Jon the Hat

Hahahahaahaha Sterling use to be so good.

Nah most people are pretty straightforward I think. Sorry to hear your not feeling it at the moment.

No such thing as a **** tonne. Stop being silly. A Shit tonne is more than a shit load obvs.

Hard to argue with his motives really, but I also think they rightly believe they have gone this far, they would be mad not to see it through. They will just find themselves here again in another 20 years or so if they cannot remove Hamas and then hand over to a new Government who can credibly help create a new leadership for Palestinians - no doubt with lots of international help. I just don't see how stopping now resolves anything apart from the obvious reduction in immediate loss of life, which of course is very important.

Cocaine or Heroin depending on whether he was heading north or south!

Yes the NHS certainly was hijacked by politics, but fortunately Stonewall, Mermaids and the like have been called out for their nonsense and we seem to be back to reality a bit more. Using these drugs to treat precocious puberty presumably means delaying puberty to a more normal time? Whereas for gender dysphoria the intention and treatment purpose and length is different and the outcome therefore unknown, and certainly not proven by studies for the former.

The new NHS clinical guidelines, issued following a public consultation, said: “We have concluded that there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty-suppressing hormones to make the treatment routinely available at this time.”

By which he presumably means he accepts Russia has a right to control Ukraine, and will stop their funding and block any future move to join Nato. I cannot see any other way he could do it.

Honestly I doubt they have any reserves of note, they spend it as they have it, or at least commit to spending it. There will be contracts in place for the coming election etc. The News Agents have it right, the Tories are more concerned that the donor gives a chunk of cash to Reform UK instead if they piss him off, which given his views I would say is a serious possibility.

I amuse myself at least

Its incredible that this should be news in 2024. How is football so backwards??

A quick google say the bumper is around 600 quid, so easily 1.5-2 grand I reckon once painted and fitted.

Yes indeed. None of them have handed back any serious donations despite the donors being accused or even prosecuted of all kinds of shit. I'll turn it around, no doubt they have already spent most of it and therefore cannot afford to give it back even if they had an attack of the moral compass.

I see the NHS has finally confirmed they will no longer prescribe puberty blockers to children. The evidence was never there to support this, and no doubt the legal cases will now continue to grow.

The more you hear about this, the worse it gets. Appalling thing to say, yesterday or 5 years or 50 years ago. No doubt if they Conservatives had millions to hand back they would do. @daggers just think, if the Conservatives didn't have to counter the union funding Labour has, they wouldn't need rich people to be donating millions. And yes I appreciate the unions started Labour to counter the rich power in politics and elsewhere, but again that is no reason to keep that model forever.

You said I was conflating rich racist donors with unions, while I was merely saying neither should be allowed to directly fund political parties.

Yes of course, but these days it’s a modern party subject to the same rules as any other. You either allow political party donations or you don’t, you can’t say one interest group can fund them but another cannot.

Indeed, although some of their governance is questionable. They should not be allowed to fund political parties though.

And offspring. Allegedly.

More obvious than that even. You could argue against an elected second chamber on a number of angles, but I can find none whatsoever to support letting rich people or indeed Unions fund political parties.

Sounds like a lovely chap. Yet another reason why political donations should be completely illegal from anyone. Provide central funding based on number of candidates and remove the whole mess.

I guess the question here is whether the numbers add up around relegation, ie is it actually possible to drop from 70% of Prem income to 85% of EPL income over one summer? What happens if you cannot?

Yes I am not saying they don't take money out, but they are likely not paid directors of the LCFC company (except Susan) so not in that original figure. Management fees are a standard route to move funds around group companies. Essentially, they pay the group for its management support to ensure tax optimisation, and also recharge people's time directly as well where they can.

It is a little arrogant for a guy with one managerial failure on his CV when he joined. Lets hope his confidence is well founded!

Suspect we quickly reach the point where no one believes anything is real unless they see it directly on a major news outlet. Which may be no bad thing. Jumping the shark etc.