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I'm more and more convinced he's a troll account

Some people don't get beyond the politics of the pantomime. They take positions on subjects based upon perceived tribal loyalties rather than independent thought. They cheer and they boo on command. They are resistant to new information. This is prevalent on the mainstream left and on the...

Is the same intelligence that advised invading Iraq because of its WMD? Or are we 'deliberately ignoring the obvious'?

I'm not sure how this one will pan out. Will the war-mongers be pleased or furious? Pleased because we are, in effect, at war? Or furious because of who the news comes from?

Just realised you already picked the same team and formation I did I didn't see yours, honest! Great minds, etc :)

4-2-3-1 Works perfectly to suit either Mateta or Strand-Larsen as lone target man. We have an abundance of good attacking midfielders, and this allows us to play 3 of them instead of 2. Choose out of Sarr, Pino, Guessand, and Johnson. 2 holding mids out of Wharton, Hughes, Lerma and Decoure...

Well, we've all seen this play before. And now we all have the additional benefit of hindsight of how previous middle east interventions have panned out.

I'm honestly amazed they found 17% who support it. The whole MAGA movement was opposed to foreign interventions, it promoted American domestic priorities above all else. Witness how many of Trump's former supporters are now turning against him because of Iran. In the UK, pointless and futile...

That's the situation in peacetime. For the record I'd agree with cutting our foreign aid budget and tax-funded NGO budgets, especially for countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan with questionable human rights records. But I doubt very much either country will be receiving more money from us...

Jeez. It's not a question of not being bothered. It's a question of whether we can do anything about it, is our tax money funding it, and are we in any way complicit. If the answers to those questions are 'yes, yes and yes', then people are understandably going to start kicking up more of a...

:ROFLMAO: In today's world, it honestly wouldn't surprise me

Sets a new precedent to 'Play until the final whistle' cliche. Now its play until after months of political wrangling and back-handers after the final whistle.

That's the thing, it seems like the ref did know the rules and applied them correctly. This 'forfeit for walking off' rule is something they made up subsequently.

Kuwait stormed off the pitch in their World Cup 1982 game against France. They came back on and were allowed to continue. No punishment then, although they did lose the game 4-1.

Our domestic game is riddled with superstitions that are arguably more ridiculous. Barry Fry: As manager of Birmingham City, he allegedly urinated on the four corners of St Andrew's stadium to break a 100-year-old curse John Terry: Reportedly used the same shin pads for 10 years, parked in the...

That's not what I said, though, is it? I said I can understand one war getting much more media attention in the UK. I'll say it again. If the Afghan/Pakistan war is of interest you, why not start a separate thread about it? Then you don't need to clog this one up with your whatabouterry. For...

I think we can respect the teams, players, fans, and the passion and carnival of the tournament. It's just the African federation seems bent as f***. UEFA would never have that problem ...Oh wait.

Absolutely ridiculous. I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't the end of AFCON. I can see Senegal and others boycotting it in future and who could blame them.