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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/nov/19/there-are-no-unemployed-in-uk-says-philip-hammond-tv-gaffe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Now if Diane Abbott had said that...

That'd be the person who's currently enjoying the highest-profile role of his career. Surely it's precisely the fact that Rapp does feel secure enough in his career now that's allowing him to feel able to talk about it. Anyway, this was what we had to say about it at the time.

Turd language more like.

Cheers m'dear.

Is it Brazzaville?

Every parent should have a favourite.

Will Ferrell is confident, anyway. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41973340

I reckon he imagines he's following the Trump playbook. Just say what comes into your head, with the maximum confidence, and act like reality and consequences don't matter to you. It worked for Trump, bigly, so it'll really work for a clever chap like him.

Fucking Germans, coming over here staying over there with their basic logic and scrutiny.

A hypocritical Tory, surely not? As for leavers needing to be fooled into believing there's progress, they seem happy enough with how things are going so far: At least the one piece of very tangible evidence - more expensive food shopping - seems to be starting to hit home. Good on them for being determined not to talk Britain down though.

Maybe he was going for "Wolverine" but his handwriting's really bad.

West Ürümqi has a certain ring to it.

Apparently yes, though I understand they occasionally lose to regional powerhouses like Vanuatu and New Caledonia. One could probably equate them to Darlington in this scenario.

I knew Iraq hadn't been playing at home but I hadn't realised a lot of their "home" games were in Iran. Fair to say times change, I reckon

We couldn't (Iran/Saudi are same confederation). Replace Saudi with Panama and that's still pretty dross though.

Aye, same. I'll go for Apathy, England, Disinterest and Panama.

If they'd just stop waving their willies for a moment, it'll all be fine.

Right then, I know we've got the thread about the dodgy bids for 2018 and 2022 already, but I suppose the 2018 event should have its own one really. Let's start with the pots for the draw (which takes place on 1 December). Pot 1 Russia Germany Brazil Portugal Argentina Belgium Poland France Pot 2 Spain Peru Switzerland England Colombia Mexico Uruguay Croatia Pot 3 Denmark Iceland Costa Rica Sweden Tunisia Egypt Senegal Iran Pot 4 Serbia Nigeria Australia Japan Morocco Panama South Korea Saudi Arabia There'll be the usual shenanigans to ensure that (to quote Wikipedia) "As with previous editions, no group may have more than one team from any continental confederation with the exception of UEFA, which may have no more than two in a group." With that in mind, who do you fancy for Gareth's Brave Boys?

For all it's not why the Polski Sklep-haters voted out, I suppose it's reassuring that there might still be some taxpayers left in the country once all this is done.

I doubt he'd dispute that, to be honest.

Mate of mine got himself in the Daily Mail. Glad they spotted what "appeared to be" a wedding dress. It was a very subtle outfit.

But who was your equivalent of supersub James Troisi?

Chow down on the flaky pastry of our lord.