Goodness! I must have missed this development. Willo is an old fashioned Tory, who enjoyed the social element of it but was fair and courteous to all, regardless of their politics. Something often lost now. The irony of him doing an exit stage left is that the only people I ever say giving him stick were those who once would've been in broad agreement with him anyway. His approach and politics clearly wasn't quite sexy or indeed insane enough to be 'in with the in crowd' - consequently fewer ties that bind.

That said, I don't think there was ever any actual malice to anything said to him, so it's a shame he took this stuff to heart if indeed he did. Some of it was affectionate if anything. Come back Willo!

Edited by BlueJay (09 Sep 2021 6.26pm)

Just really rude for no announcement of flouncing.
How unbecoming.

And the irony in his departure,.....another Willo Thread It's what he would(n't) have wanted

"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

Oh I see. I must admit, I always found him to be a real gent, and his use of the English language made many of his posts a delight to read. Perhaps his consistent sharing of knowledge or stats led to the 'it's all about Willo' comments but I always thought they were a little tongue in cheek really. It could be that he'll return after time away, but if not I hope he realises that behind the ribbing he was appreciated .

Looks like no cold Turkey for Willo then. Gone from numerous posts a day to nothing. Hope the old boy is OK.

I have a hunch the Mrs has done him in! Willo either criticised her 'coq au vin' just once too often or asked what she thought about the up and coming changes to VAR this season just once to often and that was that she just snapped.
Mrs Willo has probably been popping something very unsavoury, surreptitiously into his pre dinner Martini/Campari & soda for months now that has slowly ended up killing him, nothing traceable though will go down as natural causes!

We have 2 threads looking for someone, so the logical conclusion is...

Willo left the Mrs. and ran off with Marteta!

The perfect couple