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As with Brexit, everyone who votes for Reform isn't a racist, but I'm confident in saying that the vast majority of racists will vote for Reform, like they did with Brexit. So, anyone who considers themselves as non-racist but is considering or will vote for Reform, needs to ask themselves why is that the case? Why do you never hear Reform promoting equality/anti-racism? Instead, Farage is now copying Trump with anti-DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) rhetoric. It can't be any clearer where Reform stands when it comes to such issues...

Doesn't surprise me, the same demographic voted heavily for Brexit while the media would have you believe it was solely the Red Wall that did for Remain. Of course, Farage & Tice are classic examples of that demographic. I read somewhere that a lot of it is driven by boredom and mischief, the thrill of being a disruptor. Let's hope that by the time they start soiling their beds, there's some poor souls still left in the NHS/Care System to wipe their bony backsides. On that subject, at the last GE a Reform voter was asked how would they personally pay for health care if Reform privatised the NHS as Farage has proposed. ''Oh, I'm sure they will look after us somehow''. And we're not supposed to call Reform voters thick?...

Week 33 fixtures... Saturday 10th May Fulham v Everton Ipswich Town v Brentford Southampton v Manchester City Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion AFC Bournemouth v Aston Villa Sunday 11th May Newcastle United v Chelsea Manchester United v West Ham United Nottingham Forest v Leicester City Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace Liverpool v Arsenal

Week 32 points... Week 32 table...

Every time I read one of Jazzers North Korea style propaganda rants, I remind myself that he thinks Kemi Badenoch is the solution...

''He caused chaos in this country with his put down of everything British and his many dismal words about the effects of Brexit on this country.'' What utter tosh. Carney had to mitigate the effects of Brexit caused by plastic patriots like Farage. For example, immediately after the 2016 Brexit vote the BoE had to intervene fiscally by dropping interest rates and increasing QE in order to prevent the economy from taking a big hit. They were unable to prevent the £ from crashing at the time, and it has since been worked out that the effect of that alone caused a circa £900/year hit to each UK household, which equates to the UK @ £450m/week. There's reams of data out there that shows the economic damage Brexit has caused to the UK. Here's one looking at business investment, admittedly not very sexy but kinda important if you want to achieve economic growth. It's clear to see that prior to 2016 we had reached parity with some of our main rivals, but since then we've flatlined. All that Brexit has achieved is to win the race to the bottom. There's a reason why Farage never brought up Brexit at the last election, he knows himself it hasn't delivered on any of the promises, quite the reverse in fact. Labour, stupidly, by saying they can make Brexit work have in effect given Farage a Get Out of Jail Free card...

Friday night game. Week 32 fixtures... Friday 2nd May Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers Saturday 3rd May Aston Villa v Fulham Everton v Ipswich Town Leicester City v Southampton Arsenal v AFC Bournemouth Sunday 4th May Brentford v Manchester United Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea v Liverpool Monday 5th May Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest

Week 31 points... Week 31 table...

Week 31 fixtures... Saturday 26th April Chelsea v Everton Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham United Newcastle United v Ipswich Town Southampton v Fulham Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City Sunday 27th April AFC Bournemouth v Manchester United Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 1st May Nottingham Forest v Brentford

Week 30 points... Week 30 table...

I can vouch for a Berberis being a good thorny deterrent, and colorful too... https://www.jacksonsnurseries.co.uk/hedging-plants/thorny-prickly-intruder-proof-hedging-plants/ Gooseberry bushes have thorns plus the added bonus of the fruit... https://www.jacksonsnurseries.co.uk/?subcats=Y&pcode_from_q=Y&pshort=Y&pfull=Y&pname=Y&pkeywords=Y&search_performed=Y&q=gooseberry&dispatch=products.search&security_hash=66c20a8bb7c61038d2180d03a4660735

Week 30 fixtures... Saturday 19th April Brentford v Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace v AFC Bournemouth Everton v Manchester City West Ham United v Southampton Aston Villa v Newcastle United Sunday 20th April Fulham v Chelsea Ipswich Town v Arsenal Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester City v Liverpool Monday 21st April Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest Tuesday 22nd April Manchester City v Aston Villa Wednesday 23rd April Arsenal v Crystal Palace

Week 29 points... Week 29 table...

Week 29 fixtures... Saturday 12th April Manchester City v Crystal Palace Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City Nottingham Forest v Everton Southampton v Aston Villa Arsenal v Brentford Sunday 13th April Chelsea v Ipswich Town Liverpool v West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle United v Manchester United Monday 14th April AFC Bournemouth v Fulham Wednesday 16th April Newcastle United v Crystal Palace

Thanks, my first high score of the season, with 7 matches to go it's doable (just over +2pts each week) but history is in LadyG's favour, hopefully she's feeling giddy over Arsenal's win last night and that will put her off!...

Week 28 points... Week 28 table...

Week 28 fixtures... Saturday 5th April Everton v Arsenal Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion Ipswich Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers West Ham United v AFC Bournemouth Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest Sunday 6th April Brentford v Chelsea Fulham v Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton Manchester United v Manchester City Monday 7th April Leicester City v Newcastle United

Week 27 points... Week 27 table...

MIDWEEK GAMES ALERT! Week 27 fixtures.. Tuesday 1st April Arsenal v Fulham Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United Nottingham Forest v Manchester United Wednesday 2nd April AFC Bournemouth v Ipswich Town Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa Manchester City v Leicester City Newcastle United v Brentford Southampton v Crystal Palace Liverpool v Everton Thursday 3rd April Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur

Week 26 points... Week 26 table...

Woohoo ! Thanks, yes, I also thought maxxi would win it as the final matches looked like comfortable wins for Ireland, England and France, so any chance of winning would come down to the lottery of closest to the actual points difference. Thank goodness for maxxi and his leftfield predictions 🙃 I once enjoyed a Feb long weekend in Rome with work colleagues, a good time to go as there are less tourists around so minimal queuing to see all the sights. On the Saturday we found out that Roma were playing at home, so we took a bus to see if we could get in, and we could. Half-time refreshments were...mini pizzas !... overpriced and undercooked so felt right at home... 😁

Week 26 fixtures... Saturday 15th March Everton v West Ham United Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers AFC Bournemouth v Brentford Sunday 16th March Arsenal v Chelsea Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City v Manchester United

Week 25 points... Week 25 table...

Promised Land is such a great track, in a similar and much sampled vein is this other classic...

This is an interesting You Gov poll from Nov '23 about what people think Single Market membership entails... https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/48259-what-do-britons-think-single-market-membership-entails