I probably can't really comment on the goings on over that side of the forum, as i don't really feature in any of those threads.

Frankly i don't give a toss what anyone thinks about Brexit/covid/the election, so i don't bother to read or comment on those threads. I have probably missed a lot of the "controversy".

As to the new Discord platform.... whilst i'm setting it up, and i'll keep control of things like new member invites and starting new threads initially.... i'd intend to open up those kind of admin features once everyone is used to the format....

I'm not intending to moderate it as such.... we should all be grown up enough to have some decorum (and i have a full time job and train twice a day)... and there is the feature to mute threads that you're not interested in.... but whilst i do have sole control of it, if people resort to off-topic bullshit like apparently goers on in here, i'll just boot them off (and it pains me to even hint at that, as i like to think i generally get on with everyone on here).