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Don't necessarily disagree but the original thread was are these really the best 2 candidates either party can put up? Harris seemingly got there because senior Democrats wanted to focus immediately on Presidential election rather than get caught up in nomination process. Plus I suspect they...

Harris has been a historically unpopular VP - little on her resume to suggest she's fit for the top job. Fair bit of whistleblowing from within her own office as she struggles to hold onto key advisers - accusations of laziness etc. Don't think anyone really listens to what Trump says about...

Kept saying that when it was Biden Vs Trump. Add in Harris & Vance and it's head scratching at best. American politics has fallen into the media/social media trap. More controversial you are - more coverage you get the more high profile you become - high profile must equal talent. Both Biden &...

If they are not nesting on your property not a lot you can do. But the nest will be close by as they don't travel far. If you remove food sources then maybe they'll bother someone else.

I'm watching too much American football - first reaction was running back or cornerback 😄

Sad news about Graham Thorpe. Fine batsman in his day.

Fully supportive of the social services actions if they believed a child (children) were at risk. Let's be honest it happens far too frequently than we'd like to think - over 103,000 in UK mainly for abuse and neglect according to children's charities. Social services having to deal with over...

Isn't this just a " typical" social services case when they remove children believed to be at risk? If a child dies in a case where social services are aware of issues it also becomes national news. Maybe the media and politicians should have taken race out of it from the start.

Probably the worst county atm to try and come through the ranks at - with their big budget approach. Also with the downgrading of the 50 over comp a lot of counties take on players (mainly from ECB premier divisions) on small contracts tocover this period

Actually more unpopular than Palin. An ego pick done without taking advice from outside of his sycophantic inner circle. Vance has little experience, not popular with many Republican politicians and closely associated with Project 2025 (which will become a major campaign issue). He's a weakness...

Bit of a British thing - we don't like our sporting stars to be too much of a personality?? His self-confidence often accused of being arrogance - maybe another British hang-up? For me he's an outstanding sportsman. In a sport so often dominated by drivers from wealthy backgrounds he's had to...

You'd have thought they would have forked out at a time when they are desperately trying to raise new investment.

Maybe I've missed it but how come so many of the top Aussies are playing in the US 20/20 rather than the Hundred?

Those stats don't apply solely to civil service. Many of those countries utilities & railways (for example) are still govt-owned and so included in these particular OECD stats. UK civil service is currently aound the 510 k mark. Not sure where I said bloated but the context was why it was still...

civil service employment numbers up around 130,000 (35%) since 2016. Govts keep talking about reducing numbers but haven't got it through. This Govt may well raise taxes but good luck collecting them with the current work backlog and the fact still around half HMRC employees are still working...

Same tune with every election. Opposition promises to fix things but then claims there isn't the money. This time Labour didn't really have to do any sums as they were always going to walk the election as people just sick of Conservatives. Every party says they'll sort out public sector waste -...

Even after all these years you learn something new. Every race apart from Spa has a cooldown lap where drivers are told to drive through the "dirty" areas in order to pick up rubber debris onto the still warm tyres - apparently worth between 2-3 kgs.

Apparently it's the extra rubber he used up by only one stopping . Interesting thing is the car was exactly the right weight before the fuel tank was emptied. So just 1.5kg of fuel left in car at the end of the race - that's cutting it mighty fine.

Need an immediate ban on any further upgrades :) Nice & competitive now with all the top 4 teams being close to enough to a par to make each race interesting.

going to get these innings where Bazball implodes. Still needs refining.When you're 4 down for 40 odd maybe stablize a little before going again ??