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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 8:45 am Went to see Cape Town City lose 2-0 at home to Mamelodi Sundowns...

Superb!

Phil H

I think only Conor and Sean D have mentioned grounds outside Europe. Anyone else? I feel like there might be one or two others by now.

Phil H

Do we know if Chris is an apterite ? Yes, he's an apterite. It's impossible for a non-apterite to win Usually unlikely, but not impossible. I don't think Mike Daysley was on Apterous when he won, and even if he was, it's probably fair to say that not every series winner in the Apterous era has been...

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Nothing much been happening the last week or two.

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Adam S Latchford wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 10:15 am https://christianindex.org/stories/nobe ... ding,92881
phil hannan just won a nobel prize

That's quite good

Phil H

Based on what I've seen with a string of 'granny rule' Scots, all will quickly be forgiven if he gets results (although I'm sure conspiracies will abound if England lose an important match to Germany.)

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 12:58 pm
It's now gone from 2:11:53 to 2:09:57 in one go. Set by Ruth Chepngetich. Interesting.

Apparently she knocked 4:22 off her previous PB, and both her splits broke her half marathon PB. Unsurprising that it's been met with some scepticism in that light.

Phil H

Johnson, Truss and Sunak - all amazingly bad, but in such different ways!

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I'd say it was a bit of a car crash all round, including the debate structure, which seemed arbitrary and disjointed at times. Sometimes it was "Answer this question, but don't elaborate and then we'll move on." What's the point? As for a winner, I don't think either of them really "...

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Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:34 am It was a lose/lose question

I thought he could have said "It's a poor indictment of the Conservatives that this question needs to arise, and I'm determined to change that... "

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The other point about Kipchoge's run, if it's not too obvious to be worth saying, is that there wasn't anyone else in the race - the event literally only existed to try and get him below 2 hours. I remember watching it live and I still think it's one of the best things I've seen in sport, but equall...

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The threats Johnny and his wife have received on the back of her abuse, and no action taken against Vorderman, is ridiculous. This particular spat might not be the most important issue, but the idea that a public figure who criticises an elected politician should face criminal sanction, or even be ...

Phil H

Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what is and isn't OK, and can't control anyone else's reaction. #2 to me seems not only OK but healthy and I'd like to think most people would agree. #3 seems on the other hand to be at best based on false or exaggerated information, and at worst could...

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some of the aversion to the plan is based on an aversion to Rwanda itself You (or I) might be able to find examples of this being the case if we looked hard enough, but I don't think it's a serious factor in the debate. Before Covid happened I'd been toying with going on holiday to Rwanda in 2020 (...

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I'm going to be that guy

(tbh might not have noticed if I wasn't 41 myself)

Matt Rutherford wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:39 pm Oldest Millennials are 41 (born 1981)

Phil H

Creating more CGI and animated porn for the enjoyment of paedophiles would likely reduce offending and therefore be a good thing.

Phil H

Is there anything in the old testament that is based on fact? I might try to read/listen to a bit more on this, but brief internet research suggests that Jewish people did indeed experience a period of forced exile and captivity in Babylon - this is the context of much of the prophetic books of the...

Phil H

The majority of scholars do affirm Jesus' existence as a historical figure and there seems to be some debate as to whether the alternative 'mythicist' view should be taken seriously at all. (Bart Ehrman's 'Did Jesus Exist?' is among the best-known works to answer 'yes' to that question.) Jesus is no...

Phil H

Didn't it turn out Methuselah's age was actually given in months? I don't think so given that the previous few lines of the same chapter refer to Methuselah's own father being 65 at the time of his birth (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%205&version=NIV) Genesis 7:6 goes on ...

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Seems to be a common formula now. Admit generalities and deny specifics.

I think Callum's post is likely to be spot on.

Phil H

Pay up his contract or sell him to the Saudis, where no doubt he will be welcomed with open arms There's no doubt that Saudi Arabia is hugely more hostile to women overall than many other places, but firstly I don't know if I want to assume that sex crimes are universally not considered a big deal ...

