Northern Ireland couldn't run the Ulster GP, and there were funding issues for the North West 200, something the organisers were critical of; one quote was that if it was a golf tournament, the money would have been found. I dare say, a WRC rally is in the same place as the road racing events.....

However, this is all on MSUK, asleep at the wheel in regards to rallying. There was a British motorsport day at Parliament on Monday; I didn't see a rallycar, or anybody from the sport involved - apart from DR, and he was there in his MSUK role. However there were F1, BTCC, Historics, Extreme E cars present.