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Post by steve on Dec 27, 2023 7:37:35 GMT
Worrying signs from Kenilworth road as the Hatters winning streak extends to two. With a 3:2 win against Sheffield United where Sheffield were kind enough to score 4 of the goals themselves. It's this type of friendly welcome that makes Yorkshire stand out. Here's the deciding goal as Anis Ben Slimane slots the ball beautifully past Wes Foderingham to secure the win. No Luton players were required to.participate. True Yorkshire hospitality. Attachment Deleted
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Post by crossbat11 on Dec 27, 2023 7:45:40 GMT
Worrying songs from Kenilworth road as the Hatters winning streak extends to two. With a 3:2 win against Sheffield United where Sheffield were kind enough to score 4 of the goals themselves. It's this type of friendly welcome that makes Yorkshire stand out. The concept of a "worrying song" intrigues me, Steve. Is that an offensive terrace chant with disturbing overtures or do you mean a "worried song" instead? I've heard many of those emanating from the Holte End over the years, quite often when we've gone two nil down! One of them usually tells the Manager that he's going to get sacked in the morning!
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Post by steve on Dec 27, 2023 7:51:02 GMT
crossbat11 " who are you, we don't know, but Would you consider a free transfer and a years luncheon vouchers for tastee treats in Kenilworth road " * The occasional word blindness issue is playing up( nothing to do with Christmas imbibing of course) sometimes reading my posts back is as much an adventure for me as for others☺
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Post by crossbat11 on Dec 27, 2023 8:04:39 GMT
crossbat11 " who are you, we don't know, but Would you consider a free transfer and a years luncheon vouchers for tastee treats in Kenilworth road " * The occasional word blindness issue is playing up( nothing to do with Christmas imbibing of course) sometimes reading my posts back is as much an adventure for me as for others☺ Yes, I've been grateful for the edit function on this forum on many occasions. The delete one too, every now and again!
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Post by bardin1 on Dec 27, 2023 8:34:03 GMT
Well, as for the Boxing day football, at least the Reds won. I'm partial to most contests, football or otherwise, where the Reds win. In football there are of course, as always, particular exceptions. 🤔😅 Hopefully that means you will be supporting the Edinburgh maroons against the greens tonight
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Post by crossbat11 on Dec 27, 2023 8:51:18 GMT
Well, as for the Boxing day football, at least the Reds won. I'm partial to most contests, football or otherwise, where the Reds win. In football there are of course, as always, particular exceptions. 🤔😅 Hopefully that means you will be supporting the Edinburgh maroons against the greens tonight As a big admirer of the great Willie Hamilton, and out of respect for his memory, I never take a side in the Edinburgh derby!
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Post by neilj on Dec 27, 2023 9:11:10 GMT
The mighty Wolves are on a one match winning streak and hope to do over Brentford tonight
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Post by neilj on Dec 27, 2023 9:41:49 GMT
What is most worrying about this is Trump liked it so much that he reposted it on his Website
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Post by neilj on Dec 27, 2023 9:48:43 GMT
It seems Rees-Mogg and other imperial measurements crusaders have been decisively routed and sent off with their tails between their legs 😀
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Post by pjw1961 on Dec 27, 2023 11:06:02 GMT
Hopefully that means you will be supporting the Edinburgh maroons against the greens tonight As a big admirer of the great Willie Hamilton, and out of respect for his memory, I never take a side in the Edinburgh derby! Here's a quiz question for you. (Without looking it up) what was the final parliamentary constituency Willie Hamilton stood as a Labour candidate for?
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Post by shevii on Dec 27, 2023 11:42:48 GMT
Worrying signs from Kenilworth road as the Hatters winning streak extends to two. With a 3:2 win against Sheffield United where Sheffield were kind enough to score 4 of the goals themselves. It's this type of friendly welcome that makes Yorkshire stand out. I was cringing at the charity appeal Luton did on UK Gold with those sad looking Luton fans and the "just one own goal would give them a feeling of hope this Christmas" but I guess you can't knock this type of advertising when it works.
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Post by graham on Dec 27, 2023 11:53:31 GMT
As a big admirer of the great Willie Hamilton, and out of respect for his memory, I never take a side in the Edinburgh derby! Here's a quiz question for you. (Without looking it up) what was the final parliamentary constituency Willie Hamilton stood as a Labour candidate for? A safe Tory seat in Devon!