Phil H

Does anyone on here have it. My 30 year old step daughter has been diagnosed with it but she thought it was IBS I'm curious that gluten free food is quite expensive so I'm wondering what tadtes good. Im also surprised that the hospital she is in doesn't make provisions for dietary needs they gave h...

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Well if they do reinstate him, presumably they will have to publish the unseen evidence that throws significant doubt on his guilt or there would be a huge backlash As I say, I tend to assume that no such evidence exists and there will definitely be a backlash. Until recently I didn't think United ...

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Why were charges dropped then? The victim (as happens in who knows how many less high-profile cases) took him back, and if I remember right, she asked for the charges to be dropped. As far as I know, none of the parties concerned have suggested that the recording is anything other than exactly what...

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:19 pmwinning the whole thing despite losing a game 4-0 with 77% possession feels a bit silly 🪿

It wouldn't quite be West Germany in 1954, but still ...

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_ ... -world-cup

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Two very closely-matched teams in the final. The togetherness in the England camp certainly won't do them any harm - compared to Spain where a number of players have previously boycotted their current coach. Sarina Wiegman has a tricky decision to make on whether to bring Lauren James back after her...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:22 pm Why are the Australian women's team called the Matilda and not The Sheilas

Got a snigger from me, well done.

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You really think he intended to score 0 all along?

I kind of thought he just lost whatever ability he had to perform under pressure and eventually gave up as a way of coping.

(Either way I doubt an extensive write-up on the apterous wiki was the thing he had his eye on?)

Phil H

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:02 pm Faith Kipyegon just beat the 1500m world record at the Diamond League in Florence.

Perhaps all the more impressive given the absence of her closest rival (Sifan Hassan) and arguably her next closest rival (Gudaf Tsegay) from the field.

Phil H

Will Jonathan finally get his century today?

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Ian Volante wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 12:12 pm Are you sure it's not just [...]

Yeah, one of the two, or maybe a bit of both.

Phil H

I think the amount of dignitaries from other countries that came to the coronation implies a level of respect from the heads of state anyway. Wrong way round. Britain is still powerful enough for some other countries to think it worth keeping in with, so they go "if it matters to them, we'll k...

Phil H

One of the best ways I've seen of putting it - having a monarchy effectively means being governed by fictional characters, and "fictional characters are no basis for a system of governance."

(Original tweet - https://twitter.com/unsub_press/status/ ... 5563249664 )

Phil H

An interesting poster suggesting eating fish is the same as eating cats. I'll always remember Martin McGuinness on Question Time in 2004 or 2005 saying he'd recently seen a video where a man picked a Mars Bar up off the ground and then had a hook go through his tongue when he tried to eat it, and c...

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I've seen an article suggesting that ChatGPT has a heavily left-wing bias. As in, proper Marxist-Leninism. :D Not only do I doubt this to be the case, but I don't even see how it could be the case. What would a "Marxist-Leninist" chatbot look like? If I ask it a question about mortgage ra...

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Agree with most of Eoin's predictions. I'd lean towards Tom to win his first two games though, setting up two very closely-matched semi-finals. Hard to see the winner of the second semi not going on to take the title and I'd make Elliott a very, very, slight favourite over Ahmed - though LJD could b...

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Callum Todd wrote: ↑Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:03 am

I have no idea how you obtained such private information as this about the personal lives of the contestants, or what relevance it has to Countdown, but kudos for the thoroughness of your research.

Cappleman-Lyneses outed as swingers!

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Another one always popes up.

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Murdoch in 2023, please.

Phil H

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 10:29 am You can't win a major tournament with the likes of Henderson and Slabhead.

Historically, you can win tournaments with Marco Materazzi, Christophe Dugarry, Kleberson, Joan Capdevila, the entire Greece team in 2004...

I wouldn't even call Henderson a weak link.

