I could have written this myself.

I reckon that is a pretty good racket. They pay Championship level salaries - take a Premier League cut of TV money when they come up, then get a parachute payment when relegated. They would need to double their wage bill to even have a chance to stay up now.

To be fair, despite all this information that is held about us, we don't normally need it to go about our daily lives. When we go the pub, work, football, gigs, trains, busses, theatre or whatever, nobody requires us to prove who we are, what our status is or what our tax code is. Obviously one of the reasons we have 2 covid passports in our NHS apps is because they intend to use them both. I think in a supposed free society, we should have a right to question how and why this information would be needed to go about our lives.    I think if it helps us keep things open in the short term, it is likely a price worth paying. I do think any requirements though should be temporary and reviewed on a regular basis, probably every 3 months. 

Another first for them!

As I like you, and assuming I don’t smash it before we next meet, it’s yours…