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No population change here [emoji23]. I know Bucks overall has a slight increase of ethnic mix due to the influence of Wycombe & Slough (by about 3% I think between the last 2 censuses). But in this area (more affluent than average I guess) I remember the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 world cups, there...

Leafy Bucks, the clue is in the name. About as blue wall as you could get.

Not that you could measure in 10-15 years, no. I have lived in the same area for over 25 years and the population mix has barely changed in that time. The quantity of flags has reduced dramatically over the same period. Even the hysteria the media tried to whip up over the queen’s death and the...

Each to their own. If people want to bury their heads in the sand that is their prerogative.

Yep, fair enough. There seems to be less interest in overt displays of patriotism in the majority of the population (possibly because it is seen as tinged with nationalism).

No, I think there is less interest in overt displays of nationalism among the majority of the population.

Less an echo chamber, more an awareness and interest in what’s going on in our country and the wider world.

Yes you’re right, it’s absolutely a trait of the right/far right in plenty of countries. It doesn’t make it any more palatable here though. I think the heyday of tournament flag flying was between about 1996 to 2010, it seems to have dropped off since then. I would have expected more during...

Glad to be of service. Can you honestly say you can look at an England flag (or union flag) and not associate it in any way at all with the right wing using it for political purposes? If you can, I would suggest you’re living in a very blinkered world.

To be honest I didn’t pay any attention to the women’s games but I certainly wasn’t aware of flags being flown in 2022 the way they were for Euros or World cups 10-20 years ago. In fact the flags seem to have largely disappeared for the last few mens tournaments. Anyway, putting that aside, you...

I doubt the club thinks there is a need to sell a 5 match package, tickets are already selling well. Why over-complicate things?

That’s absolutely not how it feels to me and I would never dream of putting either of them out. But we’re all different, and I can only say how they make me feel.

I wasn’t planning to!

Unfortunately I can no longer look at an England flag without associating it with the far right, it just shows how it’s been completely hijacked over the last 4 or 5 years and now feels toxic to me. It always had those connotations on the margins but now it’s become mainstream. The Union flag...

Watkins, like many strikers, needs decent service. He got nothing, feeding off scraps all evening. Get Saka back and take the brakes off Foden and you’d see a different Watkins.

An anthem lauding an 18th century general destroying the Scots and featuring a non-existent man on a cloud. Very relevant to the modern day! Get rid, we wouldn’t miss it.

Yep, they’ve played it very well and have got attention beyond their wildest dreams. And as an added bonus they’ve triggered all the right people, job done [emoji106]

And add effing Rashford to the list

“ God save the king” [emoji23]. It’s a banal and meaningless dirge. The royal family are sliding into irrelevance (thankfully) and religion plays an ever declining part in the country. As an anthem it has no meaning or value in the 21st century, it needs putting in the bin (and certainly should...

Add Gallagher to the list of players who should never be near an England squad. Southgate’s judgement is appalling, proven by his love affair with Maguire, Phillips, Mount and Henderson to name a few. The twat’s sacking can’t come too soon.