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LET THE 0.2% DECIDE!

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  So imagine if you will (if you can?) you’re a member of the Conservative Party. I would normally include ‘Conservative Party Voters’, but due to the fact that we persist in (not) electing our leaders based on an archaic system from 300 years ago, your opinion won’t be registered. At the moment, whilst we wait for the other two who are quite obviously still powdering their noses in the Ladies! (Tory joke), you will have a choice of five candidates to be your newest party head. Fresh in your memory are the Cameron/May/Johnson/Truss/Sunak years. Cameron fell on his EU sword in 2016. All of 8 whole years ago. That's a lot of party leaders! A Cotswolds Blur. As a party member you will need a ‘Them’ who will unite the party. (This means ‘be more like Reform’). But you need a man or a woman or a person who will fight the opposition. This is Labour. It’s always been either Labour or the Whigs. Under the watchful eye of His Royal Highgrove, you may need another ‘Lord’ or ‘Sir’ or aris...

CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS.

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  Ok. So it's not the UEFA Euros from the EU, nor is it the Copa America from the Hard Rock or Bank of America stadiums. Since the 1968 Dwile Flonking inclusion-bid was dismissed by the IOC, I've personally had a love/hate relationship with the global sporting event that promises us Faster, Higher, Stronger. I openly admit, I'll have half an eye on Team GB and Ireland in the Track & Field. I'll also have a keener eye on Lyles, Richardson, Bekele, Duplantis, Bol, Cheptegei, and Mahuchikh as they overcome their own personal adversities, and strive for that pinnacle gold medal. But will anyone watch the other 31 sporting events? Maybe the hockey to see the Aussie that amputated his own finger to compete? Maybe the South Sudanese Bright Stars in the basketball? I won't watch the cycling (and never will) because of the Ineos involvement. I won't watch the beach volleyball because it's terribly boring! And I'd feel like a hypocrite as I did at FIFA 2018, i...