It was the middle of the night, at about 1.30am, when Norway lost to England.
Yet thousands of Norwegians went to the Palace in Oslo and celebrated with one final Viking row.
They did not riot. They did not burn cars. They did not smash bus stops or glass windows of shops.
They smiled. The laughed. They saw the positive in their performance. They celebrated their heritage. They were proud of who they have been in the past and who they are today.
Norway might be out of the World Cup 2026 but they are in our hearts.
In the last three weeks, I think we have all fallen a little bit in love with Norwegians.
Madame Celeste Amarilla,
Vous êtes une femme méprisable et indigne de sa fonction.
Vous ne représentez pas le Paraguay, ce pays qui a transpiré la passion et l’honneur tout au long de la compétition. Par votre inconscience et votre racisme décomplexé, le monde entier a déjà oublié le parcours et l’effort historique que vos joueurs ont réalisés durant cette coupe du monde pour laisser place à une dame incompétente donnant la pire image possible de son pays.
Je ne laisserai jamais aux gens comme elle, la liberté de laisser propager leur haine et leur racisme à travers le monde.
This is brilliant from Andrew Neil tearing through the BS on Burnham’s ridiculous “No 10 in the North”:
“He’s gone to Manchester to deliver this speech, to show that London doesn’t dominate everything and that he’s going to spread power around the country. But he’s not going to take questions because he’s got to get back to London, which is the capital and where the power is. It’s all performative nonsense.”
Says it all. Can’t face questions up North because he’s desperate to bolt back down South. The hypocrisy is unreal.
Neil slammed it as purely symbolic, admitted everything will still run through London, and finished by saying Burnham needs to “grow up” because jumping from Manchester mayor to PM is a totally different job.
Burnham ducks questions at every turn. He’s hiding from scrutiny for a reason. I’d love to see him sit down with @afneil, but we all know that will never happen. His premiership would be finished before it even started!
Being Prime Minister is about making the difficult decisions in the national interest.
If we keep acting like it’s a popularity contest, we will keep getting Prime Ministers who know how to get elected, but don’t know how to govern.
Been getting a lot of very positive reaction to my extended interview with @KemiBadenoch - which has now had over 600k views.
Her party may still be very unpopular but Ms Badenoch is getting increasingly popular.
Asha Bhosle has passed away at the age of 92. The legendary singer had been admitted to Breach Candy #Hospital in #Mumbai.
#AshaBhosle’s last rites will be held with full state honours on Monday. The legendary #singer passed away on Sunday, at the age of 92, in Mumbai Hospital.
Huge congratulations to Bodhana Sivanandan on becoming England’s top female chess player at just 11 years old.
We once played each other in the Downing Street garden. Let’s just say her success has not come as a shock!
YouGov / Sky News / Times voting intention
RefUK 23%(nc)
CON 19%(+3)
GRN 19%(-2)
LAB 17%(+1)
LDEM 14%(nc)
Pollster note: The Green party have started to fall back from the publicity boost last week, though still in joint second with the Tories.
I have sifted through numerous reports on this terrible event but have not yet been able to establish culpability. I did find many misleading claims on social media.
You’re a barrister. I’m sure you wouldn’t accuse anyone or state(s) of murder — especially of children and on a mass scale — without convincing evidence. So can you please present it for all of us to see.