Holmes_and_Watson

Egypt's Zico can expect to be in a bit of bother. "It's clear that the tournament has been fixed." Can't imagine Infantino or host Trump putting up with such a scurrilous accusation. Presumably stemming from them moaning about a penalty, rather than focusing on defending their goal. Both Switzerland and Columbia also spent a fair amount of time play acting.

Surely not a surprise to have your andes at the ends of your sleeves? 🙂

I think they said both of the worst misses were by defenders who had missed in previous competitions. So sure, send them up to miss again.

I just thought they'd all played in the Fall. Just like every other group of people. 🙂

I'm not encouraging this activity. Those taking part will get their just deserts.

Tut Tut. I might be in de-nile, but I thought we'd left puns behind.

Which of us has not dreamt of a romantic dinner with Stuart Armstrong's hair. Some dancing, long walks...

The radio earlier said that Sky had denied it. That was before Farage called them out on it again, in his statement. So now we have a guy worried about the security of himself and his family, and pointing out that there's a campaign against him now proving that Sky did indeed increase the risk to his family, lied about it, and are now saying they were entitled to do it. Which they were not. Lots of perfectly valid avenues to challenge him. This not only undermines that, but shows him to be right (as far as this topic goes). Well done hacks.

His statement today would indicate he's aware of the pile on to come, and has pre emptied it by giving his view of why it's really happening. He directly addressed the increasing reports of his temper at the questioning he's been getting too. Again, pre emptying what's to come. As you say, setting out the him v establishment boundaries nice and early. You mentioned David Davis. IIRC he ended up with a lot of low key funding, grassroots support after taking his stand. I recall reading about it after one of his late night speeches on Salmond. Perhaps Farage is hoping to tap into that. There was certainly a "Yes, I took the money. Here's exactly why, and why it will continue to be attacked" part of his speech, again setting out the contest. On the front foot.

Didn't some media outlets misquote him by implying he'd said "white rage"? Just a "sorry Nigel". Add to that showing his daughter's house. My personal benchmark, regardless of what I think of him or his views, was the Beeb airing someone joking about an acid attack against him. When that was pointed out to them, they did as little as possible in redress. That was a shocker to listen to at the time (Jo Brand).

Edit on your edit: While getting my tea, the next two headlines on the radio were that Le Pen's decision was upheld. It was, but disingenuous for the Beeb to suggest that was all that happened; and Harry losing his court case into hacking. Which everyone knows was rife, no matter how much Brooks and Coulden burn in the basement car park. So, a glimpse into our media landscape.

I did hear him mention Starmer. He also said a couple of days after the death of Kirk, he got most of his security funding removed. It's not unique to him. However, if risk assessing them all, he'd be higher than many. A blanket model may not apply.

I only caught the last part of his speech. Is the idea that:- The investigation is into donations over 12 months old. As an MP, you should be declaring donations within a 12 month period, prior to becoming one. If reelected, he then gets out of the investigation? On one of his other points, the press have no justification going near his family. He's right to be incensed about it, as they are now at heightened risk. As he has been. Edit: Just seen the been link, suggesting things would resume as they have been. That leaves him resetting it all in the public realm. "This is what I did it for. The rules say I should be suspended, but we all know what's really behind that, which is why I asked you to vote for me, as a signal to those parties."

They could always be suspending them from something, as part of the sentence.

Meanwhile, in China, a person who granted things for money... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33y0n1v1xjo