CB Fry

If the unthinkable does happen and Boris dies I would think the next Prime Minister would be nominated by the cabinet and then ratified by the parliamentary Conservative Party. In those extreme circumstances I guess they would want to get to a single candidate so it is quick and doesn't go anywhere near the party membership. That certainly doesn't mean it would be Raab.

Just to recap, Boris Johnson won loads of seats from his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency. That's just outside Wigan, right?

Starmer with a landslide victory, winning in the first round. We can now put those disastrous, pointlessly wasted years behind us and move forward.

Just watched that BBC report about what our catering team are doing with Saints Foundation. Excellent stuff and exactly the kind of thing the club should be doing.

Well, I know it's been all anyone has been talking about for the last two months but everyone can relax now. Today is the day the new leader is announced.

Too easy. Correct.

On the topic of disastrous appointments, name Stuart Gray's choice of assistant manager, who managed to endear himself to absolutely no one in his short time at the club.

The legend that is Scott Marshall, seen as something of a coup at the time.

The world does not agree and quite right too. There is a reason why millions of people in Malaysia don't have any desire to watch Matlock Town or Tiverton or Stafford Rangers.

You're right, sorry I missed that bit of the question.

Let's go Graham Roberts - not that many caps but unquestionably Southampton born and raised.

So they should show they care about fans by encouraging them to gather in a stadium to transmit a potentially deadly disease to each other? Playing it in a controlled way will be a way to bring some normality back to the nation. The public ain't going into a football stadium for a long time.

I thought we were talking about restarting it in June, 2-3 months away, and behind closed doors. If all concerned agree that would be safe and sensible, would you support that action? Because I bet West Quay is open by then.

But their response on having that taken away from them will be collective, disinterested shrug? After twelve weeks of enforced lockdown? Are you sure?

Exactly. I'd be amazed if this doesn't happen. And they'll be testing kits around soon enough even for training to restart in and around late May. They will play some football and the nation will be pleased.

So you are saying you want all football seasons to be null and void now. Yes? But earlier you were saying that the remaining season "was only nine games" so we can take the season as it is now and award all the promotions and relegations now because theres only nine games and that's nothing, right?

Honestly don't know what you are on about. We're pausing the season because there is a pandemic happening right now, not "because it protects the money flow of the elite teams" (what??) Can you tell me the names of "every other club" who want the season voided? Because apart from Karren Brady I haven't heard from many individual clubs. I don't think Saints have said that. Semmens said the opposite about 10 days ago. You then link to an article about the upset caused by voiding all the non league seasons which until that point I thought was what you wanted. You might want to try, slowly, to explain what your position is on this. In English.

Meh, sounds like a sh it idea and won't happen.

I don't understand why putting the matches on behind closed doors would be "just pure greed"? Don't people want to watch football on TV any more because this seems quite a big change in the UK from about three weeks ago when it was quite a popular thing.

There's a lot of sentences there but god knows what you're on about. But I think what I took from it is you don't like Sky or Liverpool so you just support any decision that pi sses them off the most because no one cares about them or something.

"Only the last nine games" is a quarter of the entire season, loads of content and at the business end of the season. Granted the title race isn't much but still plenty to watch. Loads of advertising revenue down the pan and loads of lost/paused subscribtions/NOW TV buy-ups etc. Plus sky are likely paying presenters, pundits, cameramen etc for doing nothing, either through obligation or goodwill. Of course there is a huge loss to be discussed. Not sure Sky have to be the ones "to take it on the chin" - why not the clubs, why not the Premier League taking it on the chin. There's a lot to be debated when the dust settles but it's nowhere near as straightforward as you are making out.

Jesus wept.

Agree with this. With him, and the rise of Sunak, it would be very odd for Raab to step forward now, even if he is the "official" deputy.

Interesting that Gove elbowed himself to the Press Conference gig today though.

Devolved to the assemblies/governments.