Stan

That in itself seems very unusual. I hope they're not overcompensating in this elaborate fake news (yes the cynic in me writes that...)

Helicopter outside White House, apparently to take Trump to hospital.

Sadio Mane tests positive for COVID. And I transferred him in to my FPL team this morning

Wish our leader would come out with this kind of stuff, instead of just outright defending his mates and being ignorant to any wrongdoings.

Only if she does it...

Yeah the cynic in me says that he's making it up and it's just a way of going in to the background to think of the next ploy. It's definitely a way for him to come out the other side saying he 'beat Covid'.

It's more Johnson's ridiculous excuse. 'I've been on holiday so I didn't know what the rules were. No fine for me waheyy!'. His son literally makes the rules as leader of the government in charge of running this chaos. Really think that washes with any other member of the public who happens to breach the same mask rule? I very much doubt it.

Fucking hell.

Corbyn, Johnson Sr, that MP above. All added to the list of politicians and people who are meant to set the example to the rest of us, unable to follow rules which are meant to simple. It's just a shit-show from start to whenever the finish may be.

Happy for Barnes being in. Deserves it. With 3 games, bound to get some game-time but hope he doesn't get injured.

3 games in this particular break is fucking stupid too.

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson, Jordan Pickford, Nick Pope. Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ben Chilwell, Conor Coady, Eric Dier, Joe Gomez, Michael Keane, Harry Maguire, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Tyrone Mings, Bukayo Saka, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker. Midfielders: Jordan Henderson, Mason Mount, Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice, James Ward-Prowse, Harry Winks. Forwards: Tammy Abraham, Harvey Barnes, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jack Grealish, Danny Ings, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho.

Went away to Worcestershire with the family a few days ago and on one of the sunnier days, it was a very clear sky and this continued in to the sunset and evening darkness. To our luck, on this day was also the passing of the ISS. First time I'd ever seen it that bright and noticeable, and same for family. They were so stunned at how visible it was. Great sight. Moon was very low, few other bright objects in the sky. Gave my family a lesson in what the bright objects were (a faded Saturn, a bright and glowing Jupiter to the right of the moon). A reddish-hued Mars to the left which rose beautifully throughout the night. Also spotted some constellations too - Pegasus and Andromeda. As well as Pisces and Aquarius although this was very faint in the sky and was only just visible for a short time. We were in the hills so there weren't any tall buildings or trees to obstruct our view, or any haziness in the sky as a result. Totally clear, open views and it really was a beautiful sight. Looking up at the night sky is seriously under-rated and under-appreciated in my eyes (no pun intended!).

Should be sorted now.

@Tommy isn't that old. @SchalkeUK might be able to educate you

In the UK it's not all it's cracked up to be. Sometimes can be a detriment and they don't put up much of a fight against the 2 mainstream parties these days.

He's not wrong.

What's been said about Alonso by Lampard?

More millions spent on your defence but the mistakes and weakness will still be the same...

Just another addition to a long list of things that have been monumentally fucked up since the pandemic started. I don't get why it's called NHS Test and Trace. Its run by a private firm so why do they get to use the NHS' name? Stupid.

15 years is okay but 8 years isn't? What drugs you on mate

That is gross.

I agree with the final few points. We used to have two PCSOs for each small area/ward of our town. Used to be very productive and beneficial for the communities. It wasn't as if they were just there to only keep people in check. They actually got involved in communities and the visibility they had to be approachable genuinely worked. They actually had respect and even 'kids' didn't mind them being around. They'd have a laugh and a joke and a mess around with them. Take them away and those 'kids' get away with more, get involved in the wrong groups and find themselves in the wrong crowds. Not saying a PCSO presence always physically prevents that and there's other issues at hand but you knew if a PCSO was about, they were reliable and trusted. They were almost the go-between between the communities and higher levels of police. That middle-person and link has gone. Now it's about 1 for the whole south area of the river and 2 perhaps for the north. Such a vast difference in presence and effectiveness. It's partly, albeit perhaps only small, a reason why things like gang culture, serious anti-social behaviour and knife crime is on the up. I find the police in this area though are there about protecting people as much as property. Just my experience. They're happy to help out and make sure someone is safe, pretty much what is expected of them from my (work) perspective.

Yeah I don't know if I missed the gist of it all but whenever we've needed police to help with situations (even far removed from what I mentioned earlier), I can't question it. Evictions, assistance on visits, access to properties, Intel, general support if required. Can't really knock it to be honest. You get to recognise some officers who attend with you and get to know them, always been supportive and definitely empathetic. Maybe it's just the situations we find ourselves in where it's rare they'll get out of hand but even so, can't knock them for something that hasn't happened. Even yesterday, we had someone threaten to burn our offices down. Police were called and went to the guy's house. Stayed with him for an hour supporting and calming him down.

Yep. A lot of work currently is gang related which is the focus these days but also in general drug use. Can't say I've noticed any people being targeted other than because of their involvement in gangs and all thay comes with it