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Ken Burns will be making a 13 hour documentary about this as we speak, I reckon

Glorious, shining approval. 11AM today. Can feel it in my water. Then a tweet from Luke Edwards understanding that the approval notice was premature at 1133.

People are aware that this deal isn't about giving the Saudi Arabian population a pet football team, aye? This does not appear positive to me, but it's a business investment, not an attempt to turn Riyadh black and white

This is a great plot twist mind, spectacular

COME BACK HENRY

That's a hell of a spot like Gyles Brandreth would be proud. Only bettered by the Virginia Bottomley one tbh

Bein hammering the site as we speak, hoying in claim after claim

Ah, right, I see not a story then, an actual IP protection site

That story, whatever it is, is bringing up a helpful little box saying 'do you need help to register or protect your idea?' at the screen bottom. Aal owa the intellectual property thing, these lot

Nailed on

Mounted police in town, today is clearly the day of the announcement :shifty;

Season cards marra

I think it's just a bit of gentle sarcasm from our man Penn, saying "government officials meeting foreigners? well I never". The implication, presumably, being that there is nothing to read into such a meeting taking place. That's my take anyway. Personally, I was disappointed - previous attempts to pour cold water over folks' excitement have been much more infuriating Unless it's a commentary on 14 day self isolation and what have you. Who knows.

This is really just the way of the world and the nature of lobbying in the 21st century, tbh. It's not a Qatari thing, anybody else with a vested interest would be doing exactly the same.

Aye, have always assumed that to be the case

Absolutely unequivocal

My conspiracy theory is they've just spent the three months trying to strongarm KSA into doing something about piracy and will now conclude with a normal 2 week O&D test That's exactly what I think

I thought she wrote another letter just last week?! No, I mean on here. A while since the thread has been down that path.

I was thinking we were past time for human rights record to come up again, feels like it's been a good few weeks

Aye, me too. Since the start of the last couple of takeover attempts too, in fairness

It's absolutely beyond me, we could play for six hours and not look likely to create anything. Fucking painful

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