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What do they know of town planning who only town planning know? (h/t C.L.R. James.) This is very much not a work account. https://linktr.ee/samuel_stafford

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labour market flexibility for thee, generous employment rights and severance packages for me

11.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll say one thing for the replies on this: they make clear, as if there was any doubt, where the incredibly annoying online Corbynites have gone.

11.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is very funny. Scoring five from an xG of 0.87?

11.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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It takes a special kind of public speaker to be able to talk about NDMPs; how to define a β€˜well-connected’ station; and why, when it comes to planning gain at least, the system is working effectively, and have the crowd in the palm of their hand, but I managed to do so this morning.

11.03.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fan attends wrong St James' Park football stadium 366 miles away The supporter travelled from London to Exeter, instead of Newcastle.

Lincoln City instead of Barcelona? As far as I can see this chap was actually rewarded for his abject pre-trip planning.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

11.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another day, another lanyard for the storage compartment in a car door that nobody knows the name of.

11.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Too Old To Be So Crazy
Too Old To Be So Crazy YouTube video by Amy Rigby - Topic

Sam’s Breakfast Banger…

youtu.be/Aha1kqZLXqA?...

11.03.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Match report.

Things to do the night before a thing at Hatfield House.

www.instagram.com/p/DVuNGgsCEz...

10.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Football ground no. 151. Vauxhall Road.

www.instagram.com/p/DVt8Yg_iBu...

10.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Related rant: I’m fed up of euphemisms like β€˜local democracy’ to describe what are often individualist activist campaigns run by tiny minorities of residents who think even minor personal convenience outweighs any major benefits to society.

10.03.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I think that, after Dubai at the top, the next two places on a list of those that I hope I never have cause to visit would be the Cheltenham Festival and MIPIM.

10.03.2026 09:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
All Or Nothing
All Or Nothing YouTube video by Starsailor - Topic

Sam’s Breakfast Banger…

youtu.be/Eg1nJSUqEiY?...

10.03.2026 08:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am a 48 year old professional having to explain to people at the start of online meetings that I lost my voice at a football match.

09.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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09.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's decision to bomb Iran is now the greatest windfall to the Russian war effort on record. If it continues, it might save the Russian war economy.

09.03.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 2306 πŸ” 1189 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 124
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I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way

#lufc

09.03.2026 06:58 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Absolutely scandalous - and in one of our most beautiful cities.

08.03.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I would like to vote for a party that said: "we keep being buffeted by forces outside our control. This is because we've allowed our capabilities to degrade. We're going to build them up again so some moron can't just bankrupt us with a stupid idea. It will take a while but here's the plan".

09.03.2026 10:11 πŸ‘ 253 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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09.03.2026 09:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Today’s first task was to contact the club about getting a copy of that photo so at frame and treasure it forever.

09.03.2026 09:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ugly scenes mar the end of the Old Firm Derby. Meanwhile in Brazil…

09.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Oasis – Acquiesce (Live from Wembley Stadium, 28 September '25) (Visualiser) – HELP(2)
Oasis – Acquiesce (Live from Wembley Stadium, 28 September '25) (Visualiser) – HELP(2) YouTube video by War Child UK

Sam’s Breakfast Banger…

youtu.be/t1T-zYR2UoQ?...

09.03.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pauly Walnuts very seriously telling someone that β€œit’s called Broad daylight because women light up the world”

Pauly Walnuts very seriously telling someone that β€œit’s called Broad daylight because women light up the world”

international women’s day

08.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 14354 πŸ” 4302 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 44
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El NiΓ±o

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

07.03.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 4263 πŸ” 1648 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 122
It is absurd to say that I feel I am not yet grown up. I am not laying claim to perpetual youth (though 89 is something of a surprise), and youth I was never much aware of when I had it. What I mean is, there has never come a time when I could be thought to have acquired dignity, common sense, still less worldly wisdom, qualities that supposedly come with age and get lost with age, too. One doesn't look for common sense from
someone over 90.

It is absurd to say that I feel I am not yet grown up. I am not laying claim to perpetual youth (though 89 is something of a surprise), and youth I was never much aware of when I had it. What I mean is, there has never come a time when I could be thought to have acquired dignity, common sense, still less worldly wisdom, qualities that supposedly come with age and get lost with age, too. One doesn't look for common sense from someone over 90.

counts. When I enter a room full of people (these days a rarity) I am 16.
Except in the even more rare occasion of entering a room of 16-year-olds, when I am 90. I have the credentials but I don't seem to have the baggage. Once upon a time, I think I imagined age itself as an eminence, years were a plinth, it had prospects even if the end was clouded in mist.
A virtue of age is that it emancipates one from class. The old are in a class of their own. It also bestows a privilege of plain speaking.

counts. When I enter a room full of people (these days a rarity) I am 16. Except in the even more rare occasion of entering a room of 16-year-olds, when I am 90. I have the credentials but I don't seem to have the baggage. Once upon a time, I think I imagined age itself as an eminence, years were a plinth, it had prospects even if the end was clouded in mist. A virtue of age is that it emancipates one from class. The old are in a class of their own. It also bestows a privilege of plain speaking.

Alan Bennett on feeling 16 when you are 90

07.03.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A+ nickname

07.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 981 πŸ” 236 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 16
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Are there more doors or more wheels in the world? Ryley Towler, then of Bristol City, now of Lincoln City, offers his view.

08.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where’s Wally?

08.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Match report.

Top of the League.

www.instagram.com/p/DVmZKGfCEJ...

#Imps πŸ”΄βšͺ️

07.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Football ground no. 150. Cardiff City Stadium.

#Imps πŸ”΄βšͺ️

www.instagram.com/p/DVlbWruiCQ...

07.03.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0