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Boris Johnson Expresses Intent to Become Head of English Football Association

Former UK 'Prime Minister' Boris Johnson is said to be making a push to become head of the English Football Association, the sport's governing body, with reports suggesting he was inspired to make the move after seeing Spain celebrate their success at the Women's World Cup in Australia. More as the story develops.

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Spotify Tracklist below the cut due to length.

0.002 • Nobody Makes Money Anymore • Stephen Chicken • How Many Friends Have You Bought In Your Unsigned Band • 2 be or not to be • I'm In With The Soundcloud • 2 noble kinsmen • Johnny Ramone Joins The Beatles • Mojo Mojo Why Don't You Go And Review This Album Instead Of Another REM Blowjo • Noel Gallagher Is Jealous Of My Studio • My Royalty Statement • YouTube Are Fleecing You • I Wanna Be The New Ed Sheeran • Happy (Un) • Drop That Bridge Like Taylor Swift • The Great Sync Deal In The Sky • Liam Gallagher Is Jealous Of My Clever Turn Of Phrase • Dappy Versus Zombies vs The Pocket Gods • NME NME You're History • Nobody Makes Any Money Anymore • Adele • EMI • Synch • Steve Blacknell's Near Fatal Asthma Attack • Best Of Joe Rogan • Rock N Roll • Modern Music Is Boring Me • Mariah The Pariah • All About The Bass & Not Being Paid A Fair Amount • Neil • We Love Gideon Coe • 0.007 • the bbc will introduce you as long as you're under 25 • this is the end of the music business • Nowhere Left To Play • The Orchard Versus Sony • 6 Music Is The New Radio 1 • youtube are fleecing you outro • we don't need another nero • tory wet dream • Stars On MP3 • Racist Seaside Town They Forgot To Close Down • Starbuckers • Corporation Lax • Grotify • Brexiteers of The World Unite (ironically) • Penny Arcade Jukebox Scam • The Weak Spine Of Mr Cameron • Exit Brexit For Xmas • I Hate Hipsters • Ballad Of The Lonely Fruit Picker • Absent Smelly Stick Your Pay To Play Up Your Bottom • Shazam Kazam It's All A Mystery To Me • Peter Doherty's Quest For A Mythical Albion • Deezer Geezer • Brown Nose Brexit • A&R Pervert Man • Steve Jobs • Why Did I Write This Album With 1000 Songs On Now I have No Social Life • Shoddy Waddy • Best Of Boris Johnson • Pusher • Disinformate the Disinformators • Radio 2 Is Cool • It's The Brits • Lawyer V Liar • blah blah the music industry ceo goes • Folsom Prison Jism • The Forumla To Work Out My Royalties Is More Complicated Than The Superstring Theory Of Everything • Country Chaos • 45 Rip • John Peel's On The Phone • Another Generic Pop Song • Cesspool Karaoke • Bait Oven • Lucy Fux Cowell • Precious Electro Pop Indie Band Change The World • Minceyments • Zx Spectrum Soundtrack • Why Did I Write This Album With 1000 Songs On Now I have No Wife • Alan Mghee and the Pink Raincoat • The Monkees Gave Good Head • Michael Jackson Vs The illumati • The Sound Of The Future AI Bot • Mac Book Ho • Shabby Road • I.will.Iam Shakespeare • Feed Me Seymour • Auto Tune Loon • Reality TV Killed The Video Star • Madame Jo Jo's • Modern Music Is Boring Me • Small Town Musos • Medusa • Pledge • Ex Tractor • Jarvis Said Send Me Your Christmas Album • I'm A D List St Albans' Musician Get ME Out Of Here • Santasucker • Who Knows Who The F*ck Is Number 1? • Joe Meek • Pay To Play • Dodgy London Promoter • He's A Local Music Star • You Can't Shoplift MP3s • 2nd Biggest Band In The Village • Tedious day Job Rescue me me universe • The End Of The Mean Times )LOA) • The End Of The Pocket Gods? • Odd one out (just for the cd remember them?) • Premier • 2016 • 2379 • A Fool On The chill • Ac • Ag • Living On Top Of A Porno Cinema • ahura mazda • Al • White Noise Christmas • Albany • Alexi (not Sanchez) Put The Grunge Into Soccer! • all in all it's just another prick in the wall • All Things Must Pass • all you need is love and money • Always Look On The Norman Whiteside Of Life • Am • And Your Bird Can Sing • ANOTHER BLING FOOTBALLER • Another Blue Plaque • Another clown on the ground rolling around • APOCRYPHA • A&R Talking • Watch Out Lockdown is Coming • As • When BJ Apologies All I Hear Is This • Au • AVATAR • Sue's Redacted Report • Silence (sound of lockdown) with Tinnitus • ballad of blackfriars tavern • ballad of the lonely people again • Banksies dodgy beer • Bard For Life • Bard Rock Cafe • Bardify • Be • Beatles Wives Can't Sing • Beatles On A Tinny Tannoy (Ode to Shay) • Beatles On Spotify • BEST player not have played at a World Cup

Best Tattoo • better part of valour • Better Than The Stones • Beware The IDS of March • Bi • Big Willie Style • Bigger Than Jesus…but Jesus Never Toured (the US) • Bight the Apple That Feeds • billy fury • Billy Preston (was the 5th beatle) • Spent Too Long Watching Get Back • Blind Hope • blisters on my fingers • Bond Girl • Bono Is Bigger Than The Beatles • Br • dead tod • bring me the head of francis bacon • Bud Miser • Had Enougth Of Politics • C • Ca • Cardenio • Cathrine • What Party? • I wasn't there honest guv • Deffo A Work Event • Christ as Stoichkov • christmas in cricklewood • chuck berry we stole his riffs • Church Of Merch • Nothing to See here • Cm • Co • CONTE VERDE • Cornwall • Cr • Crap World Cup Mascot • Cs • cu night twelfth • Cu • Cygnus • Cynthia v Yoko • David Bowie v Shakespeare • day 1 of lockdown oh my god • day 2 of lockdown be good to get our • day 3 of lockdown wtf? • day 4 of lockdown jim jams • day 5 of lockdown call docs • day 6 of lockdown bed head • day 7 of lockdown not getting out of bed • day 8 of lockdown st albans' wine & cheese extravaganza • day 9 of lockdown grateful we don't live in a flat in london • day 10 of lockdown another day • day 11 of lockdown locked out of the playground • day 12 of lockdown thank god for nomansland • day 13 of lockdown project fear being ramped up • day 14 of lockdown 3 word phrases • day 15 of lockdown take away take away • day 16 of lockdown blah • day 17 of lockdown it's like picadilly circus outside my house • day 18 of lockdown slobs days • day 19 of lockdown knock more tracks off • day 20 of lockdown still waiting for my EMDR treatment god what is going on? • day 21 of lockdown phoned the mental health emergency helpline and got cut off after an hour on hold it's pretty desperate • day 22 of lockdown need my freedom need to escape need to get out can't stand being trapped inside (childhood memories) • day 23 of lockdown at least I don't drink anymore though quite tempted to start again • day 24 of lockdown I'm certain that when we look back after the pandemic has finished we will see that lockdowns caused more harm than good • day 25 of lockdown driving to the next village will we get arrested? • day 26 of lockdown another day another walk so glad we live in the country • day 27 of lockdown working at home zoom freak out • day 28 of lockdown not much to say today • day 29 of lockdown got another idea for a world record • day 30 of lockdown is this the right person to be leading us and what is it all really about, still no word on EMDR • day 32 of lockdown not sure what day it is • day 33 of lockdown just keep going and still waiting for Psychiatrist to call • day 34 of lockdown spring is here shall I have an alcohol free beer? • day 35 of lockdown so many 3 word phrases quite frightening • day 36 of lockdown life is now all online what a drag • day 37 of lockdown right said fred are speaking out against lockdown what does it mean • day 38 of lockdown is more tedious than this album • day 39 of lockdown cheese and toast is the new rock n roll • day 40 of lockdown one day hats will be eaten • day 41 of lockdown survived the wicker man • day 42 of lockdown long way to go when will it end • day 43 of lockdown life is an online barbie fashion show • day 44 of lockdown run run run fat boy • day 45 of lockdown May 6th 2020 • day 46 of lockdown I bet they're having parties in Downing Street • day 47 of lockdown there's a reason why this is played in morse code • day 48 of lockdown this is morse code for why don't Spotify and Apple pay us more money • day 49 of lockdown If I Can Get Through Lockdown and finish this album of 1000 tracks then that would mean something • day 50 of lockdown May 11th 2020 • day 51 of lockdown bet there's been another party in Downing Street • day 52 of lockdown anyone still listening? • day 53 of lockdown we're all in this together? • day 54 of lockdown I can't wear a mask it triggers my PTSD what am i to do?

