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Thanks for that. Just Googled Pears family. Something stinks with them, only founded in 1952 yet 6bn of property. So not old money (as I thought it might be). Dirty money? Either way, stinks of Lizards. Wiki extract below: '6,200 apartments" in Berlin, managed through a series of "letterbox companies".[4] In 2019, a collaboration of investigative journalists in Germany, headed by Correctiv, tracked down the ownership of about 25 companies with property in Berlin to six firms in Luxembourg, who belong to two firms on Cyprus, who belong to two firms on the British Virgin Islands, who the journalists concluded to be controlled by the William Pears Group.[5]'

Central Government always looking for local government savings, yet we have absurd councils within Greater Leicester duplicating services and working against each other. Urban 'city' places such as Oadby, Wigston, South Wigston, Blaby, Thorpe Astley, Glenfield, Anstey, Birstall, Thurmaston, Syston- probs 200k people - have no say in a prosperous Leicester

For those from NW Leicestershire

This absolutely vile specimen is firmly filed under 'although I don't believe in death penalty, I'd gladly see her hang' Link warning.. upsetting animal torture report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-68968718

The only way we dont do that is if we had a 10 point deduction and therefore achieved just 20 regular points in a season. Context, 20 is just a win and a draw more than the absolutely appalling Sheffield United, surely the second worst team ever in the PL after Derby.

At a rough guess I'd suspect Dan Bates reads this site, as part of his job if nothing else. I hope Dan knows that a lot of people felt the comment from Vards was in poor taste and enjoy that he's filming it for us on our behalf, not for himself nor Vards. It's a mini lesson for us all I guess in the old phrase 'never meet your heroes'

I'm.sure he just feels a bit sheepish lapping up adulation yet having not.contributed.. I like him. He seems a nice lad and I think he's a very decent asset as a player. Not too drawer but infused properly a really decent player. he's had a year.of his career taken away from.him through no fault of his own.

It wasn't awful..it was fine. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the fact it wasn't perfect. These events are for us to enjoy, not to watch choreography perfection. I kinda love the fact Dennis looked bored shitless. That said, if he was employee of mine he'd have a bollocking and an instruction to wave. He's being paid today to wave and smile, whether he enjoys it is an irrelevance!

I know this is any tradition, but I walked past the bulldozed market today. What a boon it'd be to the city if it was left razed to the ground and created an open piazza instead with the corn exchange as the focal point. Hopefully the new design somehow creates a feeling of openness and space rather than that hideous roof

Itsy a point I made earlier, but I'd love for my constituency to have a local independent candidate to stand with a genuine interest/passion/theme that they were prepared to campaign for in parliament. I will not be voting Tory or Labour. Neither deserves endorsement. They just govern by ChatGPT to garner the odd % point of popularity here and there. Government shouldn't be a sport to win, Dave Brailsford style. They should have the decency to lay out a format they believe in and let the public say yes or no.

I know what you mean but wouldn't it be nice to actually have a political elite that actually had a mix of charisma, leadership qualities and a political vision with integrity? Being forced to settle for the mundane in the face of no other options isn't particularly appealing

I guess you mean political spectrum? You are probably right, except nobody really knows what Starmer stands for apart from his fanatical anti anti semitism. If you mean a Blair comparison in terms of status, charisma and missionary zeal, Starmer isn't even 0.1% of Blair

Anyone going down to Lord's for this? Still might yet be a sporting declaration depending on how today pans out

Fair points however, it's likely part of his inconsistency was his lack of game time. The one time he had an extended run, he was electric and very very difficult to defend against As for Enzo, Kels has credit in the bank. Enzo not. He was handed every possible advantage a manager could ever wish for. Money, squad strength, squad depth, weak opposition....and yet still lost a quarter of his games. The manager hasn't got goodwill from me that Kels has, who's done it at the top level

