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Yep, it does feel like the Gov is pinning everything on the vaccine and everything can go back to normal after the 19th. People seem to be forgetting that the vaccine isn't a cure, merely reduces the severity i.e. hospitalisation/death, and that people can still catch it, pass it on, and some will be very poorly. Personally I'll continue to wear a mask if I feel the situation warrants it...

Quarter-Finals fixtures... Friday 2nd July Switzerland v Spain Belgium v Italy Saturday 3rd July Czech Republic v Denmark Ukraine v England

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Well, the Mirror seems to have grown up in the intervening years... NB. Piers Morgan was the editor at the time and later apologised on TV...

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...the more visceral English/Britsh bashing which I see more of these days... Post-referendum perchance?...

Poor bloke, he spent his Christmas on a Covid ward doing his 'dayjob' while those scumbags were probably sat at home stuffing themselves. I've just seen a video of a crowd (presuming from the weekend protest) chanting 'traitor' outside his house. Police need to get involved, his safety is clearly at risk...

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Reminds me of the Germans singing their version of > it after winning Euro96 at Wembley. Not sure what > the German version translated as. I can only remember them singing the chorus...in perfect English :)

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would venture that it?s less of a maths/science > grasp thing and more of a mindset thing. > Sometimes the maths is simple, but some people > just don?t care about the maths or facts - they > want to believe what they believe. You now see this a lot in politics and journalism too, especially with the contrarianism of the spikedonline crowd which has crept into the mainstream. Instead of working their way towards a conclusion, they start of with a conclusion in keeping with their mindset and work backwards. Gove's ''we don't need experts'' comment has a lot to answer for...

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Correction. The 'sound-on' version of the video would be worse. A lot worse...

Too much info malumbu, the thought of you getting a stiffy watching *that* video is worse than the video itself...

That's good to know, thanks for checking. Won't change my England v Germany prediction, that's nailed on to go to penalties...😨

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting how different this is from John > Major's years - no-one cares he's having an > affair... I don't think people would've been too bothered back then either, it's just that Major made a big point about 'Back to Basics', which included family values, which was tantamount to giving the press a fully loaded gun...

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mellor was the story - but I don't think it was > ever a real thing - an concoction by Max Clifford > is my recollection Mellor in his Chelsea kit also did the rounds. Fergie (the Royal one) put toe sucking on the map...

Round of 16 fixtures... Saturday 26th June Wales v Denmark Italy v Austria Sunday 27th June Netherlands v Czech Republic Belgium v Portugal Monday 28th June Croatia v Spain France v Switzerland Tuesday 29th June England v Germany Sweden v Ukraine

Periodic reminder: Writing the word fact doesn't make something factual...

''I might go along with his delusion...'' There's the prejudice right there in a nutshell. Forget about weightlifters from New Zealand, this is all about someone who will never accept that any male or female who transitions to the opposite sex, should be acknowledged as such...

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Yep, in a formalised arrangement, but there are ways around it i.e. the campaigning reference, even the Tories dropped back on that front in the London Mayor election. There would also be justification for the LDs not to field candidates in certain constituencies what with them being a much smaller, less resourced and financed party. laboUr not so as I'm fairly sure there's something in their constitution that says something along the lines of they will field a candidate in every constituency in order to give every Labour voter a voice...

I assume by ''experience'' you're referring to May's time as PM and the subsequent GE'19 when there were calls for the opposition parties to formally work together over Brexit, and even calls for a Gov of national unity? Ignoring the useless leadership and intransigent nature of both Corbyn and Swinson, that was always going to be a difficult thing to pull off because Brexit crossed party lines. Brexit can now be put aside electorally, whether we rejoin or not is a battle for another day. This is about trying to oust an incompetent and divisive PM and Gov. I'm not saying a formal alliance will happen, but Starmer and Davey come across as much more rational, pragmatic politicians, so I think it's more likely to happen than previously. There's certainly scope for an unofficial agreement judging by Davey's comment at the weekend when asked if LDs should back Labour in the upcoming Batley by-election, and he replied ''Political parties campaign where they can win.'' Whether it happens or not, this John Redwood tweet shows that the prospect of an alliance worries some in the Gov, especially those like him in vulnerable Blue Wall constituencies... If Labour were to seek a deal with Greens, Lib Dems and even with SNP for a left wing alliance it means they cease to be a national party fighting every seat to try to win a U.K. majority.

Remaining Group Stage (Round 3) fixtures... Monday 21st June North Macedonia v Netherlands Ukraine v Austria Russia v Denmark Finland v Belgium Tuesday 22nd June Czech Republic v England Croatia v Scotland Wednesday 23rd June Slovakia v Spain Sweden v Poland Germany v Hungary Portugal v France

Forgot Round 2 had finished, that's 2 points down today, grrrr. Round 2 points... Eound 2 Leaderboard...

I think Cat should apply for that job, I'm sure a lot of the 'EDF libs' will give him a reference!...:)