[Watchman]

Chucking champagne over each other is “normal”? Would that be the same as milkshakes

[Yug]

"I can't do that mate. It's against my religion"
Ok mate. We'll find another way we can all celebrate together. After all, we are a team"

Fargle is bright enough to understand about teamwork and inclusiveness. He just chooses to portray it as "YOU can't do that. It's against MY religion "

As may have already been noted. Fargle is a mendacious right-wing shit-stirring cunt.

[Andy McDandy]

"What's one of them doing this side of the rope?", that's his subtext. As far as he's concerned, unless they're serving drinks, non-white people shouldn't be allowed in the clubhouse (and on the team only to play - they can use the service entrance and shower off at home).

[Bones McCoy]

Falange demonstrates his "team player" credentials.

There have certainly been toxic aspects to the Aussie team mateyness:
unpleasant sledging, physical threats off the field and sandpaper.
But it's hard to fault the way they stick together in victory, or when fairly beaten.

Compare with Nigel's happy crew.
A trail of broken discarded former allies: especially those with working class or 'ethnic' credentials.
There's a reason why these arseholes prefer golf to football, cricket or rugby.

Hey, Australia, you might have just won the World Test Championship, but a blazered bore in the bar is here to put you right.

When England won the Cricket World Cup, we had two of them in the team. They stood at the side for a few seconds while the shampoo was being fired out, and then everybody carried on as normal.

It's like Tebbit's test, except worse- Old Norm's problem wasn't with the ones who played their hearts out for England.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I see the Muslim guy who fucked up the Australian champagne celebration is undermining team spirit again today. Currently 102 not out.

[Bones McCoy]

I see the Muslim guy who fucked up the Australian champagne celebration is undermining team spirit again today. Currently 102 not out.

Yeah, he's doing very well.
And the Aussies love him for it.

Farage strangely silent.
But Farage has gone out of his way to avoid ever being "The man in the arena".

Farage is one of those offensive drunks who get's ejecetd during the post-tea session after having a few too many.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I see he ended the day on 126 not out from 279 balls. Proper test cricket.

[Yug]

Proper cricket is ending the day on 7 not out from 279 balls, having run-out at least three of your team mates. That's *proper* test cricket, that is. Just ask Geoffrey Boycott.

[Youngian]

Forget about peer reviewed climatic science, Emma should listen to Nigel and his mate down the pub who does his own research.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

The only answer for Farage, I have become convinced, is to put him out of our misery.

[Youngian]

It isn’t sour grapes to suspect an award for Farage for best TV News Presenter has a Nine Bob note quality about it. An award for best political pundit fronting a chat show might have been deserved.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Proper cricket is ending the day on 7 not out from 279 balls, having run-out at least three of your team mates. That's *proper* test cricket, that is. Just ask Geoffrey Boycott.

Sunil Gavaskar almost achieved that in a one day international.

[Youngian]

I’m going with made it up and is a preamble for an upcoming cryptocurrency infomercial. Maybe the bank are violating the human rights of an innocent man. Take it to Strasbourg, Nige, we’ll have your back for a win.

[Abernathy]

Without a doubt, he's making it up /lying

[Bones McCoy]

I wonder whether somebody's been caught handling laundered money.

What a shame, he usually moves in such honest circles.

[Youngian]

I wonder whether somebody's been caught handling laundered money.

If you’ve yet to establish the reason for the account freeze, you’d expect a person of Farage’s low cunning to have kept his trap shut. I’m sticking with ‘full of shit’ for now.

[safe_timber_man]

How trusting of Andrew to take his word for it

[Youngian]

Neil might be being a bit playful there. The bank in question is Coutts.

[Tubby Isaacs]

On top of the detail, as ever.

[davidjay]

I wonder if, just possibly, this seeming financial persecution might be followed by a well-publicised conversion to the delights of crypto?