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On the women's side a half fit Katarina Johnson-Thompson I think is best hope. Laura Muir perhaps.
Not much more than that really.
There are quite a few events where Team GB doesn't even have a qualified athlete.
Writing in the Lancet, more than 100 global experts warn that removing restrictions on 19 July will cause millions of infections and risk creating a generation with chronic health problems and disability from long Covid, the impact of which may be felt for decades.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/07/global-experts-urge-boris-johnson-delay-covid-reopening
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/07/living-with-the-virus-uk-vaccinated-covid-cases
Same way Test Cricket in the 90s means no England performance, however bad, can faze me.
Who was wearing the number 10 shirt today? What number was on the shirt worn by the player that won Englan'd's penalty? I rest my circumstantial, but nonetheless compelling case.
- New cases: 486
- Average: 372 (+28)
- In hospital: 80 (+7)
- In ICU: 19 (+2)
- New deaths: 0
Population vaccinated:
- 1st dose: 61.16% (+0.18)
- 2nd dose: 55.76% (+0.04)
Players and commentators have been drivelling on about a lack of "passion" being the problem for 30 years.
And he didn't dive. And immediately sacked Hancock. Etc., etc.
If there was a genuine case that Delta would overwhelm the ability of the health services to cope, as was very much the case in the two previous peaks, then there would be a case for saying "we need to manage this, so that health care capacity is not overwhelmed". But that's not the case right now.
So, "not opening up now" is just a euphemism for "let your kids catch it a little later in the year while we all endure additional restrictions because...".
It's also worth remembering that Israel actively tests all people who come into contact with any infection, so there will presumably be a fair number of asymptomatic or very mild cases.
Good to see vaccinations moving up again.
And the nation in question is not the trashy cooked-up brand Yookania, but that forgotten, nay almost forbidden nation, which means more to them than any other. That nation is England.
If you're neutral you have to love the way the Italians play football these days under Mancini. It's a crying shame we won't see the crazy and brilliant Spinazzola. But England also upped the tempo last night which was refreshing to see.
Could be a classic if they don't go back into their shells.
Two great sides and generally this competition has been played in a really great spirit. I hink there's a collective sigh of relief after covid. I just wish Boris would extend the courtesy of special arrangements for Italian fans to fly in.
Let's pack Wembley to capacity.
‘Why is the government planning to scrap English Votes for English Laws?’
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/devolution/2021/07/why-government-planning-scrap-english-votes-english-laws
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jul/08/record-set-to-tumble-as-311000-uk-teenagers-apply-for-university
Statistically, the most likely score line is 1-0, which would be shame after two great semi-finals.
But it’s coming home. Who’d have thought that song, talking about 30 years of hurt, would need 25 years more, before we again reached a major final.
I see football has occurred.
Of course, Boris Johnson is a lucky general. If the British state does finally founder, it'll almost certainly be on someone else's watch.
This whole episode has been an embarrassing setback for the Moderate Party (=Tory “wet”) leader Ulf Kristersson: he failed miserably in his attempt to cobble together a new parliamentary bloc. His weakness was on full view for the nation. His only saving grace is that Swedes have *extremely* long holidays, and most people long ago switched off their screens and removed to the cabin/boat/beach/forest. They’ll only start paying attention again in September.
The Liberal Party are history at parliamentary level. The last year has been one disaster after another, topped by a key MP refusing the whip yesterday. They’ll be lucky to get 2% in next year’s GE (the threshold is 4%).
The long list of winners from the turmoil of the past weeks include:
Stefan Löfven: an outstanding negotiator and a cool head
The Centre Party (=agrarian lib demmish, centre-right greens)
The Left Party (re-named Communists)
The Sweden Democrats (=Boris Johnson/Nigel Farage fellow travellers)
Mugs:
The Moderate Party
The Christian Democrats
The Greens
Idiots of the year:
The Liberal Party
The key error was allowing the College of Justice to continue to exist. And the Kirk.
But far too late now.
(I laugh when folk blame Blair. They obviously know zilch about the mood at the time. Blair was painted into a corner, and boy did he know it.)
(As for “federation”: that’s the biggest yawn fest of Scottish politics. Gordon Brown’s neverending whine.)
Also Health Sec not promising there won't be further lockdowns this winter.
Have a good morning.
I actually think this about most sports: they are great fun to participate in, especially if they involve a lot of skill (like butterfly). But watching the bloody thing is like watching paint dry. For me, the only exceptions are road cycling (especially the one-day classics) and watching my own children participate.
fking grow up
Denmark found the goal at the half hour with a free-kick from Dorian Damsgaard, a talent forced to play too many benches last season. Here, against a team that could play the game they wanted, England showed maturity: without losing their minds, they first devoured a goal from two steps with Sterling (but what a good Schmeichel Jr.), then took advantage of a detour. of Kjaer in his own goal. The Milan defender sacrificed himself to avoid Sterling's tap-in. The English then continuously attacked a team with excellent defenders who were well protected by what was very often a 5-4-1.
