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Never quite understood the hype when it was on TV and relevant. Always found it quite cringeworthy, an unscripted reunion is not something I would be willing to waste any of my time on.

Australia has bought itself time. Imagine what could have been achieved in this country if we'd started with Australia levels of infection and kept it low with strict measures, and topped it off with the kind of vaccination regime the NHS has rolled out? 

Few more random picks buddy - some daft as hell but great fun binge material like The Punisher and Banshee. Very watchable without being worthy in any way.  Others are really strong shows and deffo worth checking out IMO. I've starred the latter. 
Narcos*
Narcos Mexico*
Animal Kingdom*
Peaky Blinders
The Boys
Fargo*
Better Call Saul*
Boardwalk Empire
Snowfall*
McMafia*
Oz*
Banshee 
The Punisher
Warrior

Friends my arse

We must have been watching different games.

I thought Reece James cemented it.

It has but their trajectory has been on an upward curve for years. They are very well run, dumped the academy early doors and installed a focused recruitment policy that works. 

I thought Reece James cemented it.

Probably directed more to Rooney who has mismanaged all of our youngsters tbf, not 'the club'.
I don't blame Whittaker at all, he was publicly humiliated and reduced to tears, so naturally he'll react.
 

Fraudiola.

Really enjoying seeing a ref completely in charge of the game - firm decisions, talking to the players and not taking any crap…..

To be fair, his run made the space for the goal.

I blame the freaking Government.

It`s a scary thought , but Hull City have been for sale 7 years now , i`m happy to be patient , but not that patient !

The energy of many to still post, scrutunise, examine and predict on some topic threads makes me very proud...cos I am totally and utterly bored to death of several!!
I'd almost quite happily take a 12 point deduction to never have to discuss amortisation again!
I have already just accepted we will keep Rooney as manager, even though he has a recent record that is second to none.. Of terrible performances. 
Three failed takeovers later and I can no longer bear to hear speculation on which supposed billionaire Americans are going to kick tyres and then move on. 
Or what about the transfer speculation to get you through the summer!? When we have the worst recruitment team ever, we have no cash and are under transfer embargo!! 
What's more pointless and annoying? EFL charges, Rooney in/out, Next takeover or transfer speculation.. Have I missed anything?? 
PS yep, I know smart arses will post 'this thread' is the most boring, and I welcome it. That's how bored I am.

A mate of mine has just opened a bar/restaurant in Swadlincote called The Balearic Eye. And somehow he’s got Peter Hook (New Order/Joy Division), Mr C from The Shamen, Mark Archer (Altern8) and DJ Trevor Fung to play there on July 1st. Should be fun! 

Two festivals now cancelled/delayed til next year ?. Arctangent and Rebellion. Two in Moseley left.. Hopefully they'll go ahead as they're in late August and early September.

Uh oh. Another book about behind the scenes at Derby County?
In all seriousness, good luck with the book.

Thanks for the recommendation. Enjoying this a lot.

I have a strong dislike for Cummings and I'm sure he is vindictive, but people in government rarely take out against government whilst they're in government, no matter what they thought/think at the time.
We can remember people like Michael Heseltine and John Nott (if you're old enough) because grand gestures and resignations like that are so rare.
Even opponents of Trump like Mattis, Tillerson and Cohen waited until they were on the outside before speaking up.

Once you do speak out you lose your influence, so 99% of people in politics prefer to stay quiet and try to make changes from the inside.
Even Obama spoke of the need to sometimes just keep your mouth shut.
That sounds like it should be true, but from the news reports I have read, it isn't.
I've only followed the BBC and The Guardian and they have just been reporting what Cummings has been saying.
In fact, that is pretty much what the BBC always do to the chagrin of right and left.

I never heard them say Cummings was lying then, and I have never heard them say he is being truthful now - they're just reporting.
They reported what he said then and they are reporting what he says now.
Lots of people took what was reported at the time and thought Cummings was clearly lying - me included - but I don't remember the media spending months telling us Cummings was lying then any more than they are telling us what he is saying is gospel now.
It just feels that way because of what other people say about the media.

Ah, but we were expressly told that he was not the de facto leader of the government, nor was he shaping SAGE and COBRA directives in relation to Covid, as our erstwhile leader was fulfilling that role. Odd given he can only pass the buck if the buck was his to pass in the fist place. Fully agree that he's as culpable but having said that, he's been fired whereas the other fella is sat keeping schtum on the subject in number 10 whilst warbling sweet nothings about the NHS. He must be too busy to respond I suppose... ?‍♀️
Which bits, if any, do you think he's lying about? For all that he's a grotesque, scheming little toad, he's a very intelligent man and I'd venture that there's documentation that will back up his claims. He seems to infer there is. 
Meanwhile, Hancock is to be grilled in the commons this morning and we've yet to hear so much as a squeak from Downing Street.
Doesn't look great, does it?

That was my thought in a nutshell. Where was his principles when he was of the opinion Johnson wasn’t fit to hold office ? Too busy milking the gravy train that’s where. He just comes across as vindictive as well as bitter to me so while I’ve no doubt shocking mistakes were made I don’t give yesterday’s bile much credence because as the number one advisor to Johnson he’s got to have played a part in the decisions made surely so by definition he’s as culpable. Buckpassing twot. 

Don't know whether to laugh or cry to be honest. So much for all the politicising the virus BS that was so prevalent on these threads. The stream of near hysterical denunciations looks even more silly now than it did at the time.
As for Cummins, has he really told us anything we didn't know already, or has he simply confirmed that much, if not all of what was being suggested by some on here, was in fact absolutely true?
Led by donkeys indeed ?

This in Spades.
I stopped counting at 8 deaths of people I knew or had worked with in the past. It got very depressing and I eventually deleted my old LinkedIn and other work-related networking accounts (it's not as if I was going to be using them to get a job anyway). None of those who died were younger than me and most were considerably older, but it was difficult to not think that the net was closing in.