Memories of Super Sunday will remain fresh and inspiring far into the future. Watching the men in blue battle with the men in black at Lords on my iPad, Federer slugging it out with Djokovic on the TV, and Lewis Hamilton racing to his record sixth British Grand Prix on the radio, I could not quite squeeze in the netball.
My enjoyment of the Cricket World Cup was illuminated by a torrent of WhatsApp messages from some well-informed members of the Gosforth Curry Club. These progressed from “Root needs Horse Whipping for that, to “We have blown it followed by “It was never in doubt and Sir Ben Stokes?
But in view of the query about the extra run and whether the batsmen did cross, is it surprising that the result was not challenged? The traditionally well mannered New Zealanders would not even consider doing that – but what if England had been on the end of that result, or some of the other teams? Better just to celebrate what was the greatest cricket match ever.
As for Wimbledon, and Roger Federer losing to Djokovic in the longest final fifth set ever, will he have nightmares at losing two Championship points? He is just too cool for that. Asked for his thoughts about the memorable match he said “I will try to forget.
Roger did not lose to Rafa, but Newcastle did lose its Rafa in typical NUFC fashion. I had already renewed my two season tickets. Do I never learn even after over 50 years? Memories of the 1969 Intercities Fairs Cup victory are getting more than wafer thin, particularly as my PA Alison is still in raptures over her wonderful Liverpool FC and their SIXTH Champions League win!
She was in despair at the suggestion that Steven Gerrard would have the temerity to become manager at St James Park. It was of course a false rumour. Can Steve Bruce become the Fans’ choice – a new Klopp?
The campaign Labour Against Private Schools(Laps) uses the hashtag @AbolishEton. It aims to abolish all private schools and subsume the pupils into the state system. Labour plans a unified national education system like the NHS. It pledges free school meals for all primary schoolchildren (whether they need them or not), paid for by removing VAT exemption on private school fees.
The Independent Schools Council has written to labour councillors for 24 areas which would be hardest hit by private school closures. For example, Camden would need an extra £53m a year to fund the extra pupils from private schools. Oxford Economics reports that this year British taxpayers were saved around £3.5billion because of children attending independent schools.
I may be a proud product of the State system but acknowledge the excellent education available in the private sector, attracting many international pupils. Increasingly bursaries and scholarships are available to give wider accessibility for lower income families. For those who can afford the fees, or strive to do so, our free society should enable them to spend their own money on school fees.
Parents such as Dianne Abbot, Seamus Milne, Emily Thornberry, Shami Chakrabati and many other Labour luminaries clearly agree when it comes to their own children – another case of do as I say and not as I do.
Labour persists in its failure to rid itself of its institutional anti-semitism despite overwhelming evidence. When will they show resolve or even intention to deal with the appalling situation?
Their response to the damning evidence on Panorama of leadership interference in the handling of complaints and the oppression and bullying of Labour employees who were forced to sign gagging orders, was not to apologise. Nor was it to show any credible commitment to deal with the problem.
Instead they threatened to sue the employees, and demanded that the BBC remove the Panorama documentary from iPlayer until it is edited to suit Labour and an apology is issued by the BBC. Clearly the leadership is still in denial. And what hypocrisy from a party which campaigns for all gagging orders to be outlawed?
Space is getting more crowded. The recent 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s moon walk reminds us of the excitement of the achievement, followed by disappointment that manned space exploration came to a halt. Partly this was due to the USA having won the race over the USSR and also the immense cost of the project. Thousands of satellites have been sent into orbit as well as probes to Mars and other planets; a few hundred people have visited the International space station. China and India now have ambitious space plans, China aspiring to set up a moon base and to establish mining on asteroids.
President Trump has announced the aim to get Americans back to the Moon by 2024, as a stepping stone to Mars, and to create a military Space Force. NASA has declared America’s space project was conducted on behalf of all humanity and supports the idea of space being a place beyond national claims, like Antarctica (despite the Stars and Stripes flag having been planted on the Moon staking a claim).
The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 forbids territorial claims in space but few regard it as binding. Russia and China rejected the subsequent Moon Treaty in 1969. A 2015 US Act explicitly supported the idea of space mining.
Intergalactic law seems to be the specialism of the future. Should the first building on the moon be a Lawyers office – The Law Centre of Gravity? Astronomical fees?
