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Resurrection of an old thread - many of you were kind enough to contribute to this. I can advise Florence is still battling on - it has not been easy by any stretch of the imagination. For those who are able - she is going to be on “This Morning” today some time between 10:45 and 11:30 Thanks

Bert - do vote. I won’t try to influence you other than ask you one simple question. What matters to you most? What party is best able to deliver that for you? I will try to influence you: is what most matters to you the best for everyone. You decide

Out of interest what are you hearing when you are out there? Are you going to areas that may not be traditionally Labour? Are people frightened to say they’d vote differently from you - I remain cautious about the Tory vote capitulating completely (although their campaign/ record would support that). TIA.

Are they - you can get 2/1 on Labour winning this seat. Greens 4/11 I found that interesting as I thought Thangham Debbonaire was quite well respected - has she done something wrong locally? Same odds in this seat as Brighton P. By the way I’m hugely impressed by Bristol NW’s Darren Jones - some of his select committee skewering of attendees is excellent (YouTube)

What has upset me more than anything in politics in the last five years has been the blatant corruption and lies barely called out by a sycophantic mainstream media. It is obvious that most participants on here will not vote Conservative but there will be people lurking (and some participating) that will. Like others I would be intrigued to know why? What, in heaven’s name, has been achieved. And now we have Farage re-surface. In fairness, given the profile he enjoys in the MSM, it hardly feels like he’s been away. Sound bite promises that can resonate with people who feel “lost with politics”. I remember all too well the morning following the Brexit result: Farage, Johnson & Gove - the limelight kids - couldn’t be found anywhere. Basically because they had no plan, they’d lied to the electorate and promised things they knew they could not deliver. Farage is an opportunist (that is the kindest thing I could call him) and I hope he is put under the microscope (not holding my breath) because he’s doing it again - promising things he will not be able to deliver other than divisiveness. I hope and pray the UK electorate do not fall for it again.

If you can get it, and want a different commentary, the Boro commentators on their channel are excellent. Passionate but fair.

Never forget winning 9-0 at Southampton when they had a player sent off early on - sorry Ric couldn’t resist it

Hmmmm I wonder how much Spain and other Eastern European countries spunk on inquiries and legal fees? Pity we didn’t use our EU handouts from “our EU contributions” a little more wisely

Kushiro - I really do enjoy your wonderful contributions on the forum. Thank you 👍

I was living in Middlesbrough and went to this game. Ian Andrews in goal for us had the most amazing game. Oh for a repeat tonight 👍. Incidentally I had to convince the cops to let me out of the away end after the match - after a little to and fro they not only let me out but gave me a lift to the train station as I would have definitely missed my train. Fair play to them 👏

Nostalgia above 👆 reminded me. Went to Craven Cottage 40 years ago and also seen us win 1-0 (Ian Wilson) … 23rd April to be exact. There was a sensational sporting occasion on that day - and I learnt a life lesson - Cliff Thorburn scored the first ever televised 147 in the World Championship. The day before I had been scathing at the scant price the bookies were offering on a “maximum” 25/1 ….. and I stupidly (brashly) said should be at least 100/1. One of my work colleagues had a quid on with me 🙈. Never again 😂

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You’ve really identified some pertinent points here - well identified. When Rodgers started the “I need to protect my image here” was the minute I thought - FY. That was him protecting himself and **** the team - no way was this team going into battle for him. It’s sad but he started it and his version was swallowed by a media that he manipulates. I don’t dislike the guy - I hate his motives. Take some responsibility for this sh1t show Rodgers - you’ve created it

Nailed it

Hmmmmm!!!! Mint Cracknel comes to mind ……. no idea what tiny compartment of the memory that came from mind, so probably wrong 😑

I know this is from a while back but there was a collapse in part of the footpath (caminito del Rey) last week ….. reminded me of @FoyleFox response. A shrewdie no doubt 😉

Johnson never had a hundred supporters, did he?

My off the wall prediction. Johnson to be next leader of the Conservative Party. The opportunist in him will realise there is a chasm. He will build his rhetoric on “growth, growth, growth”. We all know the major solution to improving growth is not the alienation of your neighbour. How do we get all those that voted for Brexit off the hook? In rides Johnson, the convert, who now promotes building bridges with the EU. Batsh1t Crazy? Er, what’s new?

Chief Whip, Wendy Morton, resigns 😂😂

wonder if she dreamt it coming ……. sweet

Good riddance - the absolute pits

Jon, what would you say to the creation of a Research Group and invite particular members of interested MP keen on “research”. To become a member will come with a joining fee, but don’t worry about that because the joining fee can be claimed back via your expenses in the interest of “research”. Welcome, my friend, to the secretive European Research Group the right wing cabal of this government with the audacity to get the taxpayer to help fund it. That. Is. A. Disgrace

If you are genuine about this I applaud you. For me it is so important for all of us to judge by their own experiences - being dogmatic about how we will vote is failing to acknowledge success or failure. At present this government is unsupportable - I could never support it. That is not to say I would never vote for the CP in years to come ….. however it will take me a long time to forget this s*** show and without doubt my dismay began with the Liar in Chief

I see the Chairman of Tesco has said: "I don’t think we’ve seen a growth plan from the Tories. We’ve seen the beginnings of a quite plausible growth plan from Labour. Many of their ideas are actionable and attractive." It got me thinking - since the Brexit Referendum there has been no strategic planning from the Government. It went alone in “delivering” an outcome IT wanted with little consideration about what would be the best implementation policy for the country. If the plan was to divide the country I suppose you can say it succeeded, I regret to say (even in jest). Then came the Pandemic. I would be magnanimous enough to concede it was a challenge but the bungling and bumbling throughout shone a light on the Government’s lack of any strategy and the waste of taxpayer monies was extraordinary (Nightingale Hospitals as one of many, many illustrations). If the “plan” was to ensure their “mates” benefitted from dodgy contracts there appears to be a lot of evidence to suggest this was an outcome. So we get a new leader who in her infinite wisdom decides that cutting taxes, removing the cap on bankers’ bonuses, will increase the national income and thus preserve the public purse. Every economic indicator suggested this was a ludicrous step. Not surprisingly the markets spooked, the pound took a kicking and the BoE had to shore up the market (esp pension funds) to the tune of a potential £65bn. The reality is no one knows where this Government is going. It would be offensive to think it can get away with simply replacing Truss without going to the electorate. If they do it needs to be called out big time.

To be fair - every question she gets asked that IS her stock answer. There is NOTHING else in the cupboard. Starmer was clearly exasperated at one point. BTW - thought Blackford’s questions were good