day 55 of lockdown cross it off my bedroom wall and the walrus was paul • day 56 of lockdown gonna have to go off sick can't cope with lockdown and having no treatment • day 57 of lockdown gp signed me off still no sign of EMDR oh well let's go for a walk • day 58 of lockdown no comment today • day 59 of lockdown we are putting our trust in a corrupt government let's all focus on making our own world a better place • day 60 of lockdown hospitality hospitality they've all got it in for hospitality • day 61 of lockdown The Rose And Crown • day 62 of lockdown longing to be back in Kessingland • day 63 of lockdown toast toast toast • day 64 of lockdown taking up metal detecting shame it's illegal in lockdown • day 65 of lockdown does Ed Sheeran fancy a track on this album? • day 66 of lockdown yeah that kind of sucks • day 67 of lockdown Our cat Minty has Pohms and he likes you to smell dem • day 68 of lockdown this album is like a musical filibuster • day 69 of lockdown i used to be a socialist now i just prefer colouring in • day 70 of lockdown ah might be starting my EMDR soon online of course would be nice to do it in person but there you go • day 71 of lockdown spell dem • day 72 of lockdown that's me in the corner • day 73 of lockdown smile and be happy • day 74 of lockdown amazon and on • day 75 of lockdown boot noot • day 76 of lockdown can i just sit it out this great reset thing • day 77 of lockdown june 7th • day 78 of lockdown june 8th 2020 • day 79 of lockdown june 9th 2020 • day 80 of lockdown june 10th 2020. • day 81 of lockdown june 11th 2020 • day 82 of lockdown june 12th 2020 • day 83 of lockdown june 13th 2020 • day 84 of lockdown june 14th 2020 • day 85 of lockdown june 15th 2020 • day 86 of lockdown june 16th 2020 • day 87 of lockdown june 17th 2020 • day 88 of lockdown june 18th 2020 • day 89 of lockdown june 19th 2020 • day 90 of lockdown june 20th 2020 is there another party? • day 91 of lockdown june 21st 2020 i quit! • day 92 of lockdown june 22nd 2020 • day 93 of lockdown june 23rd 2020 • day 94 of lockdown june 24th 2020 i'm 50 should have been playing the 100 club but i'm having fun in the garden pook with the family • day 95 of lockdown june 25th 2020 • day 96 of lockdown june 26th 2020 • day 97 of lockdown june 27th 2020 • day 98 of lockdown june 28th 2020 • day 99 of lockdown june 29th 2020 • day 100 of lockdown june 30th 2020 • day 101 of lockdown july 1st 2020 12 weeks my arse • day 102 of lockdown july 2nd 2020 summer mask implosion • day 103 of lockdown july 3rd 2020 • day 104 of lockdown july 4th 2020 independence day ha! • day 105 of lockdown july 5th 2020 • day 106 of lockdown july 6th 2020 ooh i need your maths babe • day 107 of lockdown july 7th 2020 • day 108 of lockdown july 8th 2020 the cues watch the queues • day 109 of lockdown july 9th 2020 • day 110 of lockdown july 10th 2020 • day 111 of lockdown july 11th 2020 pants • day 112 of lockdown july 12th 2020 • day 113 of lockdown july 13th 2020 only 1/3 way through yikes • day 114 of lockdown july 14th 2020 • day 115 of lockdown july 15th 2020 • day 116 of lockdown july 16th 2020 • day 117 of lockdown july 17th 2020 • day 118 of lockdown july 18th 2020 • day 119 of lockdown july 19th 2020 • day 120 of lockdown july 20th 2020 • day 121 of lockdown july 21st 2020 • day 122 of lockdown july 22nd 2020 • day 123 of lockdown july 23rd 2020 • day 124 of lockdown july 24th 2020 • day 125 of lockdown july 25th 2020 • day 126 of lockdown july 26th 2020.wav • day 127 of lockdown july 27th 2020 • day 128 of lockdown july 28th 2020 • day 129 of lockdown july 29th 2020 • day 130 of lockdown july 30th 2020 • day 131 of lockdown july 31st 2020 • day 132 of lockdown August 1st 2020 • day 133 of lockdown August 2nd 2020 • day 134 of lockdown August 3rd 2020 • day 135 of lockdown August 4th 2020.wav • day 136 of lockdown August 5th 2020 • day 137 of lockdown August 6th 2020 • day 138 of lockdown August 7th 2020 • day 139 of lockdown August 8th 2020

day 140 of lockdown August 9th 2020 • day 141 of lockdown August 10th 2020 • day 142 of lockdown August 11th 2020 • day 143 of lockdown August 12th 2020 • day 144 of lockdown August 13th 2020 • day 145 of lockdown August 14th 2020 • day 146 of lockdown August 15th 2020 • day 147 of lockdown August 16th 2020 time for a pizza party • day 148 of lockdown August 17th 2020 • day 149 of lockdown August 18th 2020.wav • day 150 of lockdown August 19th 2020 ya ya • day 151 of lockdown August 20th 2020 • day 152 of lockdown August 21st 2020 • day 153 of lockdown August 22nd 2020 pass me the port • day 154 of lockdown August 23rd 2020 • day 155 of lockdown August 24th 2020 • day 156 of lockdown August 25th 2020 • day 157 of lockdown August 26th 2020 • day 158 of lockdown August 27th 2020 • day 159 of lockdown August 28th 2020 • day 160 of lockdown August 29th 2020 • day 161 of lockdown August 30th 2020 • day 162 of lockdown August 31st 2020 • day 163 of lockdown September 1st 2020 • day 164 of lockdown September 2nd 2020 • day 165 of lockdown September 3rd 2020 • day 166 of lockdown September 4th 2020 • day 167 of lockdown September 5th 2020 • day 168 of lockdown September 6th 2020 • day 169 of lockdown September 7th 2020 • day 170 of lockdown September 8th 2020 • day 171 of lockdown September 9th 2020 • day 172 of lockdown September 10th 2020 • day 173 of lockdown September 11th 2020 • day 174 of lockdown September 12th 2020 • day 175 of lockdown September 13th 2020 • day 176 of lockdown September 14th 2020 • day 177 of lockdown September 15th 2020 • day 178 of lockdown September 16th 2020 • day 179 of lockdown September 17th 2020 • day 180 of lockdown September 18th 2020 • day 181 of lockdown September 19th 2020 • day 182 of lockdown September 20th 2020 • day 183 of lockdown September 21st 2020 • salami danger man • napoleon hill • joey ramone • john altman was in star wars • the trumpton diets • bono was quite good in that kids film • dave spud is the new rock and roll • bj is trump lite or NWO • blaze tv • Howard Hughes And The Unexplained • the mighty terriers (god loves) • hogan v rogan • i'd cancel myself but no-one would notice • i always preferred bonehead • holiday inn syncs • day job knobhead • qi • If I Get Back On H&J I Will Buy Them Cake • NFT NFT they've all got an NFT • Ricky Gervais Is My Hero • This Album Is Sponsored By….. • Let's Dance Is The Best Bowie Album • Can't Get A GIG in our own town (st Albans) • we don't talk about bruno (fernandes) not scoring anymore • Frank • one day I will duet with dua lipa • help me rhondda witht he LOA • private eye knows the truth about prince andrew • you can advertise here • the science of getting rich is just get people to buy your books • putin never misses a trick • i'm visualising going on the one show to talk about this album • graham norton guest yes that would be fine • i feel real change coming and people will start to value music more imagine life without it • imagine if that $100 million that rogan was paid was instead invested in new music just imagine • since napster and the wild west days of the internet people expect to get it for free - musicians, songwriters and artists all deseve to be paid a fair amount • all we are asking for is a level playing field and transparency • the music industry is eveloving record companies must embrace change and respect the music creators • we all need to come toegther • da doo ron ron aldo • middle of the road all musicians are walking down at the moment expand your minds • the masked singer • should i change my name to elvis • my god the hollies were crap • clement stone • is instagram just for shallow people • the mind can achieve whatever it can conceive • 52 and still wearing my old band t shirts is that ok Mr Robert Crampton? • looking foward to playing this song on Jool Holland • rolling stone are going to do a feature on this album • frank skinner go on give this track a play it's only 30 seconds long and it's for a good cause

attitude of gratitude • are the DSPs having a competition to see who can get away with paying the least amount of royalties • day 237 of lockdown November 14th 2020 • day 238 of lockdown November 15th 2020 • day 239 of lockdown November 16th 2020 • day 240 of lockdown November 17th 2020 • day 241 of lockdown November 18th 2020 • day 242 of lockdown November 19th 2020 • day 243 of lockdown November 20th 2020 • day 244 of lockdown November 21st 2020 • day 245 of lockdown November 22nd 2020 • day 246 of lockdown November 23rd 2020 • day 247 of lockdown November 24th 2020.wav • day 248 of lockdown November 25th 2020 • day 249 of lockdown November 26th 2020 • day 250 of lockdown November 27th 2020 • day 251 of lockdown November 28th 2020 • day 252 of lockdown November 29th 2020 • day 253 of lockdown November 30th 2020 • day 254 of lockdown December 1st 2020 • day 255 of lockdown December 2nd 2020 • day 256 of lockdown December 3rd 2020 • day 257 of lockdown December 4th 2020 • day 258 of lockdown December 5th 2020 • day 259 of lockdown December 6th 2020 • day 260 of lockdown December 7th 2020 • day 261 of lockdown December 8th 2020 • day 262 of lockdown December 9th 2020 • day 263 of lockdown December 10th 2020 • day 264 of lockdown December 11th 2020 • day 265 of lockdown December 12th 2020 • day 266 of lockdown December 13th 2020 • day 267 of lockdown December 14th 2020 • day 268 of lockdown December 15th 2020 • day 269 of lockdown December 16th 2020 • day 270 of lockdown December 17th 2020 • day 271 of lockdown December 18th 2020 • day 272 of lockdown December 19th 2020 • day 273 of lockdown December 20th 2020 • day 274 of lockdown December 21st 2020 • day 275 of lockdown December 22nd 2020 • day 276 of lockdown December 23rd 2020 • day 277 of lockdown December 24th 2020 xmas is cancelled well probably not for BJ and crew • day 278 of lockdown December 25th 2020 • day 279 of lockdown December 26th 2020 • day 280 of lockdown December 27th 2020 • day 281 of lockdown December 28th 2020 • day 282 of lockdown December 29th 2020 • day 283 of lockdown December 30th 2020 • day 284 of lockdown December 31st 2020 • day 285 of lockdown January 1st 2021 • day 286 of lockdown January 2nd 2021 • day 287 of lockdown January 3rd 2021 • day 288 of lockdown January 4th 2021 • day 289 of lockdown January 5th 2021 • day 290 of lockdown January 6th 2021 • day 291 of lockdown January 7th 2021 • day 292 of lockdown January 8th 2021 • day 293 of lockdown January 9th 2021 • day 294 of lockdown January 10th 2021 • day 295 of lockdown January 11th 2021 • day 296 of lockdown January 12th 2021 • zero hours hero • i'm going to sell this album for $48 million • day 299 of lockdown January 15th 2021. • penistone • heaven • fleximusicarian • uri made me do it • ey up it's the hispanic atmosphere of huddersfield town centre • holiday chalet • pleasure beach • i am banksy • no i am banksy • day 309 of lockdown January 25th 2021 • i think there's more than 1 banksy • bad mj style • encanto v frozen • i got invited to join the priory of sion once • beanie boo • gary neville and his moral high ground • paris st germain • day 317 of lockdown February 2nd 202 • day 318 of lockdown February 3rd 2021 • day 319 of lockdown February 4th 2021.wav • davos • what shall we do with the drunken norman mailer • ernie • yvette fielding • total dramrama • wooj • sandi on qi • st albans' people • stream queen • david wagner • my tps reports are wrong again • ctr alt del • ai bot but • Jay Z • LMFAO • Omari West • shawn carter • chicken soup for my rock n roll soul • i thought i was the best rapper in the world • day 339 of lockdown February 24th 2021 • vision it first • thoughts become things • vegasversary • let's gor crazy beep beep • loa part 2 • mystery pohms • coked up interns in the bog • nme • protest too much • another miracle • galaxy quest • chris warburton is a decent chap • under the surface • IT man Noel • badminton iggy pop style • day 355 of lockdown March 12th 2021

day 356 of lockdown March 13th 2021.wav • just chopsing • caiman show • thank you to all our fans • karma • day 361 of lockdown March 18th 2021 • day 362 of lockdown March 19th 2021 • day 363 of lockdown March 20th 2021 • day 364 of lockdown March 21st 2021 • my god get back is longer than this album • day 366 of lockdown March 23rd 2021 • day 367 of lockdown March 24th 2021 • the family madrigal • day 369 of lockdown March 26th 2021 • day 370 of lockdown March 27th 2021 • day 371 of lockdown March 28th 2021 • day 372 of lockdown March 29th 2021 • day 373 of lockdown March 30th 2021 • day 374 of lockdown March 31st 2021 • day 375 of lockdown April 1st 2021 • day 376 of lockdown April 2nd 2021 • day 377 of lockdown April 3rd 2021 • day 378 of lockdown April 4th 2021 • day 379 of lockdown April 5th 2021 • day 380 of lockdown April 6th 2021 • day 381 of lockdown April 7th 2021 • day 382 of lockdown April 8th 2021 • day 383 of lockdown April 9th 2021 • day 384 of lockdown April 10th 2021 • day 385 of lockdown April 11th 2021 • day 386 of lockdown April 12th 2021 • we love haulix • We love hotpress! • Rodney Of The Rock • Daniel Ek The Visionary • day 391 of lockdown April 17th 2021 • one falls they all fall • day 393 of lockdown April 19th 2021 • Lazar 111 • day 395 of lockdown April 21st 2021 • guess that official spotify playlist isn't going to happen now • day 397 of lockdown April 23rd 2021 • day 398 of lockdown April 24th 2021 • day 399 of lockdown April 25th 2021.wav • day 400 of lockdown April 26th 2021 • day 401 of lockdown April 27th 2021 • day 402 of lockdown April 28th 2021 • day 403 of lockdown April 29th 2021 • day 404 of lockdown April 30th 2021 • day 405 of lockdown May 1st 2021 • day 406 of lockdown May 2nd 2021 • day 407 of lockdown May 3rd 2021 • day 408 of lockdown May 4th 2021 • time walker • are we there yet • day 411 of lockdown May 7th 2021.wav • day 412 of lockdown May 8th 2021 • day 413 of lockdown May 9th 2021 • day 414 of lockdown May 10th 2021 • day 415 of lockdown May 11th 2021 • day 416 of lockdown May 12th 2021 • peace piece • talk about the nice time • define • froota • going viral • theses • munching carrots • new gwr • the beatles used the law of attraction • new machine • tct • more plinky guff • anyone bored yet? • fatman jogging (me) • urgent letter • mike errico thank you • day 433 of lockdown May 29th 2021 • columbo • bbq • bar mexe • may your dreams come • rolling atone baby baby • arts and dafts • afters • v is for • misquote • day 443 of lockdown June 8th 2021.wav • hungary • french fries • yo t l • level 42 met mark king in a pub • dinosaur • dance youself dizzy • no score • gritter splitta • jools • bombs • penalty • spurs • day 456 of lockdown June 21st 2021 • db • dear losers • Dear Losers still on repeat sorry • demons • dg • Dino Zoff • Dreaming Of THat Perfect Goal • Drowsy • DUA LIPA • Dull & Bottom • Dy • el mundo gira • elegy • Er • Es • Eu • noel ed • EVERY CRAP INDIE BAND SHOULD RECORD AT LEAST ONE FOOTY SONG • Every Nation Has It's Golden Generation • Exit (pursued by a bear) • F • Facist Football Hater • Faerie Queen • farewell part 1 • farewell part 2 • Farewell parts 1 and 2 • FAST RED MAN • Fe • feedback at the start of i feel fine • FIFA Sutherland • Food of Love • Fr • Franz • french got the funk on • from russia with hetero love • FUELLED UP ON ENERGY DRINKS • Full Fathom 5 Live • Full Time • Ga • Gaberdines And Pantaloons • Garincha Stryder • Gary Lineker • Gazza'a tears • Gd • Ge • george harrison didn't write his 2 biggest hits • gethsamane • give ringo another crap country song • glass onion • glitter on my carpet • GROTESQUE • H • Half Time • Hamlet • Happy Camper • Happy Dagger • have love will louis louis • He • He's A Sticker Licker • Heart's Content • HELL MONEY • helter skelter pissed in the bus shelter • Henry IV part 3 • Henry V's Doorbell • Her Majesty Was The First 30 second song • here come's the sun • HERRENVOLK • Hey Ho Nonny Nonny • Hf • Hg • High Time

Ho • Holographic Beatles On Tour • home • Homeward Bound • Hungary 10 El Salvador 1 • I don't give a flying folio malvolio • I Feel Fine • I got 3 years solitary for bringing my own beer • I ME ME RONALDO! • I ONCE AUDITIONED FOR A BAND CALLED MEXICO 70 • i wanna hold your hand but I'll ask you first • I wanna Hold Your Hand While YOu Sign My A Cheque For a million pound • I Wish The World Cup Was In Brazil Again says lonely sports reporter • I WROTE AND RECORDED 100 SONGS ABOUT THE WORLD CUP IN 2 DAYS, CAN'T YOU TELL • i.am will.i.am shakespeare. • I • I'm a Pal a Salah • I'm Going TO Make you A VAR • I'm Leaving On an standard class Aer Lingus. • I'M SUPPORTING PUSSY RIOT • I'm The Only Person Who Wants Iceland To Get Knocked Out Early.wav • If Prince had written a World Cup song it wouldn't sound like this • If Shakespeare Was Alive Today He'd Be Writing For Youtube • if the beatles were an 80s band • If this album doesn't get me an interview on Hawksbee & Jacobs I'm Going to stop listening to Talksport • If you Listen To The beatles backwards it says thyhtnkks • If You Play THis Song Backwards It Will Sound Crap. • Inv • INTER STELLAR CUP. • introducing the beatles • Ir • It gets a bit messy when you try to rhyme with Messi. • It is music with her silver sound • it's juck a fucking xebra crossing • It's Not even a realy country anyway • Jeremy Corbyn As Julius Ceasar • john lennon v the fbi • joey ramone joins the beatles • jose chungs from outer space. • Josimar comeback • Jules Rimming. • Julian Lennon PLayed THis Piano Once. • JUMPERS FOR GOAL POSTS. • Just Don't Let Spain Win Again • K • KADDISH. • KGB V FBI WORLD WAR 3 COMING SOON • King James 46 • King John's Rant • Kingdom For A Stage. • Kr • La • Lark • Larry O • leonard betts. • Let Music Sound • Letchkov not Letcho • Li. • live and let die is the best bond theme. • Living On Top Of A Porno Cinema • Love Is Blind. • Lr • Lu. • magic alex • man from the motor trade. • Manna • Marying A Punk. • MAX. • mcartney's ego trip part 2 • McCartney's Ego Trip • MEMENTO MORI • Mg • Mn. • Mo • MOOY JOY • Motley Coat • mr kite • Mr Trump • Much Ado • musings of a csm • N • Na • Nb • Nd • Ne. • nems • NEVER AGAIN. • Ni. • NO SCORE…NO DRAW. • none more white. • Not Many Beatles Songs Start in A Minor Key • Not Many Foootball Players Like Punk! • Np. • Oberon Kenobi. • On Shakespeare's Grave • on the field where i died • Ophelia • Os. • Oyster. • P. • Pa • paper hearts • Patti • paul's first acid trip • Pb • Pd. • PELE • Pet Sounds • Pete Best • Pick (ford) Of The Pops - Numba 1 • pickles the dog • PIPER • Play On. • Playing For Penalties. • Pm • Po • Pr • Pt • Putin hot • Pursued By A Bear • Pusher • QUAGMIRE • Hall Of fame • Quickly • ra ra poohtin • Ra • Rain • Ray Wilson • Rb. • Re • Redux 1. • Redux 2. • Revolution number 9 was way ahed of its time • rf. • Rh • Ringo's Replacement • Ripping Off The Beach Boys • Rn • Rocky Racoon as a Trump Type tycoon • Rome • Romeo & Juliet • ronnie scott • Ru • rubber soul was the greatest • Russian Bear • S • sanguinarium • Sb • Sc. • scrambled eggs. • scurvy politician • Se. • sergeant pepper seeks lady madonna to form lonely hearts club band • Second Best Bed (In Da House) • Shake It Off • All Over? • Shakespeare In Time • Shakespeare The Commuter • Shakespeare v Aliens. • Shakespeare v Spotify • Shaking Speare Stevens • Shaquiri V Shakira • She's A Woman • shitter's full. • Si • silent night • Slave Labour Stadiums • Sm • Sm1 • SMALLPOTATOES • Sn. • Sonic Youth Play The Beatles • world cup widows • Sounds Of Music • Spot the player on Coke • Sr • Stadium Inferno • Stage Craft Beer. • Star Of England • Stop Calling It The White Album - It's The Beatles! • Suicide In Shakespeare. • corned beef curry (not my idea) • Larry O • SYNCHRONY • SZYGY 4 • Ta • TALITHA • TAX CHEATS • tb or not tb • Tb • Tc. • when does art become pretension? • Teliko • TEMPUS FUGIT • TERMA • TEsos dos bichos 2 • the very best of Boris Johnson

