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Slightly different point but this is one thing that annoys me about my fellow people on the left. We should be ALL over this, it’s classic exploration of vulnerable people for a rich person’s financial gain, but we don’t seem bothered and I fear it’s because they don’t want to be seen to be attack Jonny foreigner (the traffickers).

It’s almost like governing is really difficult. Tax the richest (like they should do imo) we get the “the billionaires will take their money elsewhere”. Raise taxes on businesses, the workers suffer, raise taxes on working people, they obviously suffer too. The same problem underpins it all, that our economy is not making enough money.

The civil service don’t have the resources or time to go after them. They only will once public sentiment becomes loud enough. There are evil people trafficking these people in for profit while they’re exploited under the guise of barbering or cleaning cars. It’s vile.

About ten years ago, a kid got arrested under the terrorism act because he was planning to shoot up and blow up our school. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-27328590.amp Now he eventually got hospitalised under the mental health act indefinitely and had a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. Unfortunately there is a whole new generation of disconnected, lonely young men that may have neurodiverse traits that lead them down a very dangerous path of radicalisation, whether that me extreme Islamist views or far right nazi views, they’re kind of one and the same. I will put it out there that I bet this person in Southport had never stepped foot in a mosque in his life. He will be completely withdrawn from society, and will have spent far too much time on the internet. He may be neurodiverse, show signs of severe mental illness and will have explored and fallen down a terrible rabbit hole, become hate fuelled and have a horribly warped view of the world around him. There’s also the point here that he was charged under the terrorist act because he downloaded al-qaeda material. Me or you could do that tomorrow and with intent to cause violence, you will be charged under the terrorism act whether you have even remotely looked at a qu’ran. The issue here is that we have an increasingly disconnected generation growing up in the country, and the west in general, regardless of ethnicity or religious beliefs. Attacks on Islam are pointless because that’s not the issue here. It is the society we have created that is the issue.

I can’t believe he didn’t score in the famous 5-3 against Bolton

That was before the FA cup win though. I think the Forest debacle in 2022 was the right time.

Two party systems are really, really terrible for democracy. Our parliament FPTP is dreadful as it is but at least we get wider representation in parliament and across local councils. This is a choice between two terrible candidates (one obviously morally worse than the other), and two terrible political parties. Gross. The biggest delusion is democracy.

Problem is ‘I want peace’ is a much better electioneering tagline than ‘we’ll keep arming Ukraine, we’ll keep letting Israel bomb innocent Gaza’s ‘, even if it causes worse long term outcomes.

I do genuinely think a lot of Americans are sick to death of their own hypocritical foreign policy. Even if Trump will make things worse long terms, there are some republicans who are offering a genuinely different foreign policy which isn’t just moral grandstanding over everything.

Harris has been appalling on the campaign trail, she stands for nothing but “I’m not Donald Trump”. Basically what Biden did in 2020 but without the highly regard 50 year political career as back up. She’s obviously the better candidate but so would Danny Devito

Liam Delap must have the best xg to actual goal ratio. Only scores screamers

Think were nailed on for 19th to be honest. Ipswich are better than us and the rest will obviously overtake us.

The teams scored a combined 600+ in the first innings. There was nothing wrong with the pitch. We just got ourselves out playing stupid cricket in the second innings.

*on flat decks 😭😭 Duckett did get a hundred in the last test so my point still stands but I’ve changed my mind on Brook. Kinda shows how ridiculous this series has been though and how fragile this England team actually is. I think I got carried away.

Nope, the ball was doing nothing remarkable. Brook edged an average ball because he can’t play on anything but flat decks. Stokes left a straight one, Smith charged down the wicket to a straight one and missed it. Root got a beauty, the tail gave their wickets away. Just crap.

He doesn’t run the club. He provides the funds and outsources all football related decisions to Rudkin and business to Whelan.

Only Root got a decent ball this morning. The rest have been pathetic giveaways.

bazballing it by the look of it

It’s been nowhere near as bad as some are making out. First half was a solid 7.5/10 and two stupid mistakes have put us on the back foot and chasing a game. It’s going to happen, sadly Forest are a decent team. Dust ourselves down, prep for Ipswich and take points from them.

Think we can see why Cooper has tried to play a pragmatic tight style so far this season. There are too many mistakes within this team, his job is to limit them.

I think this makes me more angry at 22/23 letting these mugs overtake us.

Definitely sprinted straight to the away end. He’s has so many clubs that he’d never celebrate otherwise.

Yes the best manager they’ve had in their last 30 years of miserable existence. Jokes on them.

This is fairly similar to last season except mistakes get punished in the PL,

Remember kids, if you traffick enough heroin, you’ll eventually build a team good enough to finish 10th in the premier league