Blarmy

Timely foul from upside down head. 

If we want to blow a 0-3 lead we are going exactly the right way about it. 

Ffs

Errr, no?

I know we’re utter toss, but surely they had players offside when the header went in?

10 hours ago, Guest said:

I'll be interested in this as like you I really enjoyed the Warlord books and couldn't decide whether to then start The Last Kingdom or Sharpe, not got round to either yet. In trying to find out a bit more about the latter series I did see some people recommending doing them in chronological order rather than release, which would mean starting with Tiger - Eagle was his first novel I think and Tiger came out 16 years later, so maybe that time spent honing his craft makes it a more engaging read and entrance point to the series.

I had read about the chronological order idea but didn’t know there was a 16 year gap - would explain a lot as going from Warlord to  Sharpe’s Eagle was a bit jarring 😆.

I think I will try Tiger next.

There’s no need for any predictions. My missus is a blade and this is the first time we’ve played since we’ve been together.

City getting a guaranteed tonking. 

Decided to read the first Sharpe book - Sharpe’s Eagle. Thought it was ok-ish , but there are about 1000 books in the series - anyone have any input on if they are worth pursuing?

I read Cornwells Warlord trilogy back to back and was hoping for similar quality. 

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Classic game. 

 

The only issue is what do people call it?! Loads of different names for it I've heard over the years... 

 

Knockdown run

Knock door run

Knock knock ginger

Cherry knock

Knock dash

Yeah, the humour kind of goes when it’s your next door neighbour and he knows you know it’s him, and you’ve asked him to stop multiple times. 

Kid next door banging on our front door - hard - then legging it. Multiple times. Additional gears ground for doing it when I have food poisoning.

There’s a metaphor I want to use, something to do with decorating, but I can’t quite remember it.

I don’t particularly care what the current definition is, or even why it’s important whether this was a terrorist attack or not. 
 

Is it good news it was/wasn’t? Bad news? It’s all irrelevant. Just words because people feel the need to categorise everything in line with their particular world view. 

On 26/10/2025 at 20:31, Livid said:

Very well acted and watchable, it’s just you know what…killed it for me. 

Did you watch the credits? This question assumes I know what you mean by “you know what…”. I think I do though. 

1 hour ago, AyewJoking said:

will any of todays brands like Tesco, Nike, Samsung, Microsoft, Coca cola etc still be around in 100 years?

They will all merge into one brand, with every other brand, called “The Brand”. Everything will be sold in “The Store”, the only shop in the world. 

Work on having a calm mind as often as possible. Try and find a pastime that helps you achieve this. 

Ugly fvcker so he better be able to play a bit. 

6 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0d0d08jnjo

"Zack Polanski has been elected leader of the Green Party of England and Wales by a landslide, signalling a clear shift to the left for the party.

The London Assembly member beat Green MPs Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns, who were standing on a joint ticket, by 20,411 votes to 3,705.

In his victory speech, Polanski promised to build a "green left" to take on Labour, telling Sir Keir Starmer's party: "We are here to replace you." "

 

Will be interesting to see how this plays out in the coming months - and potentially through to the next election. I'd welcome the environment and social inequality rising up the political agenda, if they achieve that.....but I'm dubious that they'll win widespread support for a populist Green/Left agenda or that this is the way to go about it.

 

It will doubtless be very popular with Green Party members (as the landslide vote suggests) and will probably attract more active support from others who already share their views. I can imagine it boosting party membership....but it could risk damaging both the Greens and the Left/Centre-Left electorally, as it'll be largely preaching to the converted. Imaginative populist campaigning could win over some metropolitan Lab/LD voters who are disgruntled with the Govt. But they'll lose support among environmentally-minded small-C conservative moderates - and won't attract much support from Red Wall/working-class Lab or Reform-minded voters. 

 

For a start, the Greens & the Corbyn-Sultana crew will surely have to form some sort of alliance or non-aggression pact? Because otherwise they'll be largely fishing for votes in the same pool - and damaging one another - unless one or other quickly comes to dominate the Left/radical Green vote?

 

There are too many unpredictable variables to seriously start predicting the outcome of the 2029 election. But, unless the Govt has the sense to introduce electoral reform (unlikely) or the state of the nation becomes even more volatile than it already is, I can't see either the new eco-populist Greens or the Corbyn crew winning more than perhaps a dozen seats under FPTP. But they certainly could win enough support to split the centre-left vote - and potentially pave the way to a Farage Govt, if Reform wins most of the right-wing vote plus support from voters alienated with all the trad parties. Maybe not. I'd like to think that a lot of people who might express a protest vote in local elections or to pollsters will think more seriously about who they want in power at a general election - and I'd expect a lot of anti-Reform tactical voting. Or Reform might discredit themselves while running local councils or during the election campaign. Or the Tories might bounce back under new leadership (Badenoch will be gone in months, surely?)

 

Even so, a scenario is quite feasible where a Green/Corbyn alliance of some sort wins 15% of the vote in 2029 - enough only to win a dozen seats in areas dominated by young / left / Green-minded folk (Brighton, Bristol, parts of London, a few university towns), but enough to hand a large number of marginal Lab & LD seats to Reform and/or a rejuvenated Jenrick-led populist Tory party.

 

The following 2029 FPTP general election scenario in England (ignoring Scotland & Wales as too complex) could be imagined:

Reform 28%, Lab 24%, Con 15%, LD 15%, Green/Corbyn Alliance 15%.....giving Farage an overall majority on 28%, despite centre-left/Left parties taking 54% of the vote.

 

 

“By a landslide” 🤣

A shiter 0-1 win thoust shall never witness.

All of my most recent pints - 25 or so - have been Mythos. 

Thought that was awesome.

My LG TV insisting on turning on “Ultra HD Deep Colour” repeatedly. It looks crap, I have to dig out the otherwise unused remote every time and I don’t want an inanimate object I exchanged money for dictating to me. 🤬

2 hours ago, the fox said:

 

You can add honey to the water, it still wont matter if you can't protect the cup. What good is a fertile land if the people are not benefitting from it?

 

It's the land's purpose to sustain us not the other way around which I suspect is where we differ. I prioritise our race over the environment and me advocating for environmentally friendly policies (like I did here many time) is mainly for the good of the humans race, not the environment (it is good they go hand in hand). I will advocate for a gradual transition from fossil fuel to clean energy as long as it's done in a manner that will not cripple the economy (which I do).

 

I despise the dealings of the people heading the military industrial complex but that doesn’t mean I don't see the neccesity of military spending. I loath big farma but that doesn’t mean I become anti-medicine. 

 

Is there a powerful country with a weak military? No. Is there a powerful country with bad environmental policies? Yes. And you know what the saddest thing about that? Countries obtain power so they can usurp the riches of the weaker Countries and hinder environmental policies. 

 

It's not a vacuum. We have to account for human nature and the deep-seated hunger of some people who would do anything for more money/power/influence and care less for what others will face.

 

Like the example I gave for Libya, you can not have something that you can not protect.

Interesting take.I personally view the human race as a virus.

Oh no, does this mean we can’t spend £ 1.8m in January any more?

Gladiator 2. Apart from the domesticated rhinos, sharks and alien baboons I thought it was pretty good. 

38 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

If Pearsons health permits and he fancies an office job, I know just the role for him…

Head of Press Relations?