Congrats to the Conservative who has won Hartlepool - massive swing, not really a surprise, just hope they deliver on their promises as areas like that really need help.

Credit where it's due and all that, apparently the County Councils have been responsible for the vaccine roll-out outside London at least. Imagine that means the boroughs in London.

Buggles (I broke one of my manifesto promises and read one of your posts - no integrity, me) - is that the best you can do? No mention of Doris being a murderer? Not that I am a Tory (far from it), but I would rather have a forelock to tug than only a void to scream into.

morning sparters

Good morning Ginge, good morning Wombles.

John major, a worcester park legend with his family garden gnomes .cheam common primary.

Preston - great minds....

Silk- John Major. Integrity. Edwina Currie.

Silk - John Major a man of integrity? He enjoyed a Currie behind his wife's back, I seem to recall. Ed Milliband - the man who knifed his own brother in the back - integrity, really?

So, if Ed Sheeran is sponsoring the Tractor Boys' shirts, can we not get Joe Sheerin to sponsor ours ? 😂😂😂😉

I'm sure the office workers/civil servants/NHS staff who have a continued wage packets throughout the lockdown and not been able to spend on going out will have saved so much over the last 14 months that the 25 year ST will fly out.,especially the guys who do all the away games etc

Just checking my back pocket to see if there’s a spare 10 grand in there somewhere

OI - you are right about invention and rollout - but have missed out the middle section - procurement. Boris could have followed Ed Davey's advice and asked to join the EU's procurement programme, Boris could have buckled to Labour pressure not to appoint a Tory MPs wife to mastermind the procurement - but he did not and we ended up with plentiful supplies - ready for the NHS to put in people's arms.

See this is why I take the summer off.

I'm not sure where the idea of Boris as a great motivator comes from. The only real success of the past 18 months has been vaccine invention and rollout. The first part was done by scientists and the latter was done by the NHS, a rare part of dealing with the pandemic that didn't go to Tory chums.

a4e: the clue is in the name (MAD).

Apparently I’m a “Corbynista” (whatever that is) 🤷🏻‍♂️

I'm sure Joey Barton has a similar ability to Boris Johnson to motivate people and get things done.

I'm officially ruling myself out of the Arsenal job.

MAD - I agree with you about Labour but it is that delusional to want my Prime Minister to be a person who has integrity? We had that with John Major - who was let down by his Party and we could have had that with Miliband but he didn't have enough about him to sway the minds of the people. He didn't do enough to get my vote but I think his heart was in the right place.

It's a shame that The Green Party have also gone down the self righteous agenda pitchfork route* rather than sticking to environmental concerns.

I am being promised that I can watch AFC for 25 years. I am 81 years old ?????

Evenin’ all. This upcoming test event AFCW VS AFCW. Anyone know the date

For all his faults , which are many, Boris has the ability to motivate people to get things done which has been evident lately. Not so the labour leader who would be best at motivating people to go to sleep. Once a solicitor always a solicitor

Silk you seem horrified that Boris is bent. Not as bent as a Bliar but nevertheless bent. You take your pick and vote for a serpent. It is ever thus. But right now the poor, less poor, ok, middle class and everyone else despises labour for reasons previously mentioned. It really isn’t difficult to work out. The party of the people now hates the people unless you are part of their ultraism.