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Might be worth noting that the New Yorker article can't be published or accessed directly in the UK because Letby is due to be retried in June on a charge of attempted murder as the jury at her first trial failed to reach a verdict on that charge. UK Media are legally restricted from discussing or ...

Had a kayak lesson during the week - I got given a sea kayak last year and thought it best to get a couple of lessons before I take it out. Fuck me it was painful squeezing into the bloody thing - a mix of being large and inflexible - 3 days later and I’ve still got a bit of pain and stiffness in p...

an article in the New Yorker which goes against the grain - raising a fair few queries about the guilt of Letby. I'll re-read it later as I've on ly skim-read it whilst 'working', but thought others might find it interesting. Snip Colleagues reportedly called Lucy Letby an “angel of death,” and the ...

I find him quite inspiring.

In a game filled with the product of public school scholarships he's demonstrated you can go to a modern comp in Swindon, be thick as mince and still play rugby for England

As indicated, Mako and Billy are leaving Sarries at the end of the season, a little more surprised to hear Manu is leaving as well. Although can't have been good news to have Louie Johnson and Fergus Burke signed just as Farrell heads off. Is it a case of Manu just not kicking on? Not yet confirmed ...

You've got a lot in place for you at Bath. Hooper's underperformance was really stark and it ill be interesting to see how far they can go under Van Graan I think Blackett has made a big difference since he joined the coaching set up. I was just about to mention the same thing. We have benefitted m...

You've got a lot in place for you at Bath. Hooper's underperformance was really stark and it ill be interesting to see how far they can go under Van Graan I think Blackett has made a big difference since he joined the coaching set up. Hugely There's been some decent recruitment at coaching and play...

Ironically to Gloucester. 64 - 0 They still managed to keep the margin tighter by a full 26 points though We lost 71-17 to Sarries, 71-10 to Gloucester and 48-3 to Bristol in 2021. There were far too many hammerings over that period. Not 90-0, but still pretty dreadful. The speed with which van Gra...

Yeah, I'd agree. Skivs has got away a bit with the B team narrative to explain it away. Sure it's a rotated line up, but there's a ton of prem experience in that starting 15 still. 90 - 0 is an incredibly bad result, even against and in form Saints team. I watched some awful LI teams in relegation ...

Yeah, I'd agree. Skivs has got away a bit with the B team narrative to explain it away. Sure it's a rotated line up, but there's a ton of prem experience in that starting 15 still. 90 - 0 is an incredibly bad result, even against and in form Saints team. I watched some awful LI teams in relegation ...

It was always going to militarily highly effective given the contestants. Humour me: If a small group of people could get very, very rich from the war and ensuing global chaos following the Iraq war - don't you think that if they had the power too, they would encourage that war? I'm sure people lob...

...and those two went on to destabilise the world and are responsible for millions of people dead - and they did that based on zero evidence. Just a cock-up, right? A Boo-boo. Yep, a cock-up, good and proper. It was hardly a resounding success, even if it was militarily highly effective. It was alw...

Anyone who believes that conspiracies like this could happen with everyone involved working to the same goal has never been a Project Manager. I've been a PM. People who don't do what they are told to do are gotten rid of and people are added who will follow orders. No room for any passengers. Foll...

How many people do you think it required to get the USA and the UK to invade Iraq? I'm not talking about Epstein's Island or the moon landings. Ultimately, two. Dubya and Blair. ...and those two went on to destabilise the world and are responsible for millions of people dead - and they did that bas...

I can imagine the league sponsors, game sponsors and TV company are a bit pissed off at having to sponsor/show a second rate game. It is this that will drive the money away from the game, why sponsor or show a Mickey Mouse game, who is going to be interested in watching a mismatch? I think they sho...

I think they showed the Bristol-Sarries and Exeter-Quins matches The Saints match was shown on Red Button It devalued the league game and whilst understandable from a Gloucester point of view I am not sure anyone will invest in league games when some teams have thrown in the towel and given up befo...

Anyone who believes that conspiracies like this could happen with everyone involved working to the same goal has never been a Project Manager. Quite. It's usually the first question I ask these loons, "so roughly how many people are involved in this?" How many people do you think it requi...

If you scrape away at any conspiracy theory, or someone who proposes them, eventually you get to the answer - 'IT'S THE JEWS'. Either you know this but don't want to say it out loud, or you don't know it and you've been duped. All conspiracy theories are anti-Semitic at their heart. Even the one wh...

