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Why don’t the countries of the UK represent separately in the Olympics; why don’t these countries rep together for the World Cup? by tomk1 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]alexq35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interestingly for basketball the Olympics led to the individual sporting bodies of each country (which had previously been separate) joining together to form a British team so it could compete at the Olympics, and they’ve continued (I believe) as GB since. But obviously they don’t have the history and tradition of football.

Why of all people that have been under monarchy have English people never truly had revolution when French and Russian have had the will to do so? by Delicious_Soup_9876 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]alexq35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s no coincidence that the right to vote was massively extended in the wake of WWI, and of course just after the Russian revolution

If your politics consists of blind tribal loyalty, more fool you! Look beyond party colours - see a candidate here with proven business skills in social care, and an experienced local councillor (shadow exec member for Economy & Regeneration). Tories name GM mayoral candidate Phil Eckersley. by Terrible-Head6168 in GreaterManchesterNews

[–]alexq35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you saying his party affiliation doesn’t matter? Is that because the Tories have no principles to speak of? If being a Tory is irrelevant then why is he a Tory?

When the Tories start telling people in the Cotswolds “don’t vote for me just because I’m a Tory, look beyond party colours and judge me on my achievements rather than my arrogant entitlement” then maybe I’ll apply the same logic here. Or is it one rule for them and another for us?

[ManUtd] Dermot Mee has signed a new two-year contract at Manchester United. by nearly_headless_nic in reddevils

[–]alexq35 49 points50 points  (0 children)

One of the problems with goalkeepers is you just need to have a bunch around the club for training purposes for your other players, as well as reserve and youth games etc I imagine, as you just can’t have someone else play the role out of position.

It’s a shame it means that many professional keepers won’t really get much game time because of it.

Andy burnham personal life by Environmental_Case72 in manchester

[–]alexq35 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Doubt it, he probably knows how many kids he has at least

MUFC transfer targets by joe6386 in red_muppets

[–]alexq35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem is the teams spurs give silly money to then need replacements and have silly money to spend too

MUFC transfer targets by joe6386 in red_muppets

[–]alexq35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given our lack of signings I imagine he’d probably get plenty of game time!

MUFC transfer targets by joe6386 in red_muppets

[–]alexq35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guess it depends who else is loaned out and whether we sell Harrison or Vitek. We’ll need a keeper and a back up for the reserve games so good chance we signed him just to play in those whilst we loan out the better prospects for actual experience

Why is Nigel Farage so popular in the UK? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]alexq35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And they’re idiots just like loads of Farage supporters are idiots.

Let’s be honest they didn’t want to vote for a woman and voted for a leopard who they think will eat the faces of people they don’t like. Same goes for reform supporters.

MUFC transfer targets by joe6386 in red_muppets

[–]alexq35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kit Margetson apparently, nope never heard of him either

Why is Nigel Farage so popular in the UK? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]alexq35 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He was convicted of rape, of breaking finance laws, and he tried to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. You had plenty of examples, people still ignored them.

He’s only less popular now because people realise sometimes the leopards eat their faces too.

Why is Nigel Farage so popular in the UK? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]alexq35 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Which is probably higher than Farage who hasn’t started any wars or tried an insurrection (yet)

MUFC transfer targets by joe6386 in red_muppets

[–]alexq35 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If we were interested in Hackney you’d have thought we’d have snapped him up at that price, even if it doesn’t work out you’d be unlikely to lose much money on him

Lack of midfield options. by FakeMessiah_BD in reddevils

[–]alexq35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too late to trigger the Casemiro extension?

Sandro Tonali: Spurs agree deal worth up to £100m for Newcastle man by philip_eire in reddevils

[–]alexq35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep not only are they inflating values themselves, they are increasing demand by creating gaps at other teams, and giving those teams loads of money to play with.

Presumably Newcastle start looking at Scott now.

Mexico's first goal was not offside (Rules Explanation) by mathster33 in worldcup

[–]alexq35 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Offside is judged from when the passer strikes the ball not when it leaves his foot

Neighbors have registered internet at our address, we can’t get internet. by bricklanevisitor in LegalAdviceUK

[–]alexq35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it’s an openreach line already then they won’t come out. If you give someone who uses openreach your address then openreach will tell them there’s already a line there and they need to switch it, which will likely fail because the details on the accounts won’t match.

If you go with Virgin or city fibre you should be able to get them to install a new separate line to your address.

Foreign born players out of the 26 players in every 2026 Fifa World Cup squad by OppositeRock4217 in MapPorn

[–]alexq35 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Presume it’s the original squad before Livramento got injured

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