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  1. 30 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

     

    Came across Bullock's show when looking for proof that a certain song actually does exist and wasn't just Discogs vandalism, and yes it does. If you want what has to be a bottom 10 song ever recorded, here's The Strawbs' seminal left-wing rabble-rouser "Part of the Union" covered by... Jim Davidson.

     

    Thanks, I think

     

    Incidentally, it pains me to say Darryl Bullock is now making so much money as a best selling author he's packed up his weekly digest of audio shite - because I found loads of left field gems after hearing his show.


  2. 11 hours ago, TQR said:

     

    ...is not proof of what you said, and only involves one shadow cabinet member, not “many” as you said. It is merely a speculative question, based on Reeves' economically cautious nature.

     

    You're really not cut out for political commentary.

     

     

    But a short and lucrative spell on GB News is probably there for the taking!

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  3. 3 minutes ago, Brad252 said:

    We bury him under a car park, "find" him 200 years later and rebury him properly, then the local football club wins the Premier League the following season.

     

     

    Yeah, that works - Workington haven't been higher than the third tier (and that was over 50 years ago), I'm thinking that's a place that needs a future!

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  4. 6 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

     

    Coincidentally, late last month Brandon Williams returned from his loan spell at Ipswich to Manchester United for a "medical assessment" and hasn't played since.

     

     

    Oh aye, the player who at 20 years old was - allegedly - harassing a 15-year-old girl online. 


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    The front row of Popular Conservatives in full - add your own captions before the front page of Private Eye gets in there

     

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    And the report with the ironic twist that Truss, who was the marquee turn at this gig, remains one of the least popular politicians in the country according to pollsters: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68218299

     

    Politico poll of polls currently has Labour 44%/ Conservative Party 24%

     

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  6. 27 minutes ago, Yama said:

     

    What do you mean? Beat Richard III at what, and last king to be buried in which country?

     

    I think I get it, as and when Charles goes we bury him under a car park!

     

    The RingGo! king, a very 21st century monarch

     

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  7. OOOhhh

     

    Trump DOESN'T have presidential immunity when it comes to the alleged incitement preceding storming of the Capital. This'll now go appeal and probably the Supreme Court with the 6-3 majority he helped install. The gist of this being whether what he did actually fell within his presidential duties. Of course, if a president can do anything with impunity Biden could likely send a SWAT team to kill Trump and claim it as part of his presidential duties.

     

     

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68026175

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  8. 1 minute ago, Bibliogryphon said:

     

    Joan Bakewell was on The World at One this lunchtime discussing King Charles cancer diagnosis from the prospective of her own colon cancer diagnosis in 2022

     

    Considering all the interest in Esther Rantzen I am surprised Joan (who sounded a little weak) has not gathered more traction here

     

     

    She's a fookin' tart (arf!)

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  9. Kwarteng's the latest to announce he's gone at the next election. Clearly no by-election but this does smack of their private polling being absolutely dire and the suggestion that once safe seats will topple. Quite a few now optiing to avoid a Portillo moment. In other news the monarchy likely did Liz Truss a favour, gifting her a few days to look prime ministerial around the death of the Queen. So, it's sort of balanced out today with PopCon (Popular Conservatism) having a press launch and josting for media attention with the wave of concern for the King's health.

     

    Oh aye, Kwarteng: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-68214536


  10. Apologies for being a bit tardy with this but in line with every winner since the second title holder Banana has seen fit to ask for a charitable donation - Britiain's biggest organization providing foodbank services is now a few quid better off. 

     

    Who said we were sickos, eh?

     

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  11. 5 minutes ago, arghton said:

    Chad Morgan, according to his website can barely perform anymore due to arthritis (and the other two million ailments he has), had to cancel concerts last year on doctors orders and according to his site a "farewell concert" will be held in April. 

     

     

    For those unfamiliar with the unique legend that is Chad Morgan, it's this guy. Actually older than Willie Nelson, albeit by a few weeks

     

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  12. 15 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    The Daily Mail say it has been caught very early and the prognosis is very good. 

     

     

    They also said there was no alternative to Boris and then a few months later that we had to rally behind Truss. 

