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FLAWS

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Forty-something. Languid. Autistic. Working. Socialist. He/him (not bothered tbh: they/them also fine). Profile photo: 46-year old white man with black rimmed glasses staring at a huge crisp Banner pic: yellow socks and trainers on a pebble beach.

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I recently moved this out of my office/music room to make space in there and I noticed the neighbours weren't in so I turned it on and warmed it up. It sounded decent but not as good as I remember.

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Now little more than furniture.

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But yeah: fucking heavy bloody things. Other guitarist hurt his back and I had to carry both up fire escapes to rehearse (not at the same time).

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Old band I was in: other guitarist had a fender twin and I had (still have) a Peavey classic 2x12 (ripped off the bassman but v good rip off) and even playing pretty big gigs we had them quite low on stage so they didn't affect the stage sound too much.

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Two years younger than me. And my profile photo was taken this year.

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We're quite fortunate (at the moment, though my autism/burnout and (suspected) ADHD is causing me severe problems with work so not sure how long it will last) and might be able to get him private tuition if/when he wants it.

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This is my son's issue. He loves learning but he's not really learning anything because he's ahead of where he needs to be in every subject (well, not art or PE but meh). They're good with the kids who are struggling but don't challenge him at all.

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And more than 2% of that is probably down to the shift in Scotland: in 2017 and 2019 the SNP were strong but they've collapsed and Labour will have picked up some of that.

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I wish those five slow seats would declare, then I can tell my centrist mates how many fewer votes Starmer got than Corbyn did in Labour's worst ever election defeat. Wonder if they'll try to tell me people don't vote for left-wing parties again?

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lol. eat shit on your hopes for that clean sweep, apartheid coalition

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*clears throat* ANY OTHER LEADER WOULD HAVE BEEN 20 POINTS AHEAD!

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Labour's vote share in England is pretty much the same as 2019.

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It's been shifting this way since the financial crash. Rich people screwed the economy and then rich people chose to make the poor pay for it so the establishment media were keen to platform UKIP/Brexit Party/Reform and their interest in blaming brown people.

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Because successive 'mainstream' parties have let their city rot and the media have encouraged people to listen to Farage's explanations on why their lives are worse than they should be.

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My guess is she has no idea. But also she's been incredibly submissive in the presence of Tories. Maybe Boris Johnson was also in the studio.

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With Reform in parliament (extremely likely), a bruised Tory party shifting left to try to win voters back and a directionless Labour, the right will continue to set the agenda for the next parliament.

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Oh yeah you're right: it was the genius of John McTernan!

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37%?! I hope that's true. And they have picked up some Scottish votes whereas Corbyn had to deal with the fact that Labour had collapsed in Scotland under Blair and Brown.

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Can you get a larger bowl or an extra one or will Amadeus (Meowzart?) still manage to push (General?) Hux out of the way of his food?

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So long as you didn't wear lycra covered in logos I think you're ok...

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What you don't seem to realise, Ned, is that if anything was going to change then the Tories and the comfortable establishment media would have made sure to prevent the Tory collapse. As it is they don't really care because their investments won't be affected.

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Don't get me wrong, there were things I found really difficult (too many to list) but the positives outweighed the negatives.

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Yeah I wouldn't want to do it now. Small festivals are more my speed these days. Also the lineup looks really shit and I'm pretty sure it's not just because I'm old.

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I've been 6 times and I'm autistic. Mostly kept to the edges of the sea of people and absorbed the atmosphere.

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I went 6 times in the 00s and it was mostly great, even in 2007 when it didn't stop raining all weekend. Seems different (not in a good way) now but I don't actually know: I haven't been in 14 years.

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I had a black and white TV in my bedroom and if I pressed my hand against the screen, the whistle stopped. Had to press hard though: couldn't keep it there.

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I'd like to apologise to a woman who worked at the Tate Liverpool in about 1996. She commented - quite accurately - that I was wearing an "Oasis shirt". I grumpily said "No". Because I'm autistic (tho I didn't know it then) and hate attention being drawn to me. She was just being friendly, I'm sure.

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