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Hitman Achievements inspired by this post

A Room With A View: Push Donald Trump off of his own tower

Agent 91/47 Charges: Kill Donald Trump while dressed as a court judge

Bad Hair Day: Plant a bomb in Donald Trump's new wig

Slight Chance Of Sunburn: Tamper with Donald Trump's new tanning booth

Twitter's Revenge: Kill Elon Musk with a flock of ravenous birds

"X" Marks The Spot: Crush Elon Musk with the new company logo

Account Terminated: Electrocute Elon Musk with the Twitter servers

Putting The "Twit" In Twitter: Let Elon Musk die due to his own incompetence

You Don't Say?: Smother Ron DeSantis with a Pride flag

Gator Getaway: Push Ron DeSantis into alligator infested waters

Fire Safety Drill: Trap Ron DeSantis in a classroom and light it on fire

"Florida Man Pulverises Politician": Convince a bystander to attack Ron DeSantis for you

Crowning Achievement: Kill Charles Windsor in the middle of the coronation

Wrong Ceremony: Lock Charles Windsor in The Queen's casket before it's cremated

Diana Sends Her Regards: Kill Charles Windsor with the specialised paparazzi camera while he's being driven around

Performance Issues: Eliminate Andrew Windsor by spiking his drink with a viagra overdose

Should Have Gone Vegan: Poison Piers Morgan's dinner

Foul On The Field: Trick Piers Morgan with the explosive football

Stroke Of Genius!: Trigger a stroke in Piers Morgan by switching his medication

That's News To Me: Kill Piers Morgan live on TV

A Vote For Green Party: Poison the "Lettuce Truss" and feed it to Liz Truss

Conservative Killing: Kill Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss all at once

Prime Ministers And Prime Pork: Kill Boris Johnson and David Cameron in the Peppa Pig costume

Where Guy Fawkes Failed: Blow up the main chamber of Parliament when all targets are present

I Cast A Spell On You: Kill J.K. Rowling using a wand or broomstick

Potion Making 101: Add something special to J.K. Rowling's cauldron

Best Selling Novel: Topple a bookcase of transgender novels on top of J.K. Rowling

Awkward Transitions: Have "Robert Galbraith" cause the murder of J.K. Rowling

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Meet the ghouls squabbling for power in the race to rule the Tories

Tory MPs are donning their robes and sharpening their sacrificial blades this week as they prepare to ritualistically cull a second candidate from the Conservative Party leadership race. 

Priti Patel was eliminated last week after securing just 11.9% of the vote, which already sounds quite embarrassing, then you do the maths and realise that’s a total of 14 votes. Considering the sheer number of controversies that litter her political career like dog shit in a play park, I’m amazed she didn’t perform better.  

(Formerly of the tobacco industry, Patel voted in favour of overturning the smoking ban because she recognises that mainly poor people use public spaces so, y’know, fuck ‘em.) 

Patel resigned as Home Secretary in 2017 after attending up to a dozen private, unsanctioned meetings with Israeli officials where departmental business was discussed while she was on holiday.

This gross breach of the ministerial code wasn’t enough to prevent her from being reinstated to the position under Boris Johnson’s government, where she dedicated herself to ruthlessly targeting asylum seekers, lobbying for pharmaceutical companies during the height of COVID, and bullying her staff. 

Next up on the chopping block appears to be Mel Stride MP who narrowly escaped elimination last round with a whopping 16 votes. 

(Launching his campaign, Stride said the Tories need to “build trust with the electorate again", presumably so they can get right back to abusing it.)  

Mr Stride served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury in Theresa May’s cabinet, when he spearheaded the controversial loan charge policy which – as of January 2024 – has been linked to ten suicides. He was then elected as chair of the Treasury select committee, effectively securing himself a position where he was the one responsible for scrutinising his own dastardly deeds and, unsurprisingly, finding nothing to be concerned about. 

Former Minister of State for Security Tom Tugendhat limped a single vote ahead of Stride in the first round. Tugendhat is notable only in how boring he is, and hasn’t even breached the ministerial code once (that we know of). Total amateur. His strategy appears to be to fly below the radar, presumably in the hope the other candidates will destroy each other and he can rule over the ashes. 

(Having already lost one leadership race to Liz Truss of all people, Tugendhat looks like a surefire bet to lose another.) 

A former soldier, Tugendhat holds some classically conservative positions like increased military spending, opposition to the European Court of Human Rights and wanting a cap on immigration but these days that’s a mild salsa. He appears moderate compared to the others, and lacks the brain rot and crypto-fascist brainworms that UK conservatives have been steadily importing from America over the last decade. The most interesting thing about him is that he had to change his campaign slogan because the acronym spelled TURD. 

Now we’re done with the dregs, let's take a look at the front runners starting with weed smoking, Warhammer playing, porn enjoyer James Cleverly. That makes him sound much more interesting than he is. Having previously filled both the Home and Foreign secretary positions, Cleverly has long had leadership aspirations.  

(Cleverly once had to apologise for an “ironic joke” about spiking his wife’s drink with rohypnol during a Westminster reception, apparently being both a weird creep and not understanding the definition of irony.) 

Another paint-by-numbers Tory, he stirred up a fuss a few years ago by saying that gay football fans should show "a little bit of flex and compromise" when visiting Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He added that it was "important when you're a visitor to a country that you respect the culture of your host nation." Cleverly it seems considers a seven year prison sentence for being gay little more than a cultural quirk rather than something queer football fans might have legitimate concerns over. Basically saying reign it in lads, no need to be homo in public. 

Landing in second place during the last vote is former Minister for Women and Equalities Kemi Badenoch who claimed in a speech last year that transgender people could transition “too easily”. This is supported by the fact that waiting times for an initial assessment are as high as seven years in some parts of the country, so that definitely tracks. Badenoch clearly knows what she is talking about. 

(Speaking on the Spectator podcast, Badenoch said the Tories need to “stop acting like Labour”. I can only assume she misinterpreted the narrowing ideological gap between Labour and Tories as a softening in her party’s ranks rather than a calcification of right wing leanings in Westminster.) 

Characterised as an “anti-woke” politician, she has also supported conversion therapy for trans people. Speaking like someone who has never actually heard themselves talk, she also claimed that providing gender affirming care for trans kids was a “form of conversion therapy” intended to turn gay kids trans. It’s ironclad reasoning and, as a trans dyke, I value above all else the perspective of a cisgender, hetrosexual woman in all matters relating to queer issues. If anyone is going to lay down the law on who gets to be gay and in what way, it should be her. 

Badenoch bravely announced during a recent campaign video that she was unafraid of fictional character Doctor Who. Furthermore, as a woman of colour, she believes that Britain is not institutionally racist, so we can all stop worrying about that now. What a relief, I was starting to get really concerned about it. You know, what with all the institutional racism that’s been going around. But turns out that was a false alarm, which is probably why she also said “I don’t care about colonialism”. 

Badenoch came out swinging on the subject, making claims broader than my fat ass in order to minimise the brutality of Britain's well-documented colonial history. 

"There was never any concept of 'rights', so [the] people who lost out were old elites not everyday people,” she said in some leaked WhatsApp messages. It’s a relief to know that the three million people who died in the 1943 Bengal Famine were all elites. 

Lego figure cosplayer Robert Jenrick is the current frontrunner, having secured 28 votes in the first round. Jenrick served as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government under Boris Johnson where he dedicated himself to pulling political favours for luxury property developer and Tory party donor Richard Desmond. The move allowed Desmond to avoid paying a community council levy of £40 million which could have been used to fund schools and health clinics. 

