Is that a fact?

So, how do you explain this?

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has said of the cash that can have been the only attraction of the lowly rated club to him:

"I don’t know where the money comes from and I think that’s the job of the chairman to find out. I’m not interested in that. The important thing is that the money comes."

You’re wrong Sven. You’re very, very wrong. Illicit cash isn’t something you want to stand near. It stinks, and leaves a stain on those who go near it.

Or this?

@Alex

You’re wrong

Tax is the price for living in a democracy

The services are free

And who can possibly forget

I hope we can get out without a real disaster. But it will take people – people like Ed Miliband who has now found his confidence - to stand up to bankers as Miliband stood up to Murdoch – and say “You’re wrong – and we have got the right to say so, and regulate you as a result”.

Or indeed

Except you’re wrong.

PFI data is easy to find.

Bank bail out debts are in the figures – absurdly as the assets aren’t

And pay as you go pensions aren’t liabilities unless you assume the state will fail

Which maybe something you support, but I don’t

Then there's

You’re wrong

Headline rates are lower

Real rates are higher

Tax avoidance and all allowances and reliefs geared to large companies

And the now legendary

@John77

Respectfully you show your lack of knowledge. Cash flow is very definitely a measure of solvency – the ultimate test, as every auditor knows

And I suggest you raed the HoL report today

I think you’ll find they agree with me

I did work with Tim Bush on evidence they found compelling

Respectfully – stop wasting your breath – you’re wrong

And there's more

You’re wrong Mr Glover. The cultural elite aren’t required to join this club. The reality is that the cultural elite can and do think. And when you do both you realise money is not the be all and end all of life, unless you’re in poverty. This makes you left wing.

And more

No longer we’re not a tax haven, now we’re not a secrecy jurisdiction.

The trouble is you’re wrong Geoff.

And more

You ignore the fact that the government does not actually invest these ‘savings.

So you’re wrong

It’s a pay cut

And yet more

So I’m afraid to say you’re wrong Terry. I think you know it.

And, remarkably, twice in one set of comments:

Or to put it another way – absolutely everything you say is not just very obviously wrong – it’s a sign of serious delusions

I admire your conviction

But you’re also wrong

But you’re in what you’d call good company – that of lawyers

In fact, Google lists 157 examples of "You're wrong" on Ritchie's website. Given that he's stated that he will delete any comment aimed at him that comprises of "You're wrong", we can safely say that every one of these originates from him (OK, so there may be some double-counting in there).

There's only one thing we can say in response to all this rhetoric:

Saying ‘you’re wrong’ is not debate. 

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