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so random Is @Lucas unhappy?

Soul Got Disney+ and watched this last night. It's a good watch and gives you a lot of perspective but at the same time, lots of humour and feel-good factor. Doesn't carry on as you would expect after the first little intro bit. Thought it'd be some rags to riches tale but turns out quite different, in a good way. 7.5/10.

I've never seen people turned away either, be it Bedford, Westfield, Oxford, Reading etc. Seen well-maintained queues outside stores though - if there's one thing the British do well...

Resounding win for India in the 2nd test then. Setting up to be a fantastic series with the remaining 2 tests. Especially with how we reacted from the humiliating 1st test defeat.

What happened to the Nightingale hospitals?

Why?

Reckon the likes of yourself, your missus, @Bluewolf and @SchalkeUK would all fit right in to the hotel mate

That's very sad. So young and unexpected as well. RIP.

Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel This one wasn't my choice but had to give the control to the missus and family for once over Xmas and Boxing Day. Couldn't get a grip on Dev Patel's strong Indian accent. Tina Desai is hot though as his bride. 6/10. Not my cup of tea for a film but I was half pissed watching it so not all bad.

Nice to wake up and see India on top at the moment. Rahane ton and supported in some part by the rest of the top order.

Gabriel has COVID. Misses next 3.

Stayed up for first session and was much better than expected! Didn't expect to see so much turn. Bumrah is just class above any other fast bowler we have. If we had Kumar and Sharma/Shami playing we'd be such a force. Not that keen on Yadav but it is what it is. Hope there's no collapse again. This is a great chance to build up a good solid lead.

We had floods in Bedford last night. Thankfully not affected where I am but River in town and surrounding areas were heavily affected. People went to local golf courses and took sand from bunkers if possible. Know quite a few people around the town who had to evacuate yesterday. As if 2020 couldn't get any shitter for some.

But hey it's okay he got the deal done in time what an absolute legend.

UK has cut off a huge part of it's nose to spite it's own face. Yeah we got a deal but at what cost? Only time will tell. Apparently, UK 'chose not to be' in the Erasmus programme which is definitely one of the shittest outcomes of this deal.

Agree. He'll lap up all the praise for it no doubt but as Rando said, time will tell just how good it is when it comes to details etc.

Hope this includes the £350m/week for NHS...

Will come on and get the winner on Saturday.

The cynic in me says it's all a bit timely these new strains come in ready for a lockdown in Jan, ready made excuses for further restrictions as well from Boxing Day

It looks UKIP have gained a lot of areas, labour taking back Midlands and Northern areas. Tory blue nowhere to be seen which is great

Is this surprising? We've heard over past few weeks especially that viruses mutate 100s and 1000s of times and this was almost to be expected. I guess it's good they've quarantined 2 cases and contacts so far and we just have to hope there's no further cases found. I am surprised more areas aren't in Tier 4 though. Still remains in London, South East and now covers more surrounding areas i.e. Sussex, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk. Thought it'd go further west and towards the Midlands too.

Sturgeon's treatment in the media for a very brief blip of taking mask off at a funeral compared to how other rule-breaking MPs in England were treated tells you everything you need to know about the media in this country. In the absolute gutter.

@Devil-Dick Willie @Toinho @McAzeem do you guys watch Big Bash? I had no idea before tournament started that there's no DRS involved. There's been two shockers of decisions by umpires. One yesterday where Tye should have had a wicket, batsman clearly edged it about 2 foot off the ground and umpire said 'not out, think the bat hit the ground'. Now today, Cooper for Brisbane Heat is given out despite clearly (and I mean clearly) hitting the ball before it hit his pads and he was given out LBW. Two of the worst decisions I've ever seen by an umpire to be honest.

I hate our government.