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Apart from Chelsea.

That second half was majestic.

West Ham 2-1 up at the break. Hoping for a draw indeed.

Bonus point was important. I'm not massively into rugby but I'm hoping to watch quite a few games.

I think all four English teams will make it out of the group still, but all except Chelsea in second. Good job Liverpool didn't make it again or we would be losing that fourth spot! What's incredible is that all three losing English teams lost in a completely predictable way. City never looked like breaking down Juve once they went behind. United were toothless. Arsenal were just Arsenal.

I too was hoping this was about Diane. Not to say I prefer the Australian Abbott, but it is a shame we won't see him lose the election. This is also an excuse to wheel out my favourite quote about Australian politics: "It's not whether Australian politicians are right or left wing. It is that they are so often so extraordinarily uncouth."

Parties evolved because they're mutually beneficial (in theory) for politicians and voters. If they were abolished they'd be replaced by something else.

Not quite true.

That's 20 minutes longer than Age of Ultron, which sounds like rather a lot.

I can't see Corbyn being leader in 2020. I'd put money on Nandy, Creasy or Jarvis depending on how well things are going.

Burnham's missed his chance now.

I thought Burnham might get Home. That's one of the best decisions Corbyn's made. Most are unwise, bizarre or both.

Benteke's goal was probably better, but Martial's was a journalist's dream. Anyone expecting Benteke to get the attention is living in a fantasy land.

Scotland next year will be a massive test for everyone except for Ruth Davidson, who is presumably quite optimistic.

It'll be interesting to see how Sturgeon plays it.

Apparently Rosie Winterton is staying as Chief Whip. Probably in a very different sort of role.

He'll probably keep virtually everyone from Ed's front bench who are willing to serve, an then give everything else to Diane Abbott.

Oh, if only.

Went for Lineker. Charlton also scored important goals in tournaments, but that Golden Boot sways me.

And there speaks someone who has never had the misfortune of going to a Labour Students conference.

The issue I have with a directly elected Lords is that it would give them a lot of legitimacy to influence and even write policy, which I don't really want from an upper chamber - I want scrutiny, not gridlock.

Well at least Gibraltar won't be the only home nation not to qualify now.

To be honest there might have been a pitch invasion in San Marino the other night. No one would have noticed.

Unlikely as she'd need to be very close after the second round. Enough Burnham supporters are putting Corbyn second above Cooper that he'd still probably win if Burnham came 3rd. Which the Burnham team, perversely, is using as a stick to beat Cooper with.

A randomised Lords would be interesting, although there'd need to be all sorts of provision to make sure that the application/selection isn't skewed towards certain groups. You may as well go the whole hog and do it like jury service (although obviously with a lot more get-out clauses) but you'd still to make sure that members aren't corrupted by the existing political institutions. How about this for an idea for an alternative upper chamber: council leaders. Most of their non-ceremonial local duties can be deferred to other councillors, so why not make sure the upper chamber represents the interests of the whole country by getting every council leader together to scrutinise Commons policy? They're indirectly elected most years through local elections but don't have enough of a direct mandate to demand greater powers. I'd change the electoral system to a mix of AV and STV, with 50% of MPs elected by each. AV for half ensures a local link, STV (maybe at the county level) makes it more proportional. While we're at it, I'd completely overhaul local government and replace it with a two-tier system based around Travel-to-Work Areas (google them, they're great). Yes, it would be heinously expensive but, any new garden cities (which I woudn't do anyway, but I'm disappearing down a planning rabbit hole here) notwithstanding, the boundaries would be relevant for the way that people actually live and work now and wouldn't need to be changed for a very long time.