Blackpool beach seawater in the 60's or 70s. Back when we didnt have these safety regulations that the EU imposed on us.

Holy fuck I'm sorry to hear that mate , and apologies for the trigger. I don't know whether to speak more or less about it - but it's one of the many untold horrors of how the UK dealt with this pandemic. (and in some cases continues to).

A theme from the other thread. I'm interested to know what you are doing , I'm not going to assume that it's "nothing". But we've discussed that rallies, charitable donations, protest are no good on a systemic level and , in this thread That voting for a party other than Tory might not be done if they don't match your specific personal needs. That for me, is the definition of being cowed - and (capital I ) I am not cowed. Doing something is always better than not (voting, protesting, writing to your MP etc). If everyone who gave a shit really did write to their MP , given that they are legally obliged to answer - we'd fuck them completely. If 10% go to London we could burn them out (I'm not suggesting that, but its a fact) the police force and public services are stripped so hard they could not stop 2 million people, let alone 6. It's easy to shrug shoulders, have strong opinions but be apathetic, its harder to be the change you want to see. I know i keep playing the bleeding heart liberal, but I have made the changes I want to see at pretty huge personal cost, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Why? Because of my own personal motives , it has to be said - but I'd like to think without the childhood abuse and CPTSD I'd still act rather than sit and complain. I've been homeless, I've been a soldier, I've had some terrible times as a youngster in a very well to do town - and I've learnt that people are people, no matter what their background is - and there are good and bad in all. No one treated me better in my whole life than the homeless community who guided and protected me at 15 years old when I lived in a shopping centre in Leeds. (put violin away The army and its training to look after each other, use the buddy buddy system - that's where my influence come from and its the same message, don't prejudge and look after each other - gratitude , trust and belonging are some of the most important things above basic needs of food and shelter and it breeds positivity. This government stands for the absolute opposite - its bullingdon club, victorian class system thinking and we need to fight the ENEMY, not each other. I'm feeling a build guilty now even writing this - as I feel that it may seem like a personal attack and its not , its a response to my own triggers on disguised apathy and if I've got it all wrong, apologies.

The covid pandemic, it happened to thousands of disabled people , and some of them not so disabled. I'll find a link later if you're interested.

Wow its took some catching up today on this, Im supposed to be working man! As I've said before (but maybe not to you) I am not a voter of any particular party. I usually vote Lib Dem, Green or Labour - I vote (perhaps stupidly) on manifestos. Ok. to my point I've never seen Starmer "Lose" an argument in PMQ's he absolutely rinses Boris every time - but you don't see it in the papers , only occasionally on BBC and often on C4. thats because they have control of the media and are oppressing those that dont. If Starmer was going to win this battle by winning arguments he'd have done so by now - but unfortunately , the power that the lobbyists, business leaders and Conservatives have now is very challenging to beat. I don't actually know how you can. Boris Johnsons government should have been dead and buried once Starmer brought up the contract tracing app , lack of PPE due to preferential contracts and ignoring companies without links to the Tories - and especially the lockdown breaches by Number 10. Winning arguments and reason dont seem to work when the media is 70% on the enemies side and much much more effective than it was 10 years ago.

And good on her, it took me YEARS to convince my wife to do this. Its the most abused position I've seen. I was on the largest salary I've ever had at one point - and she was working at least 15 hours a week more than me, every Saturday for 4 hours, every sunday nearly all day - all for fuckin league tables etc - and they get paid fuck all really. The "6 week" holiday thing is bollocks too, because its marking, lesson plans and also the fact that you cannot choose your time off , you have to go on holiday to "get away from work" at a higher cost, because kids are off school - so you don't get away from them at all!

I think to be fair, its not peoples fault, its the power of marketing and propaganda that makes out that to think of others before yourself is in some way idiotic or wrong . That we should have everything we want now, as we "deserve it". Thats what 12 years of Conservatives and neoliberalism, during the technical revolution will do. Ipads, facebook, social media etc - they've all pushed this kind of "self" is the most important thing - show off what you have, feel sad if people look to be living more comfortably than you. They've almost won, havent they? That's where my depression kicks in, the power of the influence away from charity, co-operation and compassion. I think this is why I get so upset about us helping Ukraine but turning a blind eye to Syria , Sudan, Mali, Yemen etc etc etc. Things have got so bad with Externalities that we forcefully seem to compartmentalise the true cost . Pair of Jeans for less than a tenner == definate ecological and human abuse - so we "dont think about it". Arguably that can be led to modern uk politics , cant it? The people who are not voting (who in my mind are as bad as those who are voting Tory) , are turning a blind eye to the fact that they can have a high standard of living at the expense of the "underclasses" , the disabled, human beings overseas being bombed and killed with our weaponry , people who have to live at home till 23, zero hour contracts, exploiting Eastern european workers etc.

I'll go clean my boxing glove typewriter hands after this , but fuck me if this isn't the most astute thing I've read in months .. That's it isnt it! But the Conservatives seem able to define and move what "left" means at will.