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Still suggesting that Reform is this heavily a right wing party. Yet it has gained numerous voters from Labour. Almost entirely down to the immigration issue. Immigration isn't (or shouldn't) be a political issue in terms of left or right. Many of the voters clearly don't see it thar way, yet traditional parties don't grasp it.

Given that only a proportion of seats were available, that would be extremely difficult. The bigger picture shows a huge gain amongst those available. 9 out of 20 in Bolton. If that was to continue next time round, then the country would look very different. In Tameside, every seat available was won by Reform. Rayner's area. Traditionally, a red wall, and one with a lot of Muslims. To overturn that is remarkable.

The expense of keeping them! Ireland, as a civilised nation, I would imagine would also lock the said twat up. I would guess that victims' families would be more concerned about the possibility of someone being deported to a nation that wouldn't lock the guilty individual up. As I said, if you let the families have input, then maybe that would be a solution.

Always been the case. The "barometer" effect is more interesting than the actual results. People rarely vote according to who they think would be the best councillor, but along party lines. Not usually a great deal of info available on prospective candidates neither.

Mental.

Saw one fella (YouTube iirc) who reckons we all use deck boards the wrong way up. Must say, I'm inclined to agree with him. The grooves fill with shit, and hold rain water. Flat surface makes it run off quicker.

Sounds good. Media still seem unsure as to when, and who will put their head above the parapet and try to oust the dalek. Seems our Ange may be in trouble over her antics at that school (and the school itself) which could seriously blow up in her face if complaints are made. That might finish her off.

Iirc, you live in a drier part of the country. My deck was similar- well raised off the ground. Painted it regularly, used joist hangers etc. Can't get the paint everywhere unfortunately, and that's perhaps where the rot started. Can't remember precisely, but it started going after around 12 years, and didn't last much longer. Disappointed in the end. Keeping it clean is a nightmare too.

Hope so. As for city- I felt beforehand that it would be a bit of a struggle at Everton. Started fairly well, but missed chances (sounds familiar) and once they'd scored and half time came it was as if they were on the beach. That centre half pairing looked well dodgy too.

Wonder how many folk have had a holiday booked, thinking the season will be over? Good time of year, before kids break up.

Aye. Sat in the home end at Bramhall Lane once. Met an old uni mate who was a blades fan. We lost, he was weirder than he was at uni, and the overall experience was cack. Drive home was the best bit of the day.

This is an interesting point. In one view, yes lock them up then deport. In another, why go to all that expense? Send them back immediately, having taken all their biometric data. If their country doesn't lock them up that would be a shame, but you'd imagine repeating the offense may see them punished. If their country lops of their head, then tough. A difficult conundrum for sure. Maybe let the victim's family have some input.

Yep. Or spray off the lot. Then break up the soil and level out. We've applied quite a bit of top dressing to F.D's lawn to help even out the scrapes, though re-starting is clearly going to be yield a more accurate end point.

😀 Did occur to me- the obvious end point. Nevertheless, we all know that they won't win everything, and it may be a clever ploy. Poorer, former industrial towns, and traditional red wall areas, have tended to be areas where more migrants have been housed. The lure of some extra cash. The Green and Reform parties are vying for these traditional votes. It could backfire of course, with a "fuck you" response. We'll see soon enough.

Hard surfaces are flags, block, brick, tarmac, resin bonds. Even gravel, though more weeds can grow. When using an MOT base; if it only for pedestrian traffic, then the amount/quality isn't as key. We've gradually been doing some patchwork in the garden and used recycled stuff from Easy Lawn. Has some crap in it, like pieces of plastic and wood, but they're small in number and easy to pick out. If a supplier of such material is local to your pitch, then it would save you money. Failing that, use a cheap rock one. A good base will ensure your top flags remain steady.

There is a rape every 58 minutes in London. A sexual assault every 19 minutes. Harrasement/stalking more frequently still. Welcome to England.

Each to their own, but I'd never have another decking. Plastic/composite one maybe, but that is very, very expensive. A lot of maintenance required, not easy to properly clean and reseal or paint. Get slippery, and still rots eventually. Wood is still expensive too. Hard surface for me. Remove top soil, cheap recycled MOT, and topped off with required surface.

Absolutely. Evatt ball for much of the second half. Atrocious attitude for a team needing to win so much.

Asked for and got by City in the second half. Paraded about, without doing anything with it. Some of the body language was shocking. Their defence resembled ours at times, and they failed to win so many headers from Everton long balls.

Aye, makes sense. That's the mark of a good manager, and one willing to work his way up the ladder. If he can get a tune out of a bashed up fiddle, then he'll likely get a better one with a Stradivarius.

It would help us defensively- he would be willing to track back. It would probably weaken us offensively though.

Don't use membrane. Strim the lot down, consider a selective herbicide, and gradually work it back to grass. Easy to maintain.

It depends upon your interpretation of "multiculturalism". For me, it has failed dramatically. Not as a result of allowing a degree of immigration, but by allowing too much "culture" to be common place. Those cultural aspects that we find abhorrent only came about around the 70s/80s. Very small initially, but accelerated like fuckery since the 90s onwards. Accepting these, or turning a blind eye when they become apparent, just creates separation, polarisation and normalisation of extreme behaviours. Enhancing a nation through cuisine, medicine, history etc is great. Wrecking it through raping kids, extreme racism and a doctrine of domination, amongst others isn't great.

In one. I think that it must be difficult at times for some top players to manage poorer ones, and think "why can't you just do what I want you to?". Managerial skill involves making the best from what you've got, and gradually improving them and/or the squad.

You've sort of undermined you're own argument there. This most certainly isn't a normal home game.