Recent content by American_Mary

Roi Mage for me, ran well last year on ground that would have been faster than ideal, also ran fairly wide and with no cover for much of the race, had an interrupted preparation last year apparently no such issues this time around, 2lb lower than last year and is ridden by local lad James...

The Conservative brand at the moment is toxic so both Houchen and Turner are trying to distance themselves from central government, both have said ignore Westminster and concentrate on local issues, which is a cowardly and disingenuous tactic given that neither have resigned from the Party who...

The only thing that surprises me about Ben Houchen is that there are still people willing to defend him and praise the 'job' he's doing. Both the Airport and Freeport have haemorrhaged millions of pounds of public money, with little transparency and plenty of deals that stand scrutiny, how can...

As a father I can't begin to imagine the pain and suffering that Esther Ghey is currently experiencing, it would be crass of me or anyone else to suggest that because we share the experience and privilege parenthood that we have any idea the emotions that the loss of a child in such a tragic and...

It's easy to be tone deaf when you live in an echo chamber at the top of an ivory tower, this is a further example of how out of touch Sunak is with the general public and our behavioural norms. The House of Commons needs to look at the baying and braying of its members and adopt more...

Whilst everybody is distracted as this mindless puppet dances to her political demise on a floodlit stage the real focus of attention should be on who is pulling the strings and why ? A splinter group of Johnson supporters who are prepared to sabotage any chances of winning this election with...

A curate's egg of a performance, he did the difficult things well and some of the easy things badly, rode his luck on a couple of occasions but kept a clean sheet. I personally like a keeper to be clean with his handling rather than spectacular with his saves, I think it puts the defence on the...

In three of our last four promotion seasons we have reached the semi final, been runners up and reached the quarter final of the League Cup which would indicate that a good League cup run has a positive rather than negative impact on league position.

I wondered at the time why deaths were recorded as with Covid and not of Covid, I'm now of the opinion that it was a deliberate ploy to stop retrospective prosecutions, it's harder to prove a death was caused by negligence if the certificate shows with instead of of.

In the case of Johnson we knew exactly what type of Prime Minister we were going to get, one incapable of dealing with detail, strategy and analysis, it was clearly in the public domain that he doesn't do that kind of thing, he was elected on the non-specific, notional broad sweep of choose your...

It's the blatant lies that people like Braverman come out with that go unchallenged that concerns me, I am flabbergasted that anybody would take notice of someone with a proven track record of half truths, exaggerations and outright lies. Braverman is pandering to a racist element to deflect...

Work on getting tighter to the opposition in wide areas in our half away from home, we are allowing too much space on our flanks and whether that's crosses into the box or efforts from range we are not getting close enough to the opposition in our half, I know it's a lot to ask given the...

The moment that created the imagine on the Turin Shroud, still totally unexplainable, nothing in history before or since is comparable, I'm not a religious person but the Shroud totally dumbfounds and fascinates me. I've been fortunate enough to have seen the Shroud in person and also have had...

Still all to play for the Championship is a league of twists and turns, last season on December the 16th 2022, Blackburn, Norwich, Watford and Preston were 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, and Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Luton and Coventry were 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th, respectively. Watford and Norwich...

Yet again takes no responsibility for her shortcomings and inability to do her job, she should never have been appointed by Home Secretary by Truss and the fact she was reappointed by Sunak totally undermined any credibility his Premiership might have had. She has used her position to create...