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Reply | The FA have banned trans women from women’s football
at 21:23 1 May 2025
Yes, I think so. And also in terms how being gay was often treated as a mental health issue or something which correlated with mental health issues. This is now widely accepted as having been wrong then, and it's wrong with trans people now |
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Reply | The FA have banned trans women from women’s football
at 21:15 1 May 2025
You're moving to a different area of discussion here - which I do disagree with you on, but I don't think it's what the original post related to. You said "you make choices in life". I think that's a really damaging framing in this area |
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Reply | The FA have banned trans women from women’s football
at 20:55 1 May 2025
As a gay person myself I really hate the use of the word "choice" here. It's not a choice to be gay, it's not a choice to be trans. Growing up I wish it had been a choice as I would have chosen otherwise - now I wouldn't say that, but it illustrates a point. The starting point for an empathetic discussion about trans people is dispelling this myth of "choice" |
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Reply | Net Zero and Tony Blair.
at 16:57 30 Apr 2025
The 'need to innovate' idea suggests that solutions have not been found yet - but they have, largely. Renewable technology - at the mass or utility level, at least - has advanced hugely and become far far cheaper than fossil fuels over the last 20 years. The reason they have not been applied at the scale needed is political choices and how energy markets are institutionalised and organised - things which reflect the interests of certain actors, of course.
That's not to say that a significant mobilisation of resources and infrastructure investment isn't needed - it does - but a shadow of what would be expended if we carry on on the trajectory we're on. |
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Reply | Net Zero and Tony Blair.
at 13:44 30 Apr 2025
Again this reveals a total and complete lack of understanding of how the UK energy sector works and renewables, but if the thread the other day is anything to go by you have no intention of engaging with people on the substance of this |
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Reply | The purge has started in Spain & Portugal
at 11:22 29 Apr 2025
Yes absolutely - and yeah, an important clarification you make about the base load requirements being why gas ends up always setting the price in spot markets |
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Reply | The purge has started in Spain & Portugal
at 10:51 29 Apr 2025
Sorry but this just fundamentally misunderstands the UK energy sector and renewables.
Renewable energy is far far cheaper and less capital intensive than fossil fuels. However, the price of energy in the UK wholesale spot market (which is where the action is) is set by gas/fossil fuels about 98% of the time.
The obstacle I believe to the expansion of renewables is the profit motive and marketisation of the sector. Renewables are cheaper but the costs are spread differently - more up front - so have to be funded by financial institutions/banks. Because energy prices are so volatile (because they're set by gas and gas is so volatile) banks are less likely to take a risk. The situation is different for fossil fuels because guarantees are returned in a way because gas prices are the fundamental driver.
Another key fact is that companies are not vertically integrated - that is to say a different company retails the energy to that which distributes it to that which generates it. Combined with how spot markets are organised, this is why savings from (far!) cheaper renewables are not passed onto customers.
The argument that net zero/renewables contribute to higher energy costs is a complete fallacy and reveals a total lack of understanding about the sector and how it works |
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Reply | Eustace wanting to move to Derby
at 21:44 10 Feb 2025
It's always an interesting discussion re the "size" of clubs. I tend to think in terms of size of fanbase more than anything, though average position in the pyramid has to fit it somehow.
Even then it's important to note attendances don't capture fanbase size at any given one time and you have to think in terms of where clubs are in a cycle (attendances tend to go up with a promotion/success and gradually fall away). I think Derby are very much in the 30k+ crowds at good times (like us, Leicester, Forest, Wolves, Sheffield clubs etc etc) whereas Blackburn are more like 20k at good times (more like Burnley, Huddersfield, etc). I'm sure everyone has their own picture of this in their heads though! |
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Reply | Eustace wanting to move to Derby
at 21:26 10 Feb 2025
Well their average attendance is around double that of Blackburn's and has been for years so I think you'd have to say that |
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Reply | Just how lazy are you?
at 10:38 31 Jan 2025
You don't get to the Tories' poll ratings without telling the public how lazy they all are! |
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Reply | We have a Goalkeeper issue
at 10:08 27 Jan 2025
I think there's a relatively clear trade-off between them - Walton does not make many saves but does not have a (or at least many) inexplicable error(s) in him, whereas Muric makes loads of saves but does have inexplicable errors in him. Muric is also somewhat better with his feet I think it's fair to say.
It comes down to what is the lesser of the two evils there. I personally think Muric gives you a better chance as he keeps you in games whereas the lack of saves from Walton (I believe he's let in 13 goals from the last 22 shots on target faced - or something like that) does not. I'm not sure we'd have been in some of the games that Muric mistakes cost us in with Walton in goal. The opposite view is entirely understandable though too. |
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Reply | Wolves fixtures
at 09:14 26 Jan 2025
I know it's kind of only natural to think in terms of worst case scenarios but what really is there to suggest that we should "expect" Wolves to get 3 wins from that run when they've only got 3 wins all season? I do think we need to come out of the next few games with a cushion on them of some kind (maybe 3 points or so) but I don't see a lot to suggest their form will turn around quickly. That's not to say it definitely won't of course! |
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Reply | Looks like Delap not suspended
at 08:00 15 Dec 2024
But he was booked during the game as well (which was enough to take him to a suspension I believe even before he got the second yellow afterwards) |
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Reply | YYYYYYEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
at 18:26 14 Dec 2024
Incredible to respond and finish the game on top like that. Brilliant. Come on Town |
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Reply | Love this interview of Sir Alf when he was Birmingham manager in 1977
at 12:15 6 Dec 2024
I always have to pinch myself that we have had 2 managers which were not only great but also incredibly innovative. I'm too young to remember either, but it's amazing the lasting impact Ramsey had on team formations and professionalism in the game. And then watching Robson's Ipswich teams play - something we can do more than Ramsey's for obvious reasons - it is incredible how ahead of his time he was. Gates plays a role very recognisable in the modern game and full-backs tucking in and making runs inside their wingers is again something heralded an "innovation" by Guardiola.
Two incredible football men, without either of which club would not have sustained itself at the top level ever since. I think the reason Ramsey is slightly less fondly remembered is because his era did not last too long (in the top flight, that is) and was soon followed by Robson, and also his personality being slightly different |
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Reply | It's dawned on me, we are getting relegated
at 09:11 4 Dec 2024
I don't think we can be written off just as yet. There's little to suggest its going to need a particularly high points total to stay up (its below a point a game currently, and from what we've seen of Palace/Everton/Leicester they haven't got a lot of fire power). I want to see us get to 14/15 points by the turn of the year, that's 5/6 more points. We would then need a second half of the season in which we acquire 20ish, which may be doable if we have a bit more luck with injuries especially. Not over yet! |
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Reply | Bristol Rovers (n/t)
at 23:36 2 Dec 2024
If it's Hartlepool and Cardiff in subsequent rounds I truly will start to believe |
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