England confirmed a great basic solidity: the first goal conceded of the tournament came from a set piece, then the uncertain Pickford didn't have to get his gloves dirty anymore. The British are nowhere near as good as Spain's dribble, also because Rice and Phillips in front of the defense are a formidable but not very creative dam. But when they manage to bring the ball forward, especially with the one-on-one of the offensive winger and in the overlaps, they hurt. And they have a growing Kane, which the gods of football lent a hand after he kicked Schmeichel the penalty of victory. Yes, the rigor. A very little English penalty: Sterling falls after a light contact with Maehle, the referee blows his whistle and the Var confirms. Doubts remain.
“Lots of cases; big percentage rise in hospitalisations”
https://twitter.com/FCTwenteBenson/status/1412882982550089730?s=19
Thankfully the BBC has no such capability.
Have I missed something?
Has some news been buried, or is this a football pun?
I like: "The British are nowhere near as good as Spain's dribble."
The cries of Danmark, Danmark were often barely audible.
And, just possibly it seems that the weather is improving.
We would have been very annoyed if that penalty was against us.
Despite Grealish and Sterling constantly tripping over blades of grass, there is this myth that it is filthy foreigners who dive.
Create 4 fully functional parliaments with maximum possible devolution, widen out the role of Westminster so that it more for national defence and strategic planning, and the UK might hold together.
Sadly there is little chance of it. The UK in its current form is unsustainable. NI has already been cast off to the status of a semi-detached colony. Scotland is being told that democracy is dead in Scotland because the views of England overrule it. Wales is enjoying its growing powers and wanting to do things differently. England either doesn't care much or just wants the moaning to stop.
We're going to break apart regardless of how nostalgically sad that makes people feel. Once Brexit plays out for a few more years and we can see if England will come to its senses and actually want free trade partners then we can shape the form of the divorce.
Ordinarily, football or not, the superspreader events in pubs across the country for the fitba would have been something people would avoid like the plague. Perhaps Monday's pre-announcement that they will make a decision next Monday as to whether to allow the following Monday what is already happening was there specifically to give people permission to bin the restrictions now.
As the plan is let her rip, may as well get on with it.
But turnout in the 1997 devolution referendum was 60%. In the British GE four months before, Scottish turnout was 71%. There wasn't much of a mood at the time.
Never far away from self pity with these lads.
https://twitter.com/johnredwood/status/1413017049744433154?s=21
Not very inclusive there, SKS ...
(My one and only objection to the England team taking the knee is that it seems a slightly 'easy' cause. Given the number of footballers, it is slightly odd that there are no openly gay footballers in the male game. Well, it's not odd at all. https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/no-gay-footballers-in-the-premier-league )
“exponential growth of COVID-19 will likely leave hundreds of thousands with long-term illness and disability".
"This strategy risks creating a generation left with chronic health problems and disability, the personal and economic impacts of which might be felt for decades to come."
“the strategy "provides fertile ground for the emergence of vaccine-resistant variants".
“"The government has made a deliberate choice to expose children to mass infection, rather than protect them in schools or vaccinate them. This is unethical and unacceptable. Our young have already suffered so much in the past year, and are now being condemned to suffer the consequences of this dangerous experiment."
Zerocovid idiots, or asking for more time for the vaccination route?
And, they would say that wouldn’t they, but they are one lobby who want it their way, don’t have to take the bigger picture - business, the economy, and the mountain of lockdown created deaths, disability and mental illness?
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-ending-restrictions-on-19-july-is-a-dangerous-and-unethical-experiment-scientists-warn-12351079
The main headline in today's Bild is "Polizei sollte Sushi für Jogis Stars holen" as you can see for yourself:
https://epaper.bild.de/
On the TV news it's the first item of sports news, after all the proper news, just before the weather
https://twitter.com/alanjstedman/status/1412891404787982336?s=21
And the Italian pen against us (1990) was softer still, that was down to home advantage, as was this one you are arguing about.
Make the most of home advantage when you have it. We will never get a World Cup here again, with our willingness to roll out the Royal Family in support and remind FIFA delegates of the criminality of our Imperial past.
But where’s the balance? Both that mandatory isolation is not likely to keep Covid out anyway when there’s so many other way for it to get in (and systems of daily testing arguable make far more sense) but also there’s huge secondary harm caused by hospitals not being able to function at full capacity.
As with everything the focus needs to be far more on the balance of risks, and not only the Covid risks (which as has been pointed out are rapidly being dwarfed by the lockdown chickens coming home to roost).
After the quarter finals a colleague came in to a meeting with a massive hangover and the entire senior leadership team found it amusing. I made a mental note to see if I would get the same indulgence after my next trip to watch a test match.
Good times.