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bilston

molloyjh wrote: »

This will end in either a no deal or a general election. I’ve no idea what would happen to Brexit in the event of the latter. I’m assuming May would need to request an extension to enable a new Government to be formed and to choose their direction. It’s such a complete mess.

A general election may be what is needed to convince the EU to agree to an extension.

Tonight will be great TV...watching Sky News...never thought I'd say that

bilston

So driving to the Ulster Leinster QF. Now Brexit may be delayed but if it isn't that will be Brexit Day 1. Therefore will I need one of these greencards to drive in RoI? Without it will I be insured?

Also I read of plans for border protests on the 30th...potential for issues getting to the match!!

molloyjh

This will end in either a no deal or a general election. I’ve no idea what would happen to Brexit in the event of the latter. I’m assuming May would need to request an extension to enable a new Government to be formed and to choose their direction. It’s such a complete mess.

troyzer

Zzippy wrote: »

I haven't time to read everything that's happening. Care to give us a synopsis?

Basically she came back from Brussels with a claim of a breakthrough. The EU haven't given her anything that they hadn't already offered.

The British Attorney General claims that the "changes" aren't enough for him to issue legal advice stating that the UK has the right to unilaterally withdraw from the backstop.

So basically we're back where we started and the DUP and hard right Tories said they're going to vote it down. They will only accept a deal that lets the UK tear up the backstop.

She's going to get battered in this vote much like the one in January. So much time wasted on nothing.

Hilariously, Jacob Rees Mogg asked the Attorney General if Britain can simply withdraw anyway and screw international law.

mfceiling

troyzer wrote: »

Brexit.
Is.
****ed.

It certainly seems that way when you're queuing almost 2 hours to exchange your NI driving licence for a ROI one and there's still 30 people ahead of you in the queue. FML.

troyzer

Zzippy wrote: »

I haven't time to read everything that's happening. Care to give us a synopsis?

Mike Oxlong

Zzippy wrote: »

I haven't time to read everything that's happening. Care to give us a synopsis?

Brexit is proper fcked

Zzippy

troyzer wrote: »

Brexit.
Is.
****ed.

I haven't time to read everything that's happening. Care to give us a synopsis?

troyzer

Brexit.
Is.
****ed.

mfceiling

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

One of best weeks in the year.... cheltenham....
Many backed anything?

Not yet. Delighted to be working a bit away from a bookies....Other years I've seen myself in the hole for up to €11...Those 50 cent bets don't be long adding up.

irishbucsfan

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

One of best weeks in the year.... cheltenham....
Many backed anything?

I have backed myself into a corner by agreeing to be on-call this weekend

The Lost Sheep

One of best weeks in the year.... cheltenham....
Many backed anything?

troyzer

errlloyd wrote: »

troyzer wrote: »

Just rewatching Master and Commander. I haven't seen it in years.

Absolutely ****ing excellent movie. They don't make them like that anymore.

Man I was reading up on it recently. It was meant to be the start of a franchise as such but it didn't quite get the commercial success needed. It opened the same year as Pirates of the Caribbean and people sort of had a limited appetite for ship movies

I can see why. It's incredibly nerdy and technical. They spend half the movie using impenetrable English talking about various parts of the ship.

I tried to read the books but the sheer number of them is really intimidating and you need a nautical dictionary at all times.

errlloyd

troyzer wrote: »

Just rewatching Master and Commander. I haven't seen it in years.

Absolutely ****ing excellent movie. They don't make them like that anymore.

Man I was reading up on it recently. It was meant to be the start of a franchise as such but it didn't quite get the commercial success needed. It opened the same year as Pirates of the Caribbean and people sort of had a limited appetite for ship movies

troyzer

Just rewatching Master and Commander. I haven't seen it in years.

Absolutely ****ing excellent movie. They don't make them like that anymore.

Neil3030

Aye Billy got a little carried away there. Very unlike him. Top lad.

