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Reply | No interest in Vipotnik ? Not true ? Oh yes it is !
at 10:37 23 Mar 2025
The way I see it is that this is a signing that failed to live up to expectations. Vipotnik had a very modest scoring record at a level lower than the Championship, but his international caps led our decision-makers to believe he could step up. Unless he starts to score more goals, I don't see another club meeting anywhere near the reported valuation of £4 to £5 million. |
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Reply | Peace talks have failed by the looks of it.
at 10:00 20 Mar 2025
Engels airbase woke up to a bang or three this morning. Some nice footage below of the blast wave hitting houses a few kilometres away, with plenty of secondary explosions evident. It was probably the new long-range Neptune cruise missile - one of the new home-produced cards that Ukraine holds..
Elsewhere, the AFU have pushed into Belgorod in the last 24 hours.
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Reply | Watford v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 02:46 13 Mar 2025
Franco has had plenty of good moments, but there have also been times when he has conceded possession in dangerous situations. The mistake that cost us this game isn't the first one he has made but luckily no goal came. Franco needs to work on improving his concentration in his own half.. |
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Reply | Equality under the law
at 05:46 6 Mar 2025
Fortunately, the Justice Secretary appears to be as alarmed as the critics. Shabana Mahmood, told the House of Commons,: “As somebody from an ethnic minority background, I do not stand for any differential treatment before the law for anyone. (...) There will never be a two-tier sentencing approach under my watch or under this Labour Government.” She said she wo;; write to the Sentencing Council to “register my displeasure” and “recommend reversing this change to the guidance”. What is worrying is that there seem to be sections of the judiciary and the chattering class who think this is a good idea. |
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Reply | Preston North End v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 22:01 4 Mar 2025
Overall, I was pleased with a gritty point, but quality was in short supply. Fulton and Key between them almost let PNE in. I thought Key was slightly better than he has been recently, but conceded possession in dangerous positions a couple of times. Eom looked better than he has of late. Ronald continues to flatter to deceive. Vig was the star for us, even though his kicking was poor. |
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Reply | 8 second goalkeeper rule
at 13:40 4 Mar 2025
The story is one of a whole series of rule changes. For a time keepers could only move within their area as long as they bounced the ball. Then a four step rule was introduced so that regardless of bounces keepers could only take 4 steps with the ball in hand. Then there were other changes.
http://www.goalkeeperhq.com/the-goalkeeper-possession-changes-and-rules/
As a school boy and uni keeper in the days of the bounce, I should know how many paces you could take between each bounce, but can't. It was probably four. |
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Reply | Increase in defence spending
at 16:05 1 Mar 2025
The way things are shaping up, an emergency uplift well above 2.5% may be needed imminently. |
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Reply | Starmer meets Trump
at 12:22 28 Feb 2025
Starmer did better than I expected in managing a tricky meeting. It is hard to predict how much real benefit the UK will gain as a result, but at least there was no obvious faux pa. The side issue causing much mirth in some quarters is the sight of Labour front benchers being grilled on TV about their past injudicious comments regarding Trump. |
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Reply | Mike Amesbury jail sentence
at 06:33 28 Feb 2025
The discussion of the issue of possible two-tier justice made me think of the case of Ricky Jones, which some thought might be an revealing point of comparison with the social media sentences. After Jones was charged with encouraging violent disorder last August, a date in January 2025 was set for a Crown Court trial. We cannot discuss the substance of the case in advance of that trial, but can take note of progress towards it. Initially, Jones was remanded in custody, but was released on bail after a short period in prison. Now the trial date has been put back to August 11th this year after an application by the defence was agreed by the judge.
Jaswant Narwal, chief crown prosecutor for CPS London North, is quoted in the press as saying: "It i s extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary, or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.” I have no comment on Jones' guilt or innocence, but do think that the contrast between a 7 months delay and "swift justice" in the social media cases provides ammunition to the "two tier" side of the argument. |
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Reply | Memoirs of a former Secretary of State for Wales
at 17:12 27 Feb 2025
I said the memoirs might be "double-edged", meaning that they tell us things about the author as well as those to whom his stories relate. I still find some of the stories amusing though, and cannot really disagree with the observations about Mr Drakeford's sartorial choices. [Post edited 27 Feb 17:14]
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Reply | Mike Amesbury jail sentence
at 17:04 27 Feb 2025
Not really my field, but as far as I can see there are two options for a victim who feels the sentence was too lenient, or that the outcome has not compensated for the harm done..
1. Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme. “Under the extended scheme, victims will be given the power to challenge the sentences of a wider range of crimes in circumstances where they, or the public (those unconnected to the case), believe a punishment to be too lenient. (…) The ULS scheme permits prosecutors, victims, their families and the public to make an application to the Attorney General to review a sentence that they believe to be too low. Only one request need be lodged, which must be done within 28 days of the court hearing taking place.”
2. Civil case. Certainly possible but centres on a claim for compensation for harm done (whether physical or psychological) and so is about monetary damages rather than a harsher sentence. There are a few options here:
https://prettys.co.uk/articles/compensation-for-criminal-acts-can-i-make-a-claim |
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Reply | Mike Amesbury jail sentence
at 13:47 27 Feb 2025
It does make me wonder what is happening when Amesbury gets out of jail after 3 days for knocking seven bells out of some poor sap, while a middle-aged nursery worker got 40% of 31 months for unwisely posting on social media that people could do horrible things to asylum seekers "for all I care".
Edit. N.B. Amesbury's sentence is still 10 weeks but suspended for two years, not as the post above said a two year suspended sentence. [Post edited 27 Feb 13:51]
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Reply | Are We Climate Misled?
at 13:34 27 Feb 2025
Developments like the one in the OP just show how misguided Miliband's policy on North Sea oil and gas is. In the transitional period, we are going to import non-Green energy even if we do not produce it, and the carbon footprint will probably be even higher. [Post edited 27 Feb 17:06]
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