They are already in a fascist state but they don't seem to realise it. They will never see fair elections and an independent judiciary again. And it will be worse once Trump is gone. The UK is heading hard down the same road now aided by the right wing press (including the BBC).

I certainly won’t again. Same cut and paste dross every time.

Usual BBC reply. A waste of time complaining to them, I’m afraid

They should simply replace Johnson's appointees with more credible, capable people. That sounds reasonable to me.

Absolutely agree. The non-right are terrible at genuinely engaging with the mainstream. Expressing sympathy with their fears before then stating some digestible facts to a handful of friends and family feels more productive than shouting at anonymous people in the sewage pit that is Facebook.

Labour are undoubtedly doing some good work in the real world, but they must realise that (rather like my hopeless football team) all the hard work in midfield is pointless if you keep scoring own goals. Those teams lose games and get relegated!

This is a vision of the UK if ever it became an ‘all white English’ hell. I would be on a small boat to Calais to escape!

I'm happy with the slide into autumn and early winter, especially after a long hot summer. It's January-March I hate with a passion. What is the point of them? Long dark nights, cold days, gloomy landscapes, and Stoke City revealed as being crap yet again ...

Me too! Pilchards and sardines. Cheap and yummy.

Wife did a scratch meal of sardines cold from the tin, chips and spinach. It was aaammmaaazing! Why I wonder? The science of food fascinates me. This week I have been most researching marinades to tenderise meat. It's life changing!

And it is having an effect on the politically disinterested mainstream. I have a few 'barometer' acquaintances (barber etc) and they are talking more and more about non-white faces, hearing other languages etc.

It is terrifying how this is unfolding despite the clear lessons from history.

How much is critical thinking being taught?

Yes. And with his record at Coventry, he should be given the time to build slowly and solidly.

We’ll have to see how that works out against stiffer opposition who quickly suss out that one trick.

I was pleased that Robins was not too impressed with yesterday’s overall performance. It was very un-Stoke like, but encouraging, to win by such a margin in a fairly well balanced game.

I’d like to see him swap wings sometimes to mix it up a bit. He does get some nice goals though👍

Indeed. Just reverting to a historic norm, I fear

But worryingly this will be accepted as fact by a huge swathe of the mainstream electorate. How do we connect with them when they are bombarded by this daily?

The current badge has to go but it’s a neater cleaner design than this ‘new’ one and could be developed. Why is 1863 yellow and so prominent? The Staffs Knot is a disgrace. The bottle kiln is odd. The overall design amateurish.

The club should have had the backbone to say “thanks but no thanks”

Can’t argue with that except I would maybe put Seko in for Manhoef and shuffle things round. Manhoef is so frustratingly predictable so most teams will be able to close him down. I cannot understand why he doesn’t spend most of his time on the left wing getting to the byline before crossing.