CatFromHue

Neil3030 wrote: »

You're just not following the right sports Buer:

https://twitter.com/Urban_Pictures/status/1103193802850922496

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherstone_Ball_Game

"The game itself has few rules, two being that play is restricted to Long Street and participants are not allowed to kill anyone."

FFS Billy!!

pickarooney

I've just discovered the (Paris) Dakar rally has been held in South America for ten years

I don't know how I feel about this

Neil3030

Women live longer than men, would you believe. Can't for the life of me understand why...

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In retrospect, maybe we should be welcoming Brexit.

irishbucsfan

Jaysus I never thought I'd see a tweet get 1500 likes for just putting up a video of the last 2 minutes of a night in Coppers

Neil3030

You're just not following the right sports Buer:

https://twitter.com/Urban_Pictures/status/1103193802850922496

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherstone_Ball_Game

"The game itself has few rules, two being that play is restricted to Long Street and participants are not allowed to kill anyone."

Diabhal Beag

mfceiling wrote: »

Case closed.

He's a Forest fan that makes decent money off being a gimmick

mfceiling

b.gud wrote: »

Speaking of Man Utd fans

https://twitter.com/AccidentalP/status/1103552956446715905

Case closed.

troyzer

Buer wrote: »

To be honest, I find myself giving far less of a f*ck about sports now than I did 10 years ago. I don't think that will ever go back to how it was, either. It's only a game; no Leinster win will ever match Edinburgh in 2009 for me regardless of how impressive or dramatic. That's largely down to personal circumstances but I suppose there's an element of becoming somewhat disconnected from the whole thing. I imagine this can only be magnified in football.

I'm not sure that sports fans are ever going to be quite as fervent as they were in previous decades. The whole product has become too sanitised at this stage. The very fact that I refer to it as a product supports the idea that the average punter will be far more detached from the team he follows than he once was.

I think this is why people move to harder edged, upcoming sports before they too get sanitised.

Boxing to MMA would be a good example.

Buer

To be honest, I find myself giving far less of a f*ck about sports now than I did 10 years ago. I don't think that will ever go back to how it was, either. It's only a game; no Leinster win will ever match Edinburgh in 2009 for me regardless of how impressive or dramatic. That's largely down to personal circumstances but I suppose there's an element of becoming somewhat disconnected from the whole thing. I imagine this can only be magnified in football.

I'm not sure that sports fans are ever going to be quite as fervent as they were in previous decades. The whole product has become too sanitised at this stage. The very fact that I refer to it as a product supports the idea that the average punter will be far more detached from the team he follows than he once was.

Zzippy

errlloyd wrote: »

Do you ever question why you watch sport. I started cutting down on my sports podcasts this year because they're a blackhole of time. But I really think sports are just entertainment soaps aimed at men instead of women. Rivalries add to the drama, but the drama is all fake. Manchester City v Leicster city is just Qatari billionaire v Thai billionaire. We're all way too emotionally linked to sports tbh.

It's the new religion. Sport is the opiate of the people. It stops us rising up and overthrowing governments. Football tribalism/hooliganism in England has been a release valve for decades.

errlloyd

Do you ever question why you watch sport. I started cutting down on my sports podcasts this year because they're a blackhole of time. But I really think sports are just entertainment soaps aimed at men instead of women. Rivalries add to the drama, but the drama is all fake. Manchester City v Leicster city is just Qatari billionaire v Thai billionaire. We're all way too emotionally linked to sports tbh.

OldRio

All this chat about soccer reminds me I have a kitchen to paint.
Then I watch the paint, slowly, ever so slowly dry.

Zzippy

jr86 wrote: »

Can definitely vouch for this, from growing up and attending school in the 90s/early 00s, where 95% of the football fans followed United

I grew up in the 80s, when 80% were on the Liverpool bandwagon. It's all cyclical. Never met a City fan til the last 10 years or so, now they're all over the place. Was at a Manchester derby years ago on a stag weekend, sitting among the City fans in their ground. A lot of the people around us spent the match pointing and chanting abuse at the away fans who were at least 60 yards away. Crazy stuff, couldn't wait to get out of there.