Sweep

Maybe only your 11th marathon, but it's easily the 50th occasion that you've been surrounded by thousands of sweaty, barely dressed men, all panting and grunting for hours on end

@Cheesewill be along shortly, telling you that you ouight to be ashamed of yourself for not spotting that it's AI

It's got to be AI, looking at the hands, I suspect it is.

Iain falls into both categories.

Which is an amazing effort, not many have done that Edit: Just checked, only around 22,000 people have done all 6

I love them Union Jack shoes

They won't be up and about yet, as most of them are unemployed dossers/scum

I might wander down on Sunday and try and do me some @Big Espotting

Sadly, the US is too big just to completely ignore. It's a nice sentiment, but you would need everybody to do it, and that simply won't happen, it would simply damage too many businesses. As every day goes by, we just have to hope that somebody (even a CIA inside job) ensures that he's assassinated. The sooner that happens, the sooner the world becomes a better place

Which, as far as is being reported so far, he can't do. Not that will stop him flapping his gums with yet another totally idle threat

This will get some the Trump supporting gammons in a bit of a spin - they'll probably side with Trump though. They're happy for him to fuck kids, so I'm sure they won't give a monkeys about some inbreds and sheep down in the Atlantic

It'll be lovely, with a bit of cheddar on it

Ecuador @125/1, lump on for a bit of each way action

Trump says Israel should take their spot

He got some Arsenal tickets once though

I've never noticed a problem on a Sunday with Vodaphone to be honest

Ridiculous really isn't it, this scheme is a waste of time and money, as was the Rwanda scheme (was that £700M for 4 people?) - no scheme will ever work, they'll just keep coming, and the number will continue to increase, no matter who is in power They only stop coming, if/when we don't make it an attractive proposition to be here

I was reading earlier, it's looking likely that Trump will sign a deal, with regards to Uranium enrichment, that will be pretty much identical to the Obama deal (2015) that he tore up when first in office in 2018. He did of course call the Obama deal "one of the worst deals ever made" Iran whilst they've had the fuck bombed out of them, have still managed to mug Trump off. So, thus far, he's started a pointless war that has made everything economically far worse for the rest of the world. Iran still controls the Straits. The same regime is still in charge, different personnel, but still the same regime. he's destroyed their entire military capability, but they can still shoot down planes and seize ships. Russia have benefitted from a relaxation of sanctions and increased oil pricing. Still, on the plus side, he's made a fortune manipulating the markets (allegedly) Whaddaguy

correct, these days, you get arrested and thrown in jail, if you say you're English

I've always wondered what sort of person actually wants to work on a town council, I don't think it really pays very much. I guess if you want to move into proper politics, and become and MP, it's a good grounding, but other than that, I'd imagine sitting in meetings and talking about the merits of either planting some new bulbs v painting a new pedestrian crossing must be pretty grim. Although, I'm not remotely community minded, I suppose those who are may find it interesting/rewarding

He's put himself in a tricky position, as he's threatened to completely take out their infrastructure (power stations and bridges).......but realistically, he knows he can't do that (and he won't), and I suspect Iran know he won't do it either. We now have some weird standoff, where Iran is blockading the Straits, and the US are blockading the Iranian ports. At some point something will have to give.

I guess you're right, of course, because it's Reform, the ones that aren't being run well are always highlighted in the press, as a way of attempting to discredit them I agree, local councils would probably be much better, if they weren't run on political grounds - I don't know, or indeed care, who runs my local council, I've never voted in local elections, and we don't even have local elections here this May, for some reason

I agree, nobody gives a fuck about them usually - but the narrative/hype around these is very different - and Reform and Greens will make huge noise about taking over councils As @Traf says, too much success could be to their detriment, if they make a pigs ear of running these councils, as we all know Reform are, at present

Agree with all that - we can all see it coming, but I suspect a real good hiding to be doled out to both the main two.....who shortly may no longer be referred to as the "main two" - which I'm not sure anybody envisaged 5 years or so ago.

As it should be, hence her and that buffoon Anderson were turfed out. They're both a pair of dicks, who were just showboating.