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Will England have a mountain to climb?

'Has anyone done the reading?'

#speirgorm Not quite sure this should be left to a bunch of 17 year old army reservists at a summer camp in Finner tbqh.

Must be awful being the Irish government with all the terrible things that seem to be beyond your control. Terrible so 'tis.

Yeah, I was just a few years too old to be seduced by the Smiths. Saw them around Hand in Glove and already the sad young boys were swooning. Found it a bit ick.

Always slightly bothered me that the three chords shown are not a classic I -IV-V sequence - a three chord trick.

Careful you don't fall over when tugging the forelock there.

I'm old enough to remember when Earl Butz was sacked from Gerald Ford's cabinet for a racist 'joke' overheard and reported.

Micheál Martin is going to go to Washington to hand a bowl of shamrock to a man who posts racist videos on the Internet late at night.

A lot to digest here.

Mandelson was involved in 'dumping' Labour candidates before the 2024 election A Labour Party whistleblower has confirmed to the Canary that Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney helped to vet Labour candidates

Mandelson was involved in 'dumping' Labour candidates before the 2024 election

A Labour Party whistleblower has confirmed to the Canary that Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney helped to vet Labour candidates - and get rid of them - before the 2024 general election
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Superb. Have a repost

We need to make clear + needs be repeated that Keir Starmer never has been a decent person. There's this idea being peddled now that it's just bad judgement in his role as PM. This is a man who worked pro-bono to return Unionist police officers to front line duty after they murdered Catholic kids.

Morgan McSweeney was behind the racist "Island of Strangers" speech. Starmer should have sacked him then. Just another example of Starmer's poor judgment. Both need to go now, the racist McSweeney and his boss, who delivered that speech.

That speech was one of the darkest moments in UK politics.

'Eating ____ for breakfast/Rudie can't fail'

Transferable Clash meme

Sunshine, on a cloudy day...

I was watching the Commons debate on Weds and it struck me how good many experienced MPs are at weaving interruptions into their speeches. One of Starmer's many problems is that he can't talk and listen at the same time. He's the lecturer students hate, the one who just delivers the content.

YouTube video by The Mekons - Topic Prince of Darkness

Unlike Peter Mandelson, apparently Andrew Eldritch did not appreciate the Prince of Darkness soubriquet.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWdJ...

Little ask for any of you interested in football, history or Dublin 8 and surrounds.

@historystpats.bsky.social was a big success on Twitter but we left because it is the worst place in the world. Very few have followed us here. It would be great to get a few more follows and some amplification! 🔴⚪️

For a minute I thought you were suggesting we go back to hedge schools.

There is actually a train line that could serve the ferry port, but once again, the lack of a magic wand....

"Somehow, the grooming gangs of Rotherham cause more visceral disgust and outcry than exploitation of these equally vulnerable victims procured for the lusts of the wealthy"

Well indeed.

Polly Toynbee in the Guardian

Something else the taoiseach won't have a magic wand for.

It is never going to stop raining.

Headingley test isn't that expensive. Cheaper than either of the London grounds I think? We're tight up here

Lived right beside Headingley for a year or so. Could see into a tiny square of the ground through a gate in the stand and all. But during COVID, so no actual cricket. Still live about 10 mins away and have seen a couple of tests since.

There could be side chat about decking and insulation.

Excellent.

Someone should do a TV series For Dave about the records in middle aged men's attics.

From one pyramid scheme (academia) to another.