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It’s a time of uncertainty. The most powerful man in the world is regularly walking to a microphone to bray baffling, world twisting orders like a drunk and ill-tempered town crier minus the olde worlde charm. Nobody seems to know what growth means, despite it being used like a comma in the every speech leaders make; and nobody is really sure if boot-cut is back in or not.
This climate shrouds this match also, with both Ireland and England having much to ponder.