Surrealing in the Years: An abridged history of the phrase 'monopoly on compassion'

Surrealing in the Years Do not pass go. Do not collect €200. I KNOW IT’S not how we usually do things around here, but just this once, let’s start with a prayer. Thank God England didn’t win that football match. Thank God they’re not going to win the World Cup. Thank God we’re safe for another four years. And sorry, just to be clear, in this prayer, God is 5ft 7in, 39 years old and Argentinian. Saved on the football front, at least. Unfortunately, even when they lose, we still have to hear from their pundit class (and I don’t mean Gary Neville or Micah Richards). In the aftermath of Argentina’s win, one of Margaret Thatcher’s old aides Nile Gardiner called for every Argentinian player playing in England to be stripped of their work visa for celebrating with a banner which read ‘Las Malvina