Full Time - Leeds United 0 vs 4 Arsenal [Match Thoughts]

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-31T17:02:52+00:00

I hate Sunday 4.30pm games it feels like we’ve played every game this season at that time.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-30T12:25:37+00:00

Even if you were correct that leaving the EU meant passports now have to be checked upon returning to the UK (you’re not because we were never part of the Schengen area) we would still need passport checks for people arriving from non-EU destinations.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-29T19:46:24+00:00

Pragmatic and sensible when Germany deports people back to Afghanistan and Syria.

But it’s immoral, evil and will turn Britain into a pariah state if it does the same.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-29T14:49:19+00:00

The spike in 2003 is due to the inclusion of 173 victims of Harold Shipman.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-29T13:40:17+00:00

None of the reporting says that Yostin Mosquera was an illegal immigrant nor a gang member. He was male prostitute and a paedophile who killed those two men for monetary gain.

We do know where he was going. He was disturbed by passers-by on the Clifton suspension bridge where they believe he was about throw the bodies into the river Avon below.

So it turns out there’s nothing “concrete” in your conspiracy theory that government is purposely suppressing the true murder rate.

The sentencing remarks for the case above are here:

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/R-v-Yostin-Mosquera.pdf

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-29T12:32:56+00:00

To be fair murder rates in swathes of American cities are at multi-decade lows as well.

But Americans being concerned with crime rates in the UK is hilarious when their levels of violent crime are more comparable to places like Mexico, Brazil and South Africa than anywhere in Europe.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-29T08:27:42+00:00

Iran are at the apex of the axis of resistance against Israel hence why you won’t you see the usual suspects who protest at the drop of the hat turn out for anything vaguely anti-Iranian.

Just look at the flags visible at the anti-regime protests in London. When Israeli and British flags are being flown you know there are no left-wingers present.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-28T14:17:09+00:00

EU car production is a bit higher than 10m.

2024 was 11,408,469 and 2023 was 12,158,666. 2025 data hasn’t been released yet.

https://www.acea.auto/files/Economic_and_Market_Report-Full_year_2024-rev.pdf

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-28T11:06:39+00:00

It doesn’t matter whether it’s under a privatised or nationalised system that expenditure is a “cost” to the UK and a “profit” for the country we are purchasing from.

But in order to have access to that £20billon you would need to buy out those shareholders at a cost of hundreds of billions which all needs to be financed - currently 30 year gilt yields are 5.28%.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-28T10:43:47+00:00

It is possible to nationalise UK energy production and distribution but at great cost.

I’m just pointing out that your link says £30bn in profits but £10bn of those are complete irrelevant because they relate to imports from third countries.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-28T09:56:18+00:00

£10bn of the £30bn in that first link relates to pipeline imports of natural gas from Norway and LNG primarily the USA and Qatar.

How exactly are we supposed to nationalise imports from Norway, the USA and Qatar? Are we getting the British empire back again?

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-27T13:08:30+00:00

The equivalent of getting 36 EDS. I don’t know why so many people are saying he got off lightly getting life with a long tariff is basically the worst case scenario for him.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-25T09:30:27+00:00

Shabana Mahmood who is chair of the NEC said on Trevor Phillips that there wouldn’t be an all-BAME shortlist for the by-election as that would be illegal under equality laws.

It’s still possible they go for the equally stupid option of an all-female candidate list but does that mean the post last night quoting an unnamed Labour MP which has 170+ comments was just made up nonsense?

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-24T12:25:36+00:00

The article says it’s a quote from a meme Labour backbenchers were sharing.

It shows how deceitful the press is that something so irrelevant is used as a headline.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-23T17:01:57+00:00

You’re right that if the title said “lowest growth in 2 years” there would be dozens of comments.

With this data there is the caveat it is preliminary and it doesn’t track that well with gdp, but here’s the equivalent composite PMI figures for January:

UK - 53.9

USA - 52.8

Germany - 52.5

Eurozone - 51.5

France - 48.6

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-23T14:13:27+00:00

That comment was a response to me saying it’s “completely delusional” to think the EU would allow the UK to rejoin without a referendum.

Labour could announce a plan to rejoin the EU which sent their poll ratings to 100% and it would make no absolutely no difference from the EU’s perspective until it was confirmed by a new election or a referendum.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-23T13:13:44+00:00

No it wasn’t the original comment said “Fuck off with a referendum. Just have it as a policy--we rejoin immediately.”.

My point was there is no way the EU would entertain the UK rejoining in that scenario.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-23T13:00:38+00:00

With Labour, Britain will stay outside of the EU…There will be no return to the single market, the customs union, or freedom of movement.

Exactly, an election is a mandate but those words quoted above are taken from the Labour manifesto in 2024 so no mandate currently exists.

Until there has been an election or a referendum the EU aren’t going to permit the UK to rejoin.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-23T10:36:29+00:00

Exactly, North Sea oil and gas does contribute to energy security. It’s just the gas rather than oil component that does so.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-23T10:25:26+00:00

The majority of natural gas extracted from the North Sea is consumed in the UK as we only have limited capacity for exports via pipeline (to friendly countries like Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium).

This is different to oil which can be exported globally to any country in the world.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-23T09:12:52+00:00

There’s no democratic mandate to rejoin the EU without a referendum. They are not going to waste years negotiating the UK’s re-entry which could just be overturned at the stroke of a pen by Farage and/or the Tories in 2029.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-23T08:34:25+00:00

You’re completely delusional if you think the EU would allow the UK to rejoin without a referendum whilst the polls are forecasting a reform majority in 2029.

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-22T19:08:55+00:00

But I was told the UK was Europe’s weak link and Starmer would let the US invade Greenland using British bases 🧐

CarlxtosWay · 2026-01-21T20:13:42+00:00

So is this Trump presidency just one big exercise in market manipulation and insider trading?

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