Apparently, Condi Rice is taking British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to a football game this weekend. Football was very popular in the UK in the early 90s but faded thanks to the NFL’s disdain for the fans (of which I was one, attending every London Monarchs home game in their first season, along with 50,000 others). I don’t know if Jack Straw, one of my favorite Blairites, knows much about football, but it is in Dr. Rice’s interest to enthrall him in the game, as this is a very real threat indeed:

If the visit is a success, Dr Rice could be invited to Mr Straw’s Blackburn constituency. “Apprently she is a genuine [American] football fan. In return we may inflict on her Blackburn Rovers versus Charlton Athletic,” the aide said.

Swines. That is no way to treat a lady.