Boycie

Luckily I've been at work all day so avoided Ipswich town centre. Absolutely bloody manic by all accounts.  I suppose I'd best be happy for them as many of my friends are supporters. All joking apart, I think to they deserved to go up and McKenna has worked wonders for them. I'm off tomorrow so hopefully the town will be a bit less hectic, hoping they'll be nursing hangovers.

I'm looking at this in terms of reforming our current political system as I believe this needs to happen if we're going to get anywhere...

1. We must recruit into political life a much higher calibre of person than is the norm in British politics today. Currently, our men and women of public affairs are simply too small in both mind and character to be able to cope with the great issues with which they are confronted. Whatever means are required to elevate to the top those people with the highest leadership qualities must be adopted. In addition to this, politics must be given the status of a proper profession, which, as with other professions, people can only practice when they have achieved qualifications of proven competence.

2. Government, once elected, must be given proper powers to act in accordance with the will of the people who have elected it. It must be immunised from the pressures of special sectional interest groups, particularly of finance, and be enabled to carry out, unhindered, the policies necessary to the nation's good.

3. A way needs to be found to take party warfare out of politics. The nation cannot be governed well when a large faction in parliament has a vested interest in it being governed badly.

4. The partisan influence of the mass media upon elections must somehow be drastically reduced, if not eliminated.

5. Political debate needs to be conducted at a much higher level than at present, so that voters, when they go to the polls, are able to make an intelligent choice instead of being harassed by moronic propaganda dealing in trivia.

6. Ministers in charge of the departments of government should be experts in their fields and not amateurs. To bring this about, it should be possible for them to be selected from the pool of managerial talent of the whole population, not solely from elected MPs.

7. The working schedule of our leading politicians must be arranged so that they are able to give their full attention to the vital matters of state for which they are responsible.

8. Parliament's machinery of legislation needs to be drastically speeded up, and legislators should be competent and knowledgeable on the issues in which they are called upon to vote.

9 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

Only difference between Canada and Suffolk/Ipswich is that there are more mooses in Ipswich. 

Proper 'nail on the head' post there 😆 

Dan Poulter doesn't live far from me. He's not my MP though a friend of mine lives in his constituency and can't stand the guy. Very much a 'wherever the wind blows' type apparently. Doesn't have any real principles so should be just at home in Labour as he was with the Tories.

15 hours ago, DavidB6937 said:

That was definitely one of my worries. I thought fucking hell if that's episode 4 I dread to think what the rest of it is like. It goes quite against conventional storytelling in some ways. But makes complete sense as it's very much about what comes after too. It's all intertwined. It's definitely worth finishing. I still feel quite bleak after it to be honest but it's a story that deserves finishing.

Right, I've finished it now and I'm glad I did. Overall it was an excellent series and the acting was just superb from all involved. 

It's been a long time since I've watched something that stirred such emotions. Some of it made me laugh, some of it made me cringe and some of it was just downright uncomfortable.

I think it'll be a good while before I decide to give it a rewatch. Totally deserving of all the plaudits it's been getting.

11 hours ago, TheBurningRed said:

Episode 4 was very harrowing. My girlfriend sobbed during his comedy show breakdown. Absolutely brilliant and heartbreaking show that struck a few nerves. Great performances too. Think it’s a show I couldn’t watch again though. 

That has to be the most bleak episode of television I've ever seen. Very tough to watch though the performance from the lead actor is outstanding. I don't know if I can sit through any more of it after all that but I'll finish the series before long. 

I'll echo the love for the main event. It was pretty fantastic. I will admit I had gone off the product in recent times but will be tuning in to Raw tonight and am genuinely intrigued as to what they come up with.

Hope Damien Priest gets a decent run with the World title.

@PunkStep Happy Birthday. Hope it's one to remember.

