It's criminal that it ended as quickly as it did because Amazon didn't have the appetite for funding a full season. The last season is okay but it feels insanely rushed and the final episode was such a whimper of a finale.

I agree with all of this but I still think it might be alright on its own merit. I'm imaging it to be a bit of a mix of Neeson's classic violent action hammed up to silly levels combined with an element of the classic Naked Gun wit. Whether it should have the right to carry the Naked Gun name is ano...

I can kind of see that actually being quite good. I'm sure it won't touch the originals but then they set such a high bar I think that'd be an unrealistic expectation anyway.

If he had just came out and said “10% universal tariff which will help us look after our kids and elderly” I feel people could get behind that. It would have been a lie of course , it would be to fund tax breaks for himself but he could have said it anyway. I can't think of a better way for him to ...

I'm quite looking forward to it but we weren't mega keen on another trip abroad for a gig. We've done two Ayreon shows in Tilburg the last few years and I think we'd rather just put the money towards an actual holiday this year as the costs soon add up when you factor in all the travel and hotels on...

Looks absolutely barmy. Can't wait.

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100% the post-ww2 consensus was just firmly blown to pieces. That was the biggest diplomatic catastrophe I think we will see in our lifetimes. The US doesn't even act like that with it's adversaries, let alone supposed allies. I still can't quite believe what I saw. Trump and his far right Christian...

Why would you invite someone to sign an unfavourable deal which doesn't really offer much direct support and then absolutely lay into them in front of the entire world though? The art of deal indeed. Supposedly it was Trump who asked Zelenskyy to leave without signing the deal too. So he has activel...

I suspect the entire thing was a trap to get him in front of cameras so they could bully the shit out of him and then use him refusing to sign the deal as justification for dropping all further support for Ukraine and lifting sanctions on Russia. Zelenskyy showed remarkable restraint given the absol...

He's just done exactly that. Conference cancelled and Zelenskyy is leaving early.

Agreed, Phlebas would make a great adaptation to screen because it is fairly straight forward and I think the plot is barmy enough that it would keep people engaged quite easily. I always thought that Player of Games was one of the weaker entries in the series, even if it does do a better job at set...

I think there is hope for us to come away from this entire thing in a position of strength. It was never going to be easy to combat the propaganda and misinformation campaigns that far right agitators are peddling on social media with the support of their tech oligarch friends, but a move to directl...

He did that before Farage and Truss delivered their speeches and they seemingly weren't phased enough by it to decide it might be better to pull out. I believe Truss was actively imploring a foreign power come and overthrow the UK government during her speech actually. Even the French far right repr...

Oh don't get me wrong, I drink them purely out of necessity when it's before 6am and nowhere else is open. They're normally a solid 3.5/10 coffee, but the new lids really surpass themselves at bringing that down to a new low.