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Yep, the EU would definitely want cast-iron certainties that there was no chance of Brexit 2.0 before allowing the UK to rejoin. Best we can hope for in the short to medium term is the UK rejoins the single market. That would at least make Brexit work *better* than it currently does. But we live in a very volatile world and a lot can happen quickly, who'd thought we be rationally talking about the possibility of a European Army outside the context of Brexit and its associated hysterics...

Latest news from the sunlit uplands, on the same day the UK economy 'unexpectedly' shrank 0.1%... As an aside, the cognitive dissonance shown by large parts of the UK electorate over Brexit is quite a thing to behold. I don't think it's controversial to say that Brexit is now considered by a large % of the population to have failed, with the % who see it as a success in single figures. Yet, initial polling for the upcoming Runcorn by-election shows Reform winning what is a relatively safe Labour seat. Now I get protest votes and all that, but Reform were literally the Brexit Party before the rebrand. If there's such a large consensus that Brexit failed, why would so many even consider voting for a party that actively helped deliver Brexit and all the known economic damage it would cause? And that's before you even get to the fantasy economics it presented at the last General Election. Labour haven't helped themselves either, by pursuing a nonsensical 'We can make Brexit work' approach, they have in effect made themselves impotent when it comes to attacking Reform and what they stand for...

Place your on-screen cursor over the name of the sender, the sender's actual email address should appear, often with scammers it comes up with a very unbusinesslike address. Failing that, you should be able to speak to Virgin and ask if legit, Microsoft on the other hand I wouldn't bother trying to contact...

Can LadyG be caught? Week 25 fixtures... Saturday 8th March Nottingham Forest v Manchester City Brighton & Hove Albion v Fulham Crystal Palace v Ipswich Town Liverpool v Southampton Brentford v Aston Villa Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton Sunday 9th March Chelsea v Leicester City Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth Manchester United v Arsenal Monday 10th March West Ham United v Newcastle United

Week 24 points... Week 24 table...

AI seems to be good at regurgitating stuff ''n the style of'', but I'd be more impressed if it produced a totally new/original music genre...

Brucie Bonus Midweek Bonanza ! Week 24 fixtures... Friday 21st February Leicester City v Brentford Saturday 22nd February Everton v Manchester United AFC Bournemouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers Arsenal v West Ham United Fulham v Crystal Palace Ipswich Town v Tottenham Hotspur Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion Aston Villa v Chelsea Sunday 23rd February Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest Manchester City v Liverpool Tuesday 25th February Brighton & Hove Albion v AFC Bournemouth Crystal Palace v Aston Villa Wolverhampton Wanderers v Fulham Chelsea v Southampton Wednesday 26th February Brentford v Everton Manchester United v Ipswich Town Nottingham Forest v Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City Liverpool v Newcastle United Thursday 27th February West Ham United v Leicester City

Week 23 points... Week 23 table...

As long as its not the CyberTruck, it's illegal for use on UK public roads, which probably means it would be illegal in EU countries too... I think this from US politician Pete Buttigieg‬ sums up the whole DOGE ruse... ''If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.''

Earlier than usual start to the weekly set of fixtures. Week 23 fixtures... Wednesday 12th February Everton v Liverpool Friday 14th February Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea Saturday 15th February Leicester City v Arsenal Aston Villa v Ipswich Town Fulham v Nottingham Forest Manchester City v Newcastle United Southampton v AFC Bournemouth West Ham United v Brentford Crystal Palace v Everton Sunday 16th February Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United

Week 22 points... Week 22 table... FA Cup this weekend, Week 23 fixtures begin on Wed 12th, so look out for the reminder in about a weeks time...

Week 22 fixtures... Saturday 1st February Nottingham Forest v Brighton & Hove Albion AFC Bournemouth v Liverpool Everton v Leicester City Ipswich Town v Southampton Newcastle United v Fulham Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa Sunday 2nd February Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur Manchester United v Crystal Palace Arsenal v Manchester City Monday 3rd February Chelsea v West Ham United

Week 21 points... Week 21 table...

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Week 21 fixtures... Saturday 25th January AFC Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest Brighton & Hove Albion v Everton Liverpool v Ipswich Town Southampton v Newcastle United Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal Manchester City v Chelsea Sunday 26th January Crystal Palace v Brentford Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City Aston Villa v West Ham United Fulham v Manchester United

I started this thread when the EDF was probably at its peak, a gentle prod in the ribs at some of the numerous threads/posters, be they pompous, argumentative, or downright wacko e.g. child abducting clowns, whilst using Camberwick Green/Trumpton pics to illustrate this parallel universe. All threads take on a life of their own, but I would like to say that it was meant to be used in the spirit of a third-party commenting on events rather than someone using it on a personal level to 'get even'. As you were...

Week 20 points... Week 20 table...

Week 20 fixtures... Saturday 18th January Newcastle United v AFC Bournemouth Brentford v Liverpool Leicester City v Fulham West Ham United v Crystal Palace Arsenal v Aston Villa Sunday 19th January Everton v Tottenham Hotspur Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion Nottingham Forest v Southampton Ipswich Town v Manchester City Monday 20th January Chelsea v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Week 19 points... Week 19 table...

Week 19 fixtures... Tuesday 14th January Brentford v Manchester City Chelsea v AFC Bournemouth West Ham United v Fulham Nottingham Forest v Liverpool Wednesday 15th January Everton v Aston Villa Leicester City v Crystal Palace Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 16th January Ipswich Town v Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester United v Southampton

Week 18 points... Week 18 table... It's the FA Cup this weekend followed by mid-week PL games, so I will post the fixtures next Monday as a reminder...

Week 18 fixtures... Saturday 4th January Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United AFC Bournemouth v Everton Aston Villa v Leicester City Crystal Palace v Chelsea Manchester City v West Ham United Southampton v Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal Sunday 5th January Fulham v Ipswich Town Liverpool v Manchester United Monday 6th January Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest

Week 16 points... Week 17 points... Week 17 table...

Week 17 fixtures... Friday 27th December Brighton & Hove Albion v Brentford Arsenal v Ipswich Town Sunday 29th December Leicester City v Manchester City Crystal Palace v Southampton Everton v Nottingham Forest Fulham v AFC Bournemouth Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers West Ham United v Liverpool Monday 30th December Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion Ipswich Town v Chelsea Manchester United v Newcastle United Wednesday 1st January Brentford v Arsenal

The Ambassador is busy smooching with the hoi polloi, so here's Frank with your Boxing Day Bonus... Week 16 fixtures... Saturday 21st December Aston Villa v Manchester City Brentford v Nottingham Forest Ipswich Town v Newcastle United West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace v Arsenal Sunday 22nd December Everton v Chelsea Fulham v Southampton Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers Manchester United v AFC Bournemouth Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool Thursday 26th December Manchester City v Everton AFC Bournemouth v Crystal Palace Chelsea v Fulham Newcastle United v Aston Villa Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur Southampton v West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United Liverpool v Leicester City Week 17 commences on Friday 27th, so look out for those fixtures, especially if you're going away. Happy Christmas! 🎅🎄 ...