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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Mon Jul 12, 2021, 04:31 AM Jul 2021

This is why we cannot have nice things



BREAKING: This is what Tory MP Natalie Elphicke sent to a Conservative MP’s group chat last night following the game




When the England team were being booed for a gesture of anti-racist solidarity, these two refused to defend them.

They don’t have the credibility to condemn racism now after helping to legitimise it in the first place.




Disgusting racial abuse of England players , yobs storming into Wembley and Leicester Sq trashed … why would football want to come home to this anyway?


When I saw the storming of Wembley yesterday, the shitty behaviour in Leicester Square, the vile racist abuse the young lads are being subjected too - no doubt by the same thugs who stormed Wembley because they think they own the England squad even as they boo them for taking a stand against racism. Well - lets say that that bunch of awful did not deserve to get a win. The squad did the country proud, but that the win went Italy... heh - nice things in ethno nationalist England are not a thing.
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captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
1. I'm not really into sports but have gone to some games my son played in
Mon Jul 12, 2021, 04:56 AM
Jul 2021

Or his college team was playing (his games were at the high school level). I am appalled by how the fans act. That is often true even at HS games, but even more disgusting at the college level. Geezus, whatever happened to being a good sport? Isn’t that supposed to be something you learn with sports?

Walleye

(35,774 posts)
6. Yeah I guess that's the point of everything now. Morals and ethics are thing of the past
Mon Jul 12, 2021, 07:01 AM
Jul 2021

The guy who cheats at golf, I’ve never understood that

Emrys

(7,949 posts)
7. Elphicke "inherited" her seat in 2019 after her husband Charlie "retired" in disgrace
Mon Jul 12, 2021, 08:09 AM
Jul 2021

to spend more time with fellow offenders.

It's never a good sign when your Wikipedia article starts off by describing you as "a British politician, former solicitor and convicted criminal".



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Elphicke

The lovely couple have subsequently ended their marriage after his appeal failed in March of this year.

The fragrant Natalie has been forced to grovel:

Marcus Rashford: Dover MP Natalie Elphicke apologises over penalty comments
...
The MP apologised after the message was reported by GB News.

She said: "I applaud the England team who gave their all in Euro 2020.

"Last night I shared the frustration and heartbreak of millions of other England fans.

"I regret messaging privately a rash reaction about Marcus Rashford's missed penalty and apologise to him for any suggestion that he is not fully focused on his football."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-57807264
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