Yeah true, what would the
This is very interesting. Would love to know why they might climb down at this point, they've had 4 years to prepare their case so would be surprising if they suddenly thought we don't really fancy it (unless it was just pressure to get something out and only now are they thinking how they pursue it) or perhaps someone (city or outside body) has fed them something to make them think again.
And as Give it to Gordon says if the PL fall flat on their faces how do they explain it. You'd have to think heads would roll.
It's fascinating either way to try to work out what's going on here.