Yellow There!
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Reading a room is easy. Reading a nation is much more difficult. Those who shout loudest on social media tend to be disproportionately heard; and because people often surround themselves with people who think like them, they assume that everyone shares their opinion.
For example, the FSA thinks most fans wanted the games to go ahead:
‘The FSA, which represents fans in England and Wales, encouraged football authorities to proceed with matches so that fans could pay respect to the Queen, as they did at West Ham and Manchester United on Thursday in European competition fixtures… “Our view, which we shared with the football authorities, is that most supporters would have liked to go to games this weekend and pay their respect to the Queen alongside their fellow fans.”’
Maybe they’re wrong, and you’re right, but I’d like to know how you’ve come to that conclusion beyond ‘reading the room’, whatever that means.
And reading Reading is just an unpleasant way to spend time… in my opinion the games should have gone ahead but it is a little bit a case of damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Whatever we’re doing this weekend, the Queen should be remembered fondly and we’ll be back at the footie soon!