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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 2d

"Tactics were found out". Aye, that's it, not that we had a threadbare squad for most of the season

Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 3d

Starmer's Labour delighted in lunching left to demonstrate their centrist bona fides, with the idea that "they've nowhere else to go". They are discovering they've got places to go and it's disastrous for Labour.
Has it been an improvement on the Tories? Yes. Enough? Not by a long chalk.

Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 5d

"They've nowhere else to go" and "Hold your nose and keep the others out" works (1) if used sparingly (2) until it catastrophically doesn't.
Too many centre left parties have built their entire strategy around a tactic and got wrecked. Labour had warning in Scotland and haven't needed it.

Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 5d

They will burn the party down before backing them. The Labour Left has never really had the organisation or will to do it - the current mess with Corbyn's new party illustrates it. The Labour right has no such qualms.

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 5d

Probably harder to stick a banging Nine Inch Nails soundtrack on, tbh

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 7d

It seems different from the dotcom bubble. That money seemed to be pushed in a lot of different directions, as investors tried to figure out who wins. Bust was bad, but the investment set up future growth.
Here most money seems to be going to the same places. So if AI bombs, just a crater...?

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 11d

Well objectively not in the aspect of scoring goals

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 11d

Bamford, for all his faults, would go on hot streaks. Can only hope DCL is the same. I think the point that "if DCL had lethal finishing he wouldn't be playing for us" is fair though.

More worried a side built on defence has leaked another two. Bijol for Struijk is probably worth trying out.

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 11d

Hopefully. But poor finishing will cost us against anyone.

Plus for a side built on defense that's another 2 concdede. Struijk has been caught out enough times that Bijol is worth agon

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 11d

Unlucky to concede late against Fulham
Unlucky to concede late against Bournemouth
Unlucky to not get anything off Spurs
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Unlucky to go down

I get it but we need to make a bit more of our own luck. We seem to be undone by lethal finishing we don't have at the minute.

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 14d

Far right Catholics, especially converts: St Thomas Aquinas something something natural law something something no taxation something something immigrants are bad

Typical mass going Catholics: St Anthony please just let me find my shit

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 16d

UK birthrate is now 1.44. That halves population in ~50 years. Guardian suggests 800 schools could close by *2029*

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Who is building houses, working the NHS, driving innovation and growth or fighting wars? Ignore the immortality, the policy is completely insane

Low birthrates in England could lead to ‘closure of 800 primary schools by 2029’

Primary pupil numbers could fall by 4% over next five years leading to reduction of 162,000 pupils, study finds

www.theguardian.com

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 17d

Genuinely don't think it's that. Think it's more learned helplessness and/or moderation as a virtue in itself. Politics is the art of the possible and not all compromise is nihilistic. But you have to clearly know and explain your own values for that to the case.

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 17d

Yes. Tons of micro parties that are highly committed and mobilised that get nowhere. You are making choices between principal and power before and after the vote. What you want and what is possible - not just in terms of getting votes but what can be implemented in reasonable time - are not the same

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 17d

The major difference with the UK is the US had a robust economy at the point of the election. Moderate policies that ensured that kept going might be successful. The UK is in a hole and doesn't have the same choices.

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 17d

Sometimes you have to play strategist. All politics is some form of compromise with principle and pragmatism.
The people who need to do it are Democratic strategists. The idea that every person with liberal views or beliefs need to do in case they alienate random conservatives is insane.

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 18d

He can be frustrating at times but he's always very level headed. Think that's typically what the club needs.

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Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 18d

3 points lost from basically a loss of concentration is the worrying thing. We also seem to invite teams onto us towards the end of games.

Sean @smce82.bsky.social · 18d

I'd rather have Tanaka in there at home. More of a forward pass on him. 3 goals last week, but DCLs header was out of nothing and you aren't replicating that header every week.

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