(Courting the far right voters who flocked to Reform in the last election, Jenick resigned from his position as immigration minister, saying the policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda didn’t go far enough.)

Grenfell United, the pressure group dedicated to securing justice for the victims of the Grenfell fire refused to meet with Jenrick in 2020, saying: "Your perceived focus on the interests of property developers over the needs of an impoverished local community has soured our opinion of you.” 

Jenrick also served as Minister of State for Immigration where he took aim at the greatest threat to our nation: unaccompanied asylum seeking children. During a visit to an intake centre in Kent last year he reportedly told staff to paint over a mural depicting cartoons and animals, saying it was a “law enforcement environment” and “not a welcome centre”. 

Finally, someone had the courage to put those kids in their place. If they wanted to experience even a single moment where they felt safe, or like they weren’t completely alone in this terrifying and hostile world, they shouldn’t have crossed the bloody channel should they? They need to learn that actions have consequences, unless of course you’re a Tory politician then you can basically just get away with whatever and certainly not have your political ambition stymied in the slightest. That would be unfair.  

With such political titans in the running, Labour should be quaking in its boots. This gaggle of ghouls is among the finest we could hope for, and the fact that they each crave power enough to run the highest office in the land should in no way concern anyone. As the old adage goes: Power corrupts, but only if you’re a little bitch. 

Which of these unscrupulous, foreigner hating, homophobes will proceed to the next round? Tory MPs will be casting their vote today in order to separate the wheat from the chaff, and trim the eligible candidates down to four. 

This three month slog is only just beginning, so buckle your pants because we have to put up with this fucking circus until November.

[mariacallous]

Sipping pints of Guinness, swapping football shirts and purring about respect and new dawns, the British and Irish prime ministers seemed determined to inject long-absent warmth into the relationship between their countries when they met on Saturday. The thaw is overdue; Keir Starmer’s visit to Dublin was the first by a British PM in five years. In 2019, Boris Johnson’s visit came amid manifold anxieties about securing a Brexit deal, prompting a declaration from the Irish government that “the people of this island, North and South, need to know that their livelihoods, their security and their sense of identity will not be put at risk as a consequence of a hard Brexit. The stakes are high. Avoiding the return of a hard border on this island and protecting our place in the single market are the Irish government’s priorities in all circumstances.”

The distrustful atmosphere was a product not just of the June 2016 British vote to leave the EU, but a broader Tory ignorance about what the border in Ireland represented. The failure to consider that issue during the Brexit referendum campaign was compounded by simplistic distortions and assertions. The border was then resurrected as a touchstone, much to its discomfort, as imagined irascibly in the Twitter feed @BorderIrish: “I was just minding my own business, being a largely invisible little border that no one had thought about for years … after decades of misery … and then along comes Brexit, like some gobshite taking its first lesson, crashing all over the place.”

Unfortunately, it was worse than that for most Irish observers, who saw Brexit as many gobshites, driving multiple cars in too many directions with no knowledge of the destination. Ireland seemed a rock of political stability, maturity and calm as the Tories imploded. A deal was eventually struck that infuriated unionists as Northern Ireland remained half in and half out of the EU.

Brexit poisoned the well of British-Irish relations. The Tories’ romantic and selective view of Britain’s imperial past led to much renewed flexing of Irish nationalist muscles, a reminder of the continuing relevance of the observation by the then British ambassador to Ireland, Alan Goodison, in 1983 that in Anglo-Irish relations there was “a raw nerve which never sleeps”.

The desire to now reset appears genuine. Starmer, with an oft-expressed fondness for Ireland, a history of involvement with Northern Ireland issues and a strong component of staff with Irish links, is well placed to reduce strains. But we should not get carried away. One message that has resonated through the years is the advice given to another British Labour prime minister, James Callaghan, who, when he was home secretary, was urged to avoid “getting sucked into the Irish bog”.

That bog might be less perilous than it once was, but it still creates wariness in Britain.

Although the fervid days of the Troubles and violence are over and power-sharing has been restored in Northern Ireland, there are ongoing concerns about the prospects of Irish unity, immigration and the legacy of the Troubles. Starmer has committed to repealing the contentious Legacy Act, introduced by the Conservatives, which closed down criminal investigations into the Troubles. But what will replace it remains unclear.

Starmer is circumspect about Irish unity. And while historically there was the British Labour slogan “Justice for Ireland”, in practice there was much detachment and hesitancy about getting embroiled in Ireland.

Starmer’s Dublin visit generated healthy promises, including a formal annual summit between the two countries, protecting and developing an estimated yearly £100bn trade and business relationship, and nurturing cooperation on energy, climate change, sport, education and culture. There was also the assertion of the importance of both governments being co-guarantors of the Good Friday agreement.

None of this should be dismissed; geography as well as history has always been central to British-Irish relations, and what is being attempted is a recognition of the scale of our entwinements. But while a dose of British humility will be welcomed in Ireland and Starmer appears genuine, the Irish appetite for adapting to shifting British currents and priorities has waned.

Brexit fundamentally altered Irish foreign policy. The Irish public have consistently been enthusiastic about EU membership. Brexit deepened that; at the height of tensions in 2019, a Eurobarometer poll suggested Ireland topped the EU table for having a positive image of the EU at 63%. Only 7% had a negative image, hardly a surprise given the solidarity with Ireland shown by its EU partners amid the Brexit fallout.

Ireland’s foreign policy anchor lies heavily in EU waters. Security, the climate crisis, migration, economic and defence issues for Ireland demand more focus on Europe. The late historian Ronan Fanning identified a constant feature of the Anglo-Irish relationship when he observed in the most fraught days: “Britain looms larger in the Irish consciousness than Ireland in the British.” That endures, but it has faded somewhat.

When Starmer speaks of a British-Irish partnership reaching “its full potential”, he is also seeing that as a route to a warmer British relationship with the EU. That potential is somewhat limited; nor is the Irish consciousness quite as consumed by Britain as it once was.

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virgsson sickfic hcs? 🥺

OH BUCKLE UP!!!! (looks through all the virgson sickfics i've ever posted)

Ali is EXTREMELY CLINGY when he's sick. Like, extremely. Take how he usually is and multiply it by fifteen, and there's the answer. the most common victims of this clinginess are Virgil and the boss (and Bobby and Flaco when they were in Kirkby). It's so bad that he barely lets Virgil get up from the bed

Virgil isn't as clingy, but he is...very vocal, to say the least. even if it's just a headache, he will loudly mope about it. and you bet Ali's right there next to him listening and nodding along

"aliiiiiiii it hurts everywhere" "yes caramelinho, i know"

The worst time was when Ali got the flu (this year) and he and Joey G had to be isolated in separate bedrooms from everyone else so the virus wouldn't spread. Both Virg and Ali were absolutely miserable, to the point where Klopp just gave Virgil the day off from training so he could go sit outside Ali's door and talk with him until the infectious part was over

if it's not an infectious disease, then you'll find them cuddling

once virgil got a migraine in preseason training camp and tried to hide it. Ali saw through him in less than five minutes, plucked him off the training pitch, and carried him bridal-style to bed. that's how Ibou found out about their relationship

Ali's very prone to fever dreams, especially when stressed. ofc virg is right there, although he's heard some strange things

"and then boris johnson was in a 1990s football kit" "go to sleep schatje"

@anfieldroad @bobbyfirminosworld @alissonbear-ker @ali-becker @moomin279 @millythegoat @kraeki @dsenotmtaetr

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Thess vs the Foreign Secretary

Okay, it's time for another round of "UK Politics: A Summary of Shittiness"!

Today, we're going to be talking about David Cameron. Now, David Cameron was once leader of the Conservative Party. He actually got the PM-ship in 2010 in a supposed coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. However, the LibDems let the Tories walk all over them, so we might as well have had just a Conservative government. Anyway, he wound up surviving an election and ending up in a majority Conservative government ... briefly. Then he called for the Brexit referendum. He was apparently honestly expecting it to be a resounding "no", and for people to shut up about it after that. So he didn't bother to set up anything but a simple majority vote about a situation with wide-ranging repercussions, most of which were opaque at best to the average voter. He also let Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage lie through their respective teeth about Brexit without trying to stamp on the misinformation or in fact trying to campaign for Remain in any reasonable way.

...And you all know what happened at that vote. Through the tiniest majority, the referendum was a YES to Brexit. So he kicked off Article 50 right away, because apparently Will of the People. And then, instead of staying to try to clean up the mess he caused, he fucking resigned, so that someone else could clean up his mess.

I mean, there's a whole lot more shit regarding him, but that's basically the most egregious at this point. He lit the fuse, watched the explosion, then walked away instead of helping clear the debris he created.

Fast-forward seven or so years, and we've been through more PMs than I really want to think about right now (Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak), and equal numbers of cabinet reshuffles. Which is where I pause a moment and explain about Suella Braverman.

See, Suella Braverman has been several things that are just ... damning, honestly. First she was integral to the current Brexit mess, as a standing member of the European Research Group (a massively Eurosceptic group which was probably pretty much behind the scenes of the Brexit movement to begin with). Braverman apparently believed in Brexit so much that she became an Under-Secretary of State for Brexit. And then, after a bit of leave, she spent a bit of time as Attorney General before being bumped up to Home Secretary.

She was the one whose "dream and obsession" was sending refugees to Rwanda under the auspices of "stopping illegal migration". She's been an absolute nightmare for human rights, to the point of trying to ban the Palestinian flag in general and claiming that the police are biased against far-right extremist groups because they apparently get arrested less often than peaceful protesters who aren't far-right extremists? I have no idea, but she has been the kind of boomerang bigot that boomeranged so hard she went right into fascism. There have been calls for weeks to get Sunak to sack her. I guess he finally had to listen.

