The combined Maccabi thread - now with are you going? poll

[PeterWithe]

Utterly dispiriting that, through no action of ours whatsover, the trenches of the Culture Wars advance to run through the VP pitch.

Get to fuck, the lot of them.

[Dave]

That Ronay column was genuinely bizarre.

They mostly are, I find.

Liew nails it, however, as he frequently seems to do (he's the Preston pie man someone was referring to).

Just permit myself one short citation:

Choosing to stand with the far-right foreign football hooligan against the local police force: this, apparently, is what British patriotism looks like in 2025. Truly, we are through the looking-glass here.

Yup, as right as Ronay is wrong.

[Sexual Ealing]

^^Yep, good piece (as usual).

[Monty]

Yeah Liew is on it there, and unless I'm mistaken there are a couple of veiled digs towards the end there too, which I appreciate.

[paul_e]

Yep, it goes to show it's not that hard to understand for anyone who isn't just reading the headlines.

[Bobby Boy]

Magnificent piece by Liew today in 'The Guardian'. Reinforces what a bunch of absolute knee-jerk gobshites much of our leading politicians are.

Maybe, at some point, before shouting their mouths of they might want to reflect a little on what it is that they are about to shout about. I guess, that the modern political class doesn't do reflection or research or balance though....

[AV82EC]

Magnificent piece by Liew today in 'The Guardian'. Reinforces what a bunch of absolute knee-jerk gobshites much of our leading politicians are.

Maybe, at some point, before shouting their mouths of they might want to reflect a little on what it is that they are about to shout about. I guess, that the modern political class doesn't do reflection or research or balance though....

The 24 hr News cycle must be fed. And the wheel turns again…..

[Drummond]

Today Programme on Radio 4 had a piece on this earlier, about 2hrs 10mins in. Pissed me off.

[kippaxvilla2]

This is what we are in 2025, reactionary nonsense because we have to pander to a bunch of twats in Westminster who can get to PMQ's collectively in a taxi.

[Monty]

Today Programme on Radio 4 had a piece on this earlier, about 2hrs 10mins in. Pissed me off.

'why Da Vile hate da jooz' by B. L. Unose?

[kippaxvilla2]

I will be fair to the noses on this occasion - a lot of them were taking our side on it and some even offered to come to the game to confront them!

[algy]

Today Programme on Radio 4 had a piece on this earlier, about 2hrs 10mins in. Pissed me off.

Just listened to it (here if you're interested).

Single-handedly manages to miss the point spectacularly - the safety of the Maccabi fans isn't the only concern (or IMO even the primary concern, given their reputation).  It completely ignores the safety of the local community, of the matchday staff, of the very real possibilty of EDL goons turning up.  And it very much focusses on the decision being made by local politicians, rather than the serious concerns that WMP have had over policing the event.

I will be fair to the noses on this occasion - a lot of them were taking our side on it and some even offered to come to the game to confront them!

Absolutely.  Fair play to the noses on that one.