It is about the chance Starmer got. In an earlier political era, yes, Starmer would have become seriously unpopular, but I think it would have taken a full term and a defending GE result that serious… (View Post)

In honour of the Roger Moore discussion, I shall raise my eyebrow. And now, one Isaiah than the other. (View Post)

Ah, I keep forgetting goal difference is a secondary tiebreak in the groups. (View Post)

South Africa really put a spanner in the progression, that was a (by my reckoning) 65% chance of someone finishing below Scotland that fell by the wayside. Scotland still need 4 groups to come good G… (View Post)

Scots to qualify, just, ahead of the Czechs, Ecuadorians, Uruguayans and Algerians, with Iranians and Paraguayans in reserve. Chart on TV showing their chances at 49.2%. (View Post)