England beat Ireland 2-0 in a strange football game, it was a win on Irish soil, with a manager who used to play for Ireland and the goals were both scored by former Irish player. I guess stealing Rice makes a change from when the English stole the potatoes.

Grenfell Tower was back in the news as it seems the maintenance, eventual demolition, and memorial will have cost the government £340m - they must have money to burn! (or is that in poor taste?)

France finally got a Prime Minister in the form of Michelle Barnier who was once described as the Joe Biden of french politics, meaning he'd been in politics for decades with plenty of experience and insight. And now his detractors can even join in, describing him like Joe Biden as a pejorative. Presumably he will now be presiding over the Ukraine situation but it reminds me of a quote from Jacques Chirac who said "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure" to which Rush Limbaugh responded "As far as France is concerned, you're right." It's like the old joke about how Paris has all those tree-lined boulevards because the Germans like to march in the shade. But now they're cutting them all down because the Arabs like to march in the sun.

Video footage emerged of Angela Rayer, who was seen in Ibiza at a rave. She currently has the same position as Michael Gove's old job, someone who was also seen in Ibiza under similarly strange circumstances. Although I guess that dancing in a nightclub makes a change from dancing on the graves of pensioners.