Now, one one hand, this is good because Suella Braverman needs to be about a thousand miles away from the cabinet. So her being sacked is a good thing. However, the rest of the reshuffle ... well.

Okay, first of all, David Cameron is not being made Home Secretary. He's being made Foreign Secretary. No, the new Home Secretary is James Cleverly, who is very keen on Brexit and, when the World Cup was being hosted in Qatar and gay football fans were concerned for their safety, reportedly said that gay people should "show a bit of flex and compromise" when travelling to Qatar because "it's important when you're a visitor to the country to follow that country's customs". Sort of slipped some potentially Islamophobic remarks in there as well, and particularly given how there's been some noise very much against cultures that aren't white and/or Christian coming from those in Parliament lately, it's not ideal. We've honestly just lost one frothingly boomerang-bigoted Home Secretary and replaced her with another boomerang bigot who froths slightly less.

David Cameron dealing with foreign affairs, though? Not liking that idea very much. Honestly, all of the Tories have made such an absolute fucking mess of things that no reshuffle would satisfy me. Then again, at least most of the other newbies are actually MPs; Cameron had to drag his peerage out of mothballs in the shed he's been hiding in to be able to stand in the cabinet.

The one reshuffle that's probably not going to get a lot of attention (because Big Names) but probably should (because Big Conflict of Interest) is that the new Health Secretary is Victoria Atkins. No, not that Atkins, but nearly as bad - her husband runs British Sugar. Now, on one hand, her husband's company does deal with medicinal marijuana and it's possible that said conflict of interest might get medicinal marijuana a little more available. However, I also imagine there'll be a push to get the sugar tax (otherwise known as the Sin Tax) off the table so they could adjust the prices and have the sugar cost the same for the consumer while they got more money.

Either way, Sunak's rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, and honestly Starmer isn't going to be any better, and I still hate living here. Buuuuuuut Suella Braverman got the sack so I'll just bask in that for a bit.

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Please redo the objective best 1D member ranking for 2023 🙏🏽

The calls for objectively best and worst members of 1D have never been this close. There's a cigarette paper between place 2 and 3 and 4 and 5. But there is still an objective truth and I will share it.

1. Zayn - his 2021 post about Palestine went beyond just saying #FreePalestine to affirming Palestinian's right to resist oppression.

2. Harry - I never thought I'd say this (there's a reason it took me several days to write this post), but it's true. I'm going to write more about this - but what sealed it for me is the strong indications we have that he knew what he was doing when he waved the Tino Rangatiratanga flag. And ultimately solidarity in the present is more important than stupid things someone has said in the past (even if they're that stupid).

3. Louis - It was great when he fought the cops - and if he wanted to be public about politics he might say some interesting things. But he doesn't and he's not.

4. Liam - If there was any reason to believe that he'd actually voted for Boris Johnson, or any possibility that his nonsense about football managers might persuade one person who read it to vote Boris Johnson this would be different. But in terms of political statements he's saved by his complete incoherence. There's no saving his political action shilling for the Saudi government.

5. Niall - It's the 20th of March already in New Zealand. 20 years ago the US invaded Iraq. The fact that Niall is now objectively the worst member of 1D is not just about Iraq - the US state and Joe Biden both have a long enough history and a terrible enough present that even if we'd prevented that war this ranking would be the same. But we must never forget those horrors and there should be no safe harbour for anyone who voted for those atrocities.

[new-berry]

So right at the end it gets potentially skeevy. This is some of the actual fic so my agonised and irritating complaining makes more sense. But this what I mean about so much blether. There are many many words like this:

diligently opens the email Lorena sends. There’s an account of the court case from six years ago when the government was banned from putting the deaged into hotels for monitoring.

“Could be worse!” She has texted with three exclamation marks. “I’m glad you two can talk about football, and you can look out for him!”

He has never wanted to play football less. He wants to stay quietly here. Get to know this willowly new version of the man he thought he knew well.

There are a list of the tests that were done. Nothing major, blood tests, virus screening. Nothing was ever found. DNA was taken and compared. There is no difference between the samples. Lorena has noted that this journalists daughter was put in one of the hotels. ‘She drove so much if this!’ Lorena has written with more exclamation marks. ‘She should be an OBE!’

The courts insist that everything should be destroyed. The lawyers within the NHS had argued people were allowed to offer DNA, but they couldn’t insist. Plenty of people want to they say.

He types “deaged hotels” Into the search bar. There are first hand accounts where people have to admit they don’t actually remember anything. The staff working there saying it was a lot of video games, napping, and junk food.

The Spanish government site says five days is the longest reported case, but it’s often less than 48 hours.

The people who ran the hotels said they got used to a confused or angry adult, waking up somewhere strange, wanting it be away from all these kids.

The youngest reported case was 12. But this was from China and has an asterisk. The oldest reported case was 19. Uganda say they have never had cases.

It mostly occurs to people in their twenties. Psychologists wonder if it’s people wanting to escape pressure.

A report from the Ministry of Youth affairs suggests archly that younger people are just more welling to admit when they deage.

There rest of their reporting is stastical are very few cases in their 30 or 40’s. None reported from anyone in their sixties.

Helen Mirren was nominated for an Oscar playing a family living with the affects of a deageing, you can watch the movie for free on BBC plus.

It is more common in men. Less common with people with children or a partner.

He only skims the guardian articles. Boris Johnson photographed with his mouth open cuts funding to the special services. Scuttlebutt says this is to hide that the hotels that housed them were usually owned by his mates.

Jerermy Clarkson pens a lengthy screed about kids that won’t face up to their responsibilities that he doesn’t read. Princess Anne nods severly next to a group of nurses in one of the now decommissioned hotels.

There is a rumour site where people collect reports of celebrities who may have deaged. There are several footballers and he quickly posts a picture on Instagram of him and Win and the caption “protocols met! but I’m not alone!”

The seventh link down is high lighted becuase he has visited it before: “de-aged hotel- secret camera revals twinks caught getting…”

He clicks onto his homepage and clears his browsers history.

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I had these debates mostly with myself tbf 2/3 years ago when the Saudis were sniffing round Newcastle

Letting them in was huge

Cos now the Premier League ceo Richard Masters is well in over his head. The Prem is a huge business, but dealing with powerful unpredictable states - especially one that is heavily involved in western oil supplies - is too big for the chairman, for the sport

But they welcomed em in, they welcome all foreign investment

Boris Johnson personally committed himself to the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United after they threatened "commercial and economic consequences" for Britain if the takeover didn't happen

And now they're using the club as a foothold to take control of football either by usurping the Prem or creating a rival league like they did with Liv golf

Honestly, the horse bolted when they let the UAE buy City

And now look; the all mighty all powerful soft power entity known as the Prem - a league that's shown and loved in virtually every country on earth - is facing extinction

[hislopchino]

What I’ve learnt: Angus Deayton

By Fiona Lensvelt

From The Times, 27th April 2019

The actor, comedian and TV host Angus Deayton, 63, presented the panel show Have I Got News for You, until he was dismissed in 2002 after tabloid allegations about his personal life. His career, which has spanned radio, television and film, began with Radio Active, which has been revived to mark its 40th anniversary. He has a son, Isaac, with his former partner Lise Mayer, and lives in north London.

When you start appearing on television, your life changes irrevocably. For me that came quite late in life, in my mid-thirties. I had spent most of my time on the radio or touring. Then Have I Got News for You began. I remember thinking, “Oh, this must be what it’s like to be very good-looking.” Everyone sits up and takes notice. People will either pat you on the back or tell you how appalling you are.

You have to give people the benefit of the doubt. [When the scandal broke in 2002], it felt like an out-of-body experience. I remember thinking, ‘This isn’t actually me. I’m looking down on someone else’s life.’ It was traumatic. How do you cope with something like that? You go from day to day, relying on friends to carry you through. It would be nice to say I’ve learnt to trust people less, but I’m not sure you can go through life like that. You’d end up a hermit.

It would be odd if Boris Johnson became the leader of our country. I remember Boris as a guest on Have I Got News for You and it always struck me as weird that he put on this buffoon act when he was clearly an intelligent man and probably quite cut-throat, too. You’d think, why is he rolling his eyes and scratching his head and talking about “old boy”? It seemed like an act. It was a very successful act.

You can tell a lot about someone by how they behave on the football pitch. It’s the same when people get behind the wheel of a car – nice people turn into raving fascists. I love football more than anything in the world, apart from my son. I would say I am overcompetitive. Incidentally, I’ve played football with Boris – he came onto the pitch in a bobble hat and immediately rugby-tackled one of the opposition.

If you both have the will for a split to be amicable, it will be. After Lise and I broke up, we remained friends. We live close to one another; we both look after Isaac; we go to our house in Italy as a family. There’s no reason why we shouldn’t if neither of us has acted badly towards the other. There was no acrimony.

Luck and fortunate breaks got me where I am today. I spent three years at Oxford thinking I was probably going to be a TEFL teacher. I had barely set foot on a stage. Then in my final year I met Richard Curtis, who invited me to join the Oxford Revue comedy group. Our show led straight to a radio series.

Acting is a test of nerves and memory. Can you remember the lines and deliver them as you’ve done in rehearsals? With presenting, you’ve got to appear unruffled when you’re thinking, “What the hell am I supposed to do now?” I remember Terry Wogan saying he used to do three chat shows a week – walking on stage was like walking into his living room. It shouldn’t be like that: you should have some nerves, otherwise you don’t perform at your best.

