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Reply | Should Britain go down the federal route ?
at 14:11 19 Feb 2020
Although interestingly (or maybe not), the most northerly point of the Republic of Ireland is further north than the most northerly point of Northern Ireland... |
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Reply | Diane Abbott’s son
at 15:22 1 Jan 2020
Fair point about an increasing drive to report all incidents, but I think the strength of the impetus behind this varies from hospital to hospital.
In this case, none of the three hospitals mentioned in the article are secure units. The last assault was just before Christmas and the judge has given him bail. So it does not appear that he is unwell enough for the court to consider a sec 37/41 or suchlike. Obviously these are assumptions based on the information in that one article, but it doesn’t feel as though these assaults are as a direct result of a serious mental illness (in my opinion). |
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Reply | Diane Abbott’s son
at 13:16 1 Jan 2020
Well if the case has gone this far then it is clearly felt he had full capacity around his actions. Therefore the fact he was on a mental health ward at the time is largely irrelevant. This is someone who is on trial for assaulting a number of people including NHS staff and police. Based on that I can’t see anything wrong with reporting it as such. |
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Reply | Diane Abbott’s son
at 12:45 1 Jan 2020
When people with mental health problems assault staff on a mental health ward, if the assault is a direct result of their illness which means they lack the capacity to know what they are doing, then it is unusual for staff to report this to the police, and very unlikely to progress to court. However, plenty of patients in mental health hospitals retain full awareness of their actions and know that they are wrong. In these instances police are much more likely to be called, and the fact this has gone to court would suggest this is the case in this instance. |
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Reply | Bristol City say NO !
at 17:37 7 Aug 2019
About time.
What will be interesting is if an opposition team put the ball out if one of their own players is down, whether or not Bristol City will give the ball back to them. |
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Reply | Knife Crime
at 22:41 7 Mar 2019
If there is an association between exclusions and knife crime then I personally would interpret it the other way around, ie the people who are more likely to engage in knife crime are more likely to be the type of person who might get excluded.
The whole thing is multifactorial, though, and any one thing that seems to be linked will be more correlation than causation. |
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Reply | Fought until the end
at 22:17 29 Jan 2019
You seem to have unrealistic expectations of our players. We are a championship side. Celina is clearly our most talented player, but if he turned in 10/10 performances every week then he’d never have come to us. Creative players can often be very in and out, so some inconsistency is a trade off for what he does offer us. (FWIW I don’t feel he particularly went missing tonight).
Yes we should have won tonight, but we robbed a point off them in the away fixture so that sort of evens things out. We have a young side who try to play football the right way. We’re unbeaten this year and have a reasonable chance of reaching the FA Cup QF. So stop fvcking whinging and enjoy the ride... |
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Reply | Leon and OTJ
at 20:32 20 Aug 2018
OTJ’s podcast - The Longman’s Football World - is well worth a listen. Plenty of banter with Leon and others on this, and some interesting stories and insights. |
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Reply | Ryan Woods
at 10:22 14 Aug 2018
Whoscored also has Leon as having no significant strengths and says his passing and tackling are weak. Not sure how much you can read into a website like that... |
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Reply | Besic
at 14:38 13 Aug 2018
I wonder if we’re still owed money from the Siggy deal. In which case they could offset and loan fee/wages etc against money owed... |
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Reply | Ryan Woods
at 22:59 12 Aug 2018
Well there we go then. May as well not sign anyone.
Alternatively we try and sign players who are more likely to be successful - based on criteria such as previous championship experience or being top of GP’s wish list, rather than just looking at how many goals they’ve scored. |
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Reply | Ryan Woods
at 21:50 12 Aug 2018
Any signing could potentially be a flop. Judging level of risk purely on goals scored is pointless for a player whose role isn’t goal scoring. It’s akin to Vincent Tan demanding to know why their keeper hadn’t scored any goals a few years back. |
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Reply | Ryan Woods
at 21:19 12 Aug 2018
And Leon only scored 11 goals in 484 appearances. So what’s your point? |
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Reply | Ryan Woods
at 22:06 4 Aug 2018
That is on the background of them losing a baby last year... |
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Reply | Throwing acid in a three year old kids face
at 13:17 23 Jul 2018
No offence taken. I think it’s just that the public perception of “insanity” is so distorted from actual medical definitions and this grates with my naturally pedantic nature 
I would be surprised if those responsible for this have anything that is treatable, and should receive custodial sentences rather than hospital orders (although I can’t say that their punishment will be anywhere near as severe as it should be for what they’ve done, but that’s another debate). |
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Reply | Throwing acid in a three year old kids face
at 12:58 23 Jul 2018
And I am saying that committing heinous acts is in no way a definition of mental illness. I have no idea if they are sane or not, but I do know that many people commit atrocities as a result of conscious decisions not due to mental illness.
It might be more palatable to imagine that things like this are attributable to mental illness, but actually many people are just bad people. |
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Reply | Throwing acid in a three year old kids face
at 12:45 23 Jul 2018
Crass comments. To assume they are mentally ill just perpetuates the stigma around mental illness. People with mental illness are more likely to be the victim of violence than the perpetrator. I would imagine that these low-lives are just evil, plain and simple. |
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Reply | Sportsmania
at 23:20 9 Jun 2018
Sports donkey has been decent for me for the last couple of years (mainly just used it for Swans games). |
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Reply | Swansea to appoint Technical Director
at 14:01 22 May 2018
Fair point.
However, I can’t see us relinquishing total control of recruitment to the incoming manager, and I stand by my point that a DOF type system can work if done correctly. |
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