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Failing to get anything in the New Year honours, not even a poxy CBE.
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Sometimes it was disappointing not to have the fan base at home in the UK that we had elsewhere.
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Losing is my biggest regret, and losing to someone who was not qualified and did not have the experience or the temperament to be president of the United States. That is my biggest regret.
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