@ShippersUnbound A lot in what? Using something that happened 6 years ago as a shining example of how great Brexit is? Which the article itself even admits was allowed to happen even if we'd been inside the EU...
Nope. Arguments will have to do far FAR better than that.
I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning:
I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages.
We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.
There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job.
I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity.
I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away. This is a significant shift, it won’t be easy, and it will require 100% commitment — I respect his decision. We’ll be searching for a new Opinion Editor to own this new direction.
I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion. I’m excited for us together to fill that void.
Jeff
@SamCoatesSky I'm not often shocked by political reporting.
But:
This episode truly makes my blood run cold.
(I mean, not really, but I too can be pathetically dramatic)
The writing is on the wall, we've been here many times before over the last 10 years.
I've always defended this Ten Hag team from the argument of them 'throwing the towel in' and 'not playing for the manager'. Even the shitshow that was the end of last season ... I still didn't feel like the team was up to it's usual tricks of just simply not playing.
After today, that optimism and defiance is in the bin. Today's performance could have been under Moyes, LVG, Jose, Ole or even Rangnick, and we wouldn't have been able to tell the difference. It was that shite and that relatable to every manager we've had who has unfortunately ended up playing their way in to an inevitable sacking.
Pathetic, spineless, lazy, uninspiring and defeated from the start. Recency bias shouldn't be underestimated but I do honestly believe that this was our worst overall performance in a very, very long time. Considering we've lost 4-0 to Palace, 3-0 to Bournemouth, threw a 3-0 lead away to Coventry and have been pummeled 7-0 to Liverpool in recent memory, that's quite a fucking statement.
He's had 5 transfer windows now and this is very much his team. The cup saved him last season with the league finish being swept under the carpet. I backed him and wanted to give him time due to the structure/injuries/general habit of restarting the manager merry-go-round. 6 games in to a new league season and it's as bad as it's ever been.
We've lost 8 of our last 20 home league games and our away form isn't much better, or is it worse? I have no idea at this point and I don't have the energy to look it up. Porto away next, followed by Villa away. I just can't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I've never called for a manager to be booted and I won't start now, but I'm not naive and ignorant enough to acknowledge that it's looking like he's not going to be in a position to turn this around and take us to where we are aiming to be.
I'm as miserable tonight as I have been in many a year.
Fuck this, I'm having another beer.
The thing about Trump is that he has actual physical courage. We haven’t seen a political leader with that quality in America probably since Teddy Roosevelt.
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@BenWallace70@MJtweetings Why would anyone under the age of 65 even consider voting for you lot. Spitting on the young and implying they are workshy freeloaders is what helped sink Theresa May.
Absolutely nothing learned after 8 years of screwing up the country.