Paninistickers

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

If ever a sign was needed for the city centre to have a radical rethink, this is it. Goodness knows they've had enough warnings. BHS, Fenwick's, Debenhams and Rackhams all down the karsi. The model of city centre high rent and business rates does not work.

Kind of agree. I'm getting on now yet but in 40 odd of my 50 years, they've been out of the top flight. That said, their support base is undoubtedly huge and passionate. Certainly bigger than Chelsea or Man City (new overseas 'fans' excluded) . Maybe same base as Newcastle. And that has to be respected

Patson's been to the dentist bless him with those goggles on

Just seen a couple of pics.on the club account. Hamza defo city's best dressed guy. Stylish dude. His appearances outside court for his DD offence, he looked immaculate too. Judge should've taken that into consideration imo Disappointed to see JJ wearing white trainers with a suit. I know young people do it, but he seems an intelligent lad and he's let himself down there. Ricky needs a tailor...suit jacket at least a size too big. Looks.like his mum has put his brother's on him and said 'it.looks.fine'

Didn't vote. Didn't know you could tbh. But I'd have gone Vesty. KDH obvs is the match winner and star of the team, but Vesty was ridiculously reliable and had the happy ending after a disastrously mismanaged 3 years with us prior

I read it as 25% of current wage (Inc employer's contribution) saved each month for retirement

I've enjoyed a few of the vloggers on YouTube. Benjamin Bloom is very good. That Cov lad and his (hot) sister. Plus the individual match day vlogs are very honest..

Find this a really interesting conundrum. I've posted a few times on here about what I may or may not need as my pension pot is way below yours. Will you need the same quality of life? I suspect my relaxation needs would be less intense if I'm not working and just pottering in the garden all day and walking down to Morrisons for a daily mail. 25% at 35 sounds helluva a lot to me tbh

You know, that game still wrankles with me a bit. I thought it was out of order.

Frog Island is only a whisker away from being redeveloped into a really funky cheaper urban suburb (if that makes sense) New builds are already under away (tho I fear it'll be eaten up all by social housing and the balance for a prosperous area won't be right) ...Some lovely buildings ripe for renovation. Riverside walks. Walkable to both town and abbey park. Just needs a couple of daytime cafes (as opposed to just Aldi and Turkish barbers) and evening bars and it'd be set.

Both key parts of the second most lamentable PL team on history. Avoid.

He don't strike me as a premier level player. The fitness and balance isn't there for me. The stand out player was West Brom's Mikey Johnston, but he's contracted at Celtic. Maybe a 3m level loan deal though? The striker at Middlesbrough looks a handful and the Hull lad, Greaves, has seemed a decent player and organiser. Funnily enough, Kiefer Moore - big donkey so I thought - has shown some great touches for a big man.

Fortunately for us, KP always strike me as a proper litigious corporation, as most billionaire businesses are. They'll go on both the attack and defence v the PL / EFL. Not saying I agree with those tactics, but big business tends to do law by stealth.

Circumstances are much more league one (rightly no parade) than 2014 (culmination of 10 years of effort, pains and helluva lot of money to get back) A parade would be awkward this time

What a championship season it's been. Ok, easy to say now we are sorted. But this week in particular has been extraordinary entertainment. Also better still if you include the Cov FA Cup match

He's gotta have been Enzo's. Stinks of stronzo that one. And Doyle. The Cannon signing was bizarre. That one stinks of Rudkin owing an agent a favour. Hermansen, didn't we hear that he was on Man City's radar as a potential long term replacement for Ederson? Mavididi and Fatawu. That's got our scouting team all over them.