     

    I'm believing nowt until Private Eye tell us he's okay!

     

     

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  13. 39 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

    There is no cure for baseless conspiracy theories  combined  with stupid. 

    Apparently the announcement of Charles Cancer is part of a plot to push experimental cancer treatments on the world as part of the new world order!! Lots of stuff like this online. 

     

     

     

    Aye well - loads of conspiracist bloggers and the like get fleeting tabloid mentions when they go in a Darwin Award stylee. Not many citations required on the Wiki page of anti-vaxxers who copped it from Covid

     

    Point being, there may be dead pooling benefits from anyone actually thinking the King's current predicament is more in David Icke's reality than the reality of a 75 year old bloke being caught up by the hand of fate. 

     

    Oh aye, reality check on that Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_of_anti-vaccine_advocates_from_COVID-19

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  14. On 04/02/2024 at 16:14, The Old Crem said:

    Is it just social media making it easier to hear about it or are a lot more people collapsing in the crowd at sporting events. Feels like every few weeks someone dies in the crowd at a football match. 

     

    The first one, I think - not like it's that new. There's a discussion in Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch about an incident in - I think - 1971, the gist of it being a Crystal Palace fan has a fatal heart attack in the street and 15 year old Hornby and his mate push up to the front because they know something's kicking off and want to see it. What follows is thoughtful musing on the sheer stats of the whole thing. First off, they're disappointed that he just died, i.e. he wasn't "done" by "scousers" - the opposition that day - and secondly the grim realiity that the football season is way longer than the close season so the reality is most football fans die not knowing the outcome of the campaign they've most recently invested their time and energy into. If there's statistical significance beyond that I'd make some random guesses. 

     

    Football is stressful (anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't get the stupidity of telling us to "enjoy the game")

     

    There are other things than football impacting the health of football fans - like the tonnage of shite food Britain eats these days. 

     

    At the top end ordinary and young fans are often priced out, so older, fatter and wealthier types squeeze into small seats. And, just guessing, there are more DVT emergencies at games than there were when most fans stood.

     

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  15. On 03/02/2024 at 18:18, Steve said:

    As a Port Vale fan it's definitely time for manager Andy Crosby to go. Head of recruitment David Flitcroft can follow him out of the door also. The way Port Vale is being run at the moment is embarrassing. Owner Carol Shanahan said that the club when promoted via the League 2 play-offs two years ago needed to be "Championship Ready". I question that we are even "National League Ready". Lost 3-0 away at Fleetwood Town today who were sitting bottom of the League 1 table. Vale are now in a relegation dogfight for certain. With hardly any strikers and appalling recruitment in the January transfer window Port Vale are doomed to life in the basement league of the EFL pyramid.

     

     

    Aye, you're currently the yardstick for Carlisle - seven players in during the transfer window but struggling to sort out the chaos on the pitch as we bed in a new line-up and yesterdays 3-2 defeat at Orient flatters us. First goal was a desperate clearance colliding with an oncoming Carlisle body (so we claim it), second goal was right at the death with us already buried and a blatant handball in the box which probably wasn't required given that we hadn't put them under too much pressure. We won't finish bottom because we will make some of the new signings work, but Vale's goal difference is ten better than ours so basically we're 11 points from safety with 16 games left to make up that ground.

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  16. Heard this discussed on the radio news whilst driving with Mrs MPFC. World Rugby is investing in smart mouthguard technology, basically the standard mouthguards have computer chips on board that'll give in the moment data on impacts and other incidents likely to have a bearing on head injuries. The idea is to make the game safer and get away from the early onset dementia and the like. The pair of us were speculating about what happens if the incoming information makes it so obvious that rugby is so unavoidably dangerous that brain damage is near enough guaranteed. The real problem in the union code has come since professionalism. The size of the players, the amount of training and the tonnage of collisions have increased significantly from that point. Human skulls and the rules of the game haven't noticably changed.

     

    https://www.world.rugby/news/875212/world-rugby-integrates-smart-mouthguard-technology-to-the-head-injury-assessment-as-part-of-new-phase-of-global-player-welfare-measures

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