If you do want to go home, here’s your whip. Don’t fall off. Say to her you wanted it, or there might be ructions.

That is a fact; it cannot be changed — it is written indestructibly on the record of events.

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Lescott gave his finest England performance alongside his former Everton team-mate Phil Jagielka, who also excelled despite playing with a fractured toe, while Parker was given a deserved standing ovation when he was substituted late on.