wilsontown 614 Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 In this week's New Statesman (think you can read 4 articles per month without registering): https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2020/11/peter-wilby-murdoch-calls-time-trump-why-polls-were-wrong-and-wigan-warriors-are Scroll to the end. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ATLANTISMAN 935 Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 Excellent and above all HONEST:) Paul Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wilsontown 614 Posted November 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 21 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said: Excellent and above all HONEST:) Paul Yes, I liked this line: "I love rugby union, but rugby league has a better political history". Not sure about congratulating Wigan, but I'll let it slide. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damien 11,688 Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 Its always good to read articles where the journalist educates its readers about Vichy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonM 2,818 Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 His byline picture must be about 30 years old. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M j M 5,699 Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 He's utterly wrong about the polls though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M j M 5,699 Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) Seriously what a bizarre little thing to stick in the column. A bit too much of an obvious sop to the magazine's owner tbh. Edited November 13, 2020 by M j M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oxford 5,023 Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) He actually wrote I'm a yawn man and none of typed a guffaw, chortle or chuckle. They don't make TGG fans like they used to. When I were a lad they would've laughed like drains at that one. Edited November 13, 2020 by Oxford Quote Link to post Share on other sites
del capo 384 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 22 hours ago, wilsontown said: Yes, I liked this line: "I love rugby union, but rugby league has a better political history". Not sure about congratulating Wigan, but I'll let it slide. Have you forgotten that the owner of The New Statesman has recently acquired 25% + shares in Wigan RFC ? 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rupert Prince 1,549 Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 On 13/11/2020 at 20:22, Damien said: Its always good to read articles where the journalist educates its readers about Vichy. Its true about Vichy of course, but rugby league needs less political history more ... well more of everything else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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