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  1. 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.
  2. Blackleaf

    King tells Starmer: "Tackle knife crime"

    Guns are currently killing a lot more people on this planet than nuclear weapons are.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
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    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...
  6. 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...
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    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...
  8. Blackleaf

    Euro 2024

    It's an 8pm kick off here in the UK on Sunday, so I don't know what time that is where you are.
  9. Blackleaf

    Euro 2024

    England send warning to Spain England hero Ollie Watkins, who scored England's Semi-Final injury time winner against Netherlands, has warned Spain that "We're only getting stronger" ahead of the 17th European Championships Final on Sunday night. England were the joint pre-tournament...
  10. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers - "That's What I Like" (1989) The Rotherham, South Yorkshire, trio, which included a father and son, had a UK hit with this song of samples - several hits in one
  11. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    Fine Young Cannibals - "Suspicious Minds" (1986) The Birmingham pop rockers turned the clock back 20 years to look like a Sixties band as they covered Elvis Presley's 1969 hit...
  12. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    Paul Heaton - "Fish 'N' Chip Supper" (2024) The former lead singer of Hull, East Yorkshire, bands The Housemartins and The Beautiful South is back with a new solo album. New album release 11th October...
  13. Blackleaf

    Euro 2024

    Got to love British humour. England fans, in Dortmund for their match against neighbours Netherlands, found a German policeman who looks like England coach Gareth Southgate. So they decided to "serenade" him with "Southgate, You're the One", much to his amusement. I don't know if he understood...
  14. Blackleaf

    Starmer makes international debut as PM

    "Give me your hand, there, pal. We're the best allies, maybe in the world", Biden says to Starmer as the two meet at the White House. "We go into a cup final on Sunday!", football fanatic Starmer jubilantly told Biden. I wonder if Starmer and Farage's friend Trump will be quite so warm when...
  15. Blackleaf

    Euro 2024

    Amazing scenes in Dortmund - where Ed Sheeran watched on - and in England as England reach the Final of the European Championships for the second successive time. Just one more win to be crowned European Champions. And what a way to win - 1-1 in the Semi-Final. Injury time. Extra time and...
  16. Blackleaf

    Euro 2024

    Hitler reacts to England beating the Netherlands to reach the Final The Austrian painter and wannabe architect wanted the Netherlands to beat England. So, of course, England won and will play Spain in the Final on Sunday night to try and win their first trophy since 1966 - in Berlin. Spain...
  17. Blackleaf

    Starmer makes international debut as PM

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met Zelensky and Biden at the NATO summit in Washington DC just days after becoming British PM in a huge landslide. He promised Zelensky that British support for Ukraine will continue as it did under the Tories. The British have had meetings with both...
  18. Blackleaf

    Euro 2024

    A (humorous) message to the England team from His Majesty The King: My wife and I join all our family in wishing you the warmest congratulations on reaching the final of the Uefa European Championship - and in sending our very best wishes for Sunday’s match. If I may encourage you to secure...
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    Euro 2024

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    Euro 2024

    It's coming home!! England forward Jude Bellingham, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "We told you last time we live to fight another day. Another late goal, but it would be nice to score first and have that peace of mind. "When they scored the first goal I didn't think we were playing badly...