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Memories of Super Sunday will remain fresh and inspiring far into the future. Watching the men in blue battle with the men in black at Lords on my iPad, Federer slugging it out with Djokovic on the TV, and Lewis Hamilton racing to his record sixth British Grand Prix on the radio, I could not quite squeeze in the netball.
My enjoyment of the Cricket World Cup was illuminated by a torrent of WhatsApp messages from some well-informed members of the Gosforth Curry Club. These progressed from “Root needs Horse Whipping for that, to “We have blown it followed by “It was never in doubt and Sir Ben Stokes?
But in view of the query about the extra run and whether the batsmen did cross, is it surprising that the result was not challenged? The traditionally well mannered New Zealanders would not even consider doing that – but what if England had been on the end of that result, or some of the other teams? Better just to celebrate what was the greatest cricket match ever.
As for Wimbledon, and Roger Federer losing to Djokovic in the longest final fifth set ever, will he have nightmares at losing two Championship points? He is just too cool for that. Asked for his thoughts about the memorable match he said “I will try to forget.
Roger did not lose to Rafa, but Newcastle did lose its Rafa in typical NUFC fashion. I had already renewed my two season tickets. Do I never learn even after over 50 years? Memories of the 1969 Intercities Fairs Cup victory are getting more than wafer thin, particularly as my PA Alison is still in raptures over her wonderful Liverpool FC and their SIXTH Champions League win!
She was in despair at the suggestion that Steven Gerrard would have the temerity to become manager at St James Park. It was of course a false rumour. Can Steve Bruce become the Fans’ choice – a new Klopp?
The campaign Labour Against Private Schools(Laps) uses the hashtag @AbolishEton. It aims to abolish all private schools and subsume the pupils into the state system. Labour plans a unified national education system like the NHS. It pledges free school meals for all primary schoolchildren (whether they need them or not), paid for by removing VAT exemption on private school fees.
The Independent Schools Council has written to labour councillors for 24 areas which would be hardest hit by private school closures. For example, Camden would need an extra £53m a year to fund the extra pupils from private schools. Oxford Economics reports that this year British taxpayers were saved around £3.5billion because of children attending independent schools.
I may be a proud product of the State system but acknowledge the excellent education available in the private sector, attracting many international pupils. Increasingly bursaries and scholarships are available to give wider accessibility for lower income families. For those who can afford the fees, or strive to do so, our free society should enable them to spend their own money on school fees.
Parents such as Dianne Abbot, Seamus Milne, Emily Thornberry, Shami Chakrabati and many other Labour luminaries clearly agree when it comes to their own children – another case of do as I say and not as I do.
Labour persists in its failure to rid itself of its institutional anti-semitism despite overwhelming evidence. When will they show resolve or even intention to deal with the appalling situation?
Their response to the damning evidence on Panorama of leadership interference in the handling of complaints and the oppression and bullying of Labour employees who were forced to sign gagging orders, was not to apologise. Nor was it to show any credible commitment to deal with the problem.
Instead they threatened to sue the employees, and demanded that the BBC remove the Panorama documentary from iPlayer until it is edited to suit Labour and an apology is issued by the BBC. Clearly the leadership is still in denial. And what hypocrisy from a party which campaigns for all gagging orders to be outlawed?
Space is getting more crowded. The recent 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s moon walk reminds us of the excitement of the achievement, followed by disappointment that manned space exploration came to a halt. Partly this was due to the USA having won the race over the USSR and also the immense cost of the project. Thousands of satellites have been sent into orbit as well as probes to Mars and other planets; a few hundred people have visited the International space station. China and India now have ambitious space plans, China aspiring to set up a moon base and to establish mining on asteroids.
President Trump has announced the aim to get Americans back to the Moon by 2024, as a stepping stone to Mars, and to create a military Space Force. NASA has declared America’s space project was conducted on behalf of all humanity and supports the idea of space being a place beyond national claims, like Antarctica (despite the Stars and Stripes flag having been planted on the Moon staking a claim).
The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 forbids territorial claims in space but few regard it as binding. Russia and China rejected the subsequent Moon Treaty in 1969. A 2015 US Act explicitly supported the idea of space mining.
Intergalactic law seems to be the specialism of the future. Should the first building on the moon be a Lawyers office – The Law Centre of Gravity? Astronomical fees?
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