Go, Biden
JOE Biden’s NATO press conference was meant to show he has the mental capacity to lead the US and, with it, the free world.
Instead, it confirmed the worst fears of those who think age has badly debilitated the 81-year-old President.
With the world more dangerous than it’s been for decades, it’s time to go, Joe[/caption]
Referring to Vice President Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump” was embarrassing.
Saying that he was consulting his Commander-in-Chief on Ukraine when HE is the Commander-in-Chief, was another bad blunder.
But earlier introducing Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin” brought gasps of horror from the audience.
Democrats in the US are understandably in a panic but, equally, Biden is becoming an embarrassment to fellow NATO leaders.
New UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz were all left to field questions about whether Biden is senile, and forced to defend him.
His gaffes were just slip-ups that anyone could make, they said, loyally. But, as they must surely know, it won’t wash.
With the world more dangerous than it’s been for decades, it’s time to go, Joe.
Cheer ’em on
COME on England!
We can only hope that all the late drinking will be to celebrate England as the new champions of Europe, not to drown our sorrows[/caption]
Too many previous men’s football teams have been crushed by the weight of the nation’s expectation and failed to fulfil their potential.
But Gareth Southgate has changed all that. He has added belief to the undoubted talent of his players.
And he’s built up a resilience and camaraderie that allows us to dream tomorrow night might be their moment.
The country will be right behind them — not just the tens of thousands of fans in Germany. Millions back home will be able to enjoy this incredible occasion for longer, as UK bars get the green light to stay open until 1am.
We can only hope that all the late drinking will be to celebrate England as the new champions of Europe, not to drown our sorrows.
With luck, football will be coming home…and we’ll still be in the pub.
Bowled us over
AS our footballers stand on the brink of glory, we say farewell to a cricketer who is already a bona fide sporting legend.
Jimmy Anderson, who ended his remarkable international career with yet another test wicket in yesterday’s victory over the West Indies, is our greatest ever bowler.
He thoroughly deserved the guard of honour he received from teammates who were barely school-age when he first opened the bowling for England in 2003.
A knighthood must surely follow.
