[The Weeping Angel]

[mattomac]

Unpopular with the people who obsess over the value of their house.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Oh no, not houses next to a primary school. Because that would mean the kids who live in the houses could walk to the primary school.

[mattomac]

I assume they discovered an ancient woodland and/or village however like the one that featured on Spotlight in the Southwest the existing homes are already built on half of it.

[The Weeping Angel]

[Tubby Isaacs]

Zack agrees with Reform that everything's shit it's Keir Starmer's fault.

Here's a rather brave Green position.

Green Party peer, Baroness Jenny Jones said:

“The horrific shooting of innocent people by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raises big concerns about the security of people from this country visiting the USA, especially if they are victims of racial profiling by ICE agents. President Trump and his administration have lied on behalf of ICE and given them backing for acting illegally and killing people who they then labels as “domestic terrorists”. As someone who was on the Met Police’s domestic extremism database for several years, along with thousands of others, that does not seem like a safe country to visit.

I won't watch the World Cup because of Trump, at least not more than a couple of England games if they get to the latter stages, maybe. So I'm fine with boycotts of sporting events. But public safety is stretching it. Recent World Cup venues include Brazil and South Africa.

[Abernathy]

On the putative boycott of the World Cup, the comedian John Bishop, of all people, has a persuasive take . His view is that since FIFA invented and awarded that farcical FIFA peace prize for Trump, the World Cup in the USA has been irredeemably devalued, and that in the light of Trump’s sanctioned murders of civilians in Minneapolis and his restrictions on entry visas for just about everybody, a boycott of the tournament would not only be appropriate, but not that much of a deprivation for any fans, or players, with a modicum of principles.

[Boiler]

Recent World Cup venues include Brazil and South Africa.

And you should have seen the lines of police in full riot gear in Brazil around the stadiums...

[mattomac]

You could effectively just watch the games in Canada and Mexico.

[kreuzberger]

Take the cost of a ticket and buy a boat and a cargo of beer instead, and spend the evenings in the middle of a lake, listening on the wireless as the whole farce and new definition of football violence fold.

[Bones McCoy]

Take the cost of a ticket and buy a boat and a cargo of beer instead, and spend the evenings in the middle of a lake, listening on the wireless as the whole farce and new definition of football violence fold.

Had #2 son round for dinner last night.
He (a couple of notches down the Dulux Chart) has made the wise choice to not follow the Tartan Army this time.

He cited cost as a significant deterrent.
Most of his pals and all the non-white ones have pulled out.

Dr McCoy and I are greatly relieved.

[Youngian]

has made the wise choice to not follow the Tartan Army this time.

Hardly worth going for such a short visit.