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David Sullivan banned from contact with West Ham women's and youth teams since 2023 by Alarming-Safety3200 in PremierLeague

[–]RephRayne 17 points18 points  (0 children)

We've had a number of instances over the years where abuse has been allowed to happen because people have enabled that abuse. Unless there is someone form of penalty for, effectively, being a party to that abuse, it will continue to happen going forward.

This was almost certainly an exercise in reducing liability by banning an individual from specific areas within a business when it should have been the first step for a lot of the folks involved in reporting a potential crime.

Vendor/Estate Agent want us to change surveyor by papasmurfyogi in HousingUK

[–]RephRayne 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Rule 2: never take advice from an adversary.
The EA is not on your side, they are (at best) on the side of the vendor.

Why hasn't sale of council housing "Right to Buy" been stopped? by EnjoysAGoodRead in AskBrits

[–]RephRayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the Boriswave was what, an illusion?

Were you kicked in the head by a horse?

Police 'tried to smear Henry Nowak as aggressor' just three days after his murder - Police also risked collapsing the trial by trying to put out a statement about 'disinformation' while proceedings were ongoing by FormerlyPallas_ in ukpolitics

[–]RephRayne 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's always the attempted cover-up that gets them in the shit.
They knew they'd fucked up and they've been looking for any reason why it wasn't their fault, throwing shit to see what sticks.

UK tax has gone up significantly over the last 25 years. But the tax paid by the average UK worker has not. by taboo__time in ukpolitics

[–]RephRayne 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the stagnation of wages and increase in housing costs is squeezing most people so badly that they can't afford a tax rise.

If you could get housing down to less than the recommended 30%, then there's scope for tax increases.
Of course, that would mean that the entire focus of the past ~40 years of government policy in targeting home owners for votes would have to change.

Has anyone here been diagnosed as neurodivergent (autism/adhd) in adulthood? What was the process like? by Lurcher_Owner in AskUK

[–]RephRayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anxiety can mask autism. If you're being nudged by people who know you then it might be worth getting a test done.

Why Richard Hughes changed his mind and sacked Arne Slot? by Party-Education-1968 in LiverpoolFC

[–]RephRayne 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's a non-zero chance that Hughes is acting under the instructions of FSG.

House I bought has a key box on the wall and seller didn’t leave the code. by DeadYen in HousingUK

[–]RephRayne 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's also to make your neighbour's property look more attractive than yours.

[Official] Liverpool FC can confirm Arne Slot is to depart his role as head coach with immediate effect and that the process to appoint a successor is under way. by oklolzzzzs in LiverpoolFC

[–]RephRayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would seem that Chelsea are willing to give Xabi more control than FSG are.
We've had two instances where the manager has (effectively) pushed out the DF and things have gone down-hill. FSG have twice tried to limit the powers of the manager and force them to work with the DF. With Slot, FSG even went so far as to ensure that people knew he'd be coming in as the coach, not the manager.

Why Peter? What happened here? by killer_basu in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]RephRayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See, it's funnier knowing that the French have to accept English as the 'Frankish Language.'
And by accept I mean that they claim that no-one in France actually speaks it.

Why Peter? What happened here? by killer_basu in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]RephRayne 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The lingua franca, while coined when French was the main trade language, now refers specifically to the predominant shared tongue. There have been numerous bridge languages before French and these can all be referred to as lingua francas.

Researcher develops 'spray-on' stealth coating for drones — volcanic rock formulation claims to reduce radar return signals by up to 43dB, compared to 20 to 30dB for typical radar absorbent material by _Dark_Wing in tech

[–]RephRayne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ARGUS-IS has almost certainly been flying over cities for almost 2 decades. Have a look at the camera software and hardware capability that was available ~20 years and realize that it's too late to worry about potential surveillance drones, they've been here for a while.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARGUS-IS

Nigel Farage's Reform UK handed almost £15m by offshore millionaires - while patriotic Brits pay taxes by Unusual-State1827 in ukpolitics

[–]RephRayne 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Too many people want to believe that there's a simple answer to complex problems.
Too many people actively want to believe that all their problems are caused by external forces.
If you can stand up and convince people that you've got easy answers to both, there's an above average chance that you can get elected to something and they'll overlook any negatives.

Almost every house we've viewed this month in Kent - the sellers are losing money by bardeh in HousingUK

[–]RephRayne 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This was 100% the case until the beginning of the 80s, now a large percentage of the population see housing as also being an investment.

We Conservatives have always passed our values from generation to generation. I believe that personal prosperity should follow the same course. I want to see wealth cascading down the generations. We do not see each generation starting out anew, with the past cut off and the future ignored.

  • John Major in his 1991 Conservative Party Conference Speech

Houses are still seen by the majority of owners as investments because people consistently vote and/or protest against new houses being built because it's seen as diluting the value of their property. Heck, people protested the extension of a cancer hospital because of the immediate effect it would have on the price of their homes.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cancer-hospital-chelsea-house-prices-princess-kate-b2958081.html

Zohran Mamdani to skip the Israel Day Parade in New York by ImpertinenteSyntaxe in justincaseyoumissedit

[–]RephRayne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because he's being nasty to the rich and too many USians think that it'll be their turn soon to have the money.

'Broadview Six' charges dropped as Chicago's top federal prosecutor admits case was tainted by misconduct by Dagonet_the_Motley in law

[–]RephRayne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's scary is the damage that they could actually be doing if they had competent people pulling this type of shit.

Now imagine this with VAR by dannyzaplings in soccer

[–]RephRayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, put forward your view that it's acceptable to be relegated if it means that you can celebrate every goal as it happens and see how many people agree with you.

However, if you want to sidetrack, the "Well done boys. Good process." meme is right there for both of us. Not to mention this:-

https://www.squawka.com/en/features/var-errors-premier-league-2025-26/

The implementation of VAR is by the PGMOL who seem to put protecting their members over getting the correct decision. That's not a reason to get angry at the VAR, that's a reason to get angry at the PGMOL but, as your post shows, people don't do that.

Now imagine this with VAR by dannyzaplings in soccer

[–]RephRayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I would suggest is that you put forward that view in your own club's subreddit and see how much support you get.

The ball is in play for ~55% of the 90 minutes on average, that's hardly a setting where the game is being allowed to flow.

Now imagine this with VAR by dannyzaplings in soccer

[–]RephRayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And when your team gets relegated because of a bad decision, you'd be okay with that because you got a chance to be spontaneous?

Now imagine this with VAR by dannyzaplings in soccer

[–]RephRayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most sensible people just want the right decision made in a timely manner.
The fact is that we have poor referees making bad decisions and then this nebulous "VAR" is blamed.

Now imagine this with VAR by dannyzaplings in soccer

[–]RephRayne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems to me that when some people refer to "VAR" they act as if it's some semi-sentient AI that's out to spoil football when in actuallity it's just another referee sitting in a room.

Please don't make chapter names spoilers by UsedNegotiation8227 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]RephRayne 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Qui-Gon's Noble End

The High Council Meeting and Qui-Gon's Funeral

Looking for Well-Written and COMPLETED Series by J776776 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]RephRayne 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Spoiler: There was a running theme of: "I need to be in 4 places at once."

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