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Next time, David Cameron should pretend to support Bournemouth

Politicians and football — it’s a minefield

2 May 2015

9:00 AM

2 May 2015

9:00 AM

Here’s an election-winning idea for Dave: forget about Aston Villa (or West Ham) and become a full-on Bournemouth fan. They were on the telly the other night, all but sealing promotion to the Premier League, and played a bit like Brazil: fluent high-speed passing, wave after wave of attacks. They play in a very smart red-and-black strip that’s not easily confused with anyone else unless AC Milan come calling.

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Roger Alton is an executive editor at the Times.


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