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Burnley have done several of this type. The first I remember were during Jimmy Mullins time as manager but probably even well before that. Favoured are always very personal and subjective.... mine would have Skippy and the late 70’s players dominant... not because it was a great time for the club......

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What a great feature. Remember him from the times when you got to know more or less all the faces following Burnley away in football’s basement leagues.

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I thought Boris Johnson’s constantly turning the questions was a bit lame TBH. There seems a view that it was about even in the debate in the media last night. Personally I disagree, I thought Jeremy Corbin, handled the event very well. Certainly came across better for me. Obviously the problem rema...

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Hope they remembered to Prime the wall before painting.

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Had a soft spot for Spurs... must have been just a soft stool of anticipation.

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I would have thought they’d have tried to keep him for the season at least. He’s done a fair amount of throwing his toys about this season, but spurs fans think with good reason. They will not be happy campers I would not have thought.

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Fantastic player for us.
He was a silly boy with the texts. But completely oppose digging out dirt from years ago. Times change, and people along with them. I know I do not have the same view of the world I did five-ten years ago. It is somewhat different if it relates to physical crime.

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1: as soon as I saw the thread title I knew who started it without needing to look. 2: totally agree with this - the 'offended' minority are indeed calling the shots in order to change people's ways of thinking and behaving - not necessarily for the better. Already we are seeing the effects on come...

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Christmas would not be Christmas without his Christmas album. I’m on about my sixth copy of it.

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I have no problem if Gibson stays fit on the wings, he is doing his job. I have no problem SD signing him. He was unlucky he came in at the worst possible moment, don’t think we can judge him.

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IanMcL wrote:I thought it was Little Miss Muffet?

Little miss muffet... and curds,no whey

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The Tories ARE austerity. How can Johnson absolve himself from that? And the rest of his cabinet - who are nearly all right wing loonies the lot? They can't just walk away from what they've done over the last ten years and say: "not me" - Johnson is a proven liar. Does it matter what he s...

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Oh, he definitely committed perjury (by lying about the blowjob) and that's definitely what they impeached him for, because that's all they got our of the Whitewater investigation. That's why the impeachment backfired on Republicans. They went at it with an independent counsel trying to find deep c...

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elwaclaret wrote:Yes, but it failed.
And from memory it wasn’t what he did or didn’t do so much as “not have sexual relations”, being disingenuous (at best ) with the truth under oath while President.

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Imploding Turtle wrote:Well, there was that one time a president lied about a blowjob. That was super serious.

Yes, but it failed.
And from memory it wasn’t what he did or didn’t do so much as “not have sexual relations”under oath while President.

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If you're going to say Corbyn backed the wrong horse - then it shouldn't be too much to ask you which ones those were. This "run out of money" and "take us back to the seventies" stuff sounds like it's come from an editorial in one of the many rightwing Pravdas we have here. Nat...

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What are you talking about? They've got multiple people testifying under oath that Trump is a corrupt piece of **** who tried to bribe Ukraine in exchange for personal favours. How is that less important than your idea that it's not in the news enough? Not that i think you're right, btw. It is all ...

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I think it's worth pointing out that while there might be a lot of Labour-Leave voters, they're probably not "No Deal" Leave voters like so many Tory Leave voters seem to be. I think it's reasonable to expect that not that many of them will want to vote Tory just because they voted Leave ...

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It tickles me that, although I cannot stand Trump, people cannot accept what is before their eyes. If the Impeachment was going well for the democrats, it would be all over the news. That does not mean he is not guilty, but if it fails the Democrats will be crucified for this... and so far it is not...

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Impossible for us to agree a decent deal in the timescale, unless we stay very close to EU-UK regulatory alignment. if we do that, then that is red rag to a bull to the right of the Conservative Party who run things now. And more importantly, more lies from the government to moderate Conservative M...

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Backing the wrong horses? Like Mandela, when the Oxford Conservatives (to which Johnson belonged when he was there) put up posters calling for him to be hanged? Wrong horse like not going to war in Iraq, or Libya? Voting against austerity? You have the benefit of hindsight, so find me some real (no...

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Do historians carry more weight than a sister in law. http://jmu-journalism.org.uk/did-hitler-really-visit-liverpool/ I’m enough of a historian, to know not to be too free with definites, but I agree their does seem to be a fair consensus that he spent at least some time in Liverpool, though exact ...

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[quote="AndrewJB"]I don’t think Thatcher and other right wingers were extolling the virtues of death squads and torture when they praised Pinochet’s Chile, and nor should anyone seriously believe Corbyn and Owen were cheerleading for corruption when they praised Venezuela. It wasn’t the bu...

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They were saying if it hits a defenders area/ hand in the box it is a penalty... No one has the RIGHT to go down in the game I grew up with... you went down if you could not stay on your feet.... It is no longer football, it is a hybrid sport for the American /Far East sport market. To forward the c...

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I never met Adolf Hitler. But I'm confident he wasn't a nice guy. You may well have thought Hitler a very nice guy prior to his gassing fighting for Austria. An animal loving vegetarian wandering around Liverpool whose only wish was to be an artist. He clearly had charisma, one on one or he could n...

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Torys to target Workington man. "older, white, non-graduate man from the North of England, with strong rugby league traditions and a tendency to vote Labour." I didn't know you like rugby Wrongo. I am a Graduate, and I’m not into rugby... but I am traditional Labour who will hold his nose...

