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I think I'll vote Green because I want bigger boobs.

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Eh. We already have ones for Reading and Glastonbury next year, so why not?

Ah interesting. I was wondering if this was using the actual Espacio Mad Cool that was used in 2018-22, so good to know it's not quite so neat and simple.

Wonder if Trump getting to go along to the F1 race in Miami yesterday, a tour of one of the team's garages and getting to shout campaign lines at sycophants is either a poor reflection on F1 for thinking this was a good idea or consistent with the sport's history, given they previously had Putin present the winning driver of Russian races the trophy (or indeed the litany of other dictators who've got in the sport over the years).

Yes - but a different group of comedians would probably also do it for comps.

Was my third time seeing Bruce and it was the best yet, setlist way better than Hyde Park last year and felt like him and the band were really up for it last night. Was in the front pit and the atmosphere was great, think having the roof closed really helped with the sound as well.

Pretty much. Brings me back in my head to people asking why Newcastle wanted to get rid of Alan Pardew at the end of 2013/14 when on course for a top 10 finish but that negated a truly awful run of form from January to the end of the season where we barely won and endured a few pummellings, and despite a revamp that carried over into failing to win any game in the first two months of the following season. I've got the impression that it's mutual tbh. I think Moyes has looked fed up in the last few months with a squad that seems to have stopped listening and a fanbase that seems to scream at him to go after every defeat, and it seems like a good point for parting of the ways. I know people lament the lack of managerial longevity and there's an argument for that, but I think they've had a good run.

3 league wins in 2024, probably see it as a decline and the new guy being available. Who on paper is a manager with a good CV in Porto, Spain, Real Madrid and Sevilla.

It depends what constituency you live. In some constituencies you can vote vote for who you choose knowing it won’t impact on the vote. If you are in a lab/con marginal a vote for a party like greens is effectively a vote for the torys.

If I vote for what I believe in and many others do then even without MP's or just a couple that party and it's policies can influence whoever the government is - UKIP in 2014-2016 shows this does happen. If I vote for any of the main three parties I am voting for many policies I very much do not agree with and if my views are aligned to any one of the three closer it might just be the Lib Dems (but that is by a small fraction over Labour and the Tories fall a distant last with the only policy I like being the smoking one.). There are simply too many policies that I do not agree with from all 3 and so, for me, and lots of others I know voting for who comes closest to our views is the right vote as even if it is 'wasted' then so too is a vote for things I simply do not support. Hopefully that all makes sense............................ PS If/when Labour win I sincerely hope they crack on and sort out the mess the UK is in, I would just prefer it to be with help from the other parties who tend to be more 'radical' than Labour.

So one that lasted the full 5 year term and another that only collapsed because because members of the main party (ie Johnson and friends) bought it down from within because of Brexit. So no real evidence that hung parliaments do not last long.

You wonder what else Moyes could of done at West ham to keep his job. Fighting relegation when he took over, gets them a trophy and the team is probably sat where they should be looking at the ones above them. Thursday night matches always seem to be a curse for the mid band clubs who manage to break into the european places.

The thingy is now an influencer 😀

Great stuff - happy to contribute as well Can I make a suggestion of a column for Genre/Description and Similar to?

I got a code but won't be using it so if you send me a message, you can have it.

I also want a large labour majority but to answer your question. Voting for a small Labour majority is the same as voting for a coalition. You can't predict which you will get. There is not much danger if the main Labour alternative is not Tory. By the way the 1970s is evidence coalitions can survive. The Lib-Lab pact kept Callaghan in Govt for a couple of years.

Haven't been many hung parliaments since 70s has there? Only 2010 and 2017. I'm not suggesting you do anything, couldn't give a flying f**k. But pink triangle was just saying a small majority labour govt could be more progressive than a hung parliament, because left wing labour MPs.

Spectacular work - what a start! Ben

Damn!

i think this is exactly what's happened

ISLAND with an introductory chat with John Peel. @dondo Bruce was brilliant. A 12 out of 10 concert. Superb band, great sound and excellent lighting. A masterclass in how to do it. Three hours plus on stage and scarily he's three months older than me.

Great thread. On the topic of checking names, do you think they would do this when it's your name on the door (no actual ticket)? It's The Looking Glass Cocktail Club in London. I guess they ask for ID if you look too young but not sure about guestlists.

It feels like they've looked at The Thingy, and thought "what can we do to really f**k with this?"

It's rained every day in Buckinghamshire, bar Saturday. Which was still sh*t