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Football Focus: bit of a blast from the past as I thought it had gone when Grandstand was cancelled. Before Bob Wilson took over it was called Football Preview presented by Sam Leitch, an overweight Scotsman who worked for one of Fleet Street’s rags.
Sheffield had The Green ‘Un rushed out on Saturday afternoons, printed on light green paper, as the name suggests.
As I’m stuck in a time warp that forever returns to 1960 after reaching the new millennium many on this list are a mystery to me, but of those who were around then and still are Jonathan Ross has always irritated me: way too slickly sure of himself, with machine-gun patter delivered in an ugly Estuary English accent.
His one saving grace being he’s – like me – a big fan of the comic book artist Steve Ditko who worked for decades illustrating Marvel and DC comics. Terrific, imaginative artwork.
Not so sure about English cigars, though
Wills Whiffs were made in Bristol and Hamlet cigars in Cardiff. Both of them pretty rough compared to the genuine article from Cuba ‘hand rolled on a peasant girl’s thigh’. Not keen on them either, the cigars that is.
Player’s No.6 and Craven ‘A’ were more my sort of thing. Nige would be proud of me
Particularly nice picture of Farage looking very pleasant and un frog like.
There’s been rumours flying about for sometime concerning Farage’s health and in my opinion he’s not looking particularly well for a man in his early 60s: face increasingly lined and drawn, and to my eyes he seems to have lost weight.
His carefully cultivated ‘one of the boys’ fags ‘n’ pints public image is well known. Perhaps it’s not cultivated and carries on in private too.
I’ve seen photos of Claudia Winkleman and quite like her distinctive haircut.
Never been one for chat shows as I’ve not the slightest interest in what ‘celebrities’ have to say.
Hoyle has a history of throwing his weight around unfairly in parliament
I’m not keen on him either and regard him as a rather weak Speaker who doesn’t command the respect of the House; notably the many occasions that ministerial statements are released to the press before being heard in the Commons. He repeatedly bangs on about this breach of procedure but no one takes much notice.
No surprise that this Labour politician was unanimously re-elected following the Conservative landslide in 2019: Johnson et al knew he was little more than a useful patsy.
The victim thinks the sentence is too lenient and is considering an appeal
Starmer will no doubt be considering his position all weekend before being grilled in the Commons on Monday.
I reckon it’s unlikely he resigns before the local elections in three weeks or so, as doing so now would make the expected drubbing then even worse. Wait for that final nail in the coffin then walk or be pushed.
The nauseating thought of Trump’s glee at his removal is as good a reason as any for him to stay.
I mistakenly wrote earlier that Yvette Cooper has questions to answer, forgetting it was David Lammy who was Foreign Secretary at the time of Mandelson’s appointment. Over to you David…
Not having a go at you Nathaniel, but I’ve always disliked the term ‘mug punter’.
Unless one believes in the maxim ‘never give a sucker an even break’ I believe that bookmakers shouldn’t fleece what I prefer to call ‘recreational punters’ or ‘fun punters’ by stacking the cards heavily against them; be that by offering the probability-unaware superficially tempting offers or by ramping up the over-round on events like the Grand National.
Without the recreational/fun/mug punter those of us who take betting seriously wouldn’t have any markets to ‘invest’ in to borrow a Gingertipsterism.
The Natural Law Party who basically thought that all the world’s ills could be cured by transcendental meditation fielded hundreds of candidates in elections during the ’90s and all lost their deposits, winning less than 1% of the votes. Think they’re defunct now
Here’s dear old Bill Boaks on his bike
Uncovered by the Guardian, so hardly the work of the rightwing media.
Starmer undoubtedly has more questions to answer, but so does Yvette Cooper as it seems it was the Foreign Office that overruled the decision to deny Mandelson vetting clearance.
I agree to an extent Corker, Amesbury’s apparent lenient treatment did irk somewhat.
However, as LD73 writes above, the public tend to only get snippets from trials rather than the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so best to leave it there I reckon.
Apologies for more or less repeating your words Richard, I pressed the submit button soon after you did the same
Amesbury was sentenced to 10 weeks, which was suspended for two years on appeal.
No doubt someone will argue there are legal differences and nuances between the two casesThe nuances being that Amesbury was convicted of Common Assault which carries a maximum penalty of 6 months imprisonment, didn’t use a weapon and as far as I know didn’t lie about how the victim sustained his injuries.
However, Williams was convicted of Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent which carries a maximum term of 7 years, used a weapon, and lied about how the injuries were inflicted. Furthermore, according to the BBC report, the injured party has not fully recovered.
So, if Amesbury got off lightly it could be argued that Williams did too.
Presumably Williams can lodge an appeal if he and his legal team believe he’s been harshly treated.
Magyar’s Tisza Party seems to be generally described as a conservative centre-right pro-European populist party, so other than the dreaded word ‘populist’ this more-or-less aligns with One Nation Tories.
The party, formed in 2020, is named after the River Tisza, though apparently it’s also a play on words with ’tis’ being the beginning of a word meaning ‘respect’ and ‘sza’ the beginning of one meaning ‘freedom’
Some super-duper names on your lists
I do hope Delicate Vomit and Prolapse go on tour together: an apt combo
Yep, my father banged-on about them too; them and the Matthews/Mortensen FA Cup Final. Two historic games, both in 1953.
Googling away I’ve discovered – or had my memory jogged – that a year later after Hungary’s 6-3 defeat of England at Wembley they again thrashed them 7-1 back in Budapest.
Are Hungary any good now and have they qualified for the forthcoming world cup?
