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I'm not sure how it affects the figures but some crimes are no longer crimes, homosexuality and abortion and some are seemingly not reported shop lifting, telephone / online scams are no longer reported

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Abbey Road Tribute · Follow The A-Side War of 1967: How One Paul Track Broke John’s Spirit In late 1967, the Beatles were deep in the "Studio Years," completely insulated from the madness of live touring and free to reshape pop music through pure studio experimentation. But beneath the kaleidoscope surface of the Magical Mystery Tour project, a power struggle was brewing over a critical decision: choosing the album's lead single. John fought bitterly for his acid-drenched masterpiece "I Am the Walrus" to take the top spot, but Paul pushed aggressively for his own creation, "Hello, Goodbye". McCartney eventually won the boardroom battle, relegating Lennon's track to the B-side—a commercial calculation that left deep, permanent scars on their writing partnership. The two tracks couldn't have represented a sharper artistic divide. "Hello, Goodbye" was born in the wake of manager Brian Epstein's tragic overdose, written by McCartney on a harmonium as a simple exercise in word association and black-and-white dualities. Lennon absolutely loathed it, later dismissing it as "three minutes of contradictions" and a blatant, calculated attempt to manufacture a pop single. Meanwhile, Lennon had constructed "I Am the Walrus" over multiple acid trips, intentionally weaving together nonsensical verse fragments and schoolyard rhymes specifically to mock the academics who insisted on over-analyzing Beatles lyrics. Though Martin and the label favored McCartney's safer, chart-friendly track, history has vindicated Lennon, with modern rankings routinely placing the surrealism of "Walrus" far above its A-side companion. Many music historians argue this specific single selection was the true catalyst for the Beatles’ ultimate collapse. Reeling from the loss of Epstein's guiding hand, the choice of "Hello, Goodbye" signaled to Lennon that the band had implicitly chosen McCartney's commercial direction over his own avant-garde vision. According to biographers, the defeat caused a disillusioned Lennon to "submerge" and mentally check out, setting off a wave of resentment and creative drifting that ended with his departure from the group in 1969. If "I Am the Walrus" had been released as the official A-side single instead of "Hello, Goodbye," do you think it would have energized John enough to keep the Beatles unified into the 1970s, or was their creative split already inevitable after losing Brian Epstein?

For sure politics is a lot about brinkmanship and I'm sure there's plenty more going on that we never and probably never will get to hear as with most of politics.

I guess over time you can forget the bad and concentrate on the good but I'm sure it's still lurking in his sub-conscious. I'm sure he also feels rejected for not getting and England run.

Bring back Blatter at least he was just corrupt this guy's got an ego on a par with Trump, Netanyahu, Putin and Kim Jong Un.

Well I think the response to the USSR putting missiles on Cuba was a different level and mostly justified

Deserves his own thread on this. In one of several interviews over the years with Club Historian John Hutchinson, Muzzy Izzet, a star midfielder for Leicester City between 1996 and 2004, recalled playing for Turkey in the 2002 FIFA World Cup Semi-Final against eventual winners Brazil. A hugely popular player at Filbert Street and then Walkers Stadium, now called King Power Stadium, England-born Muzzy was often linked with playing for the Three Lions during his time as a Fox. That never materialised, however, and it was Turkey who he would go on to represent on the international stage. “My father is Turkish,” Muzzy said. “The [England] manager at the time when I was being suggested for the squad was Kevin Keegan. I felt I was playing well enough to get a chance to get in the squad. Whether I would be playing or not was another matter. At that time there was Gazza (Paul Gascoigne), Paul Ince, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, David Beckham, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes and they were all at their best. “I had had an offer to play for Turkey, so my agent had a word with Keegan, and he said l might get into the squad but that I was not someone who would necessarily play. So, I thought maybe playing for Turkey would be the best scenario for me. “A lot was made of me having to do Turkish National Service in the army, but the Turkish authorities said at the outset that I wouldn’t have to do this. It was just that I had to get a Turkish passport. Anyone who has a Turkish passport has, by law, to do two years National Service. However, because I was never going to live in Turkey, but just represent the national team, they waived this.” Continues here - https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/muzzy-izzet-turkey-fifa-world-cup-2002-brazil-semi-finals-leicester-city?fbclid=IwY2xjawSUsUpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeOh9MEVO3NcRBq4AnfKu2a6mHswD_BFRyYOsctBDLcHBqIKoSLHKMgiCxhIE_aem_YQKLOPq8CmA5Ie9Zmt_l5w

I doubt it as I bet FIFA make a few $ from the qualifyers. They'd find a way even if it was for every team in the world there'd be something like a qualifying tournament to rank the teams to replace the current ranking.

