It’s strange how sport works. On big occasions, there always seems to be ‘sliding doors’ moments that make or break games. Even more bizarre is that these defining moments generally fall in favour of the team or individual who is the calmest.
Last night, when Raheem Sterling lost possession to Germany and Muller was sent through, he seemed destined to miss. Had he scored, England would have been on the ropes and another heroic tragedy ...
After seeing that Dido Harding has applied to become the
head of the NHS, I couldn’t help but wonder something. Is Harding employed as
the Conservative Populist Party ‘canary down the mine’?
Her application has made headlines in anti-populist
movements, with plenty of people suitably outraged. Elsewhere, nothing. Apathy,
denial, and in some cases, support for her application, is commonplace.
The Parliamentary Committee
It is ...
Take yourself back 1996. It was half-time in the England v Scotland Euro 1996 game . ‘A pathetic and parochial affair’. Those were the words of Radio 5 commentator, Alan Green. He wasn’t wrong.
In the secon-half, after a 15 minute period of domination, England scored. A fine move, culminating in a Shearer goal. Then, England retreated. You could the almost smell the of fear of losing wafting out of Wembley. The draw to the Swiss the ...
Let’s talk about this fanfare over an Australian trade deal. It’s a load of old bollocks isn’t it? Yes, of course we need trade deals because now we have fallen out with our best trading partner, there is some work to do. Firstly though, we must put ourselves in the shoes of the countries we are trying to do deals with.
These people are not stupid. However, they could be forgiven
for thinking we are. They know that we have crashed out ...
There has been a lot going on with regards to racism recently.
The latest being historic racist tweets by England cricketer, Ollie Robinson.
Opinions are flying around with some making their views plain, whilst others keep
their heads down, knowing what an emotive subject it is.
Carberry and Gower
The most controversial part of this latest scandal is
whether someone should be accountable for what they said as a teenager. Former
England ...
