It’s seen as too risky [Daily Mail, UK] Local authorities will try to bring the event back next year; we covered an earlier suspension in 2003.
P.S. Commenter Peter Eipers: “They can’t handle crowd control for a cheese race, and they are about to host the Olympics?” More: Zincavage.
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It looks like the sun is finally setting on the British Empire.
It’s becoming harder to believe that these people once ruled across the globe.
They can’t handle crowd control for a cheese race, and they are about to host the Olympics?
They don’t want the expense of handling the crowd control for this event and are using safety as an excuse.