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Does the Government care about it citizens??

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British prime minister Boris Johnson has urged “everyone to find closure and to let the healing begin” after his Conservative Party secured an 80-seat majority in Thursday’s general election.

The final seat to be confirmed was St Ives bringing the total to 365 seats for the Conservatives as voters backed his promise to “get Brexit done”.

Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, Mr Johnson said he had an “overwhelming mandate” to take the UK out of the EU by the end of January. However, he told Remain voters he wanted them to know a “One Nation” Conservative government would “never ignore” the “positive feelings of warmth and sympathy towards the other nations of Europe”.

He added that “the overwhelming priority of the British people is that we should focus, above all, on the NHS”.

Read Fintan O’Toole’s column on Johnson’s victory

Labour suffered catastrophic losses in the electionwith the party winning 203 seats, a loss of 59 seats. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn announced he would stand down before the next election.

Northern Ireland has returned more nationalists than unionists for the first time after Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) deputy leader Nigel Dodds lost his seat to Sinn Féin’s John Finucane.

The DUP won eight seats, but Sinn Féin won seven and the SDLP won two, with the Alliance winning a seat in North Down. The DUP lost two seats and its crucial influencing role supporting the Tory government.

The final seat of the 18 to declare was Fermanagh/South Tyrone where Sinn Féin’s Michelle Gildernew held the seat by 57 votes from Ulster Unionist Tom Elliott.

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson lost her seat in East Dumbartonshire, and her party has won 11 seats, just one more than in 2017.

Ms Swinson was the most high-profile casualty of the night and Sir Ed Davey and president Baroness Sal Brinton were appointed as joint leaders ahead of a leadership election next year.


Apart from the Conservatives, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were the other clear winners, with 48 seats and a large majority in Scotland.

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Awards season is always the most fun time of the year. It creates an unhealthy debate, statistics fly around, opinions are like arseholes and of course, those who wield the most power, i.e. the voters, always misuse their power and vote for the wrong person . . . always. I’m looking at you Sri Lanka, who voted for Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander Arnold as the obvious Ballon d’Or winner.

But with the ever-growing interest in the women’s game, now the 50 journalists who vote for the women’s game are under similar scrutiny to the men’s winners. The rules are quite simple: you vote based on individual and collective performances, player’s class (skill and fair play) and perhaps the vaguest element, a player’s career. Let you interpret what any of those mean.

So, the women’s vote was simple. We all knew there was a few nailed-on winners. Vivienne Miedema thrilled Arsenal and WSL fans alike. Sam Kerr brought Aussie coolness in front of goal (and backflips), Julie Ertz brought tenacity and technical ability in midfield and Cristiane Endler dragged Chile into the World Cup, one save at a time. Honourable mention goes to NC Courage midfield stalworth Denise O’ Sullivan . . . who knew Cork produces great midfielders?

The obvious, but also not perfect winner, in the end, was Megan Rapinoe. Megan Rapinoe was the obvious winner due to the headlines she created off the pitch. And yes, while she epitomised fair play in terms of demanding equality, her on-the-pitch skills were, meh, at best.

Discredit

But that’s not to discredit Rapinoe. Who didn’t love her ability to draw ire from middle-aged men across the world, the white boys on Twitter who like having that power over women which automatically allows them to put women down? Who didn’t love the way Megan Rapinoe tackled Donald Trump and the US Soccer Federation? And who didn’t love the way Megan Rapinoe used her platform to ensure female athletes’ struggles were heard?


Megan Rapinoe doesn’t mind taking the flack, she doesn’t mind being the poster girl for equality, and she certainly doesn’t mind using her voice. But, Megan Rapinoe is not just aware of her limitations, she ensures those who are better equipped than her in certain aspects get their attention.

Watch how she praises Christen Press for her role in the USA’s lawsuit against US Soccer, watch how she’ll embrace younger players and bring them on in their skills. While off the pitch she is a perfect role model and a nailed on winner, on the pitch, she’s not even the USA’s best player. In truth, she should struggle to get on the starting 11.

And therein lies a problem that isn’t Rapinoe’s fault. As the women’s game struggles to catch up in terms of access to games, it is only those who either have a profile or perform well at a major tournament who are selected for major awards. It is virtually impossible for a fan to access games every weekend, let alone a journalist who probably has 50 other things to do or report on.

As the very best in the women’s games are increasingly overlooked, maybe the next steps for the women’s game should be to open access to games. The Uefa Women’s Champions League is impossible to find, let alone stream. Many leagues, such as the Frauen Bundesliga, the WSL, La Liga Imperdola are reliant on club websites or the increasingly bad local television to stream the games.

Performance rankings

As well as that, getting results and match performance rankings or any form of analysis is tricky too. The few journalists that do cover games are limited in space due to the volume of sport, and some journalists are literally fans with badges in some cases.