It'll be next weekend too, as her body will lie in state for 5 days before the funeral. I wonder what UEFA will do, especially as Chelsea and Arsenal are due to have home games on the Wednesday and Thursday.
They'll say they can't play their fixture, and the opposition won't be able to find an alternative date and the games will be forfeited. After all , there is a precedent.
That would be consistent, at least...which is probably why it won't happen. I don't think that Conte had any interest remaining in the Eurovision Song Contest and any 'protest' from Levy was lukewarm at best. That allowed UEFA to do it. Boehly and Kroenke will scream bloody murder, if they have it done to them.
So, tomorrow there will be a test match at The Oval and 4 Premiership rugby games...but no football...? I have no idea why the football industry feels compelled to do this? It has been their choice and makes little sense given other sporting and entertainment events are going ahead. Oh well....
Do you reckon that the football industry was pressured into it? It's being reported as the sport/industry's choice.... I've no idea but if there's a harsh January/February, after the WC, this season may never finish.
I think it might be more to do with policing. Once the London-based matches would've been pulled, then the pressure extends to the others. Fulham v Chelsea, Arsenal v Everton, West Ham v Newcastle and Palace v Utd this weekend. That's a massive chunk of the fixtures.
I've asked Mrs B but she's too busy to talk to me right now. Her hours are now officially insane. Leave is being cancelled and extended duties are to be worked. We were due to take our youngest to university a week on Saturday. It looks like it'll just be me...
Worth a try. Just to mention that the armed forces have all pledged allegiance to the monarch not parliament. Just saying. Here's to the stratocracy!
Ypu can always rely on the FA to make the wrong decision. Whether that be refusing to give the England job to Brian Clough or Harry Redknapp or allowing the Saudis and various 'dubious' (my word of the day) assorted other billionaires to take over the league.
Which enables undesirable aims like 1975 when the democratically elected Gough Whitlam Labour PM of Australia was removed from office by the Queens rep. and replaced with an unelected Tory PM. It also means that the Army in Britain could be used against elected politicians and other unwanted ramifications.
A declaration of war remains within the powers exercised under the royal prerogative...that's all you need to know about how ****ed our 'constitution' is. It holds as much water as a collander.
Potentially I suppose. But parliament could of course raise it's own army. We could call it the "New Model Army".
Hmm bad choice for a monarchist! Who was the King? Yep King Charles and look what happened to him. Cromwell, like all dictators, undermined all the reasons for the war in the first place, once he got a taste of power. And who lost out? Yes The Levellers otherwise known as the people. Progress will only be made once we get rid of the monarchy again and this time replace it with a properly elected parliament. Whether we actually need any kind of 'leader' is a debate that's needed. If we decide we do then I nominate Mick Lynch.
You mean the one who called off the rail strikes out of respect for the queen? I mean who cares about the workers and their needs when the monarch dies?
Saw a tweet saying that they were surprised that the rail strikes were called off cost the Queen died as they didn't know her dying was one of the RMTs demands
