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Reply | Why has Starmer cancelled elections and blocked Burham
at 18:07 26 Jan 2026
Maybe they shouldn't have the power JON but they do and they have asked.
And as Gwyn says, it's pathetic the Tories complaining when they've already set the precedent. Also when there are Conservative councils making the request, not just Labour. |
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Reply | A European Army
at 12:42 25 Jan 2026
Over the last few days the utter scumbag Trump has shown exactly why we should look to ourselves for our own security (the only thing I can think of that i'd give him credit for). He's no more to be trusted than Putin.
Zelensky's speech said it all. ' Europe, instead of becoming a truly Global power remains a fragmented kaleidoscope of small and medium powers instead of taking the lead in defending freedom worldwide'.
Friedrich Merz (German Chancellor) - 'Europe has got to be able to defend itself'.
Trump himself is saying the same thing regularly, that it's up to us to defend ourselves. What could be more obvious.
So however it works out, we all have to work together.
And to answer your point Gwyn, if anyone in the UK didn't want us to part of the alliance because they don't like the French then i'd say anyone who says that is a deranged fool.
On a slightly different note, have you heard about the 'rules' in setting up the Board of Peace ? The scumbag has set them as you'd expect. The rules say that the scumbag will be the Chairman of the board for as long as he wants, whether President or not. And when the scumbag decides to step down he will be the one who will decide who the replacement Chairman is.
And the scumbag says that if anyone comes forward saying they want to be a member they'll have to pay 1 billion dollars. |
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Reply | Cardiff Rugby
at 10:07 25 Jan 2026
That's the first i've heard of that builth. Where did you hear it ? |
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Reply | Trump rubbishes Chagos deal
at 22:39 22 Jan 2026
It's a strange world when a lamebrain like Trump can call the Chagos deal an act of stupidity and then invite Putin onto his 'Board of Peace'.
Now that is 'an act of great stupidity'. And if you were to suggest that to him he probably wouldn't understand why anyone would think it.
Amazing. |
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Reply | Fulton
at 22:15 22 Jan 2026
From memory someone posted he was on £15k a week. Is my memory playing tricks with me ? |
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Reply | A European Army
at 18:50 22 Jan 2026
I completely agree uj. A huge task.
That's why I emphasised the point that whatever the cultural and attitudinal differences, or political or any other difference you care to mention, the problem facing them all is the same.
Imagine for a minute that the Ukraine war is settled and Russia ends up retaining most of the Donbas. Is everyone going to settle down believing that that's the end of the problem ? Or are we all going to be thinking who's next ? And if Putin goes again in a few years time and invades Latvia or Estonia what happens then ?
We'll be having the same conversation and will we all still be saying it can't be done (the European Army).
At what point will we say yes it can be done ? |
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Thread | Season Tickets
at 17:57 22 Jan 2026
A number of people have been asking why the usual pre Christmas announcement of info hasn't happened this year.
But it's good to see now that when the details are released in the Spring there will still be the early bird savings kept. |
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Thread | A European Army
at 17:52 22 Jan 2026
We’ve been shown since Donald Trump became POTUS for the second time that we can no longer depend on the US as an ally in regard to defence. The fact that they are a member of NATO currently does not mean that there’s a guarantee that they will continue to be. And even when Trump’s second term finishes it’s possible that the US may well vote J D Vance in as the next President. Which will mean more of the same chaos.
The question the UK needs to address now is what direction we should go to ensure our future safety as a nation.
We can’t, in my opinion as I’ve said above, rely on the US. And we certainly don’t trust China, those two being by far the biggest economies in the world. The US GDP is 29 trillion dollars and China’s is 19 trillion.
The EU by comparison, even though it is made up of 27 countries, has a GDP of 22.5 trillion dollars.
I’ve said in other threads that I believe the UK must now negotiate with the EU and other European countries in forming essentially a European army. A hugely difficult task. But the fact that all those other European countries face the same problem as the UK should, in theory, make the discussions easier. The peace that they’ve essentially enjoyed for the last 80 or so years is under threat from the same enemy and even if the Ukraine war hopefully ends soon there’s no way in the world we should ever trust Russia again.
Going back to the GDP of the EU. If you add in the GDP of the UK and the other non EU countries the total will be around the same as the US. So even if the negotiations are extremely difficult, financially at least there is absolutely no reason why a European army could not easily deal with any threat from Russia whose GDP is a paltry 2.2 trillion.