Laying into a player that's given us probs 50% of his entire career. Maybe he turned down a contract as he doesn't like playing just 10 mins cameos every 7 or 8 games? Maybe after 7 years he just fancies a new challenge. He's been underused. His best role is as second striker, which has fallen out of fashion. His weight of pass in that role is sublime; three examples off the top of my head Leeds away last season as someone else pointed out The KDH, Winks goal at wba this season Sending Barnes thro at Eindhoven.. He's done that countless.times in addition to his goals. And some of his goals have been gorgeous. That spurs away at wembley was one of the best long range shots I've ever seen. That little delayed finish away at Brighton. His goals away at Villa in the league and league cup. Delicious. I'll miss him. And wish him well. Hope he gets a great move.

It's a discussion for another day rather than a celebration day,.but I think it might be best for both parties if we part ways. He leaves on a.high and held in high esteem.. reputation intact. Kinda a folk hero in future years. We need a totally different tactical approach for next season. Today our midfield fell into basic traps and was bullied. This is gonna be X10 next season. Opponents will be able to both press high AND set traps in midfield to turn us over in the middle.

Absolutely zero chance the lib dems will have enough seats to play a significant part in forming a coalition. I too though think the election is not a.foregone conclusion. Labour are absolutely woeful. They are winning votes.in the absence of any other option. There is evidence maybe in the Tees mayoral.election that the public are prepared to gather around genuine local issue MPs who genuinely has the constituency interests at heart. I'd love to see parliament shaken up with 100+ independent/green/Galloway/Alba ....and even Reform type characters plus renegade labour/tories like a Corbyn or Rory Stewart standing as independent Tory/labour candidates.

Agree. They literally have no purpose in today's society. A relic. I guess from the days people used to meet at market for trading. Be fascinating if we could get some academics in with a theory of a modern landscape and give them free reign

It rings a bell with me too that the council bought it. But yup, ING is stated. Marks and Sparks actually own the gallowtree gate building for them. As did Fenwick's, owning their gaff. Comes to something that they still were failing businesses with no rent to pay. I dunno what a radical rethink is, but it needs one. Leicester isn't unique. It's probably just the biggest of the worst of retail urban calamities in the UK. There's so many things that conspire against the city; the appalling train connections meaning that punters from nearby Northampton, Rugby, Cov and even Coalville FFS can't get here for a shop or evening out. The crimes of that town planner's inner ring road. The rapid immigration in the 70s and the turbo charging since Brexit. Parts of it has helped but the speed of it and cultural alienation (ie boozing and shopping) of City centre traditions has fcked the city centre over big time I'm convinced the City centre could find a niche, you'd think someone somewhere with imagination would fancy it as a social experiment.

I say this every single season. I detest all blue. Cue.boneheads now replying that we always win in all blue.

I'm sure it's out there, but who the fck owns all the city centre real estate? Not just here, but any old town or city centre? Must be some kind of lizard thing. Duke of Devonshire/Marlborough/Duchy of Cornwall thing. I'd love to nationalise these fcking properties and have some kind of a municipal, co-operative run centre Edit; answering my own question, ING Bank owns the Haymarket. So, yep, Dutch Heineken family lizards. Would be interesting to see who owns the buildings on the woeful gallowtree gate. Google search starts now

Yet, I know colleagues from North Derbyshire and Coventry who come over to fosse park as if it is some kind of destination experience. The myth far far outweighs the reality

I suspect m&s just took the view Leicester punters can go to Fosse Park. That said, so can Cov people

Interesting and defiant words from a guy who's MD of Lumbers in town. Criticising marks and sparks for looking tired (it did), criticism for punters bemoaning the loss of Fenwick despite not shopping there for years (true) and laying into the perception of easy access at fosse park as opposed to the reality of traffic chaos (also true) We need some businesses to champion town, champion the fact there's independents there (as opposed to the soul destroying corporate monsters at fosse park) and someone to help the amount of scum wandering the streets (I paraphrase that part tbf)

And BHS