There’s nothing wrong with the government appointing people with experience into government, appointment to the Lords is just how we do it in this country.

The Americans do the same thing but without the ridiculous ceremony, nobody elected their Secretary of State (Foreign Secretary equivalent), the last Labour government did it. I hope the next one does well.

The alternative is that you appoint MPs who often don’t have any real clue about the department they’re running, but get departments based on the MP’s status within the party and the level of prestige of the office. You get the rare exception like Ben Wallace at defence, but you’re still limiting yourself to three or four hundred people when you should have the absolute best.

They’re still accountable to the people, if we don’t like what the government’s doing we can get rid of it.

Hell, 15 years ago, a 29 year old player would be called ancient.

Total garbage. 29 year old players have never been considered ancient.

Yeah, you need both. I think a lot of people misunderstand what the pitchside review is for, though.

The point of the image the referee sees on the pitch side monitor is that it’s the VAR’s best attempt to convince him he made a mistake on the initial call. It’s the case for the prosecution, so to speak.

If you want to give him a neutral perspective it will take a lot longer as he reviews from several angles. He’ll still need slow motion so he can see where a player’s foot is, whether he got the ball first, when exactly contact was made etc.

Doesn’t work, you need slow motion and freeze frames to properly assess a lot of these things.