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The Prime Minister's Condemnation of Australia's Action on the Field Last Sunday
The MCC has suspended precisely three members for the scenes last Sunday. I don't understand why Uzman Kowaja didn't act more grateful for this lecture in dignity and personal responsibility from a bunch of baying ginhounds whose wives buy their pants. Maybe we should have expected an intervention from Downing Street on this matter, given that Rishi Sunak had already made an appearance on Test Match Special last Saturday. The PM talked with sledgehammer allegory about himself through the prism of cricket. England captain Ben Stokes was praised for taking essentially the same group of players with a different approach to playing and leadership.
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