Providing in a comp you use players registered for said comp I don't know how you'd police it beyond that. I can imagine the league sponsors, game sponsors and TV company are a bit pissed off at having to sponsor/show a second rate game. It is this that will drive the money away from the game, why ...

The Bridge Too Far

Had a kayak lesson during the week - I got given a sea kayak last year and thought it best to get a couple of lessons before I take it out. Fuck me it was painful squeezing into the bloody thing - a mix of being large and inflexible - 3 days later and I’ve still got a bit of pain and stiffness in p...

Dammit, I fell asleep.

Is it likely to be lasting until tonight?

I did some work in an oil company years ago where production was king, keep the oil flowing whatever, etc. The amount of pressure on employees was huge and it was well known that significant risks were taken to make sure the oil kept flowing ... then we had Piper Alpha! Lots of work and research in...

A fair bit of tinkering going on. Onside from kicks in open play: In a rewrite of Law 10.7 relating to players being put onside from kicks in open play, it will no longer be possible for a player to be put onside when an opposition player catches the ball and runs five metres, or passes the ball. La...

Russell and Redpath both on for starts for Bath at Newcastle tomorrow night. From an English perspective, unfortunate that Redpath's spot comes at Ojomoh's expense. I also note Cammy Hutchison in at centre for Newcastle, I recall his name from international age grade but he seems to have fallen off ...

This looks like a pretty extreme worst case scenario for Tories, very unlikely IMO but delicious to imagine the blood-letting if it actually happened... https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1788475768663617896 I no longer live in that neck of the woods, but I'll be glad to see the back of Rees Mo...

Johann van Graan at Bath as well He's doing very well, he took an admittedly hugely underperforming squad (being honest, he inherited a shitshow) and got them playing well on both sides of the ball - helped by sensible appointments such as Lee Blackett, granted, but he's got everyone pulling in the...

And Ms Kaechele's comments are those of a headcase. Titillated by someone being excluded. Not a good look, and all very self-indulgent. The whole point of the exhibit is to highlight exclusion based on gender. Biffer, do I seriously need to point out that Tasmania is not in NZ? I think most people ...

It's in Australia The issue came about as the man who raised the complaint paid to enter the gallery to see some works by Picasso - which the gallery holds and advertises - but was prevented from doing so by reason of gender. The work of art being that he was restricted by reason of gender. From the...

God save us from modern artists. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1wpegrnrxo Ms Kaechele's plans involve transforming the velvet-clad lounge into a women's toilet and a church - which she claims will allow it to continue operating as a women-only space under legal exemptions. “There is a fabulo...

I'm actually starting to feel a bit sorry for him, everything he touches turns to shite and he just cannot stop shooting himself in the foot.

I'm not sure if it has been reported here yet, but following Laurence Fox's failure to submit the correct forms on time to stand for London Mayor, he did manage to submit an application to stand in the elections for a position on the London Assembly. Sadly for him, he didn't do terribly well and lo...

TB63 wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 1:45 pm
Make my day, punk....

Christ, just bang him up already.

How many warnings?

Ah, you want to kill 14 million people because their pain is annoying you. Just putting options on the table sir.....well not really an options as the aliens would probably not bother with this. Perhaps just send in Thunderchild. I'd be a bit wary of all this talk of aliens, given fictional extra-t...

SaintK wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 9:25 am Can't see anything other than convincing wins for Leinster and Toulouse.

Live in hope!

I'd love to see Northampton do well as they've been so easy on the eye this season, good skills and adventure.

I have to say though, that's twice this week you have boasted about politician not being able to walk the streets in Scotland. I find that pretty embarrassing to be honest. I see what you did there! Neither had the balls to face the public up here and tried to stage manage scenes where it looked li...

Reminder, here's the twat announcing his new voter ID rules https://x.com/AdamBienkov/status/1786125618293178779 I genuinely think the worst moment politically in the UK in the last decade at least was Rees-Mogg saying we brought in this law to disenfranchise voters and ended up disenfranchising th...

In more good news that bell fox should do some time for this: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/02/police-investigate-laurence-fox-upskirting-tweet-narinder-kaur Good as in he is being investigated not good that he did something so awful I can't quite deduce if he just truly cann...

don't fly short haul It's not even that, one of my wife's mates who has a place in Spain went there on a day trip with 4 mates last year because there were flights available at £4.99 return. That's seriously mental. I was reminded of this post just now. Two friends, one living in Newcastle, one in ...

Second whistle-blower dies, only 45 years of age. https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/02/second-boeing-whistleblower-dies All very unpleasant. No idea of the cause of death, but the situation is surely not making anything any easier - the pressures on these people must be enormous.

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