British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he expected he might be passed a few notes updating him on the score in the England-Netherlands Euro 2024 soccer match on Wednesday if a meeting of the North Atlantic Council clashes with the semi-final.
Asked on his way to Washington for a NATO summit what advice he would give England manager Gareth Southgate before the match, Starmer told journalists travelling with him: "Win!"
"I understand our phones are all taken off us, when we go into the Council, so I've no doubt we'll be passed lots of notes with really important information about the summit, and one or two of those notes hopefully will be an update on the score," he said.
"I've sent a message to the team. Obviously I wish them well, I want them to win, and let's hope they can do it."
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Quo Primum
Why must we be subjected to these fluff-and-puff "articles" about leftist politicians? Are we dealing with journalists here -- or political operatives?
What if everything about this story were the same, except Starmer was a conservative?
If he were, the media would probably be blasting him for wanting a soccer game update during a NATO summit.
Bad Haircut
Awfully lame, isn't it? Perhaps because leftists are thin-skinned so can't tolerate criticism of their dear leaders.
If Sunak had still been PM, we might have seen something like "Sunak risks millions of Ukraine lives by checking football score," with a photo of the hapless chap being scowled at by hostile journos.
What a difference a week makes.
Jimizo
Let’s look at the UK.
In the UK, the media leans conservative - the Mail, the Express, the Sun, the Times, the Telegraph…
Just the other week, Starmer was attacked by elements of the conservative media for saying he’d try to keep Friday nights free as this is important to him and his Jewish wife.
‘Curry gate’ another febrile nothing burger the conservative media ran with to deflect attention away from Tory shenanigans under lockdown.
Who can forget the Daily Mail’s disgraceful attack on Ed Miliband’s father in the 2015 election? The man who served in WW2 while the Mail was cheering the Nazis.
Oh wait! I missed this one.
More recently, the conservative media were all over Angela Rayner perhaps owing a few thousand quid in tax while being less agitated by mass tax evasion in the millions by leading Tories.
I can go on if you like.
I’d do a little reading on the UK media.
Might help
WoodyLee
Of Course, First Is First.