Only those accustomed to failure get excited about winning a quarter final. Whereas Australia has a long history of wining finals and being world leaders in sport. (View Post)

Well how do I know several people in their mid 20s who have bought houses in recent years ? Now they do live in northern England and mostly avoided going to university but it does show that it is pos… (View Post)

There was a more aggressive third way but that required Brian Close to be batting with him: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/gillette-cup-england-1965-252442/surrey-vs-yorkshire-final-368638/full-… (View Post)

The problem wasn't council housing it was council estates. And by 1980 they had become associated with slums in the sky and edge of conurbation sink estates or in the worst cases slums in the sk… (View Post)

Perhaps it will reassure you that I don't view the general world in such a way. I'm sure that people act at varying levels of noble, selfless behaviour throughout their lives. But politics … (View Post)