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Where is that from?

My son is going on the anti war demo. So is his girlfriend. She's Russian and is totally against the war and says her friends in Moscow are too. Her brothers are worried about conscription. Very concerning

Yes, all a bit bleak. Unfortunately it's difficult to see positive outcomes to things at the moment

A little apprehensive about this one. Hopefully I'm wrong

Six of us went from Chad. After the match I remember we had a despondent kick around in a car park by Wembley. That was probably the highlight

Is there a map of the route? I can't do the match but want to be part of march

Mine look like a burnt fence.

I don't have the time to go on the Boro or Why sites, but if anyone else has, it might be worth letting them know that football has a long memory and in the same way that some people have not forgotten nor forgiven (eg) Bob Lord, in the same way they will be the same. Neither forgotten nor forgiven

Any connections....

What is the current consumption like?

In terms of data, just wondered if anyone brighter than me at these things would know if we could access EFL emails between them and Boro to see if collusion occurred, via FOI?

Not good

Just sent this to my MP (Darren Henry) - a tidied version of some earlier ones

Dear Mr Henry

For context, many of your constituents on the border of the county support Derby County.

 I’m writing to you as my MP because there’ is a very real chance that Derby County could go out of existence in the next two or three weeks due to an impasse between the Administrators and the EFL.

We have three credible bidders but cannot name a preferred bidder (according to the EFL) until we have settled potential lawsuits with Middlesbrough and Wycombe.

This is unlikely since these potential lawsuits are for around £50m and are also highly speculative. Middlesbrough are claiming our questionable financial accounting helped us get into the playoffs at their expense and Wycombe are saying  they were relegated by one point when we had financial irregularities which should have seen us relegated.

As Derby cannot name a preferred bidder (with their £5m non-refundable deposit), they therefore run the risk of not having enough money to guarantee fulfilling fixtures until the end of the season and and consequently may be unable to pay players this month. This non payment of players will in turn result in further punishment for the club.

My key point is that it might therefore be argued that the EFL's actions seem to be deliberately prolonging the impasse between Derby, Middlesbrough and Wycombe, a prolongation which in turn might be used by the EFL to threaten Derby's existence.

We have already had 21 points deducted due to the fiscal mismanagement of the previous owner Mel Morris who simply put us into administration and walked away.

Would you please speak to the Secretary of State and also put some pressure on the EFL to allow a preferred bidder to be named so that we can move on and complete the season.

It would be a travesty of justice if a founder member of the Football League with a Premiership stadium in a football-mad city and county was liquidated due to total intransigence.

Yours sincerely,

signed and forwarded

Quick question, what's the strongest 'drinkable' beer you've had?

Just had a vocational banana stout. Might sleep in well

More nervous about this one than expected. It's always the hope, isn't it?

My daughter was double dosed (high risk, born with hole in the heart). Then had early booster. Now has long COVID, regular chest x-rays ordered by doctors, skin infections linked to COVID etc. 

My experience of this has not been been mild

Just sitting down to watch Love Actually with the family. Not the best film ever but a symbol that the festivities are upon us. Any other traditions out there?

James is quoted as saying

"'We have always been open to all industries, the secret is to surround yourself with good people. Our motto is that not everything is a success"

Norwich game interesting

I’ve worked it out - on Norwich’s current points per game St Clods day will be six months after relegation ….. November 2022.

Although I could be wrong

Got a smart TV but nothing else. They're now coming on 28th and 29th. Need to look at what sports might be available on the 29th. Seriously, dementia is a nasty thing. Dad died of cancer last year, it was awful but I at least had the opportunity to say goodbye to 'him'. Dementia kills the mind a thousand times and finally comes for the body

Got my in-laws visiting 27,28 November. My wife is going to spend time with her mum while I will be looking after her dad. He has dementia but loves watching premiership football. What's the cheapest way to get premiership football on a short term subscription?

University of Nottingham

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SOC350921

Road to nowhere