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Finessing the Withdrawal Agreement | 43 comments (43 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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First day of Boris's new job.

Coincidentally, in the first-ever cricket test between England and Ireland at Lord's, England were all out this morning for... 85 runs (note for non-cricket-Watchers : this is not generally considered a good score...)

I hope the Dude gave them a pep talk at lunchtime.

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

by eurogreen on Wed Jul 24th, 2019 at 02:42:29 PM EST
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Crypto-Remainers....

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
L. Cohen
by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Wed Jul 24th, 2019 at 02:53:09 PM EST
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The English batters did rather too much Leaving ... five of them bowled or LBW

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
by eurogreen on Wed Jul 24th, 2019 at 03:16:59 PM EST
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All out for 85 is actually a disastrous score in a test match - especially considering only a few hundred people actually play the game in Ireland - weather permitting...

England just won the Cricket World Cup - with an Irish man who had actually played for Ireland - as Captain. Of course Rees-Mogg had to tweet that the Win showed England could beat the world without the Europeans... (He also failed to notice the team also included a South African. a New Zealander and two sons of Pakistani immigrants...)

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Wed Jul 24th, 2019 at 05:04:02 PM EST
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I think you are reading this backwards. In any sporting contest, winners and losers vary over time. The important thing is what sport is under discussion, not the score.

  • Baseball, obviously not appropriate for England.
  • American football, nope.
  • Soccer, probably not. Too many Europeans.
  • Rugby, ok, but played in some other undesirable countries.
  • Cricket, pretty good, mostly focused on British Empire.
  • The god-awful version of tennis played on a court with windows and stuff, very impressive, no foreigners but still it is not quite exclusive enough.
  • The Eton Wall Game, the most perfect sport ever invented, played only by a narrow selection of wealthy English boys.
by asdf on Wed Jul 24th, 2019 at 06:02:51 PM EST
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although the Eton Wall game seems to be less a game or sport and more an exercise in giving licence to bullies to hurt lesser beings with complete immunity. The British army have adapted it into a game called "murderball".

Scoring is entorely beside the point (years pass between actual goals being scored in the EWG) it's just an exercise in violently exorcising frustrations

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jul 29th, 2019 at 06:36:39 PM EST
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Not good?  Absolutely pathetic in Test.  And then of course there's the delicious irony that Boyd Rankin was bowled out to end the Irish innings by that great Anglo-Saxon...Moeen Ali.
by rifek on Wed Jul 24th, 2019 at 08:36:31 PM EST
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Sorry I brought up the cricket.

Ireland, needing a paltry 182 for an historic win, have just been bowled out by England for ... 38.

Cue ecstatic press release from Boris in 3,2,1...

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

by eurogreen on Fri Jul 26th, 2019 at 01:04:03 PM EST
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With "Land of Hope and Glory" playing in the background.
by rifek on Fri Jul 26th, 2019 at 08:50:55 PM EST
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