Johnny Duncan and Jimmy Walsh both Scottish were comparable to Vardy 295 games 95 goals Duncan 199 games 92 goals Walsh 500 games 200 goals Vardy Duncan was before my time and only saw the tail end of Walsh

Most of the older players were either English or Scottish with the occasional Scottish and Welsh ones.

This was our highest ever finish before 2016 Club Historian John Hutchinson revisits the 1928/29 season, when Leicester City finished runners-up in the old First Division, one point behind The Wednesday (now Shefield Wednesday). Until we lifted the Premier League title 10 years ago, the closest that we’d come to winning the top-flight trophy was 87 years earlier. That season, we were runners-up in the old First Division, failing by one point to become champions of England. The 1928/29 football season was the 10th season after Leicester Fosse had been reborn as Leicester City. Four years earlier, in 1924/25, the recently renamed club had won the old Second Division title for the first time. Adapting to its new status and anticipating larger crowds, the Filbert Street ground was developed to hold 42,000 fans. The Main Stand, which had been built in 1921, was extended and a new Double Decker Stand was erected in 1927 on the south side of the venue. In the first three seasons in the top-flight, we finished 17th, seventh and third. The side already contained the likes of the Scotland international Johnny Duncan, prolific goalscorer Arthur Chandler, speedy winger and future England international Hugh Adcock, classy full-back Adam Black and the ever-dependable centre-half George Carr. It was further strengthened by new signings. These were future Manager, the inside-forward Arthur Lochhead, goalkeepers Kenny Campbell and Jim McLaren, and future England internationals Sid Bishop, Ernie Hine and Len Barry. This meant, that by 1927/28 and 1928/29, when we made two serious attempts at becoming champions, the Manager Willie Orr, building on the foundations laid by his predecessor Peter Hodge, had assembled the most formidable side in the Club’s history. Fans flocked to see the team. In February 1928, a record Filbert Street crowd of 47,298, with another 5,000 locked outside, watched our FA Cup Fifth Round tie defeat against Spurs. More here - https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/remembering-the-old-first-division-title-bid-of-1929?fbclid=IwY2xjawSTzGJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe3TlaAD47V_Kz3oMkysen-_E1mzQWJBl-FCv-YshU6z4VNVNJ3y1pTzn0kj0_aem_Xs34IUIrpi6_SYG5J6Dw3w

John Ghent Leicester Estate Agent This is High Street... but Leicester is literally being rebuilt around it Captured in 1951, this fascinating photograph shows shoppers carrying on with their day while major roadworks take place right outside the city's busy shops. Look closely and you'll see something timeless about Leicester. Despite the disruption, people still went shopping, met friends, and carried on with daily life. Some things never change. The shopfronts, fashions and street scene may belong to another era, but the mix of construction work and city centre hustle feels surprisingly familiar today. Photos like this remind us that Leicester has always been evolving. Every generation has watched old streets change, new projects emerge, and the city adapt to the future. What catches your eye first in this photograph — the roadworks or the shopfronts?

...and a right rollicking and clip around the ear for being muddy and messing the house up when you got home.

The aim is to keep the OP update so when something finally happens it will be amended with the appropriate links to the source

I believe it was racial abuse by the perpetrator or his cohorts of the stabbing

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Gone now of course.

There were some good signs

It didn’t ask everyone to agree. It trusted audiences to understand the joke. Admit it, after all this time, it's still bloody funny!! Nearly 50 years later and Life of Brian is still doing exactly what great comedy is supposed to do… making people laugh, argue and think. It’s hard to imagine many films creating the same kind of reaction today. It was fearless satire that poked fun at human behaviour, authority, politics and the strange things people do when they stop questioning the world around them. For many fans, it represents an era when comedy was prepared to take risks, push boundaries and step into uncomfortable territory. Love it or hate it, very few films are still being talked about decades later… and maybe that’s the biggest sign of just how brilliant it was. Would Life of Brian get made today? I don't think it would.