England’s Euro fate is pre-ordained but I’ll still support them all the way
Myopia makes us want our team’s players in Gareth Southgate’s XI but at least he has picked from far and wideThere was a fascinating long read in the Guardian a month ago entitled “The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?”, in which Oliver Burkeman explored the age-old question about whether any of us have any control over anything we do. We are encouraged to consider a fruit bowl containing an apple and a banana. You feel hungry, you choose the banana. You could have chosen the apple. But you didn’t. Now you are eating a banana. Free will. A decision made. By you and you alone. You have successfully consumed one banana. Related: England’s squad for Euro 2020: Southgate’s...