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Excellent lower order cameo.

Think this will be a handy total to defend, no matter how many more England get now.

I would hope that no one is promoting that police act in a lawless way and goodness knows on occasion you do have to make a situation peaceful quickly, however I think the point is entirely valid that every such situation is treated very seriously, as it is a very short and easy step from justifying excessive force against someone who had it coming, to people who didn't have it coming getting the same and then being dismissed as collateral damage of that thought. And yes, I do question those with power over other people, as once again history shows very clearly what happens when that does not occur. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes, always.

Yes, that appears to be most apparent. Incidentally, I would really recommend the City Watch part of the Discworld series of anyone wants a bigger insight at how difficult it can be to be a police officer in a tricky situation where the bad guy is right there, and you have the Law on one shoulder and the Beast on the other.

Plausibly, plausibly not. It clearly depends on the beholder. I believe that the points made above still stand regardless of this, though.

I've got a sneaking feeling Woakes is going to have fun here, he likes Lords.

On topic, something written about a chief of police by Terry Pratchett: “Every now and again I have to sack a decent copper for police brutality, and I do sack them, you may be sure of that, for doing what the average member of the public might do if they were brave enough and if they had seen the dying child, or the remains of the old woman. They would do it to restore in their mind the balance of terror.”.... “Often the law treats them gently, if it worries about them at all, but a copper, now, he’s a lawman—certainly if he works for me—and that means his job stops at the arrest." Edit: another from the same guy: "It's your job to keep the peace. You make it peaceful as quickly as you can."

This being the important part. Can this be elaborated on a bit?

What commentators on here "would" have done in the situation described above is irrelevant and a red herring, IMO. I don't think that anyone on here is a frontline copper with that kind of associated power and responsibility. Speaking personally, though, I'm glad if the guidelines for this kind of thing are rather strict because history shows very clearly that a boot to the head of someone who "deserves it" from the fuzz leads in very short order to a boot to the head of someone who really doesn't "deserve it".

Fantastic from Bumrah. Even with the overhead conditions I think 300-320 is a par score on this deck, though.

Makes the ton on the first ball. Form is temporary, class is permanent. Well done Root.

I wonder what the odds are that Mr Zeldin will come up with this kind of reasonable response and consider the case closed, or that those who buy into these ideas will leave it at that? Not when you have the inmates running the asylum, right.

On topic, that a man like this, prepared to even entertain this kindof conspiracist nonsense, heads up the primary US agency for managing the environment is one of the many reasons I have the opinion about them that I do:

The above would be true if it were guaranteed that other solution would work and be beneficial to everyone. I don't think either of those things can be guaranteed. Additionally, the reason above is likely the most charitable reason why such a project would be canned and I'm trying to see a reason why this administration deserves anywhere near that level of trust in the field of science (or in any area of it that doesn't involve killing and or hurting people, anyway). Getting more good news about fusion by the day, it seems. Great to hear, perhaps one day soon we'll get to the end of that long road.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cwyrw66jkkko 2025 is already shaping up to be an extraordinary year for weather records in parts of the UK. Spring 2025 was the UK's warmest and sunniest on record. Hot on its heels, June became the warmest month on record for England. And now, we're already experiencing the third heatwave of the year—and it's not even mid-July. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - the UN body responsible for assessing climate change - it is now "unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land", external . As temperatures continue to rise, the likelihood of extreme weather events, including heatwaves, has increased dramatically. A good primer on current events.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cd0vy9gmdg4o Temperatures are forecast to increase across the UK over the next few days - reaching above the official heatwave threshold in some places for the third time this year. Highs of 34C are likely on Friday and possibly Saturday, with the sweltering temperatures continuing into early next week. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has extended yellow heat health alerts to cover every region in England, which will remain in place until 10:00 BST on 15 July. The warnings mean that health and social care services could be significantly affected by the weather – through increased demand or a rise in deaths. Bit of a trend developing... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gdd6jdm42o As the world races to cut carbon emissions in the fight against climate change, a potentially game-changing milestone may have been reached. China - currently responsible for some 30% of global emissions - saw its emissions decline in the 12 months up to May 2025. Crucially, this would be the first time emissions have fallen even as demand for power across the Chinese economy grew rapidly. Previous drops have only ever taken place during shocks like the Covid pandemic, which slowed the country's economy. Given the outsized role the country - home to more than a billion people - has played in increasing global emissions in recent years, it is a moment to celebrate. But it seems like a reasonably major player is finally at their own peak. I wonder who the do-nothing talking heads in the UK and elsewhere will blame and how they will justify inaction and the consequences that ensue as a result of it now.

If there was ever someone who would sleep OK on 99, it would be Root. I don't think the guy does any kind of batting-related stress.

I don't think any of the wickets that have fallen today have been gimmes - either great bowling, catching, or awful luck (in Ducketts case).

England clearly shifted their strategy to fit conditions here, and it's working spot on so far.

Proper old school attrition right now.

The method doesn't change - you either think the method applies and is held accountable via peer review across all such studies, or none. But I'll leave it at that in this particular thread. Agree that Djokovic may give Sinner a hard time, but can't see him or Fritz upsetting things.

Duckett getting the hard part done then messing up the easy part.

Is he ever? Also, someone wearing an 85+ mph delivery in the pills will never get old