Peter Ryley

Brexit was a gateway drug to the radical right. Its failure has led some of its supporters to apologise, some to forget they ever voted for it, others to whistle loudly in embarrassment every time it's mentioned, but for the real Brexiters, the failure of their first revolution demands another one.

Try to cave in onshore wind. The companies sue. They win. You have to do it anyway. Leave the Brexit deal: no fruit and veg. Close unis. The others' borrowing coats soar, they go bust. Slim down devolution. Massively unpopular, you run away. It's all just drivel.

Absolutely, and in the Irish Home Rule Crisis before the First World War they actively incited armed rebellion. Conservatives love of order is highly contingent.

I feel like Brexit is a flood of small stupid tragedies in amongst the huge national self harm.

There was never any question of public opinion wanting to leave the EU nor of leaving the Euro. Both were polling 70% plus in favour. But the actions of Syriza risked it. It’s too short a space for a comment on the crisis though!

And it should make us think about the use of referendums instead of representative democracy

None of which would have made any difference because few knew the details and the referendum was only tangentially about the EU. It became a vehicle for differing forms of political opposition.

I'm the only member of my household who doesn't have a fear of spiders and am often tasked with catching them and releasing outside. I love them and understand the benefits of having them around the house. I collect them from upstairs and release them downstairs. No one knows

And a story from a few years ago. I had my first appointment with a new dentist. She asked three questions. ‘Have you any allergies? Have you had a recent major illness? Who on earth could vote for Boris Johnson?’

(The Johnson family holiday home is near here. Everyone knows him!)

It did today after a friend’s customs problems with a parcel from the UK!! It isn’t as everyday as it used to be, but mention it to anyone, including Greeks, and you get an explosion of incredulity at our stupidity. It’s less overt but bubbling away under the surface.

2. However, that’s history - interesting in its own right and a lesson in how not to do things. What matters is now and what to do from here. But nothing will happen until the political class recognise their folly and start to address it. The public appear to be more advanced than they are.

1. This is why a binary in/out referendum was crazy. If you want to analyse the result properly, the result was a Condorcet paradox. Though there was a small majority for leave, remain had a majority over each method of leaving. The process was amateurish and wholly unsatisfactory.

I'm never posting about football again. Politics is much less contentious. 🥴

I agree, but I'm not privy to the legal advice so don't know if it was a good decision. Textor is the culprit, as is the shifting of deadlines by UEFA. Forest looked after themselves.

Whatever, I live in Greece, Marinakis has a reputation as a formidable operator. 😀

I don't know, because I'm not a member of the board, nor am I a lawyer. And nobody expected either Palace or Lyon to qualify. The biggest problem was UEFA switching the deadline from July 1st, when the qualifying clubs would be known, to March 1st. None of this would have happened otherwise.

To be fair to Parish, he couldn't have forced Textor to put his shares into a blind trust, especially when he was insisting it wasn't necessary and was trying to sell them. But you and I don't know what went on. I see Textor as the problem - especially given the mess he made at Lyon.

Maybe a bit more in the appeal, but we don't know. Forest protected their own interests. Fair enough. But Palace won their place on the pitch and lost it due to a technicality and the inaction of a minority shareholder. I'm uncomfortable with that and would be the other way round.

I believe Textor put his shares into Eagle holdings, but with only 25% of the voting rights he was blocked from incorporating the club by the other three partners wielding their 75% voting rights. Anyway, the shares are now sold to Woody Johnson (yikes!), so he has no interests in the club at all.

He invested the sums before Eagle Holdings ever existed. He only created it after investing into Palace. Parish and the rest of the board, 75% of the voting shares, have been open about refusing to be part of Eagle Holdings from the very beginning, and that is open info.

Yes, both Forest and Lyon were named in the appeal. I'm not a lawyer, so can't comment

Crystal Palace lose appeal and will play in Conference League in mess of Uefa’s own making Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds ruling that FA Cup winners cannot play in Europa League because of breach of ownership regulations

www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...

Of course he is. But Palace are not and have never been part of Eagle Holdings - ever.

You will also see a picture of the FA Cup presentation on the current home page. It's cheeky, because Palace have never been part of the group. Textor is an 'interesting' character.

Maybe, I'm not a lawyer. But the basic facts remain regardless.

I'm obviously biased, but I hope I would be uneasy if Palace had done the same. Most of my Forest supporting friends are.

Not making much at Lyon 😀

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But Palace are not part of it. Eagle Holdings own Boatafogo, FC Florida, Olympique Lyonnais, and RWDM Brussels. It's on their website. www.eaglefootball.com/clubs

Palace are not and have never been part of it. They have refused. That's why Textor was selling - that and trying to buy Everton.

He had 25% of the voting shares. Much of UEFA's case rested on the investments he made when he first bought into the club. This was before multi-club models were mooted. But Textor constantly complained he had no influence. You and I don't know. We are only onlookers.

This is one of the reasons he wanted out. Palace resolutely refused to be part of a multi-club model and opposed them.

Sorry Mark, but they are not. Textor had no interests in other football clubs when he brought into Palace. He then bought others and set up the holding company. He tried to bring Palace into it, but the club refused. Textor tried to buy out the rest and failed. Place have never been part of it.