PHILIPRISING

I AM only surmising at present, but perhaps the reason he is not in Prague is because he cannot enter the country without his Australian passport. If that is the case, the British government are preventing a foreign national (in this case Australian) from plying his trade in another country outside their jurisdiction. And regardless off whether or not the British Home Office grant him a work visa (and why would they not, he has lived and worked in the UK for many years, has a child there along with property ) at present he cannot see his son Max and, trust me, that is causing him massive mental distress.

NO I'm not.

WITH respect, you are missing the point. It is only the British authorities who are questioning his right to work in the UK. not the EU.He can work in Sweden and Poland. He already is. My point is that the British Home Office are retaining his Australian passport while they consider his application. Why can they not request his passport to enter a visa if authorised or if refused would have no need of it. It is not simply about work either. If he had his passport he could at least enter the UK to see his son Max. It seems like bureacratic nonsense.

IF this is because the British Home Office have his passport then surely they are preventing a foreign national from earning a living in a country (countries) outside of the UK? Regardless of who it is, that doesn't sound right to me.

MY spies tell me Holder isn't there...

GREAT Irish bar in the corner of the main square. Terrific breakfast or fish and chips lunch. Guinness too. If you cannot find it, just listen for the sound of Tatum and Pearson's voices.

BUT if it helps the growth or interest of speedway in those countries then it is no bad thing.

LEON Madsen is the Enfant Terrible of Daniksh speedway. Seems to have many off-track issues. On results alone he would be a pick. Kildemand's form is certainly not as good as MJJ and he falls off too often.

NEITHER Nicki P nor NKI available ... so who would you go for?

HAD a long chat with Chris about his visa issue in Warsaw. The simple fact is that the Home Office have possession off his passport, which means he cannot even visit the UK to see his son, and if a Russian billionaire cannot get an answer you get some idea of the problem. Only Chris can talk to the HO but they simply tell him that it is in hand.There is a feeling that the recent Windruss controversy is causing havoc at the HO but in my opinion its a nonsense. Chris may not be everyone's favourite (one of mine however) but here is a rider who wants to race here and is being prevented from doing so by red tape. But shaking the tree to try and get some answers will only result in him being put at the back of the queue.

JANOWSKI the form rider plus Wroclaw is his home track

BUT there are lots of fans who won't accept a team with three guests ... especially their own team

HOW hard would that have been ... no other country races on a Monday.

WITH all four GP qualifying rounds being held the same weekend, but only one on a Monday, anyone with any intelligence (pigs might fly) would have ensured that Belle Vue's two top riders weren't in the Abensberg meeting and could have been at the NSS fort the match against KL instead. And please don't tell me that it is an open draw...

TWO Poles?

LET'S not forget that money talks ... or am I being cynical?

WITH so many vacant dates why can't this sort of thing be avoided?

BUT a handful in Poland pays more than 40 in GB many times over

LET'S not forget the reserve (Under 21) doesn't have to ride... if Lambert and Woffinden can do the business having Bewley there for experience, and maybe an outing or two, will be great experience for the kid, which is what he is after all.

AT the FIM meeting of the international speedway leagues (Denmark, GB, Poland and Sweden) it was agreed that the UK would have Mondays and Thursdays. But, at the BSPA AGM, held at the same time, they changed to Mondays and Wednesdays despite the obvious clash with Denmark.

LAMBERT scoring well in both Poland and Sweden

Bewley, Cook, Lambert and Woffinden named by Rossiter. Has to drop one of them soon.

Not sure that's true. Poole didn't want Thursdays.

FIVE of the top six riders from King's Lynn and Leicester missing tonight ... so perhaps it isn't working

BECAUSE it was instantly replayed on the huge screens at the stadium