Lord Duckhunter

I would rather footballers boycotted the Qatar World Cup as a statement against modern slavery than “take a knee”. One would send out a very real message and could even change the country, the other is a meaningless load of pony that’s easy to do. Of course, they could do both, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Football has now put itself up as some sort of moral and just game. A game that will not tolerate racial inequality & prejudice, a game where the players “take a knee”, and have BLM on their shirts. That’s how moral and righteous they are. Now we’ve done that , let’s move on & look forward to it’s premier tournament being played in Qatar. Fuck the slaves there.

I believe Pakistan is one of the worst culprits when it comes to modern slavery. Khan who has spent all week pontificating over BLM and can’t tell us enough that he’s the “son of a Pakistani bus driver”, yet during a visit to the country said absolutely nothing, zip, about modern slavery. Perhaps those lives don’t matter , or they have the wrong skin colour. Are premier league players going to “take the knee” during the Qatar World Cup, I believe some of the stadiums are even being built by modern slaves.

My issue is the precedent this sets. There’s nobody that can argue with the sentiment, but you can easily see other cases where clubs want to do similar. Had this happened 15 years ago you can bet your bottom dollar Liverpool would be walking out to “justice for the 96” on their shirts, you’d see Macann as a tribute to a missing girl. It won’t be long before there’s other worthy causes. And before anyone starts, I’m not comparing slavery or prejudice to one missing girl or 96 horrid deaths, but the fact it’ll make saying no harder for the jelly fish at the FA. I don’t know why sky had to ram it down our throats as if it was the most radical thing anyone’s ever done. The real radical thing to have done would have been to have stood up ala Peter Hitchens. I guess in 2020 that’ll make you a racist.

I don’t envy the people making the decisions over this. Lots of uncertainty around in terms of opening the doors as well as the general economic & health position of their “customers”. All in all I think it’s a pretty reasonable package they’ve put together. as an aside, I maybe missing something but the new ticket site doesn’t appear to show your history. I presume they’re still keeping those records.

Another reason to stop drinking the slop they call real ale.

It won’t make a blind bit of difference.

Careful, that’s way too consistent for here. You’re lucky the whataboutary monitors are on a night off. I presume you think the same about the other 3 labour figures that have also admitted breaking lockdown rules. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That’s a no then, you’re not over it. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Rod Liddle hits nail on head. “Is it entirely beyond the wit of our gilded political correspondents to ask a different question to the one asked by the previous interlocutor? One after the other they lined up to ask Dominic Cummings the same question, over and over again. Does Peston think he’s asking it better than Kuenssberg? Does Beth Rigby think that asking it for a fourth time will be more elucidatory because she asked it with open contempt in her voice? And how magnificently puffed up they all were. When they were en route to the press conference did they all think the same thing: that they had the killer question and nobody else would have thought of it?” Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Still not over it? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Pony, like the rest of the pinkos he’s never forgiven him for leading the glorious victory. Any past support for Boris was commercial, pure & simple. He’s wringing wet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Seeing as the editor has a long running hatred of Boris, as well as being a rabid remoaner . Me, I’d have thought it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What are you on about. The mob clearly know what’s best for his son, clearly know all the facts, & clearly are impartial & consistent over lockdown breaches. He has to go... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Exactly. I can’t quite see what anything they wrote could be portrayed as backing the PM. Maybe people are more concerned with rushing out their clever responses, than reading what was actually written. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Some common sense at last. Red wall MP’s & I suspect they’re more in tune with their constituents than the howling lefties. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I can’t stand the Kinnocks but they did nothing wrong, If Kinnock Jnr thinks his fathers well being is better served by him popping round on his birthday, that’s for him & his family to decide. Exactly as it’s Dom & his family to decide what’s best for their offspring. The Taffy Taliban should **** off and concentrate on real crimes, instead of this pony. Of course hypocrisy has been replaced in the dictionary with whataboutary, so there’s not really any point in pointing out lefties inconsistencies.

Just being “forensic”. I think I’ve worked it out. You can take your kid to a relatives house, but only if you’re not well enough to drive that far. You can drive to relatives, but not sure how far yet. Haven’t yet got an answer on Autism etc, but here’s hoping. As you all said, the rules are very clear. Thanks for clearing them up. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

So it’s not the principle, it’s the distance. You can travel but only a certain distance. What’s the distance, a mile, 2 miles, 10 miles, 100 miles. Please advise at what distance a lawful journey becomes unlawful. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What if one of the kids has Asperger’s or was Autistic, would this change your view . If there’s only a select few people the kid is comfortable with, only one or two that won’t cause him distress, is it acceptable to drive further. Or is it a case of **** him, he can stay with anyone. All hypothetical of course. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What happens if his condition deteriorates & I’m 260 miles away, who looks after his kids then. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So what are my son & daughter in law supposed to do with their kids, if they’re incapable of looking after them due to Covid? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So much knowledge of the lockdown rules on here, maybe one of the Lockdown Taliban can answer this question. My son has 2 kids, aged 2 & 4. If him and his wife suspect they have Covid are they allowed to bring the kids for me & the snap dragon to look after, or does that break “the rules”. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow, you really think that Spain & Italy will recover economically before us? No chance. They’re heading for a long hard road ahead, German interests will see to that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Where have I defended him? You just made that up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pony. Lefties like you have been saying for years that austerity kills. That poverty & unemployment kill, yet you don’t appear willing to accept a depression the like of which we’ve not witnessed in our lifetime will see an increase in deaths and serious illness. You don’t appear to think that there is a difference in the number of future deaths and illness’ between a draconian lockdown and sensible precautions. One would have produced recession & one is now going to produce a depression. Do you now not believe that economic hardship & unemployment cause illness & death. As for Spain, France & Italy being back to normal before us in terms of economics, you’re deluded. We’re effectively being paid to borrow money at the moment, but that won’t last forever. Once the world is the other side of this virus the markets will punish the countries that don’t get a grip on their finances. Thank **** we have some control over our currency, because the German Euro is going to screw the vast majority of Eu countries. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk