Recent content by The perfect fumble

I've seen this argument rolled out before. When both the left and right think you're wrong it confirms only one thing, your political opinion, nothing more. You might believe something so gobsmakingly bat shit crazy neither left or right advocate it, their rejection would not make you right...

This nailed it rather well...

Yeah, maybe Pep can ask Ryan Reynolds to bring Julia Roberts.

You''re right, he has no gravitas, he isn't even a convincing front man. Scudamore, for all his faults and he had many, wasn't a fool, straight off the bat when you heard him speak you knew he was a master of his brief. Within seconds of Masters opening his mouth, you know you're listening to a...

Which can only be good news for us.

The Gulf States generate enormous amounts of wealth from petrochemicals, but it's a finite resource, so in tandem to spending some of that fabulous wealth on themselves, they invest a sizeable chunk of it for the day the oil runs out, or the world no longer needs it, and as they're investing for...

MPs order Premier League chief to explain delay over EFL cash deal Select committee will ask Richard Masters about lack of progress in concluding settlement on extra £915m over six years to be paid to 72 Football League clubs Masters, the Premier League chief executive, will be summoned to...

You'll have had your tea.

You need to sit down in a darkened room with a bottle of whisky.

I've been to the UAE many times. I don't want to insult your intelligence, but without oil the UAE would be a a few thousand bedouins and a whole lot of sand and flies.

Google is your friend... The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the fourth largest economy in the Middle East (after Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel), with gross domestic product (GDP) reaching US$498 billion (1.83 trillion dirhams) in 2023 . The UAE economy relies heavily on income from oil and...

Always worth a watch....

Martin Samuel in the Times....

This is the man who defended Boris Johnson over Partygate. It didn't end well.