I don’t smoke, but apart from that, I have all the bad habits. Drinking is chief among them, probably. But it is a social vice and with a meal, it can be delightful.

Life keeps getting better. I came to the realisation recently that I’ve enjoyed every decade better than the one before. I’m in my sixties; my son is almost an adult. My living situation is much less fraught and I am happier in my own skin. I’m working but not working so much that it’s getting in the way, and I’m able to lead a comfortable life.

Radio Active is currently touring nationally and will be at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (socomedy.co.uk/artist/radio-active)

[sun-in-retrograde]

When The Sun Eclipses The Sun

Not a major astrological event, but a fun and weird one - we have an eclipse on Tuesday but neither the Sun nor the Moon are involved. The star Betelgeuse will disappear as an asteroid called Leona passes in front of it.

Okay, so this is not technically an eclipse - the technical term is an occultation. In 2023, there were five occultations where planets disappeared behind the moon, which is the most common occultation because the moon is big. Asteroid-star occultations happen, but they're rare. And it's very rare that a star like Betelguese - the ninth brightest star in the sky - will briefly go out.

I've written about Betelguese before - it experienced a big explosion, sudden dimming, and a significant loss of mass. Notably, this explosion corresponded to significant events for people who have it conjunct major objects in their chart (e.g. Boris Johnson) and people with significant oppositions to Betelguese in their chart (e.g. Prince William, Prince Harry, King Charles).

This is not as major - for ten seconds Betelguese will vanish and only in particular parts of the world:

That said - I would note that eclipses and changes in rulership go together, and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has just had an embarrassing session at the ongoing COVID enquiry. He's gone from people cheering him in the streets when Betelguese was powerful to Grimsby petitioning him to stop wearing a hat that supports their football team because it brings the town into disrepute.

So, you might want to look what's happening in your chart near to Gemini 28°45 or at that angle in other mutable signs. This is particularly true for people within Florida, Portugual, Spain, Italy, Greece, Albania. and Turkey. For instance, there's a weak square with Ron DeSantis Virgo North Node.

Another fun thing to do is look at where Leona falls in your chart. For me it's at Taurus 27°49, so semisextile Beteguese and conjunct my Imum Coeli. This occultation will take place while I'm sleeping away from home for the only time this year.

I think the funnest thing about this, in my view - is something reyoflightastrology pointed out to me - Leona evokes Leo - the sign of the Sun. Betelguese is a Sun. This is a very solar occultation and there's something exciting and interesting about that, to me. It makes me think of Boris Johnson again, all ego, all bluster. After the explosion on Beteguese he won one of the most dramatic election victories of my lifetime. The occultation finds him tripping over his own ego.

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FROM OUR WESTMINSTER REPORTERS “AT LEAST WITH a dictator you can put a bullet in his head if he proves to be a useless fuckwit; with these twats you’re stuck with them for five fucking years.” Dave from Dagenham, who describes himself as an ordinary bloke with only one vice – he supports Arsenal Football Club – was commenting on the extraordinary revelations pouring out of the UK’s Covid…

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Real women love football smart women love the Chiefs shirt

 It seems to me now that the enquiry by Sue Gray into parties etc at No10 will be a complete whitewash and will only result in some criticism of Boris Johnson and others nothing will happen to the people who blatantly broke the rules . Unlikely I believe, but if anyone is fired or charged it will some lower rank civil servants This investigation is a complete farce it's really a set up and all smoke and mirrors as Sue Gray is a civil servant working for the Government and reports to Boris first nothing about this enquiry is independent. So once again wrong doing , lies and incompetence win and Boris will escape justice yet again . Absolutely disgraceful. 

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Protecting profits: The UK government’s interference in the Newcastle-Saudi takeover shows their lack of care for human rights

Above - Lee Smith/Action Images/Reuters – Saudi Arabia playing Costa Rica in a friendly at St. James’ Park.

October 7th 2021, a day in which most football fans in England should have been happy to see arrive – the day Newcastle United, a club mistreated by previous owner Mike Ashley was sold.

It was a day for many that they felt they finally had their club back.

However, for certain fans, October 7th represented the day they never felt further away from the club they supported. 

The new owners, the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) arrived, and for many, it was hard to distinguish between them and Saudi Arabia as a state – a country where homosexuality is criminalised, and women are severely suppressed. 

Here was an ownership group, led by new Chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan, who believed that certain members of their fans were criminals for the simple offence of being their own person, having their own sexuality.  

Many wondered how this possible, how could a state like Saudi Arabia be able to purchase a club like Newcastle, given what they represent? Haven’t the UK government been setting up an independent regulator since 2019 to assess football owners? 

The truth is yes, the UK government has been setting up an independent regulator – a process which is still ongoing as of 2023. However, this time, the government were willing to ignore that because they needed this deal to go through. They needed the PIF to purchase Newcastle Utd. 

Despite what Saudi Arabian takeover represented, the blatant disregard for LGBTQ+ groups, the suppression of women’s rights and so on, the UK government were the driving force behind this deal going through. 

UK-Saudi relations at stake in regard to takeover

During the takeover talks, it became more and more apparent how important the deal for the PIF to take control of the Northeast club was to UK-Saudi relations – a relationship which had become more important to the UK government during its rebuilding of the country’s economy following the impact of ‘Brexit’ as well as the Covid-19 pandemic. 

In leaked emails from The Athletic, a script from the UK’s Deputy Ambassador to Saudi Arabia read: 

“It’s not for HMG (Her Majesty’s Government) to intervene in buying/selling football clubs. But HMG is not neutral about UK’s relationship with Saudi Arabia. It is a crucial and valuable relationship with an important partner, regionally and globally. The purchase of Newcastle United by KSA’s (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) sovereign wealth fund would be a valuable boost to the relationship and signal of intent for further Saudi investment in the north east (the region of England where Newcastle is).”

The UK is Saudi Arabia’s closest European ally, with the Kingdom likewise being the UK’s primary trading partner for the Middle East. The relationship between the two encapsulates the likes of arms deals as well as joint ventures, of which there are over 200 worth a combined $17.5 billion. 

One such arms deal, entitled Al-Yamamah, includes the delivery of 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day to the UK, largely in return for various aircraft and missiles to be used by the Royal Saudi Airforce. The CEO of the main contractor for the deal involving crude oil believed in 2005 that his company had made £43 billion in twenty years and predicted another £40 billion more could potentially be earned.

Above - Pool / Pool / Getty Images – Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on a visit to Saudi Arabia with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman roughly six months after the PIF takeover of Newcastle Utd.

It makes sense, therefore that the UK government would want to protect its interests in its relationship with Saudi Arabia given their value to the economy at a time of turmoil, however, by letting the PIF take control at Newcastle Utd, it represented them ignoring the obvious problems that the Kingdom has with human rights. 

The deal, before it was completed, drew the ire of various charities and human rights groups, with the CEO of Amnesty UK – a group aimed at protecting people when truth, justice and freedom is denied – Sacha Deshmukh believing the deal represented “a clear attempt by the Saudi authorities to sportswash their appalling human rights record with the glamour of top-flight football”.

In Saudi Arabia, homosexuality is illegal and punishable by death, life imprisonment and there have been some examples of chemical castration. Whilst there are no laws against transgender people, there are instances of people being forced to detransition, with one person who faced this committing suicide. Women’s rights, whilst making marginal improvement over the past couple years, are still neglected by the Saudi state who ranked 127th out of 153 countries in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2022. 

In order to avoid the scrutiny of associating with this oppression, then-prime minister, Boris Johnson addressed parliament stating, “These are commercial matters for the parties concerned. The government was not involved at any point in the takeover talks on the sale of Newcastle United.” 

However, this statement was revealed to be false in the aforementioned emails leaked by The Athletic, indicating that they were letting the profit received as part of this deal which, helped maintain and develop relations between the two nations cloud their vision, resulting in them disregarding the struggle of minority groups in their fight for equality. 

If the emails weren’t enough, Johnson visited Saudi Arabia in March 2022, as pictured above, little over six months after the Newcastle Utd takeover to discuss oil sales to the UK. The UK were trying to find alternatives to gas supplies from Russia in the aftermath of the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, turning to Saudi Arabia as a result. This is in line with research compiled by the Policy Institute for the Oxford Research Group which indicates that the UK has little leverage in its dealings with the Kingdom, in contrast, Saudi Arabia has greater influence over the UK. This once again emphasises why the government were so keen for the takeover to go through – they need Saudi Arabia.  

As part of the discussions, they also spoke about Saudi Vision 2030 – the Gulf state’s plan to diversify its economy away from oil and gas reserves to a more mixed make up of industries. A big part of this is the takeover of the Tyneside club, seen as a stepping stone in establishing Saudi Arabia on the sporting stage ahead of its highly probable hosting of the 2034 FIFA World Cup. This event is perceived by many as the epitome of its Saudi Vision 2030 strategy – welcoming the world to its lands to present its tournament and its achievements. How welcome some people will be is yet to be seen though… 

A betrayal of communities and of human rights

October 2021 also included another landmark event in terms of LGBTQ+ groups in the context of football, however, this one was entirely positive.

Australian footballer, Josh Cavallo came out as gay, in doing so becoming the only top-flight male footballer to publicly identify as gay. 

The announcement was meant with widespread love and praise about his bravery, with other professionals, clubs and governing bodies sending their support to the Adelaide Utd player. 