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Post by steve on Dec 27, 2023 11:57:58 GMT
neilj It's extraordinary for those outside of the cult to even begin to understand the appeal of the rapist traitor he is a truly disgusting human being. His complete grossness extends to his personal hygiene decades of cocaine use and an addiction to diet coke has had its impact on his inability to control his bowel motions. Not to put people off their lunch he isn't called diaper Don for nothing. youtu.be/aD3BuWUwhsQ?si=owHsmU7-qC57Yn-F
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Post by bardin1 on Dec 27, 2023 12:01:25 GMT
neilj It's extraordinary for those outside of the cult to even begin to understand the appeal of the rapist traitor he is a truly disgusting human being. His complete grossness extends to his personal hygiene decades of cocaine use and an addiction to diet coke has had its impact on his inability to control his bowel motions. Not to put people off their lunch he isn't called diaper Don for nothing. youtu.be/aD3BuWUwhsQ?si=owHsmU7-qC57Yn-F Donald Dump?
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Post by crossbat11 on Dec 27, 2023 12:40:38 GMT
As a big admirer of the great Willie Hamilton, and out of respect for his memory, I never take a side in the Edinburgh derby! Here's a quiz question for you. (Without looking it up) what was the final parliamentary constituency Willie Hamilton stood as a Labour candidate for? This is a profile of Willie Hamilton the legendary Scottish footballer, not the politician. He had a short spell with the Villa in my very early days watching the club circa 1965. He scored one of the first Villa goals I ever saw. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/football-bad-boys-the-superlative-willie-hamilton-drove-his-teammates-to-distraction-2443537
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Post by graham on Dec 27, 2023 12:58:24 GMT
Budget announced for 6th March. Were a GE to be held on 2nd May, a Dissolution would be required by 26th March so this announcement keeps the option open.
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Post by pjw1961 on Dec 27, 2023 14:04:16 GMT
Here's a quiz question for you. (Without looking it up) what was the final parliamentary constituency Willie Hamilton stood as a Labour candidate for? A safe Tory seat in Devon! Indeed so - South Hams 1987.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2023 14:06:48 GMT
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Post by pjw1961 on Dec 27, 2023 14:07:15 GMT
I consider the other one more legendary, if only for his description of the production of yet another grandchild to the late monarch as: "how charming, another one on the payroll."
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Post by pjw1961 on Dec 27, 2023 14:10:18 GMT
But what I want to know is why Dems cannot find a better candidate than the geriatric incumbent who currently trails Donald Trump ( yes-Donald Trump !) in the Polls :- Biden won't let them.
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Post by bardin1 on Dec 27, 2023 14:26:50 GMT
I don't disagree Colin. I think the FPTP 'democracies' of the UK and USA are now seriously flawed, driven by short termism and cults of personality rather than policy and long term strategy. I don't see a way out unless a populist figure comes in who is also willing to change the sytem itself, to his or her own detriment. A Kennedy figure (Robert, John or maybe even Charles...). Our opportunity should have come with Blair who was young and willing to change things up but petrified and ossified in his second term.
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Post by oldnat on Dec 27, 2023 15:15:33 GMT
Here's a quiz question for you. (Without looking it up) what was the final parliamentary constituency Willie Hamilton stood as a Labour candidate for? Willie Hamilton was my MP when we moved to Fife. Despite his republicanism, he was very much on the right of the Labour Party, and a fervent anti-devolutionist - which is largely why he was deselected in favour of Henry McLeish, who had been mobilising pro-devolution opinion in the local branches for 3 years.
Presumably the financial settlement for an MP defeated in an election (even if not for the seat they had represented previously) were more advantageous than simply retiring - hence seeking an ultra safe Tory seat in England.
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Post by crossbat11 on Dec 27, 2023 16:03:14 GMT
Crikey, what a counsel of despair on here as we head into a new year. I will shortly, and I apologise for keeping my loyal readership on tenterhooks for a little longer on this, be posting my New Year Message. It will be, as it usually is, coinciding as it does with my birthday, redolent with optimism and multiple reasons to be cheerful
No sour-faced miserabilism, nor mean spirited old-fogeyesque raining on young people's parades, it will instead detail, with sourced evidence to please our site monitors, all the reasons why I believe 2024 could well be a very good year.
Laden with hope and possibilities. As the future always is.
