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  1. Blackleaf

    Euro 2024

    Crazy that the Argies have now won the Copa America for a record SIXTEENTH time. Having said that, the Copa America is the world's oldest surviving international football tournament - founded in 1916 - and the tournament is usually held every one, two, or three years, seemingly irregularly, for...
  2. Blackleaf

    King and Queen pulled away from Jersey event after false alarm

    King Charles III and Queen Camilla were pulled away from an event on the island of Jersey today after their Close Protection Officers - the British equivalent of America's Secret Service - became concerned about something. The Queen, 76, who was eating ice cream and enjoying herself, was...
  3. Blackleaf

    Euro 2024

    Spain win record 4th European Championships Final Spain 2-1 England Olympic Stadium, Berlin Spain have won the Euros for a record 4th time, after previously winning it in 1964, 2008 and 2012. England are the first team to lose two consecutive European Championships Finals.
  4. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    Simple Minds - "Alive and Kicking" (1985) The Glasgow rockers reached No7 in the UK and No2 in the US with this hit
  5. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    Technotronic - "Pump Up The Jam" (1989) The Belgian eurodancers scored a No2 hit next door in the UK with this song in 1989
  6. Blackleaf

    King tells Starmer: "Tackle knife crime"

    Actor Idris Elba today met with the King at St James's Palace to discuss potential opportunities for Britain's youth, to steer them away from crime. Elba is a 51 year old British actor who starred in the American drama series The Wire. Elba and the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (the woman in...
  7. Blackleaf

    Omnibus Russia Ukraine crisis

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer knows Biden fucked up at the NATO Summit but just can't quite admit to it in public. Starmer previously admitted, before being elected PM, that Biden's cognitive ability is waning. How do we Brits elect a youngish leader with years left in him and the Yanks...
  8. Blackleaf

    King tells Starmer: "Tackle knife crime"

    Starmer meets Biden at the White House. One's incoming and the other's outgoing. One's starting probably a lengthy career as PM and the other will likely be dead as the other is still PM. They seemed so lovey dovey, as previous British and American leaders have been: Churchill/Roosevelt...
  9. Blackleaf

    Double murderer sentenced to die in prison

    Osborne was sentenced to two whole life orders plus 20 years.
  10. Blackleaf

    Double murderer sentenced to die in prison

    An abuser who stabbed to death his ex-partner and a man she was dating in a "ferocious and merciless" attack was sentenced to a whole life order. Marcus Osborne murdered Katie Higton, 27, and Steven Harnett, 25, in May 2023 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Osborne stabbed Higton 99 times...
  11. Blackleaf

    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    You make it sound as though the White House is a brothel. Maybe that's why some Muslims tried to fly a plane into it.
  12. Blackleaf

    King tells Starmer: "Tackle knife crime"

    That's just wordplay. In terms of actual numbers of deaths then knives are deadlier. Knives are being used to kill more people than nukes are. That's why the King wants the Government to tackle knife crime and not nuke crime.
  13. Blackleaf

    King tells Starmer: "Tackle knife crime"

    I can see when you're losing an argument. I've known you for years. Remember, Mr T, that the world's deadliest animal is not the lion or the tiger or alligator. The world's deadliest animal is the mosquito. Similarly, the blade is deadlier than the nuke.
  14. Blackleaf

    King tells Starmer: "Tackle knife crime"

    Well knives are more lethal than nukes are in terms of the number of injuries and fatalities they cause. Similarly a mosquito is more lethal than a lion.
  15. Blackleaf

    King tells Starmer: "Tackle knife crime"

    Guns are currently killing a lot more people on this planet than nuclear weapons are.
  16. Blackleaf

    King tells Starmer: "Tackle knife crime"

    It's illegal in Britain for under 18s to buy knives. Knives aren't as lethal as firearms. In order to stab someone you have to be just feet away from them, whereas you can shoot someone from a fair distance.
  17. Blackleaf

    King tells Starmer: "Tackle knife crime"

    Fat chance under a Labour Government. But that's what we voted for and democracy shall prevail. I just hope it will be such a shitfest that Farage and his Reform UK party win the 2029 election.
  18. Blackleaf

    King tells Starmer: "Tackle knife crime"

    In a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 61, and members of his new Labour Government (including Home Secretary Yvette Cooper) and actor Idris Elba, King Charles III, 75, spoke of his desire for them to tackle knife crime, so prevalent in the nation's big cities. "You have the right to...
  19. Blackleaf

    Euro 2024

    8pm kicks off are fairly normal in football in the UK. However, the match is being held in Berlin where it will kick off at 9pm. Germany is an hour ahead of us. In Europe's Champions League all matches are 7:45pm starts UK, Ireland, Spain and Portugal time (all in the same time zone), whereas...
  20. Blackleaf

    Euro 2024

    Spain are prepared to break German law by playing their wonderkid Yamal against England on Sunday night. Yamal, aged just 16, became the youngest player ever to score in a Euros when he scored a wonder goal against France in Spain's 2-1 Semi-Final win. In Germany it is illegal for anyone under...