Saturday 17 November 2018

Brexiters' cricketing idols

Mrs May has iterated her admiration for Geoffrey Boycott, that obdurate, unclubbable and self-centred batsman. For all his faults, Boycott did at least respect umpires' decisions.

The five cabinet members who clearly believe that the EU's rule book does not apply to Britain may be looking to other cricketers, like WG Grace who declared "They came to see me bat not you bowl", putting the bails back on his stumps after being bowled first ball; or Viv Richards who bullied an umpire into changing a decision.


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