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Really sorry to hear that. My issue is around the contaminated blood inquiry and he did seem genuinely interested, maybe not surprising given recent exposure in the media Now back at Uni putting new blocks together on another life... so you move on eventually. But as I say I paid a very heavy price...

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I wrote to him recently and to be fair he responded in person and advised that he would be raising the issue with the PM. I guess I'll never know if he did or not.... It was no small potatoes stuff.... lost my house, after having my business assets frozen... it was three years before investigators ...

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TheFamilyCat wrote:Probably best that you do let other posters decide for themselves.

To be fair Nye Bevan has a reputation for opening the lid... think the Swanson story is extremely relevant.

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Jakubclaret wrote:The strike of 1974 I was referring to.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Scargill

He had plenty of trouble with Scargill, but it was Scargill that showed him to be a bit of wet lettuce. The miners battered Heath, Thatcher battered the unions.

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Nigel Evans, please please please. Nigel Evans has his feet well and truly under the table in the Ribble Valley... he’s been useless as an MP since time immemorial. Offered nothing when I needed help while living in Read, even the letter offering absolutely nothing was written and signed by a secre...

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I'm too busy looking out of window wondering if it's going to rain to create a considered constructive response. Not a matter of forming a constructive response... Edward Heath took us into the Common Market. I think you mean Margaret Thatcher... after the miners had led Heath a merry dance, it was...

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gtclaret wrote:Why are they able to recruit a replacement so easily, and we can't even recruit a CM in the transfer window.

Anyone would think they are not democratic elections

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I must admit I am quickly losing patience with VAR. It is turning into what I always feared, bias backed by cameras. If it does not improve significantly I think my love affair with football is coming to an end. It is just too removed from the game I grew up with. We used to laugh at American sport....

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The forecasts were intended to tell clients today what X will be in 2036..... I think everyone knows that by 2036 everyone will have forgotten what was predicted 17 years earlier in any case. ;) and, it just will not matter. Yes, I was telling a few at work last week, what they'd just "proved&...

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Here’s a link that explains how the EU works with regard nationalisation and state aid: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-eu-railways-eu-rules-nationalise-single-market-restrictions-labour-a8968691.html%3famp Labour’s manifesto can be enacted while we’re sti...

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What would the EU “water down” and which rules would they apply in order to achieve that? Why do you think the EU countries buy so many shares in British infrastructure through quasi independent companies? Because real Nationalisation is not permitted, subsidies are centrally dictated... the EU is ...

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Another great post. Wasn't aware that's how the Irish did it. It makes a lot of sense, though. So the EU would spend on this, nay years thrashing out a plan for a deal, that no vote had asked them too instead of dealing with new real business, just in case the UK then voted to Leave. Would not happ...

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It was a dark night last night... especially for Scots. Newsnight pretty much got to the crux of the problems.... they may tweek another agreement, but it is far from certain. Scotland can leave the UK but it certainly will not go down well in more than one EU country, he named Spain for obvious rea...

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Bobby Womac - WHAT IS THIS?

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Boris flondering in PMQ'S,is it any wonder he doesn't want the WA subject to intense scrutiny. Corbyn rightly questioning the 'special' arrangements for NI,and Boris just responds with insults,and doesn't even attempt to engage with the question. "One year ago the PM said any custom controls b...

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houseboy wrote:One goon who runs a Rovers website (Bosscat knows who I mean) describes Rovers as the Cradle of Football (in fact I think that's the website name).

What else would you call of jock strap full of bks? Great name.

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Wow, you’ve used the death of 39 people to try and score a point on a messageboard. Wow. For once in our lives I am in full agreement with you Matin. I think the post misjudged at best. There are a lot more than those who died, who have had their lives changed by today’s discovery. Just imagine bei...

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We all claim to be the Pride of Lancashire, while we have a good reason now.... that does not alter the fact we were saying it when that lot down the 65 were flying high. Of course they feel themselves the pride of Lancashire, to their fans they are, and so they should.

Doesn’t mean they are.

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I suspect there is more than a little why are Stoke taking Burnley rejects involved in this. I was told by a Stoke friend big Sam was not fully fit at the start of the season, missed a pen and then got injured... so he became a target for the boo boys, angry at their start. I was delighted when we g...

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You are assuming that there is a loop hole. Just seen the pic of the trailer and the wagon. Unmarked fridge unit with a unmarked tractor unit with a white stripe on a red background. I know a company out of Monaghan with that livery. Wonder if its them? Yes just looked again. Could well be a pick u...

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Lancasterclaret wrote:They don't have the same checks at Cork/Rosslare as at Holyhead?

EU to EU still isn't it?

Something that needs seriously looking at if there is a loophole that is being used. I’m sure Bulgaria could do without this heaping the pressure on them right now... but it needs a full investigation.

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If Labour chose a strong old labour candidate, pro nationalisation and outside Europe they could walk away with Burnley. However, that would of course go against the Labour party line.

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Surely in this day and age there is kit that allows the border authorities to find heat sources in artics by now, so how does this still happen?

Absolutely awful for all involved, not least the poor individuals who had to discover it. Truly awful.

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So your point is that there's only one form of fascism, whereas there are many forms of communism. Is that right? Fascists believe in full loyalty and obedience to the nation state. Where have those views been as poised. You meant racist but thought fascist carried more weight... it does but not in...

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