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I’m not trying to criminalise anyone. The players and the fans should be really angry with the club for cheating, but they seem to be revelling in it. The club will get a massive punching punishment and they will deserve it. Maybe the fans and players will realise they were cheated too.

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So? They were using the offshore arrangement to disguise their expenses, just as they were using sham sponsorship deals to disguise their real commercial income.

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I don’t know if this is Apple Podcasts or BBC that haven’t updated their graphics, but that ain’t Rutherford and Fostekew #Infinitemonkeycage

Infinite Monkey Cage picture with Robin Ince and Brian Cox, advertising the latest series which features neither.

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One of the managers did, he was getting paid twice, once for a sham job. But I don’t understand your point, the club cheated, enabling themselves to build a squad they never could have afforded otherwise.

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The club cheated so they could get better players on the pitch, like a Sunday league club putting a bunch of ringers in for a difficult cup game. Doesn’t mean the players cheated but the effect is the same.

Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Do you think that’s what I’m saying?

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Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Arsenal lived within their means for about 10 years because they were building a stadium and needed to save money. Man City looked at the rules and said ‘not for us’

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And the commentators are basically “Say what you like about Lance Armstrong and his copious drug use, he’s one hell of a cyclist”

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“Whatever the goings on at City, these players, with their £500,000 per week contracts, are just doing their jobs like any other player on a quarter of that money at other clubs”

Look at Man City scoring with all these players they definitely bought with legitimate funds because they stopped boosting their finances illegally 8 years ago honestly.

Klara is protesting against Man City in her own way

The one that shocks me is that only 70% of the population is confident that werewolves definitely don’t exist.

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Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A musical pioneer who listen to Low by Bowie a *lot*

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What a shame, Tottenham are losing. Their r*pe-apologist manager must be very disappointed.

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Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’ve literally never worn a costume to anything ever, although I think my daughter ordered some cat ears for a uni night out

Screenshot of Amazon preferences including costume accessories and costume events

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Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Are they basically just going to kick England constantly while the ref gives no yellow cards?

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Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you can’t work out the approximate start time from the advertised start time then that’s really a you problem

Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m pretty sure that Beatles podcasts are the greatest podcasts ever made. Such diligence and resourcefulness, and a constant source of surprise and joy.

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Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Is there an argument for removing juries from complex financial crime trials? They can be extremely difficult to follow and the presence of a jury gives the defence the opportunity to use confusion as a barrier to the jury able to say ‘beyond reasonable doubt’

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Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That’s true. And I also think that it’s valid to argue that if he were less of a cunt he would attract less hatred. But there’s a line between milkshake throwing or online criticism and actually plotting a terrorist attack.

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Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That’s a very slippery slope. Yes, Farage is an awful man who says awful things, but going down the ‘you brought it on yourself’ route is not wise.

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Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Maybe he needs to accept the offer of security that the home office offered him. You know, the one that means his every move will be tracked, every meeting.

That’s absolutely mad - you could have a pitch that was 130 yards by 45 yards. It would be like playing in a corridor

So cute! One of ours helping me work

What about people who are adopted?

I suspect this didn’t happen because the people I know who work in hospitals witness plenty of racial abuse of the staff *while* helping patients, so don’t really need to have the antagonist outside the building.

Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Early morning in limited light I once picked up a dark cushion from our sofa to chuck it onto a chair, only to find that it was not a cushion but our cat.

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Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For clarity, many lawyers are super smart, with planet-sized brains. A significant number are not.

Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve worked with lots of lawyers over the years. Getting a law degree is certainly not a measure of intellect.

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Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Whether it’s in the UK or the USA or seemingly elsewhere, why do the centre / left allow the far right to set all the talking points.

He has to battle to impose himself on the defenders most of the time, so he is more likely to look like he’s fouling, whereas someone like Brobbey just stands there and makes himself the defender’s problem.

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But he’s just not strong enough, he gets bullied too easily

Genuinely not sure what those Arsenal subs are meant to change

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Brighton look like they have their shirts inside out

Chris @dukeofprunes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We still feed our newest one separately because she eats slower than the others. Our biggest cat has worked out how to open the door to her room for MORE FOOD.

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So Brighton, flying in the premier league, home to Arsenal. And it’s not allowed to be shown on TV in the UK. I realise there are ways around it, but the fact that I could legally (and cheaply) watch the game in almost any other country apart from the one it’s taking place in is absurd.

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Yeah, you’re right. The reason England haven’t won a major tournament in 60 years is because we needed Scott McTominey.

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Those conventions and norms were there, but definitely Sorkin’s version of the world is a moral president with moral staff. But that was a world in which Richard Nixon was still seen as historically crooked, and he effectively only got caught because he handed over the evidence when asked to.

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I’ve now listened to more versions of Take on Me before breakfast than ever before. Really interesting that they kept going with it, because there’s nothing in the original that says ‘could be a hit’

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The West Wing would seem insane now. There is a whole episode where the press officer misspeaks slightly and the whole episode is just about the fall out from that. It’d be like watching Pride and Prejudice now, so quaint with all their traditions and standards and character.

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