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I don’t know if Scotland have ever worn a poppy but I suspect the SFA have been landed in this issue against their will by association with the FA in England. Fifa have indicated it is a political symbol and prohibited its attachment to football shirts. The FA and SFA plan to disregard that ruling and wear the poppy anyway.

Deliberately defying the rules is laced with Moral Hazard for the SFA, which will not be lost on the decision makers at Hampden. For years to come this act will be cited as evidence of double standards. It provides evidence for those who object to its very recent inclusion in football ceremony on the basis that politics should have no place in football.

Of course, declining to follow the FA’s lead would be a political act in itself, but one which fell within the rules.

I’m firmly of the belief that politics (as opposed to values) should have no place in football. I know this is a utopian aspiration, as sport and politics are inextricably linked, but only because trumpets continually insist on making them so.

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  1. Davidopoulos on

    NatKnow

     

     

    Was a good programme on hipsters on BBC4 last night – you see it?

     

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    No, but I heard about it before you even watched it…back when it was “underground”…

  2. NatKnow on

    STARRY PLOUGH on 4TH NOVEMBER 2016 10:33 AM

     

     

    DAVIDOPOULOS

     

     

    Digging out my hipster beard and hairdo as we speak:))

     

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    Can I still wear my Reggie Blinker wig or is that now considered cultural appropriation? Last place I want is to be is in Honey G’s pigeon hole…..

  4. Paul67 on

    TONYDONNELLY67, deleted.

     

     

    Why are we having this issue so soon? Is it that difficult to keep within the very few rules of the blog?

  10. NatKnow on

    DAVIDOPOULOS on 4TH NOVEMBER 2016 10:34 AM

     

    NatKnow

     

     

     

    Was a good programme on hipsters on BBC4 last night – you see it?

     

     

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    No, but I heard about it before you even watched it…back when it was “underground”…

     

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    I learned a new word – “lumbersexual” – perhaps VFR can find out what it means and make it Word Of The Day? :-)))

  11. Davidopoulos on

    NatKnow

     

     

    I learned a new word – “lumbersexual” – perhaps VFR can find out what it means and make it Word Of The Day? :-)))

     

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    LOL. Well plaid…

  12. NatKnow on

    STARRY PLOUGH on 4TH NOVEMBER 2016 10:41 AM

     

     

    NATKNOW

     

     

    Tie the Reggie up and ye’ll be away at CQN hipster corner:))

     

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    Alas! The wig is now fragile from over-use and might not survive that kind of rough treatment.

     

     

    Sign of the times…. :-)

  18. thomthethim for Oscar OK on

    MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 4TH NOVEMBER 2016 12:47 AM

     

    THOMTHETHIM FOR OSCAR OK on 4TH NOVEMBER 2016 12:13 AM

     

     

    Macjay1,

     

     

     

    OK, I’ll try again.

     

     

     

    Mrs.May telling FIFA to put it’s own house in order, on the day that she has been stopped from undermining her own House,wherein she presides as the unelected PM.

     

     

     

    Irony or what?

     

     

     

     

    The rest of my post should be self explanatory.

     

     

     

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    But she WAS elected by the members of her own party in the time honoured tradition of her party in the House of Commons.

     

     

     

    The Mother of Parliaments.

     

     

     

    If you have concerns about the method used by the Conservative Party after the resignation of the previous incumbent to elect its new leader , then do you have any comment about the election of Comrade Corbyn ?

     

     

     

    I would hope you would have the consistency to express your concerns in that regard.

     

     

    *******

     

    First of all, My whole point is non party political.

     

    I left Scotland 38 years ago, therefore I also left behind my vote.

     

    I do not believe in representation without taxation, therefore I keep my nose out of another countries politics.

     

     

    One this occasion, I am commenting on an individual, who actually wasn’t elected to her PM role. There was no election- it was a walk over as no one stood against her.

     

     

    To attempt to subvert the rules is a dangerous position for anyone to adopt. For a political leader, it is both dangerous and madness.

     

    To undermine the authority of a country’s Parliament, is akin to an attempt to establish a dictatorship and an end to dictatorship…..no matter what country you live in.

     

     

    Your Corbyn comment went way over my head and sounded petty and not worthy of any respect I have for you.

