It is very good, and should also be added to school curricula.

If we're going to get the jingoism of the monarchy and world wars, we should also get the brutality of empire.

I look forward to Prime Minister Farage ensuring British history is taught accurately.

Highly recommend the series by the way. Even as someone relatively aware of the horrors we got involved with in the name of empire, its very informative and interesting.

Also impressive how @davidolusoga.bsky.social just about keeps his justifiable anger at what he's reporting in check.

We've also declined to go to the last few World Cups (since 1998) on account of... well, us being rubbish.

Well quite...

Point is: if he's identified the problem on countless occasions and still hasn't been able to fix it, perhaps it's time to look for someone who can.

He's definitely had long enough to see the problems - the fact that we haven't progressed is definitely on him. The buck stops there.

The SRU have predicatably screwed the pooch on this one, giving Townsend a long extension this summer and allowing Steve Tandy - who had made our defence decent - to leave for the Wales job.

As ever, quality work from a hopeless institution.

He should have been gone after the last World Cup.

It's not about losing - every team loses - it's the manner of losses.

Steve Clarke is the same - we never seem to learn anything or fix problems, which is entirely the job of the coach.

If he had any decency, he'd resign immediately after the final whistle, regardless of whether we get this over the line or not.

Every. Single. Time.

You have to laugh, because it's so bloody predictable.

This is a ridiculous team.

Shambolic.

Exactly this.

2003!