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Not sure where you've got that idea from...

Spain clearly have more quality but credit to Denmark for holding their shape and sticking to their game plan.

So you acknowledge there were paramedics treating people in the streets for heatstroke, but you flatly refuse to believe that Soggy saw any of them. Gotcha.

I mean, it's really not that hard to believe... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16830967/

Fuck me, are you seriously this dim? The instant a thermometer hits 40 degrees, that is classed as OVER 40 degrees, as in it has gone OVER the 40 degree mark.

I don't know exactly how they managed the ticket sales. A friend of mine at work said she tried to get tickets for the game I went to at Bramall Lane last week but they were sold out. But there were huge blocks of empty seats, one stand completely unused, and a crowd of less than half capacity.

https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-heatwave-met-office-red-warning-extreme-heat-1743621 "There is a 50 per cent chance of temperatures reaching 40C somewhere in the UK, likely along the A1 corridor."

It's forecast to be over 40 in some places though. That really is unprecedented. In southern Europe these temperatures are not unusual, so they have customs (like businesses closing during the hottest part of the day) and infrastructure in place to cope. We don't. The vast majority of UK homes don't have A/C. In hotter European countries the opposite is true.

I was thinking of a minimilk myself

It literally means the same thing FFS.

You obviously have experience of living and working in such temperatures, and therefore you know what precautions to take. That's fine. But why do you assume the warnings are aimed at you? There are of course places in the world where these temperatures are considered normal and nobody needs 'nanny' to tell them what to do. My brother and his family, for instance, live in Bahrain where it regularly gets into the high 40s. Buy they live in an air conditioned apartment and they know damn well not to go and sit outside in the mid afternoon sun. Unfortunately, as such temperatures are so rare in this country, people aren't used to it, so they do need to be educated and informed about the dangers. Because people, in general, can be pretty stupid. There will undoubtedly be loads of young lads in the coming days taking Batman's advice and enjoying the nice weather with a few beers in the park, probably completely oblivious of the risk of severe sunstroke. There will be people stupidly out walking their dogs on hot tarmac that will burn their paws. The list goes on. So you maybe don't need warning because you can rely on your common sense, but not everyone is in the same boat.

Yes, because that is the extent of the 'history' of temperature records. Do you actually understand the meaning of the word?

I mean in the recorded history of temperature records, as in since the mid 19th century. I didn't realise the heat warning system was only introduced last year, admittedly. But the point is you're trying to make out this kind of heatwave is perfectly normal, when it most definitely isn't. Or at least it hasn't been up until now, but is likely to become normal with the changing climate.

Apart from the fact that the Met Office has issued its first ever red warning of extreme heat, and all the indications are that UK records are about to be smashed with some places exceeding 40 degrees for the first time in history... yeah. Just a perfectly normal British summer. Do you ever actually stop and think before you post?

The OG for England's 5th reminded me of the first goal in our 8-0 against Sunderland. A sliced attempted clearance that went the opposite direction from where it was intended and looped over the keeper's head.

First half was a lot closer but NI don't have a professional league so they were never going to be able to match England's intensity for 90 mins. They did well to keep England out for as long as they did. Lovely goal from Russo.

Been coming. Great finish too. And there's another for Beth Mead. Looks like the floodgates might have opened.

NI not the pushover many suspected they would be, so far at least. They are defending valiantly.

Right decision in the end.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/14/steve-bannon-audio-trump-declare-victory Steve Bannon recorded admitting that it was premeditated 'strategy' for Trump to claim victory prematurely, presumably in order to sow the seeds of his 'stop the steal' narrative.

No, but we wouldn't realistically be able to match what Everton can offer him. Even with their FFP worries, they can easily outbid us in that department.

Because humans are hardwired to gorge themselves on high calorie, sugary food. It's an evolutionary instinct hungover from when we used to live as hunter gatherers. If you didn't know where your next meal was gonna come from, you eat as much as you could when it was available. Unfortunately in the modern western world, such foods are too easily available and aggressively marketed through advertising / product placement etc. You can try and educate people, of course, but a large percentage of the population just don't have the ability to rationalise and override their primal instincts.

What if it is actually Martin O'Neill's house he is renting? 🤔

They love to play up on identity politics when it suits them. In a GE campaign, the leaders of both main parties will dress it up as a simple, US presidential style binary choice between me or him/her, as exemplified by David Cameron's infamous "chaos with Ed Miliband" tweet. Then when situations like this arise, they fall back on the old "ah but you weren't technically voting for a PM" argument.