William Ham 〓〓

Solicitor specialising in family law. Loves cricket, football, music, food, travel.

[William Ham 〓〓 @willham81]

@talkMacca @balders2 I agree with you 100% - it used to be a brilliant wicket and fair to batting and bowling sides alike (when leaden skies appear they really do make things happen). We had a weeks heatwave and then some average weather yet it’s playing like Jamaica did in 2009 v Eng

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@talkMacca @balders2 It may be rose tinted spectacles on my part but Lord’s misses Mick Hunt as groundsman big time (RIP)

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@PeterR2013 @bbctms I thought that too - eg Flintoff, Butcher, Boycott are all still alive and have captained England. I’m guessing all would have been invited but not all agreed to the photo or could make it there today

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@UTDMael David Beckham played for all 3 clubs (although not in that order)

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@talksports45 Nearly/should have won in 2019 with him as assistant coach

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@vkc1000 It is a publicity shot just before the start of the '05 Ashes. 1st Test at Lord's, the Australian bowlers McGrath, Lee, Gillespie & Kasprowicz recreated the cover of the Beatles album Abbey Road. The road in question is very close to Lord's

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@The_Grumbler Limited over cricket is over saturated in England: the Blast used to be good fun and deserved its place in the calendar. Now it’s basically a 2nd XI tournament with the big guns turning out for the Hundred instead.

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@PictureSporting A Warwickshire legend - the club renamed the entrance to Edgbaston the MJK Gates in tribute to him 🐻 🏏

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@wheylad @g0ldf1nch @si_rubinstein Correct if one adopts Catholic canon law he is still regarded as one even though he was subsequently confirmed into the Church of England

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@GrahamArnott5 @jonsopel Took power when Thatcher resigned and stayed on after the 1992 election rather than coming to power after an election

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@WG_RumblePants There was a Barry Richards one the other day with Viv Richards and I was informed only 1% of cricket fans would know who he was. Seriously?!?!

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@Jason__Brown_ @joerichlaw Yes, there's been zero coverage since validating the claim so I'm minded to agree with you on that!

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@Jason__Brown_ @joerichlaw Agree that there is a lot of sensationalising to this: senior lawyer asked to look at internal party rules to see if the NEC can suspend someone from the party (not necessarily the mayoralty) isn’t the same as the AG formally adjudicating on govt’s behalf

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@doctordjordan @tomhfh They say that the Leader and Deputy Leader must be from the HoC. The Rules then have a descriptive fudge about the Leader as PM appointing ministers but there isn’t on my reading anything in there that says “PM must be an MP” but it’s an ambiguity that will never be tested

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@gary_m_prince @DPJHodges They need around 320 to win any vote in the HoC. Lab have 403 MPs so the whips just need to get to 20 of those MPs on the list to win a vote of NC. Given Lab would prob not return 400+ MPs at a GE held anytime soon I think "principles" might take a backseat if a vote were held

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@piercepenniless @danielneljack @sallonsax I read that as a very strong presumption that it's one and the same person. The drafting is descriptive in that regard as opposed to an express prohibition but debating the point is one of those academic exercises that reinforces how it's just never going to happen!

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@adamboultonTABB No because the Leader must sit in the Commons as per the current Labour Party Rule Book. The PM doesn't legally have to be the Leader of a party (cf Chamberlain and Churchill in 1940) but it would be highly anachronistic and unstable to have two distinct roles

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@tnewtondunn Very unlikely to happen - legally it is possible because the PM doesn't *have* to be the *leader* of a political party nor sit in the HoC (just need to have the confidence of the house). The Labour Party Rule Book requires that the Leader of the party must come from the commons

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@DrRebeccaTidy If it’s fish and chips in Newquay you want, then it’s the Boat House every time for me - their home made tartar sauce is just incredible!

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@philipndpope @willis_macp @NHoultCricket Well remembered - at the time North was a potential thorn in the England side for his batting yet he appears on the Lords honours board for his bowling v Pakistan in an away match played on neutral turf