When the previous two World Cups were in Qatar and Russia… (View Post)

Along with the US, the UK is one of very few countries who could hold the World Cup at short notice, with sufficient stadia already extant. (View Post)

The timings are horrible, and as you say there’s about a nine-hour spread of kick-off times because of the geographical spacing of the tournament. Being three hours ahead of the UK, as many matches a… (View Post)

It’s been another very good week for Ukraine, with a number of strategically important defence industry sites hit and hit hard. It will take some time for supply chain shortages to filter through to … (View Post)

Credit where it’s due, to at least one UK government agency. Mon 9th June, midday. Mr Sandpit applies for a new passport online. The website is easy to understand, has a reading age of about 8, uses … (View Post)