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And he's not going to just drop such an important topic.

If following 66 you have: Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 USA 1994 France 1998 Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Are we saying the last world cup where homosexuality was against the law was England 1966. I'll get my...

Mexico had the Napoleonic code, so same sex in private wasn't a criminal offense from 1871. May have updated laws over time but not sure it was illegal in 70 or 86.

I'm not sure a world cup has been held in a country where things like homosexuality were explicitly illegal and subject to being a criminal offense, but I could be wrong on that. Sure, it's been held in places with culturally divisive attitudes to race and sexuality, but not as the laws of the land?

I won't disagree with you on that, but this isn't necessarily about lecturing the country, it is about saying an international tournament or event shouldn't be held in a place that discriminates through law against people whether race, sexuality, religion.

The message from our government should be: major sporting events shouldn't be held in places with draconian laws that discriminate. Period. The government should be repeating what you are saying that if you are LGBT don't go - and that is unacceptable to hold a tournament because of that. What...

Odious toad.

I'm not beating anyone with anything. That's just facts.

European countries had gone into lockdown before us and started their furloughs - it was a set of measures we followed. I'm not sure I'd be patting Sunak on the back for that one.

Most of Europe furloughed - Sunak reacted to what others started, it wasn’t a proactive policy. Be grateful to the Europeans that started it straight away.

Really? Even Tory members fancied Truss over him.

I can't work out whether they are knowingly out of touch or wantonly out of touch?

It's a bit like asking who would you rather takes a shit on your pillow.