It will be taken seriously IF England get to 'say' the semis (no pun intended) because suddenly all the political rhetoric and virtue signalling will disintegrate and give up all free will for the 'fix' of a potential footballing victory 'shot'! Rishi Sunak summed it up yesterday when stating that all CEO's in the City should carefully consider awarding bonuses to their executives because of the risk of inflation.NO politician would ever suggest the same applied to footballers because it would be a political disaster.The public get what the public want.