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One of the great things about finance is that it may result in you having to pay tax.
And this was a constant grumble in Anglo-Saxon England,
which was the most heavily taxed country in the whole of Christendom.
And just when the Anglo-Saxons thought it couldn't get any worse, they got conquered by King Canute.
100%.
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So that was a song originally entitled "The Defence of Fort McHenry." And it was written by a guy called
Francis Scott Key in September 1814. And it is probably better known as the "Star Spangled Banner."
And Dominic, what better way to kick off our series marking the 2026 football,
or if you're in America, soccer World Cup held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada,
which starts this Thursday, and it will be ending in just over a month in New York?
So Dominic, what we've done with this series: we have picked six competing nations in this World Cup, haven't we,