Village cricket will not survive the Boriswave. Played against a team of 11 freshies today who:
• Refused to give very obvious wickets (no neutral umpires in Div 9)
• Wouldn’t signal their boundaries (one side of the ground on a slope so unable to see the rope)
• Constantly, relentlessly, endlessly appealed for decisions that couldn’t possibly be out
This might all sound trivial but village cricket is built on trust; the trust that you will have to give your team mates out, the understanding that people will play hard but fair. That If the umpire can’t see something you assist him honestly. This is how the game has been played for 300 years, maybe longer, and now it’s going to be ruined by squealing, selfish man-children who don’t speak enough English to engage in banter, don’t play fairly and don’t stay behind to put even a tenner behind the bar.
Andy Burnham seeks to clarify his stance on WASPI compensation, after backing "recompense" yesterday.
A spokesperson for the Greater Manchester mayor says he won't back "financial compensation" nationally and the issue is settled - but backs regional schemes to support women affected.
Full statement:
“Andy has always recognised the unfair way in which state pension equalisation was introduced.
"As Mayor of Greater Manchester, he supported WASPI women in the city-region with early access to concessionary travel, providing some recompense to them within affordability limits.
"He accepts the final decision has been made in relation to financial compensation but has indicated an openness to considering similar schemes on the Greater Manchester model.”
Reform on track for a landslide according to More in Common, with 375 seats. Kemi Badenoch narrowly losing out on leading the opposition to Ed Davey. Labour in fourth, only five seats ahead of the SNP.
The truth is there is less violence on the streets of Britain than ever before.
These incidents are deeply tragic.
But worse still is those seeking to use them to reek yet more evil upon Britain.
Fight fascism, always.
AI is so useful - the reason baked beans taste so bad now is because of reduced salt (not news) but also because to counteract that they had to make them more vinegar and soupy otherwise they'd be even worse. Also they used to have pork fat in them.
🚨 NEW: Zack Polanski has criticised supermarkets for selling vegetables for as little as 7p
“This isn’t a sign of a healthy system… someone is being exploited somewhere”
“Look I uh I found something. Something in the store. A place. bu but It uh it shouldn’t be there. But it is. Dontcha see? look I…I know how this this sounds, but It’s uh it’s MAssive in there.”
it seems like a lot of what ai is doing is showing that things that were already empty, ritual performances (university essays, thinkpieces, news articles) are in fact empty, ritual performances
AI is so useful - the reason baked beans taste so bad now is because of reduced salt (not news) but also because to counteract that they had to make them more vinegar and soupy otherwise they'd be even worse. Also they used to have pork fat in them.