And Zimbabwe, Ukraine, Syria, and Somalia are all the better for embracing the free market?

Have you seen what Erdogan is spouting recently? He makes Putin seem urbane and Western-facing (just).

The key here is too much to drink. I have seen what alcoholism does close up, and it’s very painful. On the other hand, my wife and I combined get through about four bottles of wine a month, which is well below UK health guidelines on alcohol (works out at two glasses a week each).

You’ve posted the exact same wording before in the previous Deadspin article on hooliganism, and it was equally badly-received.

No, but I will do. I could do with some holiday reading.

I think the hooligans should take responsibilities for their actions and not blame alcohol. It’s not as though Kronenbourg is that nice anyway.

I don’t know about modern hooliganism, but a lot of the problems England had in the nineties was from middle-aged men with a job. Hence the beer bellies.

Sky News is owned by News International. What do you expect?

Or Philly fans when they run out of snow.

Generally, smaller cars are more reliable than big ones. The UK version of the above has the Honda Jazz, Chevrolet Kalos, Ford Ka, Citroen C1, Kia Picanto, Toyota Yaris, and Ford Focus in the top 10 (with the Lancer, MX5 and CLC making the the balance). VWs over here weirdly have a reputation for good reliability.

VWs may be offset by their smaller cars like the Polos and Up!.

Staying with mid-engined vans, aren’t the Suzuki Carry/Vauxhall Rascals also mid-engined (and terrible)?

Have we moved into Jim Tomsula’s Life Hacks?

The issue I have with that is that athletes may feel pressured into performing against their health. They may feel that if they don’t turn up, then the sponsorship/place in the world championships/future career may be at jeopardy and they could be replaced by people who are much more willing to sacrifice their health…

Or they could take a stand, protect their players, and keep the team away from Rio.

Regardless of children or not, people change, and your relationship with people will change. You could find that friends meeting new partners, or getting a new job could change the dynamics just as much. I’m 40, and my wife and I probably won’t have kids, but I’m not the same person I was at 20 or 30, and I don’t…

I don’t mind kids, and it’s fine when friends bring them over sometimes. However, there’s a reason my wife and I decided not to have children, and that means we don’t necessarily want to get involved in the lives of friends children too much any more than someone who supports a sport you don’t like thinks they would…

I wouldn’t say that was being parents. The people who blather on about their kids probably blathered on about their car/pet/diet/whatever before they became parents.

Was he a Chindit? I have no end of admiration for what they went through.

My grandfather was called up on his honeymoon for active service. He ended up on Sword Beach on D-Day, and saw heavy fighting round Falaise and Nijmegen. My grandmother did sixteen hour days filing pictures of dead sailors and bomb damage for the Admiralty, and had to sleep every night on an underground train…