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Maybe it's time we brought out a Liz Truss lettuce to see which lasts longer, the lettuce, or Infantino as head of FIFA.

What hogwash. All moving things make noise. They may make less noise than one of the more traditional windmills, but they will still make noise.

Nah, it should be Prince William, he does support a football team - checks notes - ah, maybe not William.

I read that it was Bombino himself who referenced Knopfler as one of his influences.

The UK is one of the few countries in the world that has trial by jury. Personally I fail to see how justice can be done using 12 untrained, unqualified, unaccountable, inexperience, conscripts. We need to replace the amateurs with professional juries.

"Andy Burnham’s “pausing” of the Starmer gov's prisoner release scheme ..., are disasters. They indicate a Downing Street that puts populism ahead of policy." Burnham's rushed first 48 hours decisions are attracting more and more scrutiny. It seems Manchesterism isn't the miracle cure after all.

This will probably set off alarms in some government listening station, but recently I came across a North African guitarist called Bombino. He mixes traditional music with a Mark Knopfler guitar playing style. An unexpected find, but it's magic. open.spotify.com/track/7igFRF...

Her TenereBombino · Nomad · Song · 2013open.spotify.com

And some people in the UK think we have a problem with asylum seekers crossing the channel in small boats. Spain has just seen 60,000 unauthorised migrants in just 24 hours. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

About 60,000 migrants arrive in Ceuta in 24 hours, Spanish territory's leader saysThe estimated number of arrivals is more than 70% of the population of the city, which is about 83,600.www.bbc.co.uk

Is sounds like a great idea (though I'd wait until the old dear is actually dead). I've no idea why people think they should be entitled to their parents property, especially if they've not helped them earn it.

A speedy 3 for me. Wordle 1,868 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

CONCACAF said in a statement that it has rejected the proposals after an emergency meeting with its member associations, though it seems to be more nuanced than UEFA's stance. They say they want more time to properly analyse the plans before they can commit to them.

There have been much more expensive "mix-ups". Probably the most expensive so far was the loss of the ~$325m Mars Climate Orbiter. The builder, Locked Martin, used imperial units, NASA used metric. I mean, they're both American, you'd think they could agree. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Cl...

Mars Climate Orbiter - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

A poll on the Irish news site thejournal.ie asked, "Should TDs* be allowed to use AI to write parliamentary questions?" About a quarter of the respondents did NOT SAY NO. WTF! We all hate politicians, but aren't they infinitely better than AI? (*A TD is roughly equivalent to a British MP)

Even more to the point: without European national teams, could FIFA's private investors make any money.

Why? I find it nice to know that even a very large plane can glide and hopefully find a safe place to land, though I do admit that the human failing behind these planes running out of fuel isn't something to dwell on.

What is this Soccer thing that you refer to, and would the world series be like the one in baseball in which only the yanks compete? 😆

Call me cynical, but if FIFA can privatise the World Cup, then UEFA will not be able to stop a European super-league, so it's in UEFA's interest to oppose Infantino's plans.

There are 211 members in FIFA, of which only 55 of them are UEFA, so the rest could yet vote through Infantino's plan, but that said, a World Cup without Europe would be an abject failure.

Such these things have happened for real. A B767 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet while over Canada, and a A330 ran out of fuel while at 39,000 over the Atlantic. Remarkably both aircraft were able to glide to safe(ish) landings. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_G... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Tra...

Air Transat Flight 236 - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

I imagine that will mean more small boats as those from Southern Europe have to flee north.