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5 August 2017

9:00 AM

5 August 2017

9:00 AM

England won the cricket World Cup for the fourth time. Huzzah! England reached the semi-finals of the European football championship. Huzzah again! Or you can, as some have preferred, say well, it’s not really England, is it? It’s England women — and that’s not the same thing at all.

Ten points for observation, eh? I remember when I first noticed.

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