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Dan Byrom wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:59 pm
Heh - your bumping of this post prompts me to just add that I no longer consider myself a Christian and haven't for about a year and a half or so now.

Interesting - you previously sounded like you were more 'in' than I ever was, but I took much longer to come out.

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I was lead to believe less than half of England and Wales are religious which would be remarkable Remarkable as in noteworthy, yes, but if anything I find it surprising that it's taken this long. Twenty years ago church attendance in England and Wales was already as low as about 15%, and when Jerem...

Phil H

The reason "wanker" became an insult probably wasn't because people thought the act contemptible in itself, but because it implied that the person didn't have other options.

Phil H

Been having a look at the draw. I'd say all groups except the Spain/Germany one have a clear favourite to win. Based on that, we're looking at Netherlands, Argentina, Spain/Germany and Brazil in one half of the draw, and England, France, Belgium, Germany/Spain and Portugal on the other. I think the ...

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:11 pm
Phil H wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 6:32 pm Can give Callum & TC a lift back from Oriam to event venue at least - 2 more potentially
What a star!

Might now end up having to renege on this - and on attending the event - because of a worsening home repair issue. Will see how things pan out.

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Can give Callum & TC a lift back from Oriam to event venue at least - 2 more potentially

Phil H

Irvine Welsh on Labour's 33-point YouGov poll lead:

"The lesson from Johnson to Truss is: if you're going to have a greedy corrupt moron fuck the country into oblivion, make sure it's (a) a man and (b) entertaining rather than dull."

Phil H

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:33 pm Monarch and God are concepts that fulfil very similar sociological roles, or even the same role

Not many people organise their weekly social lives around the monarch though. Perhaps what you're saying applies more to those who "believe without belonging".

Phil H

I didn't either particularly dislike or particularly like the Queen as a person, but it seems quite un-Newsthump-like to say, in effect, "the people who aren't upset at the death are just pretending not to be."

Phil H

The fact this is as big as it is reflects the extent of the propaganda that helps keep social inequality in the UK so entrenched.

Phil H

Does anyone else think that calling the English women's football team the Lionesses makes them seem like an afterthought to the men's team? I think I saw someone else suggest this, but I don't quite follow why. Whatever their logic or yours is, though, the general level and tone of coverage is prob...

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From 18 betting firms listed on Oddschecker: - 50% name England and France as joint favourites - Six favour England outright and three favour France - Nearly all have Germany, Spain, Sweden and Netherlands (in that order) as their next four most likely to win - Longest price for Netherlands is 29/2 ...

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JackHurst wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:23 am Who are people tipping to win the Euros then?

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[double]

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It's also worth asking how far the Rwanda policy succeeds according to its own stated objectives: - the UK paid Rwanda £500,000 for the planned flight last week alone; this would have been the same whether 30-40, 1 or 0 migrants had left on it. - further domestic legal challenges are to come, meanin...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:51 pm Not to punish illegal entry into a country?

[citation needed]

Article 31 of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention...

Phil H

I'm simply seeking information, which seems to be in short supply. I normally quite enjoy your posts by the way, but unless I'm misreading, I don't know what it is you find lacking in my and/or Gev's replies. Nobody on this thread seems to be expert on the topic as such, and neither he nor I appare...

Phil H

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 11:28 am
... asylum seekers attracted because of Brexit? What would be the reasoning?

I'm guessing that bit might have been tongue-in-cheek.

Phil H

Are there any figures for how many people would have a legitimate claim... is it fanciful to suggest that there might be literally hundreds of millions? I've had similar thoughts before - if you added everyone at risk of FGM, forced marriage, homophobic violence, etc... I don't know if that would a...

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has been superceded by the Nationality and Borders Act You haven't highlighted what specific part of the Act backs up your point, and much of it isn't in force yet, but even giving you maximum benefit of doubt, I think the most that can be said is that crossings could now theoretically be criminali...

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