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France also uses a majoritarian system, just over 2 rounds of voting. How would PR improve our democracy and governance? To use this election as an example, Labour would’ve needed to enter a coalition with the Lib Dems and Greens to form a government. Hypothetically, there could be a situation...

This is great news! Maidenhead are now my local team so wishing they do well! I’ll try get to a few more games this season.

£750 for Cat 3 is criminal! You can get them on the UEFA portal for €600 category 1! Even prime seats at €900. Do you need a link?

Just a heads up to anyone out here with no ticket, the ticket portal occasionally shows the cheaper tickets. Be quick and regularly check the portal! Currently available at an eye watering €600. I was tempted to get a ticket to tonight’s game at €195 but it was impractical to get to Munich.

I don’t think he’s a bad player at all, he’s found himself out the team and struggling to make the desired impact - especially since we’ve changed formation. That could change, he’s got a 4 year contract but if we’re looking at new LBs it’s not a good sign. Even someone like Collins, is a...

How many were signed to be first teamers in the starting XI? That’s the important point. Players like Wakefield and Kane weren’t signed for that purpose. Pretty much all of those players have improved us when you consider the circumstances they were brought in. Not to single out JDS, he’s...

There was a really interesting twitter thread on the psychology of England’s penalties this weekend. One thing Pickford started to do was meet our penalty takers and walk down to create a 2 v 1 against the Sommer. The referee clamped down on this but not the other shenanigans such as...

Both times he ended up at LWB, he was covering someone which makes sense. I agree that he doesn’t look 100%. Where we differ is that he’s still our best player in that position. He has 2 goals in 5 games which is more than Mbappe and others. He’s our captain and if a chance falls to him in the...

We definitely need more shots on target. The nature of international football is more boring than in club football. Our game had 6 shots on target (3 a piece), France v Portugal had 10 shots on target (5 each), Netherlands v Turkey had 8 shots on target (4 a piece) and the most entertaining...

Still the best option we have and that isn’t even worth debating. He was up against Akanji who is a world class CB and Switzerland were a stoppage time equaliser away from winning their group ahead of Germany. Watkins nor Toney have lit up the team when they’ve played for England. Kane faced...

On what basis would Watkins and Toney improve us? Between Watkins and Toney, they have 4 international goals. Neither have proven they can realistically challenge Kane for a starting berth. There’s a lot of amnesia here, before the Euros it was consistently said that England struggle for goals...

So one instance in 120 minutes and not even a guarantee he would’ve got to the cross? Whenever Watkins has started in qualifiers and friendlies, the narrative is that England struggle to create or score without Kane. Neither are the answer, however, Toney has really proven that he’s a reliable...

All I care about is winning tournaments. For too long we’ve not even been in the picture. Make no mistakes, failure to beat the Netherlands on Wednesday and this tournament would be considered a failure and the end of the Southgate era. Even if we don’t win the tournament, I do believe that...

We didn’t create a single chance for Kane and that’s a team failure. It’s been the same whenever Watkins or Toney play too. I’d like to see Foden and Saka (in particular) shoot more when they’re in positions at the edge of the box. I’m convinced Saka wouldn’t have made the same shot for his...

I just accept things for what they are at this point. It’s another semi-final which is another record for England. Being outcome focused, all that matters is that we won and have a good chance of getting to the final. England v France final for the Anti-Football Classico.

No, it’s just obviously a pretext to break promises made on the campaign trail. It’s no secret that public finances are a mess and the government needs to raise taxes and cut public spending. The IFS said this continually throughout the campaign.

Oh look, a pretext for raising taxes… They’re elected now, who cares what was said on the campaign trail.

Correct as you say, but was the vote change for Labour? Usually quite marginal but the damage to the tories was gains to Lib Dem and Reform voters (a bit of Greens in more rural areas too). That’s a narrative, but the energy cap was the single most expensive policy in that mini-budget. Let’s...

Love it! That’s the exact team I’d play and only Guehi to come back in for the semis should we get there.

I don’t think Reform have hit their limit at all. As an amateurish party with next to no funding before the election was called, they’ve got 5 MPs, 15% of the popular vote and finished 2nd in nearly 100 constituencies. Europe provides the blueprint as to what happens to mainstream parties if...