So this is the best analogy I could come up with:

A footballer does an horrendous tackle, two-footed, studs-up, both feet off the ground, the full Roy Keane, and takes a player out. He is shown the red card immediately by the referee, but his manager runs onto the pitch and demands that his player has the right of appeal against what might have been initially perceived as a ‘red card offense’ by his player, but for which there are many mitigating circumstances which might not merely render the foul acceptable, but in fact could make the man a hero for performing an act which was beneficial to all mankind!! The ref informs the manager that there is no ‘on pitch’ appeal and his word is final. The manager then demands that there be instantly a change in the appeals process so that gobby managers can make such demands to which the referees have to comply. So the ref shows the manager the red card as well. At which point, the manager skulks off saying how that type of appeal should be available but not perhaps immediately or retrospectively…

I’ve said it before and I’ll definitely say it again, many times: Boris is a tosser. Not just a normal tosser but one with God-delusions. Give the man a massive majority in parliament and he thinks returning from the climate conference in a private jet won’t really piss off the entire nation including most of his own party. In his words “we’re 5-1 down at half time!!!” and he just scored a hat-trick of own goals. And then, to compound it all, he tries to change the rules on standards and behaviour to give an 11th hour reprieve to his mate and ally, Owen Paterson. Who only breached the regulations 12 times, probably just a mistake. So let’s just change the rules as we go along then, I’m the fucking Prime Minister/God, WHOSE GONNA ARGUE??? Oh, everyone; opposition, my party, the press, the clergy, professional footballers…

It would never have happened if Antonio Conte was Prime Minister. He came, he saw, he conquered… Vitesse. Only just but a win’s as good as a mile. I remain cautiously optimistic. That should last 4 matches before the Prozac comes out again.

Happy Friday

A xxxx