Johnson has wit and charm, so can float effortlessly through life. Starmer on the other hand, needs free clothes.

The man is vain, something that nobody could ever accuse of Boris Johnson.

Just levering in another reference to that album, Freddy.

Head to Asia and set up as an expert in whatever interests you and will also capture the backpacker zeitgeist.

I have one Quo album, On The Level, and I didn’t feel I needed another. It is though, better than those two Oasis mega hits.

I tried growing courgettes this year but the flowers kept dropping without the fruit forming. Plainly I’m doing something wrong as elsewhere it’s just complaints about the glut.

No sarcasm from me. I blame it on a Champions League culture that acclaims finishing fourth, and so failure becomes relative.

I don’t buy this “second most successful England manager ever” description. Counting Nations League, I make that five tournaments and no wins so that would be “the most unsuccessful England manager ever”

There’s a pleasing Karma that England knock out Ronald Koeman’s team with this dodgy penalty, all these years after Koeman pulled back Sheringham quite blatantly and were denied a penalty.

Will bring UEFA into car crash territory if there’s any controversy involving Bellingham. Imagine he gets sent off – or if he stays on when he could have been sent off.

I don’t like this new thing of throwing drinks in the air when England score, I end up looking round to check who looks like they’ll be mad enough, and edging away from dodgy types. It’s not like completely out of […]

But but- I threw my CD player away long ago.

We await impatiently to find out what his policies will be.

This is daftness though as they will be replaced by others moving into their age group. And apparently we aren’t breeding at the required rate for population equilibrium .

Really enjoyed watching Turkey play, their right winger Yilmaz is right footed which makes him unusual as all our wingers cut inside to shoot with their left. Refreshing to see a team going for it, right to the […]

A second Thin Lizzy fan, I only found this place when Google pointed to a discussion of the band. Confession time; I have never read The Word, I did used to get Melody Maker and then Sounds when Gary Bushell was […]

Failing to bring a fit Left Back was an early clue that there could be problems.

I still haven’t forgiven him for summer 81. I was recuperating and my dad visited, said Leeds had signed Lineker £250,000. I found out later it was Linighan £25,000.

Gary Lineker is a real trooper in the cause of equality, asking Alex Scott to explain the football to him. He will have earned his Nithood.

I’m not sure how long we can wait for Phil Foden to bring his club form to the national side. Will we be going home before it happens.