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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lucy Mangan

Digested week: Sunak’s Lionesses mistweet mocks ‘man of the people’ ploy

A crowd of predominantly women raise their arms and open their mouths while looking up at a TV screen
The original 1972 Lionesses team react at a missed goal opportunity as they watch a live broadcast of the Women's World Cup final at Wembley in London. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty

Monday

The anticipation! The exhilaration and exhortation! And ultimately, alas, the devastation. England lost 1-0 to Spain in the Women’s World Cup, dashing hopes they could match the 1966 men’s team and restore some sporting glory to our increasingly decrepit little isle, but it was not to be, this time.

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