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But this has always been the case. It’s just that these attitudes weren’t challenged before as they were the norm.

I thought the show was excellent, and as an ex-teacher too, it felt even more poignant. But I agree. I think the issue of masculinity is one boys have faced forever. It’s just that the issues are under the microscope more with social media and women can fend more themselves more effectively...

Sure. That was the defining characteristic of that hour of TV 😂

The third episode was one of the best episodes of TV I’ve ever seen.

These have been issues for years. They were issues the moment the Tories brought us austerity, they got worse when they brought us Brexit, and they got even worse when COVID and this war happened. Also, just as a fun historical fact, the debt tends to go up much more when we have Tory govts...

After a few barren years for TV, this and Severance have rekindled my passion.

You do have to be careful about taxation, but bringing income tax in line with recent inflation would help a lot. The idea that the 40% tax bracket kicks in at £50,000 still is frankly ludicrous. And I do appreciate that this is still a lot of money to a lot of people, but bearing in mind...

No, I get that. I wasn’t really debating what you’d said, so much as questioning whether there was data that had proven that, whilst payments had gone up as a collective, they were still below what they should’ve been had inflation been taken account of. I don’t think anyone debates that the...

But below inflation increases, right?

It’s so hard to say at the moment. He’s battling a hard right media, Trump and Putin on the right, a country that is used to lies from politicians, a country that has spent the past 14 years thinking austerity is the only options, public services being run into the ground, Brexit which makes us...

Right up there with Black Adder and Only Fools and Horses as the best comedies of all time for me.

No… I mean boomers… although for sure there are some Gen X that creep in there too 😊 My boss, a multimillionaire many times over is a boomer.

All I can say is that if you think Dan Burn is the least talented footballer to play for us during the Premier League era, then football isn’t for you and you should find another sport. Saying that, I don’t know “what kind of person he really is” having never met him.

He wasn’t. He just had a brilliant PR team and the media behind him. And once he had power, he scared everyone into following his rule because they became aware of the consequences of not doing so. Basically the Tories over the past 8 years, just without the genocide.

I’m currently reading How They Broke Britain, by James O’Brien. I knew a fair bit of the stuff his ilk had gotten away with, but when you’re sitting there reading it in book form, it’s overwhelming just how far we as a country have allowed these scum bags to take us through their intimidation...

It’s really simple. If you’re good enough to play regularly for a Premier League team, you can play for England. Lower Prem players (which Burn is not) may well struggle if they got to a semi final or final, but playing the Latvias of this world is not harder than playing a Premier League game...

What kind of baseless nonsense is this?

I agree. But characterisations are often the outcome of the environment someone has had to endure. It’s a self fulfilling cycle in many situations.

Especially when Milennials are still being managed in the workplace by Boomer adults.

This sounds lovely, but overlooks data, statistics and evidence that suggests / pretty much proves specific generations ARE responsible for some of the ills of this country. The reality is that the Gen Z crowd have it harder in almost every way compared to the generations that came before them...