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...That ambivalence will be reflected on May 1, the tricentenary of the Act of Union, which united the Parliaments of Scotland and England. The anniversary will pass barely marked in either country. And tensions between the two may even increase if Gordon Brown, a Scot, becomes the U.K.'s Prime Minister as expected in June. It will highlight an anomaly that's existed since 1999, when Scotland created its own Parliament to address local issues: Scottish M.P.s still vote on English matters in Westminster, but English M.P.s have no say in Edinburgh. "I'd be upset by that too," says...
...came safer seating and improved facilities that made fans feel more like spectators than animals. And as the game began rebuilding its domestic appeal, a handful of chairmen with a sharper eye for profits made a bold move. For years, the top teams had threatened to split from England's four-tier, 120-year-old Football League, claiming that with a domestic game in the doldrums and top clubs impotent against Continental opposition, they needed a greater say over their own affairs - and the enhanced broadcast revenue they thought they could win. In 1992, England's top clubs walked...
...vision for the club. From the slightly scruffy facilities to the club's balance sheet, this is no Manchester United or Chelsea. For the $142 million the boss of the NFL's Cleveland Browns' paid for Villa in August, Lerner got last season's 16th-best team in England, complete with tumbling revenue and attendance. So while he spies an "untapped market," he means Birmingham, not Beijing. Compared with other Premier League clubs, he tells a handful of reporters in a rare sit-down with the press, "we have a different geography and a different set of expectations...
...granted? Having been born in Zambia, I know. I am disgusted by the fact that your readers can so easily ponder tossing aside the E.U. just because they sit every Saturday morning in their comfortable armchairs and read Time without having to worry about anything. Jack Robert Rose, SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND...
...Really?! No shit! My first love’s name was Nicola! I met her in England, and we had the most amazing kiss in Hyde Park, and just the craziest summer. I wonder what happened...