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Reply | Everything that is wrong in the world is in this!
at 17:21 8 Oct 2026
How can it be "absolutely clear" when LBlock did not once mention the 'great replacement theory' or even reference it. He did not use the word 'dilute' or even suggest it. You're actually making things up and then responding to them, angrily, and at the same time claiming the moral high ground. I find that plain weird. |
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Reply | Everything that is wrong in the world is in this!
at 16:20 8 Oct 2026
Without wanting to turn this into yet another 'one of those' threads, you have - at least as far as I can see - conflated issues that LBlock didn't even mention; you're the one introducing the idea of the 'great replacement theory' and then playing the 'racist card', in response to something he didn't say.
It is an incontrovertible fact that for decades western governments have relied on mass immigration for economic reasons. It is also incontrovertible that rapid population growth (and it has been incredibly rapid in Spain) can put short-term pressure on housing markets, local healthcare systems, schools, and public transport if infrastructure investments do not keep pace.
Spain has recently become a textbook example of a Western government explicitly using immigration as a primary lever for economic growth. While many European countries have tightened borders (look at Denmark, for example), Spain’s left-wing coalition government under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has pursued a fundamentally different approach, heavily tying its economic strategy to workforce expansion.
In April 2026, the Spanish government enacted a historic migration regularisation scheme, offering legal residence and work permits to undocumented migrants who arrived in Spain before 1 January 2026 and could prove at least five months of continuous residence. While the government initially anticipated 500,000 applicants, nearly 1.2 million migrants applied by the close of the application window on 30 June 2026.
This has inevitably had an impact on housing and the whole social infrastructure.
There are some facts, for those of you calling for them. |
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Reply | Celebrity Traitors
at 15:02 8 Oct 2026
It is possible to do both Brooklyn. I'm well into all those car restoration shows and extreme survival shows like Alone... I've also been known to get carried away by Strictly.
Personally I think Celeb Traitors is pretty naff and I'll be honest, I fast forward through all the silly 'challenges' just to watch the psychology. The stupidity of some of the contestants in the face of the bleedin obvious is kind of entertaining. |
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Reply | Celebrity Traitors
at 08:35 8 Oct 2026
Thought Withnail was a terrible choice as a traitor (too obvious), and that was before he blurted out the truth. It's almost inevitable he will be outed, leaving the already under-suspicion Maya and the quivering Acaster to try and hold out. They must have some kind of plan B, because if they're both outed, what happens? I've never watched the show before, so maybe there is a contingency. |
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Reply | Stephan interview with Dave Mc
at 10:40 7 Oct 2026
I thought his reply was tantalisingly brilliant - you will have the answer on Friday!
My take is that we will see him involved. |
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Reply | International Break
at 05:39 7 Oct 2026
He didn't look happy though. When he plays well, he has a smile on his face. Last night he looked miserable. |
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 09:22 3 Oct 2026
No, you've made it convoluted. I'm pointing out that there could be a relationship between the UAE and Burnham that goes back to 2008, that's all. |
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 16:38 2 Oct 2026
So blackmail is their response, basically.
Side note: Andy Burnham was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in 2008, the same time that the the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) - the UAE in all but name - agreed to a £200 million takeover of Man City. Coincidence?
The rabbit hole is getting deeper. |
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 23:27 29 Sep 2026
Extract from excellent article in The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fo
"Breaking the rules is for the small people. Constructing a whole alternative universe was what City did, in which sponsorship deals were topped up to whatever they needed to be for the purposes of conquering English football. “Base sums” supplemented by “tagged sums” to what the commission hearing the case politely described as the “disguised funding scheme”.
The Manchester City revenue-creation military-industrial complex simply produced turnover at a rate with which no competing entity could live. By 2024 the club claimed a greater revenue than Real Madrid.
To quote Leonardo DiCaprio’s realisation of that rapacious broker Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street: “Was all this legal? Absolutely f------ not.”
Breaking the rules? This is cheating on a scale unprecedented in the history of British football. Over just nine years the disguised funding scheme was found by the commission to have generated £949.9m in revenue, of which £830.7m was equity injected by the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG). In other words, it was fake revenue. But City did not stop there. Through the third-party company Fordham, buying image rights at inflated prices and taking other operating expenses off the City balance sheet, another £90.2m was added to the bottom line. About £920m of funny money was pumped into English football to fund one of the most successful dynasties in history." |
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Reply | International Break
at 13:11 27 Sep 2026
Ireland is a political basket case (IMHO). This farce epitomises it. I feel sorry for Jimmy who’s kind of been thrown to the wolves here. We know what a sound man he is. But the febrile keyboard warriors couldn’t give a shit about that. [Post edited 27 Sep 13:12]
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