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Oliver Dowden, the culture secretary, will make a Common statement this afternoon about the plan for the top six English football clubs to join a new European super league, my colleague Peter Walker reports.
Oliver Dowden due to make a Commons statement on the European super league later today, about 5pm-ish.
Our concern is for the fans, that they have the best possible sporting experience that they possibly can, that they’re able to support their team.
And we don’t want to see a footballing elite, which is by the elite, for the elite, of the elite – we want to make sure grassroots sport is supported and that fans are able to enjoy the kind of experience they’ve had over the past several years.
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Good morning. As we report in the paper today, Boris Johnson is still resisting pressure to cancel his visit to India – even though coronavirus cases in the country are soaring (it has now recorded more than 15m) and there are worries about the discovery of the Indian variant in the UK.
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I’m not sure if he’s going to come up in Scotland in this campaign. He had hoped to come up, and I thought he may come up, but given the pandemic and the restrictions to campaigning I’m not sure that’s likely now.
Well, he’s also leading the UK effort for against a global pandemic and I think people understand in this more strange election campaign, in terms of the restrictions that we’ve all got to deal with, that it may not be as easy for the prime minister to come up.
Justin Webb literally laughs at Douglas Ross’ slipperiness on #bbcr4today but pins him down in the end. Boris Johnson won’t join the @ScotTories campaign in #SP21 elections. “He’s too busy”. Aye right.
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