Note: Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha has not ‘bent the knee’ since early autumn and NO ONE dares mention it. QPR do not involve themselves and have not since early season. Debate, even about something that they speak of in such reverential tones, is not something the media will indulge.

In this sense, it’s the same as Covid19. Which is obviously not a debate friendly topic for our ‘fearless’ media. The minute you wantvto intelligently discuss the pros and cons, they fall silent and the whole thing goes to pieces.

So instead, we get unquestioning obedience, an eye to the Honours List, no jeopardising of their chances for a CBE, knighthood or peerage, box ticking and a blind loyalty to this ‘honourable cause’.

EUFA refuse to act on blatant racism in lower league or non-league games and the honourable cause of exposing racism is being ignored to usher in an empty…