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Probably my favourite painting is Fra Angelico's annunciation in Florence and I try and see it once every couple of years. Also the incredible medieval pieta in the pantaleimon monastery above Skopje, from an unknown artist. I love Ravillious' paintings of the West of England And Nash's of Norfolk, who I think was probably influenced by Ravillious

Like the 2016 team, the late 90s team was seriously underrated in terms of ability. English football fans still seem to struggle to believe international quality players can be found outside the traditionally big clubs, but it was even worse then.

Feels lower than 2008 because of where we've been

our first 1-1 of the season

Foxestalkers willing BDCR to score with their posts is a better tactic than anything Marti has come up with all season

I love the idea of Trump as a "barrier to American imperial hegemony" after threatening to annex Canada and Greenland and help ethnically cleanse Gaza to redevelop it as a new Dubai, all within a few months.

we are comically awful

cheerio

It won't go well for wolves. Vastly overrated manager.

Used to love the old football league show on quest because the presenter and guests really knew a lot about the lower league clubs and players. Now the most in depth analysis you get is a fat guy showing you MK Dons' creche or something at the end of the show.

lmao what?

Having said all that, as someone who's just started bringing up a dual-national child, there are still a lot of things the British state does surprisingly well compared to other countries. But most of our political class seem determined to pander to voters who want to take those things away.

"I can't think of a country in Europe..." I think we should aspire to more than just being a bit better than the US.

So it's correct to say there's a lack of social cohesion, but only if the right people say it in the right way

There have been literal attempted pogroms against foreigners in multiple parts of the UK in the last fifteen ish months. That's before you get to the increasingly diverging politics of the four countries that make up the UK. I can't think of a country in Europe that's more divided, maybe Belgium, Italy and Spain along political lines but I don't recall unrest there on the scale I've seen here since summer 2024.

You'd be interested in hearing some examples of countries with better weather and a more cohesive society than the UK? Is this trolling? Lol

At the very least I'd prefer a government that doesn't try and micromanage my life simply because they've given up on improving my living standards. In that sense there are many many places better than the UK with better weather, work life balance and a more cohesive society too.

Double post

Depends what you want. A lot of people just want a quiet life, to own their own place, to enjoy their free time. I don't think England is a great place to do that any more, maybe not the other countries you mention either.

i think you're looking for 'other twat' in the options above

Once again begging Brits to actually know the geography of their own country

To think that I only stumbled across this site because I wanted to discuss mating habits of the vulpes vulpes

I remember on celeb race around the world her trying to get help from a British guy and his unimpressed girlfriend on a train. I probably would've given her my Internet bank login details and donated a kidney.

he's going to end up our record appearance maker

Surely cov fans have suffered enough