     

     

    As for the populist jingoistic jibe to FIFA. Bad and all as they are, it is ironic that she attacked them for quoting their rules, which apply to every form of adornment to a football kit, when she made an attempt to subvert the corner stone of British democracy.

     

     

    However, what worries me more, as a member of the human race, is the gradual lurching towards war, that the world leaders are leading us to.

     

     

    The rise of nationalism is a red flag, therefore,more than ever, we need a strong, united Europe.

     

     

    America has gone crazy and GB is following in it’s wake.

     

    That should worry us all, even if you live thousands of miles away.

  20. NatKnow on

    STARRY PLOUGH on 4TH NOVEMBER 2016 10:55 AM

     

     

    NATKNOW

     

     

    Take a picture of the Reggie classic and scan it onto a t-shirt for the CQN hipster mac beardy mob:))

     

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    Now THAT is hipster. :-)

     

     

    Do I need to drink coffee? I’m more of a T man…

  21. Davidopoulos on

    NatKnow

     

     

    Do I need to drink coffee? I’m more of a T man…

     

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    Yes, Artisan, Fair Trade coffee made through a Japanese Siphon Coffee Maker…preferably bought in Shoreditch…from a converted Citroen H Van.

  23. NatKnow on

    DAVIDOPOULOS on 4TH NOVEMBER 2016 11:02 AM

     

    NatKnow

     

     

     

    Do I need to drink coffee? I’m more of a T man…

     

     

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    Yes, Artisan, Fair Trade coffee made through a Japanese Siphon Coffee Maker…preferably bought in Shoreditch…from a converted Citroen H Van.

     

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    Seriously mate – you need t watch that programme…! :-)))

  25. mike in toronto on

    Tomthetim

     

     

    Okay, I get the blaming America stuff, but blaming the Green brigade (GB) for the end of democracy seems a bit harsh

     

     

    :)

     

     

    Ps sorry for the spelling of your name … after the third time I was autocrrccted, I gave up trying to fix it

  26. dena29 on

    Thanks to all for the birthday wishes , wont name individually so I dont miss anyone

     

     

    see some of you tomorrow , and Three points for the BHOYS is just the present I want

     

     

    HH

  29. vfr800a8 on

    tonydonnelly67 on 4th November 2016 10:09 am

     

     

    VFR800

     

     

    If we all agreed, there’d be no blog mate, that’s what makes it a good blog,

     

     

    Although some of the language is a wee bit OTT :)

     

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    Thank goodness you don’t use bad language Tony!

     

     

    Tourette’s CSC

     

     

    KTF

  31. starry plough on

    DAVIDOPOULOS

     

     

    Ho ho ho.

     

     

    I’m distraught when I go to Hoxton and Shoreditch now, some legendary parties and clubs down there before the hand knitted bearded organic mob moved in and destroyed it.

     

     

    Proper edgy it was:))

  32. NatKnow on

    DAVIDOPOULOS on 4TH NOVEMBER 2016 11:06 AM

     

     

    NatKnow

     

     

    I have a feeling I should…after my organic pulled pork dinner served on an old school canteen tray.

     

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    Oh OK! I’m getting it now!

     

     

    I watched it with a roll ‘n’ pie. On a plate.

  33. Davidopoulos on

    starry plough

     

     

    I went to a roof top party in Hoxton once. I was literally the only guy without a tattoo or beard.

     

     

    But yes, they are plastic, maufactured hipster zones.

     

     

    Pizza East in Shoreditch is good though…

  35. Davidopoulos on

    NatKnow

     

     

    It’s cool – was the pie at least a tip of the hat to your warehouse conversion appartment that is in an old pie factory?

     

     

    Where have you gone Jo Inge Berget????

  36. bournesouprecipe on

    Wot no PIES??????? ( £2.80 Jungle Prices )

     

     

     

    You have my sympathy without a pie, or at least the very thought of a pie, to be consumed life would just be too horrid to contemplate.

  37. NatKnow on

    Brick Lane has been ruined – full of Sugar Puffs munchers.

     

     

    Handy for Rough Trade though. Spent a fortune last time I was down there..

  42. petec on

    Dena – The Happiest of Birthdays ever to you – Love you to bits. Celtic are looking likely to be Genuine CL level competitors in the very near Future from Scotland as well. Really Remarkable.

     

     

    BT – I’ve not met you yet but I know one thing, there is ‘no need, no need’ to apologise to me.

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