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Surely Mr Gove is blameless on point 1? I thought I could give him a clean bill of health on that one because I had read that he turned up at an Aberdeen nightclub, seemingly with an eye inclined towards the young ladies! However, when I sought video evidence, it appeared that he was dancing with young men! Perhaps it is an age thing.
I think most of us get the point about the scale of corruption, but I suspect we are even more concerned about the scale of mismanagement of public services, especially when it comes to the NHS, education and transport. And then there is the rampant wokery that feeds into most policy areas.
Merthyr Tydfil AFC were indeed a prominent Southern League club for many years, and Penydarren Park was a tidy ground, more developed than most of the Welsh League grounds. The result that sticks in my mind is Merthyr 2 Atalanta 1 from 1987 and in front of a crowd of about 8000, I only heard commentary on the radio, but still remember the excitement that result brought, Bob Latchford would have played but was injured.
Incidentally, although Res is scathing about a team like Tiverton Town, they too have a nice little ground, Ladysmead (real name), more like a traditional football stadium than the majority of Welsh League grounds.
It was interesting re the lines that some keepers preferred a single mark on the 6-yard line down the middle, while most probably opted for two lines to indicate the position of the goal posts. And marking out these lines indeed seems less common now, Also, yes, in a one-on-one, most opted to close down an attacker as quickly as possible and dive at his feet. Pat Jennings was probably one of a very few who behaved more like a modern top keeper by "standing up" and extending his legs/feet to block an attempt to place the ball either side of him. Others were more like Tommy Lawrence and would get down low on their side using the length of their body as the barrier. Of course, they might then be undone by the little "dink", but actually getting down low like this seemed to work well enough in its day.
Different times indeed. From the late 60s, I still have a scar from where some optimist lunged at me when I made the obligatory bounce of the ball then required every 4 paces. It was easily back in my hands before my assailant's (old style) studs ripped through my sock and gashed my shin, The other thing that was different then was the weight of the ball when it got wet.
Probably, the publication source and authorship team won't appeal to many, but this report repeats what some of us have been saying for a while on these threads about per capita GDP, net fiscal impact, and pressures on infrastructure. It is hard to deny the core argument.
2023: growing alliance between Russia, Iran, and Iran's affiliates in Middle East, such as Hamas and the Houthis. Autumn 2023: Saudi Arabia is about to sign the Abraham Accord Peace Agreement which would have brought closer ties between Israel and Arab world. The October 7th raid murders over 1200 Israelis and triggers a response that ends the chance of extending the Accord. Oct 26th: high-level Hamas delegation visits Moscow. Diversion of US attention and supplies to Israel results in dramatic decrease in military aid to Ukraine. November 2023: the Houthis launch attacks on Western shipping causing cargo to be diverted away from the Suez Canal with a considerable cost to Western European consumers. Houthis agree not to target Russian and Chinese ships (although their aim is not always great). Israel is seen by many countries as the villain, and there are calls for a permanent ceasefire with Hamas left to rule Gaza. Russia is pushing forward in Ukraine. Join the dots.....
Hard to know quite what the upper limit would be for the right central striker. I was idly thinking it might be worth taking another look at Lawrence Shanklin at Hearts, who has rediscovered his form this season. Only thing with him is that in the past he has not travelled well outside Scotland. DK how high his fee would be. Probably Keith would have mixed feelings about such a move.
This is the song he wrote that was ripped off by a US producer who gave it to the Andrews sisters, leading Invader to spend years in the US suing to get some money back.
Wearing high heels and a dress does seem to be on the rise. I came across an old calypso song the other day that seemed quite topical - wouldn't be allowed to be played now I suppose. Who remembers Lord Invader?
Viljami Sinisalo on loan from Villa at Exeter is worth a look.
Or an outside possibility might be a senior pro in an EPL reserve side, providing that such a person would trade a high wage for lifestyle and a couple of years of first team football.
Just before he died, Henry Kissinger commented on the political impact of large-scale migration into Europe; he talked about the creation of new interest groups that would influence political parties and their policies. The results of the recent council elections, and how Gaza has featured so centrally in the campaigns in some areas, seem to bear that out.
Other recent news headlines say that the Labour Party is working to win back votes in Muslim communities. Some senior party sources say policy will need to change, even after the shift that already happened.. Personally I find that quite worrying. I seem to recall a discourse from years ago whereby people on the Left argued that changing demography would not greatly change existing culture and values, because integration would mean that migrants adopted the values had attracted them to the UK in the first place. Will foreign policy now be shaped increasingly by the reaction of certain "interest groups" to what is happening in far away places? Some will say that demography is destiny.
I agree that the big PPE contracts were let in a highly dubious way, but I am not sure that anybody could really have got a grip on furlough. I was listening to the "14 years of chaos" jibes yesterday, and thinking that, just as Labour got unfairly blamed for the 2008 crash and bankers' bailout, the Tories were in a no-win situation with COVID-19 (obviously fewer parties would have helped). True, our national debt shot up alarmingly, just as it did after 2008, but do you remember the anguished calls from the opposition parties for more generous. longer-lasting support, and the accusation that small businesses and the self-employed were being left behind? No doubt some conmen enriched themselves, but amidst the general turmoil that surrounded the pandemic could the government have weathered the storm if it had slowed down the hand-outs to have strict checks? I say this as somebody who received no public help and paid a lot of tax at that time. It was a very difficult situation. Of course, I fully support efforts to get money back where wrong-doing can be proved.
Wouldn't you then feel uncomfortable in an EU country where this is the norm? Of course, the long-term trend within the Union is towards convergence on matters like this , so that this would almost certainly have eventually affected the UK had we remained a member country.
Indeed. And I imagine that if the UK announced the introduction of such an mandatory ID card, critics would probably argue that that too disenfranchised voters who for one reason or another were not able or willing to produce it. We are presently a bit of an OECD outlier with that recent reform closing the gap a little. Has it really been the case that thousands were disenfranchised in N. Ireland because they had to produce ID to vote?
Given the turn the thread has taken, I cannot resist pointing out that most European countries require photo ID in elections. Johnson is a buffoon, but this policy just copied what happens in the EU.
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