Lee Savage

Flashbacks to trying to explain to my Grandad why Vic and Bob are funny

Best read in the voice of Rick, The People's Poet

My secondary school had a narrow climbing wall that was never used during my entire time there. I assume the school was upsold it while buying equipment they were actually likely to use. The boys were also not allowed to use the javelins for what I think are quite prejudiced reasons

The Truss budget broke many of them. Before that, you couldn't turn on the news without some talking head from the IEA lecturing us about the need to privatise the NHS, etc. Truss left them in ruins

Five Conservative councillors in Kent defect to Reform UK - BBC News Reform UK welcomes one councillor from Medway Council and four from Gravesham Borough Council.

When you bring Peter Jackson in to shoot your photos
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There'll keep going with it. Journalists are going to be in the group most affected. Solid, middle class professionals but not wealthy enough to absorb the VAT hit. It's a personal obsession rather than a relevant news story

If his aim is still the same as it was when he played for Newcastle, then I can be pretty certain he missed the target

Good to see Thiaw's form getting noticed. He looks to be an exceptional player and transformative for us to have someone who can run at CB

I think the point when the members didn't put James Cleverly into the final round of the leadership election was a sliding doors moment for the party. It left no sane, competent option on the ballot

Again, I want this read in the style of Mrs Doyle naming priests

I think it's always worth reminding ourselves that half the US voted against this. He doesn't have overwhelming support. The problem right now is that the opposition is disorganised, weak and can't mobilise people effectively. Maybe they'll get their act together at some point

I can't think of anyone who could have done a better job with the available resources. You do sometimes think what he could have achieved with, say, Man Utd's ability to spend on fees and wages

This just went on the long list of things I loved as a kid that my son thinks is boring. It also includes Raiders of the Lost Ark. I was pleased when The Goonies got his seal of approval

This sounds fine. Great, even.

I think this has been apparent for at least a couple of years now. A stricter immigration regime will not satisfy far-right demands. How can it? They want a homogenous culture. That isn't achieved just by limiting future immigration

It really is. Goalies have a pretty fascinating psychology anyway, but the third choice 'keeper lives in a very strange footballing hinterland

It's pretty standard but some get even more. The Athletic once did an article on goalkeepers who never play
archive.is/202406011017...

Same for most of the Olympic sports

They've been getting us to carry out basic counselling functions for years now, why not add a little HR into the mix?

On the men's side, football and the US money sports hoover up all the best basic athletes. Burnley's 3rd choice 'keeper will earn £10k per week. There's probably less than 20 track athletes in the world that earn that

Catching up on MOTD2 and Joe Hart is making me very conscious of the way I sit. The man has intimidatingly good posture

Succession. Looked boring as hell. I spend enough time in meetings in real life

Reform continue to find out that running a council is basically social care, a bit of money for bins, and that's it

So it turns out the main council expenditure *wasn't* in fact the Diversity and Inclusion training budget?

I refuse to believe it's the same Mats Sels that played for Newcastle a few years ago

He'll be back in an hour or so to tell us that Smith might have a point and that progressives should start engaging with idiocy rather than condemning it

I think Noah Smith might not be that bright

Well, you listen to the Football Ramble so you're very probably heard 80% of it in some way