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Britain Demands FIFA Investigate Falklands War Banner

Britain Demands FIFA Investigate Banner, Hopes VAR Can Also Review the Falklands War FA Requests Formal Review, FIFA Requests Everyone Please Calm Down Britain has formally asked FIFA to investigate a controversial banner displayed during a recent match, while simultaneously floating — mostly in jest, though nobody in Whitehall will fully confirm this — whether the Video Assistant Referee system might also be repurposed to settle certain unresolved matters of…

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Everything Is Under Control

Home Office Assures Public Everything Is Under Control, Immediately Opens Three More Reviews Department Confirms Confidence, Launches Immediate Investigation Into Own Confidence The Home Office has issued a statement assuring the public that the current situation is “fully under control,” a phrase that, under long-standing Whitehall tradition, is legally required to be followed within the hour by the announcement of at least three new reviews, two working groups, and one…