It’s easy to just point at the numbers. But we do all face the same problem and whether a country is run by a right wing, a left wing or a centrist Government they all need an answer to that problem.
None of us can address that problem on our own. |
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Reply | Trump rubbishes Chagos deal
at 22:13 21 Jan 2026
'Trump rows back on Greenland tariff threats after ‘deal’ talks with Nato chief'.
I'd say Keir Starmer did the right thing. Don't you ? |
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Reply | Trump rubbishes Chagos deal
at 18:03 20 Jan 2026
As of this moment nothing's happened. Trump has said stupid things just like he says stupid things virtually every day.
He's said tariffs will start on 1st Feb if everyone doesn't bow down to him. By then he'll probably have gone off on a tangent any number of times in a completely different direction.
But if he does impose tariffs that's when KS should react. As should all the other countries affected.
Having said that, whatever does actually happen on 1st Feb, it's a fact of life now that we can't trust the man at all. And we can't trust Russia or China. The only countries we can trust are other European countries. And that's because we have shared interests.
So I welcome the fact that our government is deep in discussions with the EU (and the rest of Europe hopefully) to build stronger relationships in all areas, not just trade but also militarily. |
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Thread | Us versus THEM
at 12:35 18 Jan 2026
There are nearly seventy million people living in the UK and in theory this is how the country should work.
We live in a democracy. Every five years we vote in a General Election and elect a Government to run the country. The job of those politicians in the elected party is to run the country on behalf of us all, for the good of everyone. We agree to provide the Government with money (tax) to do that and the Government, working on our behalf, passes our money on to organisations like the police, the NHS, councils etc etc and those organisations are tasked with providing services which are all part of what we would describe as a civilised society.
That’s the theory.
I’d intended to create this thread after seeing Margaret Aspinall interviewed on TV after the Hillsborough Law was passed. She said that they’d been fighting for that moment since 1989, thirty six years. And during that time the families of the victims had to raise themselves all the money they needed to pay for barristers to fight their case. Meanwhile all the organisations they were fighting – the City council, police, the ambulance service – were all able to hire their own legal counsel, the best available. Using our money.
So all those organisations had access to the taxes paid by Margaret and all the other families and all of us while the families had access to nothing.
That made me think of all the other scandals that have come to light over recent times – the Post Office and the infected blood scandal to name just two. As far as I know the same applies there, certainly it did with the postmasters one.
So what we appear to have is Governments of all persuasions who set up these organisations (or pay for them at least) using our money. And when something goes wrong, never mind whether they are at fault, those organisations automatically look to protect themselves. They lie and deceive and do anything they can to avoid accepting blame for their own mistakes.
These organisations are run by people who are paid very well, certainly far more than the majority of us could ever hope to be paid. And they are paid that money out of our taxes. But they don’t care that their money is actually ours. They don’t care about the tragic situation innocent people find themselves in. They don’t care about looking for the truth. They just care about themselves.
Any one of us could possibly end up in a similar dreadful situation at any moment in time.
And there appears to be nothing we can do about it. |
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Reply | Is 65 too old to be called up
at 17:46 15 Jan 2026
The British Army now is at an all time low in size with just 75,000 full time trained personnel. In 2010 the number was over 113,000.
I wonder how that happened. |
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Reply | Santos gone
at 18:12 13 Jan 2026
Didn't we get him on a free ? |
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Reply | UK NET IMMIGRATION
at 22:39 12 Jan 2026
Correct Major. And the numbers are projected to drop quite substantially more in 2026. |
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Thread | UK NET IMMIGRATION
at 17:54 12 Jan 2026
ONS figures on net migration into the UK show that the numbers in the year to June 2025 fell to 204,000 compared with the record of 944,000 to March 2023. You'd imagine this would be a huge cause for celebration among the millions of people who have been so concerned about the numbers.
You would imagine that if people are so concerned about immigration they'd be interested enough to check out the facts.
Bearing that in mind, can any of you explain why it is that when asked by pollsters 67% believe that the numbers have increased while the percentage of Reform voters who believe it has risen is 80%.
So again, can any of you explain why those people aren't interested in facts ? It appears that they simply believe what they believe and don't want facts getting in the way of those beliefs ? |
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Reply | January Transfer Rumours
at 10:44 6 Jan 2026
That doesn't mean to say others won't show an interest. Maybe a pay rise. I don't imagine he's one of our best paid players. |
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