The prospect of a government-appointed ‘regulator’ for our Premier football league has caused concerns at FIFA. The proposal to have a body which SHOULD control how the teams and their owners ‘behave’, both financially and responsibly, whilst not joining new ‘superleagues’ and checking on the suitability of proposed club owners, may contravene FIFA’s article 15 concerning political interference in football.

So, to clarify: FIFA, the world’s governing body for football, is troubled by the politicising of our national game. Yet allowed a rogue nation of terrorist-funding human rights abusers to bribe its way to hosting a World Cup. In a death-inducing climate. At which it then colluded with the band of Sheikhs to ban mild statements of protest against the persecution of minorities. FIFA can just fuck off.

Ok, I really really loved this last World Cup, from a fan’s perspective. The football was just brilliant. Yet I realise that I still have some unresolved anger issues about it. Which, with my therapist, I’m working on. I’ll keep you posted.

Meanwhile, the ‘gift’ that is Brexit moves into its next phase. Progress sounds like a series of Robert Ludlum books, as we move from ‘The Ireland Protocol’ to ‘The Windsor Framework’. Rishi Sunak plays Jason Bourne and Ursula von der Leyen is Julia Styles so obviously this is more about the kid getting sand kicked in his face than the beefy-dude bully, but most importantly, Rishi and Ursula seem really happy with this proposal, in a smugly, almost romantic kind of way. And with so much lurve, what could possibly go wrong? In steps notorious bad guy, the DUP! Oh no, not those really loud, preachy boys (and gels) from Belfast!!! They’ve brought the province to its knees by refusing to go to their parliament for 3 years and they won’t have nuffink of this ‘new deal’.

Will this keep Rishi and Ursula apart when every fibre of their (scrawny, little) bodies is crying out for lust? Only one man can save them; the King!!!! Let’s get him involved. Even though he is possibly the most inflammatory figure for half of Northern Ireland and really shouldn’t be involved in ‘ongoing politics’.

Wow, this is so good it may go to Netflix!

Happy Tuesday

A xxxx