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This is true for many diseases. Each year there are flu variants that are potentially very dangerous.

Very happy to see the legal restrictions lifted - people can now make use of their own judgement and face those consequences. I was worried that leaving the restrictions in place until the Autumn would mean a precautionary principle leaving them over Winter and nothing being lifted until next...

Well, that was beautiful.

We know we can go very wrong against "smaller" teams: just look how we left Euro 2016. I hope - and almost believe now - that the manager is very aware of that kind of complacency and working actively against it. If that's in hand I care a lot less about who is actually in the starting 11 -...

Italy were less defensive than the bad old days - and while I can see how the delaying tactics they used wind people up, they were very effective for the last 15 minutes. They can do "game management" like few other teams can. And they scored two great goals, while Belgium did not approach that...

I saw the police in London stopping people on e-scooters in the cycle lane by the Thames this week, so action is being taken. But of course there are a lot more people than enforcement. Generally I've no problem with them on cycle lanes, but I can see in traffic they can be annoying and very...

Got to say that Italy and Belgium both look miles better than Spain did. Whoever wins this has got to be favourite for the whole tournament.

These days if you want to find things you find offensive it's very easy to find them - you can go on twitter and search for things you won't like. In the old days you'd've had to actually go and look for people to take offence at. It's still a waste of time though. I'm not sure that "people...

Spain just can't score....

That was nice - a little nervous as we looked the less likely team for the first three-quarters of the match - but lovely at the end. So nice to not have more than a one goal lead for the last 8 minutes...

VAR has been so much better in the Euros than it has been in the Premier League. It shows how it can work - and that the very rule-bound slow way we've been implementing it is not the only way it can be done.

I was about to say Spain are on top - but now they've scored too. Don't think they'll lose it now.

I have marmalade nearly every day - medium to thick cut. I sometimes have it on toast half with marmite and half with marmalade.

I think it's slightly in Germany's favour: when was the last time we scored four goals against a team like Portugal? But equally, we've got a chance. We've tended to start games well and usually up our game against the better teams. But I don't feel very confident about it.

I don't like "and what not".

Generally in the 3rd group game England tend to get their act together and go for a win. But usually that's because they have to. This time, another dull draw will get us through (and even losing probably will, providing its not by many goals). Whatever happens, the matches get more interesting...

Yes - FPTP means that successful parties have to be coalitions. As they get larger, those coalitions tend to become more strained and have bouts of in-party fighting. Labour have been doing it for a few years now, while the Conservatives threw out many of their pro-EU MPs before the last...

We do seem to be following the normal tournament plan, just with the matches reversed. Normally we start with an uninspiring draw against mediocre opponents.

There is no problem with being honest - and Kipling, though often a great writer was of his time and of course also very much a friend of Sussex. The point is not whether we mention their views, because we clearly should - but whether we should bin them entirely for having typical views of the...

This gets brought up every few years or so. It's true - really easy to prove, if that's what you are looking for. Her books are also sometimes wonderful things too. I guess it depends how much we want to damn everything someone does for some of the things they do. Sometimes that makes sense -...