[It's not a hoax though]

How exactly does it control us?

I can see how a government can charge us more (raise tax) by using climate change as an excuse.

It's not a hoax though, look at this winter, no snow again. I remember as a child in the sixties we were out sledging every year, always snow and often quite a lot of it.

Very true, it's part of the normal weather cycles of the planet. The hoax is that humans are causing it and going electric etc is going to help. Plant experts are starting to point out that if we reduce the CO2 levels plant life on the planet will die out.

Any activity that you can do in your normal clothes is not a sport

That covers all activities. I can't think of one where you cannot do it in normal clothes.

I'm just glad I've been relegated to second place now..

Not so fast, I want a stewards inquiry.

The UK never invaded Iraq, we supported the USA invasion together with Australia and Poland backed by UN resolutions followed by thirty six other countries. It lasted about a month and was met with little resistance.

Agreed, the initial action to drive Iraq out of Kuwait(even though they had been stealing Iraqi oil for years) was a coalition effort. The later "they have WMD" bulls*** war was initiated by Bush Jr and "Yo Blair" based on lies fed to The World and MSM to justify it and the UN took it up the árse and went for it. Tony Blair should be rotting in some dark former soviet republic prison along with bush for war crimes and genocide.

Be care Manny, it could be you next.

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-mail-on-sunday/20240204/281668259869533

We will lose this series hut won't go down without a fight.
We need a inform Joe Root to stand any chance at all

We need Joe Root and others to play a proper test innings not this stupid bazball.

According to the BMA the NHS has 2.4 beds per 1000, the worst ratio in Europe with the exception of Sweden. That compares to Germany who have 8. A fantastic ideology, but it comes at a price.

Your comparison with Germany is flawed. Most of those 8 beds you quote are for private patients not the poor folk. The level of care and comfort in a German hospital rapidly increases when they find out you are fully covered by workers comp as they are then not restricted to the pricing set by an insurance company.

Pathetic. Only Crawley played anything like a test match innings. The rest of them need to learn the difference between the formats.

More of a Kate Bush man myself.

One in Kate's bush is worth ten in the hand.

I nearly put that in my original post, but felt that it might go over a few peoples heads. 

I mentioned it last time he came up for discussion on this thread.

So we've got two days to get 332 runs. If they batted a true test match inning this wouldn't be a problem, but the problem is there are too many egos who want to go big and win the match by attempting to knock the leather off the ball. All over by tea tomorrow.

The one thing about conflict is that only for the dead is war truly over.

Unless there is another spectacular come back thsinseries will be 1-1 soon

It wasn't exactly awe inspiring.

And you think that Manny is not?

Does he act his age or his shoe size?

I'm a Boomer, and don't really have an issue with anyone, live and let live and all that

The thing is mate we're old enough to know better.

Absolutely - like Sing my father served, he was 19 and crewing convoy escort boats across the North Atlantic in the 40's.

Unlike the bulls***ters who talk about war "glorious terms" he rarely mentioned it and was only when he was in his nineties and writing his memoirs that details emerged.  

I don't think we can imagine how terrifying it would have been on those convoys knowing that at any second an unseen enemy could sink you and disappear under the waves, probably even worse for those on the unarmed merchant ships.

I don't think there are any "glorious terms" to describe war.

I'm a bit surprised that we haven't had the usual suspects on here asking why the contract with WNC hasn't been signed yet, after all KT did say February.

Likewise, I’d go if needed, King and Country.

Ever been shot at? I have twice and I can tell you it is not fun. I would protect my country, but I would rather take up arms against the current political parties in the UK than for them.

I'm not the one making a fuss about it! However, I grew up in a military family, I lived on frontline nuclear RAF stations, my late father saw active service in Egypt and Kenya. You and I are both too old to be considered for active service, the nearest you'd get is digging ditches or unrolling barbed wire! So shush wee son!

Dad served in Egypt during the Suez Crisis, never spoke about it, but things would trigger him and you could see that he was back there. Lost one of my best friends in the Falklands. War is not glamorous, war is hell and it must be the last resort.

Stoney it was! Bexxy was brilliant, longest legs I've ever seen 

Seriously one of the hottest Cobblers supporters.