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Frances Kay's avatar

Another wonderful piece, Laura. How cheering to see Trump is, as ever, completely 'at sea' [as he might say himself] in the Strait of Hormuz - and why hasn't he renamed it the Trump Strait of America? Who says the World Cup can't be won by peacefully bombing any countries who are taking part in this international jamboree? And what a masterstroke to send any players - or referees - with brown skins straight back where they belong!

Anthony Brooks-Sands's avatar

Hahaha ……..Well said …..👏

Greetings from Hamburg

your Anthony

P S. I have lived abroad for many years now, but I simply cannot stand that sorry POS for a human being, Starmer ……..🤷‍♂️

Baz's avatar

BIGLY-EST WORLD CUP EVER!!

Abhishek Singh Chauhan's avatar

The president of disgust turns the nation sour. Every word drips with spite, every act stains the office he occupies. He feeds chaos, dodges truth, and thrives on division. Leadership rots into spectacle, and the country is left carrying the weight of a man unworthy of the power he wields.

Stephen Reid's avatar

Brilliant. As usual.

Ronelle's avatar

We missed you ❤️

Ivar Ruslan's avatar

Ye gods, Laura, where have you been? You were sorely missed!...I always enjoy spewing my coffee all over the keyboard (yet another!-"gee, thanks, babe" lol) first thing in the morning. Yer the best. And of course we well know that if things do simmer down in the IRANIAN Gulf, possibly Israel will stage an attack on the water supply in Flint-to be blamed on Persia, of course-so the probably mythical "nukes" can be used on every girls' school in Iran before they fizzle out on board the space ships the US scares (Americans) people with, being nearly forty years past their expiration point. Gotta spend taxpaying peasants' stolen money somehow (to hike it, steal more, ya know). Killing civilians is what Americans learned from the vaunted Israeli Death Forces, since ground combat runs through way too many diapers and lame-ass casualty figures, such as, "slightly injured' survivors of a *chopper crash*(!!). Good to see ya back! :-)

Martin's avatar

Surely FIFA must, in the interests of equity and justice, rename the World Cup the Trump World Cup and, whatever the sporting shenanigans on the ground, ensure the cup passes alternately between the two Global Colossi of the civilised world - the US and Israel?

Rebel Nun's avatar

The One Global Colossus. Just leave out the “and”.

Martin's avatar

You're right. Israel is THE Global Colossus. US an addendum.

Hilary Minor's avatar

Be careful what you wish for . . . you might just get it!!

Zach's avatar

Love it as always - insightful, spot on and bitterly brilliant!

Feral Finster's avatar

It simply speaks to American power that America can commit crimes and treat the referees and teams from countries the US doesn't like as criminals, and does all of this with total impunity.

Nobody so much as withdraws their team in protest. Contrast to the reaction to anything Russia does.

susan cartwright's avatar

"Israel has hinted that it has more false flags up its sleeve to commemorate that time it blamed Egypt for napalming the USS Liberty. All I’m saying is that if I was aboard a US warship, I’d be feeling very nervous right now."

Yeah, spat out my coffee over this one. So glad to have you back, Laura. The mad, mad, world isn't the same without you.

Tony Erizia's avatar

Great to see uou back and bang on form. We've missed you these last weeks

Adeel Mirza's avatar

The United States of the Devil IsRael has just made a mockery of one of our best sports and now we cannot take any sport seriously. They truly are destroying the world in every way...