One interesting message in particular, came from the official X (then Twitter) account of Newcastle Utd:

The club stated, ‘Football is for everyone.’ and that ‘Newcastle United is right with you, Josh.’  

These sentiments appeared to be very contradictory of the beliefs of the regime who took charge at St. James’ Park just twenty days prior. The scenes outside Newcastle’s home ground the evening the takeover was completed were one of jubilation, however, they were also one of blatant ignorance. Here was a group of fans celebrating the arrival of new owners whose main funding came from a nation which suppresses women and executes LGBTQ+ people. Some went even as far as to dress up in traditional Saudi dress – representing and embracing the very image of what some deem to be a scourge of their community. 

Above - GETTY IMAGES – Newcastle Utd fans celebrating the takeover of the club by the PIF, with one fan wearing a thawb – the traditional dress for men in Saudi Arabia.

It makes you question then, why would the owners then allow for a post by one of their social media accounts, embracing a culture that stands against them. 

How welcome these LGBTQ+ fans as well as women would be welcome at St. James’ Park was up in the air at the time and in the years that have followed it has still proved to be contentious. 

In September 2023, Newcastle Utd announced that the Saudi Arabian National Team would play two friendlies at St. James’ Park against Costa Rica and South Korea – a move which represented the club pulling back the curtain on their Saudi Arabian investment, not shying away from their involvement with the club. 

The question then had to be asked about how inclusive these friendlies would be. Would women or gay people be allowed to go along and voice their support for the “Green falcons”? The country that oppressed them was now in front of them and there was nothing they could do about it. 

They could follow the advice of the British government and Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly ahead of the Qatar World Cup in 2022 and respect the laws of the country and refrain from demonstrating their sexuality. 

From leaked emails, it has been made clear that James Cleverly supports Saudi Arabian involvement in Newcastle Utd, as his Private Secretary is on the record making note that, “The minister stressed that when he can, he publicly makes the case for our relationship with Saudi Arabia, as he recognises the value of our partnership.” 

That position is symbolic of the UK Conservative government’s attitude towards LGBTQ+ communities. This was continued as part of the Newcastle Utd takeover – the government ignored their plight in place of profit from their relationship with Saudi Arabia, so much so they applied pressure on the Premier League to push the deal through.

When, therefore, the Premier League helped to launch the Rainbow Laces campaign alongside the EFL and Premiership Rugby in November 2021, it put them in an awkward position. 

The month before, the Premier League approved the PIF takeover, having received "legally binding assurances" that Saudi Arabia would not control the club – a fact which is hard to disguise. Now however, they were happy to promote LGBTQ+ inclusivity as part of Rainbow Laces using the tagline 'Lace Up and Speak Up', despite having installed owners funded by a repressive nation at one of its twenty clubs. In fact, this was the second instance of state ownership in the Premier League following Manchester City’s takeover in 2008 by a UAE led company – yet another country which criminalises homosexuality. 

Murderers funding football clubs 

By allowing the Public Investment Fund to take control of Newcastle Utd, the British government and the Premier League are letting their main backer, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, effectively take control and have Newcastle Utd as his asset, despite the fact that in the eyes of the United Nations, he is heavily implicated and responsible for the planning of the murder of journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. 

Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi Arabian journalist and outspoken critic of Mohammed bin Salman and his regime. On October 2nd, 2018, he walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey where he was then murdered by agents acting on orders from the Crown Prince. For two weeks following the murder, the Gulf state denied any knowledge of Khashoggi’s death, however, they then proceeded to change their story repeatedly, without any exact details.

Above - AFP – Murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi (left) and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right). 

The act was widely condemned globally, however, some countries such as the UK did not implement sanctions on the Crown Prince himself, rather, 18 people believed to be associated with the killing. Other nations went further than this, seeing through the lies of Mohammed bin Salman, the likes of Denmark and Germany cancelled their arms deals with Saudi Arabia. 

It should therefore, come as little surprise that the UK government, albeit now under different leadership in the form of Boris Johnson in place of Theresa May, allowed the same man they let walk away from Khashoggi’s murder unpunished to own one of the most established football clubs in England. The reasoning for this is likely to be the government’s fear of upsetting bin Salman and him then pulling the trigger on any deals the UK may hold with Saudi Arabia, deals which as previously discussed, hold great value to the UK. 

In doing this, as well as failing to condemn bin Salman, the government let Saudi Arabia and the PIF become glorified in the eyes of Newcastle Utd supporters, supporters who deemed their arrival to be the moment their club was saved. The reality is that most of them did not know who they were getting into bed with because there had never been a widespread condemnation of his actions. 

As pictured previously above, Newcastle Utd fans were jubilant at the completion of the takeover: taking to the streets; parading round St. James’ Park; even dressing up in traditional Saudi robes. It does make you wonder whether they would have been quite so jubilant had they known the full truth about Jamal Khashoggi, what they were endorsing by dressing like his killers. 

Scottish National Party MP, Jon Nicolson – a member of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the department who oversee sport in the UK as well as freedom of the press – the very issue Khashoggi was murdered over, stated, "I'm trying to imagine what it must be like to be Jamal Khashoggi's widow, when her husband has been chopped up and murdered.... and she sees numpties dancing around in cod-Arabic dresses outside Newcastle United. That must be heart-rending.”

He also challenged the boss of the Premier League, Richard Masters directly over this issue as is shown in this video: https://youtu.be/y11a2fYjlpQ?si=BQXqAkt5bJSXwuMk

The murder of Khashoggi is another addition to the ever-increasing list of human rights abuses by Saudi Arabia, however, it is seemingly a list the British government are willing to look past if it means they can, in some way, profit from encouraging Saudi business to take place on their shores.

Inclusivity is an afterthought when Saudi money is on the table

Everything discussed in this article thus far, exemplifies the UK government’s greed and selfishness in context of who their priorities lie with. As the elected party, they should be looking to work for all their people across the nation, however, it is increasingly apparent that those priorities become compromised at the sight of profit, and in this instance, Saudi Arabian money. 

The takeover of Newcastle Utd displays in full, how far this government are willing to go to maintain their relationship with the Kingdom and with Mohammed bin Salman. They are willing to overlook the numerous times LGBTQ+ people have been punished in Saudi Arabia, even going as far to say that gay, bisexual and trans people should act differently because they are dealing with a state that doesn’t approve of them. They are also facilitating Saudi sportswashing, allowing fans of Newcastle to praise the organisation who saved them, whilst enabling its primary backer to get away with murder. 

Members of the LGBTQ+ community, women and critics of the Saudi Arabia have been betrayed by the UK government as a direct result of their millions and the Newcastle takeover puts this front and centre.

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James Anderson

This Biography is about one of the best Professional Cricketer of the world James Anderson including his Height, weight,Age & Other Detail… Express info Real Name James Michael Anderson Nickname Jimmy, The Burnley Express, The King of Swing, The Burnley Lara Daisy Profession English Cricketer (Bowler) Age (as in 2023) 40 Years old Physical Stats & More Info Height in centimeters- 188 cm in meters- 1.88 m in Feet Inches- 6’2” Weight in Kilograms- 76 kg in Pounds- 168 lbs Body Measurements - Chest: 42 Inches - Waist: 32 Inches - Biceps: 14 Inches Eye Colour Hazel Green Hair Colour Black (Dyed Brown) Cricket of James Anderson International Debut Test- 22 May 2003 vs Zimbabwe in London ODI- 15 December 2002 vs Australia in Melbourne T20- 9 January 2007 vs Australia in Sydney Coach/Mentor Mike Watkinson Jersey Number #9 (England, Lancashire CCC) Domestic/State Teams Auckland, Lancashire Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium Batting Style Left-hand bat Nature on field Aggressive Likes to play against Australia Records/Achievements (main ones) • Jimmy Anderson became the first English player to take 400 wickets, surpassing the 383 wicket mark held by Ian Botham. • At the age of 20 years 288 days, Anderson became the youngest Lancashire cricketer to take a hat-trick. • With 21 Test and 2 ODI five-wicket hauls, Anderson is currently the 6th highest Test wicket-taker of all time. Personal Life of James Anderson Date of Birth 30 July 1982 Birth Place Burnley, Lancashire, England Zodiac sign/Sun sign Leo Nationality English Hometown Burnley, Lancashire, England School St Mary's, Burnley, Lancashire St Theodore's RC High School, Burnley, Lancashire College Not Known Educational Qualifications Not Known Family Father- Michael Anderson Mother- Catherine Anderson Brother- N/A Sister- N/A Religion Christianity Hobbies Playing Golf & Tennis, Fashion Designing Controversies • Many a time, James Anderson has indulged in on ground Sledging activities with various players like Mitchell Johnson, Virat Kohli, George Bailey, etc. • At the 2013 edition of Ashes, James Anderson along with Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad made headlines for allegedly urinating on the Oval pitch following their 3-0 victory celebration on the ground. Favourite Things of James Anderson Favourite Football Club Arsenal Favourite Rock Band Guns N' Roses Favourite Tennis Player Boris Becker Favourite Golfer Rory Mcllory Favourite Holiday Destinations Maldives, Tahiti Favorite Songs Sweet Child of Mine by Guns and Roses, Royal Blood, Alt-J Girls, Family & More of James Anderson Marital Status Married Affairs/Girlfriends Daniella Lloyd Wife Daniella Lloyd (Former Model) Children Daughter- Lola Rose (Born January 2009), Ruby Luxe (Born December 2010)Son- N/A  This Biography Written By  www.welidot.com Read the full article