It’s becoming a ‘Qatastrophe’: World Cup fans are in a ‘desert storm’ of rows over accommodation, alcohol and overcrowding in Doha

UK Daily Mail ^ | November 19, 2022 | Sam Greenhill

[C19fan]

England and Wales fans landed in Qatar yesterday amid a ‘desert storm’ of rows over accommodation, alcohol and overcrowding.

Supporters were greeted by blazing temperatures of 34C (93F) in the capital city Doha, which is hosting the first World Cup in a Middle Eastern country.

As football’s greatest show on earth gets under way this afternoon, Qatar’s rulers were already in damage-limitation mode as the first fans began to upload footage of ‘hellish’ conditions in the accommodation villages.

[SunkenCiv]

Biden's good at getting foreign officials fired, the fact that he won't shows that he's just as much in favor of jihad as the FIFA a-hole.

[Conservat1]

Yup

[GaryCrow]

Most (or at least many) of the pubs in UK are now closed due to the energy price spike (several hundred percent) due to ‘punishing’ Russia.

I've been through London and Cambridge twice within the last month and didn't see any pubs closed. Not saying it hasn't happened since, but all I saw were open and I drank in a few.