Recent content by scamander

just as an aside to it all, I wonder if all of this isn't part of the drive for 'entertainment'? Yesterday all they could do was bang on about how entertaining the Premier League was. Well, the constant rule changes and the insistence on interpretation have ensured an amount of controversy each...

With regards to the Cucurella incident, I read that this was checked by VAR. The issue is that it was doing so to confirm if it was a red card or not. As it wasn't deemed a red so there was nothing for VAR to do. There's a big communication gap missing because a few people (myself included)...

It's obviously not the fault of the Democrats how the Republicans have moved and I haven't argued that. But the Democrats had an opportunity to seal this. The only reason the Christian right endorsed Trump was specifically for this purpose (e.g. get those Justice picks in). I think the...

An old boss of mine said that a f**k up has many parents. Just to clarify, I don't blame Obama. But he had the majority in both houses to seal this off and possibly prevent the situation the US are now in. The Republicans have made this their no1 prority for years, so it needed to be secured...

Only in that he could have prevented this. It's obviously not Obama's fault that this has happened but he could have ensured it never became a possibilty. I think I'm being confused with someone who is looking at this from a Republican perspective (or similar). I'm not, but the Dems should have...

You might have misread me, I'm not into political point scoring. It just seems as this has been missed, the Democrats could have prevented this from becoming a reality.

Unsure if the point has been made but Democrats could have codified the right to abortion into federal law under Obama when they had outright control of the Senate and Congress. They chose not to presumably as it was a useful political tool to have (e.g. the fear of Roe being overturned as a way...

I wasn't referring to schools as being in the poorer areas. Apologies as I wasn't clear on that, it's the largely unreported on tv gun crime which is in the poorer areas. I'm not sure pointing out what I have supports inaction. It's more the case of their not being a viable solution which can...

I listen to a number of US podcasts at either end of the spectrum politically. Just some points. 1. The New York law relates to handguns. Not ARs or similar, as such unsure how this links into the wider debate involving school shootings etc. 2. Stats are spun by both sides of the debate. A...

Starmer can see the obviously large elephant shaped trap looking object on this. Boris has, a number of times, tried to reheat the Labour=remain narrative in that a Labour govt would want to take us back into Europe. He's shoehorned it in his responses at PMQs when it's been completely...

The Conservative line of "Labour aren't winning as many seats as they should" is a bit problematic. The stock answer heard mamy a time today aims to point out how ineffective Labour have been (though the Tory party have been setting up a nonsense figure as to how many seats they may lose so the...

Everton could get 3 points at Watford and 3 home to Brentford. Especially if Watford are down at that point and Brentford are on the beach. We have a nice run in but could easily draw v Watford and not pick anything else up. We need to play Villa now, rather than when they invariably get out...

The problem defenders have is that players such as Gordon get in front of them or alongside and then look for contact. In this instance it's the variation of what Vardy used to do, step outside your running line (e.g. put one foot out more to the side) kick the defender and go over. Would be...

As a Claret I'm not suprised. For those who consider this as the nail in the coffin, well we were already down. This is presumably about prepping for next season in the Championship and perhaps writing off the payoff in the current season. He's been a great manager for us but for the past 18...

Corbyn suffered from having obvious hitpoints when it came to the media. Whenever the Mail etc saw the Tories in trouble they'd take something he did or said (or just asked him) and run with it. He was too easy to score points off. Starmer, love or hate him, is far harder hence the Mail and co...