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Time-wasters? We need a timekeeper…

IMAGINE going to the cinema to watch the 65th instalment of Star Wars, the prequel to the sequel to the spin-off that… ah, who knows?
You’ve got your £35 pick and mix. Your six-litre bucket of Fanta. Now for two hours of dubiously scripted escapism from a galaxy far, far away.
But instead of two hours, you get 45 minutes. The rest of the time is taken up by commercial breaks. Would you, having shelled out £15 for a ticket, find that acceptable?
If not, why should football supporters? Manchester United fans paid between £55 and £325 to watch their team&...

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