[Youngian]

Sir Les Patterson is trending. So Kate Hoey is a trade envoy to Ghana. Speechless, again.

[RedSparrows]

Government by pun. Beyond banal.

[Watchman]

Well they've got to have passengers for the jollies on de Piffle's royal barge

[Bones McCoy]

Don't know if much has changed, but Beefy and the Ausies didn't enjoy a particularly cordial relationship.
He wasn't one for leaving his competitiveness out on the pitch.

https://wisden.com/stories/features/bot ... f-the-ians

[davidjay]

Future generations will only look on in amazement.

[Abernathy]

On exactly what basis does Truss make her confident assertion that "he'll do a brilliant job" ????

On the contrary, all the available evidence concerning Botham's experience and expertise in advocating on behalf of a country in international trade negotiations (which is to say *bugger all*) suggests that Botham is far more likely to do a shite, half-arsed, barely competent job.

Botham is a brain-dead Brexiting boor, and Truss is, quite frankly, taking the piss. Astonishing.

[RedSparrows]

On exactly what basis does Truss make her confident assertion that "he'll do a brilliant job" ????

On the contrary, all the available evidence concerning Botham's experience and expertise in advocating on behalf of a country in international trade negotiations (which is to say *bugger all*) suggests that Botham is far more likely to do a shite, half-arsed, barely competent job.

Botham is a brain-dead Brexiting boor, and Truss is, quite frankly, taking the piss. Astonishing.

Sums it up nicely.

He'll 'do a brilliant job' because the core of all of this is an unerring ability to believe that we, Britain, are the centre of the universe, and everyone thinks of us as we do. So what we say goes, obvs.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

A role model for the Dunning Kruger generation.

[Andy McDandy]

A few years ago, the Mary Whitehouse Experience (a popular 1990s sketch show, m'lud) made fun of a US Tourist board advert featuring then-president Bush the Elder inviting people to visit America, followed by humorous imaginings of other world leaders such as Saddam Hussein, John Major and Boris Yeltsin doing such adverts.

I can't see Botham - or for that matter Hoey - sitting in complex negotiations. This is all window dressing, someone to lead the delegation, do the adverts begging people to buy British, shake hands and then bugger off to the buffet while the diplomats do the work. Chief sales gimp, just as Johnson was as mayor.

[satnav]

I saw a nice tweet from Ken Clarke earlier where he was asking when Geoff Boycott is going to be made ambassador for women and equalities?

[Youngian]

I can't see Botham - or for that matter Hoey - sitting in complex negotiations. This is all window dressing, someone to lead the delegation, do the adverts begging people to buy British, shake hands and then bugger off to the buffet while the diplomats do the work. Chief sales gimp, just as Johnson was as mayor.

Like UNICEF good will ambassadors. They secured the services of Peter Ustinov, Roger Moore and Angelina Jolie. For Liz Truss it was either Beefy or Jim Davidson. Right Said Fred are in hospital.

[davidjay]

Government by celebrity and soundbite. What a situation we find ourselves in.

[Watchman]

Isn't this a role previously undertaken by one of Brenda's lads? What's he up to nowadays?

[Tubby Isaacs]

[Tubby Isaacs]

Rushanara Ali has a role in relation to Bangladesh. If you need political experience and a proper connection to the country for there, what's different with Australia?

[Tubby Isaacs]

I can probably live without Beefy on the Countryside. Here he is, tackling the big countryside issue. The BBC.

He doesn't like "woke", whatever that is. People who stand up against racism, poverty and homophobia are bad. The real issue is people being "anti-countryside".

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/3 ... ide-agenda

[Youngian]

Rushanara Ali has a role in relation to Bangladesh. If you need political experience and a proper connection to the country for there, what's different with Australia?

That would work if Nick Knowles or Peter Andre was appointed to Botham’s post.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Rushanara Ali has a role in relation to Bangladesh. If you need political experience and a proper connection to the country for there, what's different with Australia?

That would work if Nick Knowles or Peter Andre was appointed to Botham’s post.

If Kipper Leo McKern were still alive, he could do New Zealand.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Matt's a Covid crank, so chief medical officer would be more like it.

[Youngian]

I can probably live without Beefy on the Countryside. Here he is, tackling the big countryside issue. The BBC.

He doesn't like "woke", whatever that is. People who stand up against racism, poverty and homophobia are bad. The real issue is people being "anti-countryside".

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/3 ... ide-agenda

He should go on BBC’s Farming Today, they’re always short of pro Brexit ‘countyside’ experts. How is someone “anti-countryside?”