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Eh? He's going to resign from his job, then stand again for the same job? What?

I think it's because 'Labour will raise taxes' was (and has always been) a key Tory attack line, and much of the election was fought over cost-of-living concerns, so promising not to raise income taxes and prioritising growth were both ways that Labour sought to reassure centrist type voters. I think Starmer has been alright (yeah, I know, one for the unpopular opinions thread) but I agree this was a key error: By backing themselves into a corner over income tax, they've ended up increasing taxes on business, which makes the growth they wanted harder to realise. Perhaps Burnham can find a way round it?

I travel into Leicester almost every day on that line. The new Aurora trains EMR have been rolling out have loads of electrical issues and keep breaking down. It's one of them involved, so it could possibly be a fault. Awful.

Oddly enough its such an unedifying shambles that I think Starmer has come out of this looking better than any of the alternatives (Appreciate that may not be the majority view!)

https://youtu.be/f_bKjZeJBBI?si=YIVkX_mCaD_ZKsFO I am looking forward to The Odyssey but I'm not sure about the thick New York/Boston accents everyone seems to have in this new trailer. What's that about?

New York Times reporting that the deal on the table includes an agreement that Iran would charge $2 million per ship passing through the Hormuz strait, which would then fund reconstruction.

If it helps I had exactly the same last summer. They were very good at the hospital and I got the results (benign, thankfully) in a week or two. Its a human and AI process, and was actually very reassuring. Hopefully you will get the same.

Of course. Wherever we end up, the manager is not the issue.

I'm playing Marathon, but I have never played an extraction shooter or Destiny so its totally new to me. I'm enjoying it a lot but I have to say that I'm fairly useless at it. I pity the randoms who get matchmade with me and have to watch me blundering into gunfire over and over again.

If you haven't been to the states for a while, or NYC in particular, my main advice is: adjust your expectation for how much everything is going to cost.

Marty Supreme is an amazing experience, hands down the best film I've seen in years.

Sort of. As a supporter, the PL and FA Cup wins stand as amazing accomplishments, and no-one can take them away from us. They're not tainted. But those moments could have meant that we were on our way to establishing ourselves as a bigger presence in UK football. There was an opportunity to grow the fanbase, improve the stadium, work with bigger and better commercial partners, etc. None of these were guaranteed and in some ways they might be considered distractions, but they matter commercially, they matter for the city, they matter for the future of the club. Frankly, they matter for the pride of the fanbase too. Instead, due to unbelievable mismanagement in my opinion, we have returned to being a small club that had a brief period of good fortune, before retreating back to the lower leagues, BC Game, financial mismanagement, dreadful scouting etc. That doesn't detract from our successes, but its also a shame.

I could not have enjoyed Predator Badlands more. An absolute banger, and a particular treat for anyone who grew up loving Predator and Aliens. Its somehow more badass than the original but funny and heartwarming at the same time, which was totally unexpected. It also has the hardest 12A rating ever - kids, prepare yourself for a lot of beheadings.

Alongside all the other stuff, I just do not understand the vehement hatred of Starmer. He's a fairly uninspiring technocrat who has a habit of picking the wrong battles, and his government are obviously struggling to actually deliver the change they promised, which is disappointing, but I'm struggling to see what he's done that has made the right so angry.

Also, its v annoying that they have let the seating row lettering wear away in various places, hence its constantly 'You're in my seat, 'This is R, you want T,' etc, for the first ten minutes of every game. It would take two days to do over the summer, but nope, nothing. Not a big thing on anyone's radar, obviously, but a sign of disinterest in the basics IMO.

I had three tickets on my phone last season - me and my two kids. Just passed the phone around to get in.

Good news for travellers that we can use the EU e-passport gates again.

Once you choose a phone to download your ticket onto, it will stay on that device, and the next game ticket will automatically appear shortly after the current game ends. That works OK. You can't easily transfer tickets to other people from your wallet (at least, not on an iphone) but it is possible if you set them up as a 'friend' on the LCFC website and then use the website to forward the ticket on to them (they don't need to be a member, but they do need to provide their DOB, address, email and phone number). They will get a sent a link that will download the ticket you have shared with them onto their own phone (and it reverts back to you once they have used it). You can only do this five times a season. If it sounds like a ball ache, that's because it is. And if you are in the family stand, you basically have to ring them to do anything.

No and no - four seats in the family stand. Its largely the state of the club, but also my financial situation has changed, my wife and daughter keep missing games because they have other things on, and my son has lost interest in favour of rugby (a damning indictment of the club to my mind). Will keep two memberships and go to the odd game.

Done. Tried to express that I understand why it has been adopted, but that it is just rubbish to use.

Mackenzie Crook got automatic national treasure status for Detectorists, IMO.

There's an incredible pub at the train station before you even get to the town, so pace yourself.

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/the-odyssey-first-image-christopher-nolan-matt-damon-odysseus/ Absolutely hyped for this.

I looked into this a couple of years ago, and the answer then was that it was technically possible for some EVs to tow because they have the torque and the noseweight (Polestar 2 springs to mind), but it was pretty much impossible to do it in reality. The weight of the van reduces the range considerably, so long journeys were pretty much off the table because public charging points are relatively impractical to use while towing (you needed to unhitch and leave the van somewhere, then return to the charging point, probably several times per journey). Even charging at caravan sites wasn't massively easy, because you need to choose between having electric in the van or charging the car. It may be now that ranges and capacity have improved, but at that point for me it was a big no. Towing is a pain at the best of times.

Absolutely ready for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Just (checks watch)... 18 months to go.