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1966 for starters.

England 1990 is one of the great national footballing myths. We were marginally second best against Belgium (Barnes scored a good goal wrongly disallowed – otherwise I'd have put that more strongly) and were completely outplayed by Cameroon, who just didn't have the street smarts to avoid...

I was torn between their record (won Euro 2012 against my expectations, brilliant defence in qualifying, now with added Costa power) and the recent evidence (Barca decline, Costa untested and possibly unfit). I convinced myself that they were going to surprise everyone and win again, just cos...

The thing that disappointed me from the performance (apart from the defending) was the lack of real chances created in the last half-hour. I found myself longing for a big man in the middle (unusually), not that it would've mattered cos our crossing late on was poor.

Not a grammar guide as such, but Economist style guide is good at identifying common errors and howling clichés.

But is that ISIS army sweeping Iraq full of Sunni Iraqis who'll drop them (a la Sunni Awakening) once they've used them to put the shits up Maliki?

Friend of mine's been working out there a bit of late. A few weeks back she told me opinion was divided between those who thought Maliki was the new Saddam and those who thought Iraq was heading for civil war. Looks like this has now been settled :( Craner, what's wrong with the Iraqi army...

Hven't been to Hastings in 20 years or more and it definitely was horrible back then. Otoh, I know a few people who've moved to nearby St Leonard's and like it, though I can't say if being a good place to live also makes it a good place to visit. But it does seem to have a bit of the same vibe...

Because their immigration policies are aligned with anywhere from half to a quarter of the population and the "Fuck me, we're all just a massive bunch of racists" option isn't a popular one with certain think tanks and social scientists.

Yup. His think-tank British Futures is very consensualist, very feel-your-pain, whether it's people who don't like living next door to immigrants or those who think they should all be sent back... pardon, encouraged to leave.

Would sir care for some hubris?

I read that every time they've had to defend a council seat in a by-election they've lost. Similar story as BNP in that respect – they tended to do better in places where they hadn't done well before.

Agreed. Just repeating what I read on Twitter, can't remember the source. But it was a rundown of the paper's leader recommendations on the day, not balance of coverage or individual columnists.

Mail and Express both said vote Tory or Ukip. I don't understand what you mean but Labour and Tories having an interest in talking up Ukip. The votes Ukip took off them pose a direct threat to their electoral chances (esp Tories) and have helped to underline the Ed's-a-loser narrative so...

I'll kick things off with a couple of things worth reading: first everyone's favourite Channel 4 journalist http://blogs.channel4.com/paul-mason-blog/price-eu-awash-nazis/851 and a rejoinder of sorts from my favourite unrepentant Blairite...

His involvement really is the delicious side dish that makes the whole affair complete, puffed-up self-satisfied Littlejohn wannabe that he is.

I think it was the conflation of a number of things (Stephen Lawrence, Hillsborough, Tomlinson included) providing the cover for May to do what all governments would like to have done before, but didn't have the bottle. Plebgate just made it personal.

I'm going to try to get through this without calling you an arrogant racist prick, hard as that may be. 1/ The major cultural institutions are not the same thing as the people. Perhaps you should write this out 100 times until it sinks in as it seems to be the basis of most of your argument...

There's just no arguing with you, is there? The 'respectable form', i.e. one enjoyed by maybe 2-5% of the population, is the defining European dance. The one enjoyed by the poor, the drunkards etc – i.e. the great mass of people, historically – is swept away simply because it blows a massive...

Dissensus needs a like button at times like this.