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He had some good shifts playing deeper, but he has no output to warrant a starting berth as a CAM. When we play two AMs, we can kind of get away with it. Not with one.

There’s that, but just as important in my view, we have nothing coming from either wing back. We’re penned in and have no where to go.

Maybe Eccles isn’t as good as some make out? Whenever I’ve seen him, he’s looked decent but I’ve felt he’s been overhyped a bit.

There’s a lot to like about him but I’m unconvinced with him aerially. Has ducked out/not gone up for 2-3 duals and the balls just gone over him.

Not been impressed with Eccles and we’ve really missed that link between the front two and the midfield. I hope Palmer can manage some game time to make a difference.

It’s probably a joke because Brazilian isn’t a language. Portuguese is the language of Brazil.

I think Labour tried to cost the renationalisation of utilities and the railways and there were holes in it. I voted for that program in 2019 but have since come to the conclusion that public ownership a) probably wouldn’t achieve its goals in delivering better customer experience and prices...

So you’d cut VAT by 5% and balance that with increased borrowing and massive public expenditure commitments. You’d have to raise taxes as the corporation tax increases would not cover for this. The market conditions at the minute makes borrowing money more expensive which pushes spending up even...

Would it not be spineless to let your shadow cabinet colleagues strike when you explicitly ban them from doing so? I’ve not got a problem with backbenchers playing activist politics, but the cabinet/shadow cabinet are supposed to be a credible government or government in waiting. A cabinet is...

Key word in this sentence is ‘projections’ and they are constantly readjusted. To be perfectly honest, the whole of Europe is on the cusp of recession. Russia cutting off gas (a likely outcome) would be enough to plunge most European economies, including Italy, Germany and most Eastern Bloc...

I don’t think he is. We’ll likely sign a goalkeeper if Moore goes.

The Eurozone as a whole grew a whole 0.1% more than the UK. Which includes higher growth rates in smaller economies with more scope to grow. Meanwhile, we’ve outperformed France, Germany...

Yeah, and the only half of the border check booths at Dover are manned by the French border police. Apparently we’ve shared our expected volumes with them and yet they’re operating at half capacity. Again, not to be blamed on Brexit. A more appropriate target would be the French frontier police.

I really haven’t cherry picked the data. We’ve outgrown the major EU economies since we left the EU and even outgrown those same economies since the referendum in 2016. To judge Brexit less than 2 years into it is a bit silly. Of course there’s going to be some short term disruption. Food...

The workforce has 1.2 million less people now than it did before COVID. Yes, Brexit would have had an impact, but certainly not 1.2m people. Brexit hasn’t caused record numbers of early retirement, for example. Are European observers truly ‘dispassionate?’ They also have a vested interest in...

To clarify, ‘Eurozone inflation’ is the average inflation in countries that have adopted the Euro. Inflation is between c.9 and c.11% in the Netherlands and Belgium respectively whilst Estonia’s inflation is an eye watering c.20%. If the issues are related to poor governance, that’s a totally...

Not sure how you came to that conclusion. Eurozone inflation in June was 8.1% v UK inflation of 9.4%. That’s a 1.3% Few things to note: - UK growth from Q4 in 2019 to Q1 in 2022 is stronger in than Germany, France and Italy - UK exports to the EU are in a good place and have grown in 2022 to...

Circumstances change. Politicians from Starmer to Truss in Labour/Tories need to accept the verdicts from 2016 and 2019, irrespective of their previous held positions. Brexit is and was always going to cause disruption because you’re upending a 50 year status quo. I was a Remainer and in...

On the issue of Brexit, the debate isn’t Remain versus Leave anymore. We’ve left the EU and regardless of your opinion, we need to make the most of Brexit. It’s a good thing that someone like Truss acknowledges the debate has moved on. As for changing parties, free thinkers can change their...

England women would probably lose to England schoolboys. There’s been a few examples of elite women’s team getting beat by teenage boys. I don’t mean to be disparaging because the growth of the woman's game is good. There’s a reason the sexes don’t compete together and it’s not because of sexism.