Away with the bah-humbugs and self absorbed miserabilists.
My treatise, entitled "The Audacity of Hope Part 2" will be published on December 31st, hopefully well before I become befuddled with drink on what will be my 68th birthday.
Until then, peeps, cheer up a little! Chill my dears.
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Post by oldnat on Dec 27, 2023 16:03:26 GMT
For those who have been desperate to buy wine in bottles holding only 76% of a standard bottle (and presumably more expensive, due to the increased packaging), the Tories have finally delivered!
(Burns would have preferred the larger size, but if it had to be "a pint of wine" it would have to be served in a silver tassie.)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2023 16:10:40 GMT
I don't disagree Colin. I think the FPTP 'democracies' of the UK and USA are now seriously flawed, driven by short termism and cults of personality rather than policy and long term strategy. I don't see a way out unless a populist figure comes in who is also willing to change the sytem itself, to his or her own detriment. A Kennedy figure (Robert, John or maybe even Charles...). Our opportunity should have come with Blair who was young and willing to change things up but petrified and ossified in his second term. I think the "failure" is less to do with electoral systems than with political governance-and certainly not restricted to USA & UK. I think the failure -over some years -has been the vacuous complacency of mainstream/ centrist politicians in the face of global changes affecting & concerning ordinary people. I think your characterisation of the Blair administration as "ossified" is a good one. The post Pandemic , post QE, post Energy war era has magnified those concerns. The trick to pull off is to satisfy the demands of two groups-the better off "liberals" who can afford to worry about the rights of others ; and the less well off "conservatives" who must prioritise their own well being. The success of right wing populists across Europe is, I believe, in large part a response to that complacency. I get the impression that Starmer understands this, from what he says & does. I hope so.
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Post by johntel on Dec 27, 2023 16:53:11 GMT
Crikey, what a counsel of despair on here as we head into a new year. I will shortly, and I apologise for keeping my loyal readership on tenterhooks for a little longer on this, be posting my New Year Message. It will be, as it usually is, coinciding as it does with my birthday, redolent with optimism and multiple reasons to be cheerful No sour-faced miserabilism, nor mean spirited old-fogeyesque raining on young people's parades, it will instead detail, with sourced evidence to please our site monitors, all the reasons why I believe 2024 could well be a very good year.Laden with hope and possibilities. As the future always is. Away with the bah-humbugs and self absorbed miserabilists. My treatise, entitled "The Audacity of Hope Part 2" will be published on December 31st, hopefully well before I become befuddled with drink on what will be my 68th birthday. Until then, peeps, cheer up a little! Chill my dears. A year without a new war starting or a pandemic breaking out would do for me. For the UK a bit of a new manager bounce and for me personally Forest not being relegated. May Nuno Espirito Santo be with you all too brothers and sisters
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Post by oldnat on Dec 27, 2023 17:01:05 GMT
bardin1If you haven't seen this Twitter thread already, you may be interested in this account of how fitba was exported from the West of Scotland to Edinburgh 150 years ago.
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Post by graham on Dec 27, 2023 17:02:33 GMT
News of Netanyahu's assassination would be joyously received in many lands. Certainly something to hope for in the year ahead.
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Post by oldnat on Dec 27, 2023 17:17:15 GMT
News of Netanyahu's assassination would be joyously received in many lands. Certainly something to hope for in the year ahead. If the Israeli attitude to Palestinians was entirely the work of Netenyahu, and his departure by assassination meant that the Israeli state and a large part of its citizenry would joyfully embrace peace and their Palestinian brethren, then it might be an evil act that brought good.
As it is, such an event would make things immeasurably worse, and that is certainly not to be hoped for.
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Post by graham on Dec 27, 2023 17:37:12 GMT
News of Netanyahu's assassination would be joyously received in many lands. Certainly something to hope for in the year ahead. If the Israeli attitude to Palestinians was entirely the work of Netenyahu, and his departure by assassination meant that the Israeli state and a large part of its citizenry would joyfully embrace peace and their Palestinian brethren, then it might be an evil act that brought good.
As it is, such an event would make things immeasurably worse, and that is certainly not to be hoped for.Netanyahu is now widely seen as evil by many within Israel itself. Moreover, as someone who has openly sought the death of the leaders of Hamas his own demise in this way would be poetic justice - and richly deserved.
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