Archive | February, 2010

18 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

hablo un poquito de español

The BBC reports today that Gordon Brown assures us that “The UK has made ‘all the preparations that are necessary’ to protect the Falkland Islands.” Taking into consideration Mr Brown’s track record to date, not least his commitment to resourcing of military activity, my best advice to the Falkland Islanders would be to start learning [...]

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11 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Hall of shame for Mike O’Brien

Health minister Mike O’Brien has made another reasoned contribution to the advancement of public debate – an incisive and insightful Twitter posting: “The sacking of Terry is crass. Capello has bowed to tabloid pressure. Infidelity is bad but I saw no signs of fatigue in his football.” Presumably Capello did what he thought was the [...]

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09 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

English pride?

So Fabio has done the necessary thing and sacked John Terry. Can’t see that there was any sensible alternative, but it still feels quite strange having  the national team handled in such an appropriate manner. Hope to get used to that. Mind you, we seem to have swapped an apparently venal adulterer from an allegedly [...]

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