Simon

Ipswich (once more) Just when you’d given up hope of me ever blogging again, I’m back Last season was a bit of a non starter on the blogging front due to a ruptured achilles suffered in August. This season…

A return to my occasional series of football (ish) blogs #pusb
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Similarly one of my early memories is being very invested in the Tory leadership contest and reading about it in The Sun at my grandparents house when I would have been 7 years old

Ever-higher: the rise of bonnet height, and the case to cap it Report calls on European law-makers to cap bonnet height by 2035, recommending an 85 cm limit for further study

Wealth of evidence on the danger of bonnet height. SUV is being used as a shorthand that oversimplifies a complex issue, but the evidence on safety is pretty clear. share.google/p2hONH1RW1to...

I recall getting a ferry from Buenos Aires to Uruguay in 2012 and seeing a massive banner with pictures of the Argentine army and Las Malvinas son Argentinas on it. The fact they accused Britain of military posturing over them is hilarious

I get the sense Truss is desperate to join, but Farage isn't stupid enough to let her

I feel like it would be fine without the Americans

I may have imagined it but I think there was an interview where he said that the album wasn't necessarily about heroin. Which is an interesting claim.

Wasn't it heroin, plus his keyboardist who ran off with Richard Ashcroft?

If they aren't medically fragile enough to get one then they probably don't really need one? It's not 2020 any more

One of the remain campaign's biggest mistakes was not making use of him

I get the sense whe really wants to defect, but Reform won't let her, similar to Truss.

I'm amazed there isn't a piece on vat for private school fees

For some pretty limited milquetoast posting on here I've had abuse and even a death threat. I think it's as bad as Twitter and it's overt actual nazis, but it's not exactly the kinder gentler place that people say it is

I occasionally look after a dog with that name. It's embarrassing calling it out in the park. Poor kid.

I gave my opinion on someone's opinion on transit. I don't really care who runs your city, other than it not being a sex pest.
Christ, you people are as bad as the Trump fans

People said he should get run over by a bus and have rocks chucked at him. I got a death threat for agreeing with him. Valid points I'm sure

Was somewhat surprised that the reaction to your fair and balanced piece was a bunch of people essentially wishing death upon you, but guess that's social media these days

Consciousness before birth? Imaging studies explore the possibility Fetal and infant brains offer clues to when human experience begins

By this logic we should also decriminalise killing of newborns...

Anyway here's a link www.science.org/content/arti...

I remember having to buy my own teabags and there being a team milk kitty that everyone had to put in to

Surely this was actually a celebration of finishing runner up in the Maybank Challenge Cup? Don't think there's many other teams that have achieved this prestigious honour

#eurovision UK entry is basically a less good rewrite of Katy Perry's Last Friday Night

Cab at the rank in Gare Du Nord wanted €50 for a mile journey. (Would have walked but had luggage and kids with us)

Thanks for the suggestion, have a great day!

Thanks Andy. Have a good evening

So it's ok for artists to have gigs cancelled for supporting the Israeli government (and not clear whether Jonny Greenwood does or not) but not ok for artists to have them cancelled for supporting Hamas. Got it. Don't think this discussion will prove productive for either of us , so have a good day

The venues have cancelled the gigs because of security threats. It's clearly not voluntary.
And Kneecap's gigs were cancelled for saying 'kill your mp' and 'up Hamas' rather than their general views on Israel. One can debate the merits or otherwise of this, but let's have some accuracy please

It's not an interview, it's a report on a statement they've posted. They're musicians who aren't allowed to play music because of a campaign so yes they have been silenced. Would be saying exactly the same if it was Kneecap gigs

Their gigs have been cancelled. It's in the headline

Pulp - This is Hardcore

The band lostprophets available on Spotify

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