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There has been great analysis and the usual knockabout stuff that is essential to Calcutta Cup week, but the hot takes in the build-up have bordered on the barmy.

Talk of tacking to the right is "barmy", said one MP.

Opponents include former prime ministers Boris Johnson, who has called the plans "barmy", and Liz Truss, who is expected to warn against "banning things" in the Commons debate.

The judges were accused of being either "biased" or "barmy" in one tabloid.

He said the rules may "sound barmy" but added that the UK must protect the animals "or posterity will not forgive us".