In case anyone might be interested, the friend in question has a YouTube channel in which he reviews various drinks, many of which I'd never heard of. https://youtube.com/@LordHeath1972?si=TJmtU7hKe281YmJj

3 minutes ago, Sergio Mendacious said:

@Boycie ever had this delicious elixir? 

I haven't but a friend of mine recommended it to me a while back. I just can't seem to find it anywhere. Will keep looking out for it.

On 3/15/2024 at 5:15 PM, SuperBacon said:

Couldn't remember whether I have ever had one of these so decided to buy one.

I can rest assured that I've never had one before, and never will again.

Absolutely rank. Tastes like fizzy mouthwash! I thought maybe I'd eaten something before hand and it had altered the taste, or the drink was out of date, but the 11yo confirmed. It indeed tastes like fizzy mouthwash.

If you like this, you should be utterly ashamed of yourself. 0/10

Apologies, I really like Root Beer. Granted, it does smell like vaporub. I find it has a kind of fresh taste to it. 

I'm a big fan of Dandelion and Burdock as well. 

I'll get my coat.

I read a couple of his books a few years ago. While I found them somewhat entertaining, when he started on about royalty and other famous people being reptiles I just couldn't take any of it seriously after that. He may be on to something with the illusion of freedom stuff but I just can't get passed all the sci-fi nonsense.

Lee Anderson defecting from the Conservatives to Reform is like someone defecting from Mcdonalds to Burger King, and claiming their diet has changed.

1 hour ago, Devon Malcolm said:

I was the same! She got right on my nerves in the first two episodes and then turned it around. Her partnership with Luke was outstanding stuff.

She was quite likeable in the end. She was right in her assumptions as well. Unfortunately, the faithful didn't listen.

He hit the goddamn jackpot. RIP 

4 hours ago, Keith Houchen said:

Same for Ralph Fiennes in “In Bruges”

You're an inanimate fucking object!

25 minutes ago, gmoney said:

I don't think I'll bother with that. I don't want to know why Don Logan became so unhinged. It's never a question I've ever thought about. He was a great one off character, so I'll leave it there. 

I can definitely see where you're coming from there. He was pretty awesome as a one off character. However, it did always strike me as a film where a good backstory would be interesting. If you'd rather just leave it as it is then fair play.

As I'm a big fan of the film, I watched the first episode of the new Sexy Beast series on Paramount plus. I thought it was pretty good. You can see how Don Logan became so unhinged without giving away any spoilers. I recommend people give it a go. Looking forward to seeing how it progresses.

I have a bottle of this at home. If anyone wants to give it a go then be warned, one little dab will absolutely blow your head off. 

There's another one I get sometimes called Psycho Juice, which is a Carolina Reaper sauce. I find this is more manageable though still very hot.

Be interesting to see what else comes up in here.

That sounds awful, especially for your partner. Hope she's not too shaken up by it though I imagine she probably is. It's sometimes difficult to know what to do in these situations. Hopefully he gets what's coming to him, he shouldn't be going into people's homes with that kind of attitude.

I had the Blue Raspberry flavour the other week and thought it was ok. It was very sour though as you say. 

Christmas eve innit. Hope you all have a good one.

24 minutes ago, David said:

I'm the same. I can't remember the last time I actually took the trouble to vote. It was a long time ago. 

I think a lot of people feel that way at the moment. A friend of mine has quite proudly never voted in his life. When I asked him why, his response was "it won't make any difference to my life".

It wouldn't surprise me to see a very low turnout at the next election, probably the lowest in years. Also, I don't think we'll see the landslide Labour victory that many are predicting. I still think they will win though it will be a close call in the end. A lot can happen between now and then.

14 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

Didn’t know Boycie was a supply teacher. 

 

I didn't know I was a supply teacher either. 

1 hour ago, Bradyisgod22 said:

Whites is incredible! Been going there forever,although havent been in a few years as not been down Walton in a while. Shame they shut down the Martello!

It's still going strong! I'm from Ipswich but a few of us go down there for pie and mash sometimes.