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Follow the money indeed. Except sometimes...you can't: https://libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/hmrc-urged-to-investigate-asylum-hotel-firm-over-payments-to-apparent-offshore-company/

I am sure the poorly regulated job market is one part of the 'pull'. Along with multiple other factors, including many linked to our colonial past, our long history of being an open, tolerant society and also using immigration to our economic advantage. I am certain there are also multiple...

Mark me down as 'ECSTATIC'.

I'd be bloody ECSTATIC with a draw. The squad now has huge potential, but it's very early days with a new manager and we've looked understandably disjointed and exposed at times in all three games so far and I'm in the 'riding our luck' camp regarding results. Arsenal completely outclassed us...

Think Igor does do some things very well. He carries the ball forward probably better than any of our other defenders, has some genuine skill and obviously (just LOOK at him) is strong and doesn't get bullied. Set against all that however is his (lack of) speed and agility. Unfortunately I...

I suspect 'assess and take a decision in January' will be featuring quite a bit in Brighton planning at the moment. Need to see how new players settle, how the system emerges, who Fab prefers and which players are happy to be rotated vs starting every week. With five subs useable, high intensity...

I am, for reasons explored on other threads, increasingly loathe to get involved in political debate on this forum (or any other social media). But if you are genuinely interested in the nuance (not the politics) of this debate I'd advise reading the piece in the most recent Private Eye by 'MD'...

I perferred his earlier work on the horse economy

I have learnt two things from reading the last few pages. 1. Wearing a Fez in Turkey has fascinating political meaning of which i was completely unaware. 2. There is really no point in opening the thread in the hope of actual transfer news.

Not with potential concussion it's not. Nice to see how angry he is at coming off though! I love him very much already.

I can't say if that video is fake, or manipulated. But a very quick bit of research, using sources I have no reason to doubt, indicates that Robinson has been heavily supported over time by the US based Middle East Forum. And you'd be hard pressed to argue that that particular organization is...

I really don't like boxing. But still...C'mon Cindy! So many different 'in your face's' to be had here. I heard that is that she is being fully supported by the GB boxing team, including having the GB coaches in her corner? Which is nice if true.

I'm also out at this point. But just wanted to clarify that I am absolutely not ignoring her (natural) advantage. As I say in another post above, I am conflicted on what constitutes 'fairness'. If pushed, I wouldn't be able to take a position on whether or not Castor Semanya should be competing...

She's from Algeria.

Surely because those levels are naturally occurring and would take 'medical' intervention to change. Rather than having been created through 'medical' intervention. While I think it's two different situations, it doesn't necessarily mean I think she should be allowed to compete. I honestly don't...

This reads to me as confirmation that she, as a woman, has a very significant advantage over other women as a result of a specific 'disorder'. So it's a (very difficult) question of ensuring fairness, and safety. It is NOT a question of 'is she a man or a woman', which some people seem to be...

Who could ever have predicted that?

Human beings don't always fit neatly into simple binary categories. Some of us think this diversity and complexity is part of what makes us amazing. Others just can't seem to cope with the idea. As per the extracts from the twitter thread that ends with the line 'but they are male'. Are they...

I dunno, not sure it reflects very well on society when the best support we can offer young men in danger of going astray is 'fight each other for our entertainment'. Seems a bit hunger games to me. Must be better ways to solve urban deprivation that doesn't involve brain damage. Surely? Reckon...