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  2. Posted · Edited by duke63

    Of all the recent news, this has the most serious repercussions.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68921215

    Warmer seas mean more ice melt. More ice melt means higher sea levels and more water in the atmosphere and more rain.

    As ice melts it releases more methane and Co2 which in turn increases the rate of warming. 

    A lot of the solutions to our problems are already there but a combination of weak political will, cost incentives, lies spread by those with an agenda mean we are heading down a deep dark hole to an unsustainable future.

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    2 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:

    So basically, the teams at the top won't see much change from this.

    The real winners are the teams with mega-rich owners who are prepared to pump money in.

    Newcastle, with seemingly unlimited funds, will now be able to take their spending to this limit and be genuinely competitive at the top end of the table.

    Forest, for example, would be allowed to invest considerably more than they already have and still not be close to breaking the rules. 

    I suppose the losers are actually the teams in the big six and those without incredibly wealthy owners, as they will probably see the teams below and around them spend more.

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    So by those stats it would make no difference at all to those in the lower half other than encourage more and more super billionaires to buy football clubs. 

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    2 hours ago, chicken said:

    I think it's more to do with not really having a national identity other than the hangover from colonialism still.

    By that I mean that up until things went seriously south in India, colonial era politics applied at home as well as abroad. Ways to unite and control people and to deflect blame for the crappy conditions the working class lived in whilst serving the aristocratic elite.

    Our national anthem is a reflection of that in many ways and is why so many, for decades, have been questioning its relevance.

    This is spot on. 
     

    A National Anthem should inspire the people in the Country, not be a paean to an outdated and very divisive and class ridden institution like a monarchy. 
     

    There is a very good reason that many National Anthems are about the struggle for freedom and independence. 

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    On 22/03/2024 at 18:50, Yella said:

    Sad to see so many fellow yellas clutching on hope it all goes wrong over in Suffolk. They clearly have some very astute businessmen over there doing a sterling job. Rather than our own global business experts on here trying to pick holes we should be hoping we can het similar investment and management try build a similarly glorious history.

    We come across as a bit envious, desperate and sour. It's a shame, we're better than this.

    'Astute businessmen' but not football businessmen.

    Out to make a quick profit at minimal outlay and then **** off to the next project. That's how private equity firms work.

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    54 minutes ago, Google Bot said:

    I can't see how the blame is on Nike as everyone is implying, they're making the kit based on the requirements and subsequent sign-off from the FA surely?

    I'm quite patriotic but it doesn't bother me a great deal, but I get the argument that if it was done to certain other countries there would be outrage and the more I hear people pushing that I can feel me start to feel that anger. 

    However,  as a design I quite like it.  It's not supposed to be a flag but a homage to it, isn't it?  i.e. when have we ever had a flag on the kit to start with?  The identification has always been the four lions from what I can remember.

    Edit: Just had a look online at old kits and this come up from 2010, why was there no outrage then?  Is it because we hadn't all turned into arseholes trotting around americanisms like 'snowflake', 'woke', and 'butthurt', perhaps?

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    It wouldn’t happen with other countries because the mistake would never have occurred in the first place. 
     

    Funny how we are the United Kingdom when it suits and England when it doesn’t. 
     

    I have no interest in international football unless it’s a World Cup  or Euros. And even then I am probably the least patriotic Englishmen out there. 

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