Category: Football

A thrilling storm yesterday evening, originally I thought it was all mouth and flashing, but then the rain started and boy oh boy, what rain – it seemed to be attempting to batter the windows down for a while. It was so dark that the solar panels stopped working. But it was not finished – a hot and humid night ensued and then it started to get light before 4am. So I had watered the greenhous, from my now full water butts and had breakfast and coffee before the rest of the street was awake! Train services are curtailed and people advised not to travel, some schools and businesses are changing their operating hours. Perhaps people will have to adapt to climate change (which of course is a left wing fantasy!). Supermarkets and offices with car parks should be compelled to invest in solar panel covers that would save them money on hot days (a local supermarket said its chilled units stopped working when it got too warm! My garden offers wildlife a haven from the heat of the barren lawns that are still 95% of the frant gardens in my road (although none would come close in biomass and diversity. At 10.03 40-7% of our electric was coming from renewables at a price cheaper than gas, explain that arseholes!

World Cup – not only did the USA prevent the Iranian team from residing near their matches, but also refused to let them have a match ball to practice with – how fucking petty. the footballing minnows of Cabo Verde and Curacao have done the football world proud, whilst those who splash the cash to get in with the big boys, i.e. Saudi Arabia and Qatar are bottom of their repective groups and could both be heading home.

Much hoo-hah in the press about the next PM – who will be Andy Burnham, and who will find that the City and Israel exert their muscle to ensure that he cannot make a damned difference! The main stream press are already sowing the seeds of discontent by talking about tax rises, Net Zero has gone quiet for a couple of days! and a left wing take over. Andy burnham might have more charisma than Starmer, but left wing he is not – unless compared to Hitler, Farage, Tice and Lowe!

Even Truss and Johnson knew when it was time to go. In many ways he has done an alright job, but voters do not take to him. Yes he won a wapping majority at the last GE, but the last few years had been dire – there was not a lot of opposition, and the bar had been set very low as an act to follow. He has not given the people hope – yes Trumps fantasy game in Iran has not helped the economy, but neither has unimaginative initiatives. Net Zero should have been embraced in such a way to make it impossible to back track – it already contributes –
The UK net zero economy currently supports over 1 million full-time jobs, generating \(£\)105 billion in economic value. With green roles offering higher-than-average wages and superior productivity, demand for STEM-based skills is soaring across energy, transportation, and building retrofit sectors.

So Andy Burnham get your act together and do it so we can start the winter with hope again. How will I vote given that I have joined the Green Party? Tactically I think – anything to keep toad face and his even worse rival in their sewers!

Little stories tell the biggest truths! An article in today’s paper states that premium b-b-q sales have spiralled despite the supposed strain on the cost of living. So conclusions are that either the papers are wrong about tthe strain on families, or the rich are getting richer at the expense of the workers? – I suspect the latter. After all who can afford £1500-4000 for ab-b-q to use at best maybe 10 times a year (I am thinking weekends here, although some people seem to enjoy a burnt meat diet.

The Met. Office have issued hot weather warnings for most of England and Wales. So we await news of further young lives lost needlessly – Favorite spots are well known locally, perhaps the local councils could arrange for volunteer lifeguards to be in place (expenses paid) – each death costs £000000 at least.

Garden good, World Cup football entertaining, cricket (I no longer recognise any names!), tennis boring, golf boring, Ascot amusing watching the rich fuckers make arseholes of themselves.

Londons biggest ever political demonstration was 2003 against Tony Blair’s Iraq war, at between 1 and 2 million. It was a surprise to see estimates of Arsenal’s Premier League Champions Parade attracted over a million people who 2-1 were wearing replica shirts at a starting price of £80 a pop! I think this is interesting. The majority of those attending the parade yesterday would not have been fans who attended the emirates or perhaps have ever seen arsenal play live, but they feel a need to have a badge to identify with. I guess many will not identify with politics, or its leaders, they are happy to cast votes for numb skulls as long as they say the right things (they do not expect these views to be enacted anyway). Wearing a scarf or shirt gives a sense of belonging, in a world that has monetised belonging to any club or most activities. No, there is not a contradiction regarding the shirts – £80 for a membership where you are welcome and can identify with the chants and swearing, slag off the referee and opponents, especially Spurs, and glorify a common shared experience.

So is football more important the politics? Membership of all political parties is less than those attending or playing football at any weekend. I doubt any political turnout at a rally to match the turnout for Premiership clubs at a weekend. So my hypothesis is that many people are more interested in their football clubs than in politicans , who always let them down.

She makes to the Daily Mail front page yet again why do they have this weird obsession with her? This time she was photographed having a glass of beer in one of Parliaments subsidised bars – headlined as Angela’s wild night. Whilst I agree with Hannah Spencer that Parliament should not have subsidised bars, I am sure that someone at the Mail has a fixation on Angela bordering on obsessive stalking.

Not a mention of Farage taking £5mill and not declaring it before the last election – his exxcuse ‘it was for security’. and to make him safe for the rest of his life! What a c*** he must be to need £5mill to keep him safe – a Yale lock on my front door does for me! As he does not have a ‘surgery’ I am not sure what he has security for? The miserable toad faced wassock! Meanwhile in New York Mayor Mamdami did not exactly snub KC3 – he just pointedly did not make a point of reverential subservive to the king – America has no kings,just an old man with an infantile wish to be one! At least Charlie keeps the wanker from starting more wars!

And anti-semitism. Can the press stop identifying this as an isolated issue please. Discrimination by religion, race, colour, sexuality, sexual preference are all equally abhorrent. Unfortunately all are on the increase in the UK – powered by Reform and Islamaphobic comments across the media and including Conservative politicians.

Lastly, for now! Panini stickers have become synomonour with the World Cup. A full collection of the 2026 World Cup will cost about £1000. Is this a ploy to get kids into gambling? Another reason to boycott the World Cup in the USA – I would probably be denied a visa anyway, not that I could afford it!