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Just been sanctioned by the UK government. Now I assume that any follower of the filth buying tickets or anything associated with that lot will be breaking the law?
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 10:34 - Mar 13 by Esox_Lucius
Out of the 1000's of books I have read Moby Dick and Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler are the only books I have failed to read through to the end. Crime & Punishment was nearly another but it picked right up after approximately 100 pages and I would probably read it again now.
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann: I should've sued him using the Trades Description Act. Magic it was not.
At uni, I was supposed to read its 700 pages in German. Reading just 200, in English (my eternal thanks to whoever went to the trouble of translating it), nearly did me in. Pithy doesn't cover it.
I bet the last 10 pages are amazing, not because of the car chase but because of the sheer relief of getting to the end of it.
Cue a post by one of you learned people telling me all about the literary wonders I missed in the last 500 pages
"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 15:42 - Mar 14 with 3380 views
ok roman has known putin for years, has had a tv special on him questioning his dodgy dealings etc WHY NOW is he unfit and not a month ago, bar a russian invasion what changed? and it's ok for saudi's to behead 81 the other day and maybe have interests in football etc??? i hate chelsea and want them to play non league tonight but so many dodgy people in sports and little is done.
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 16:18 - Mar 14 with 3275 views
Chelshite appealing against the ban on selling tickets because there will no away fans at Scumford bridge and that means that they’ll have an unfair advantage.Yeah right.
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 16:20 - Mar 14 with 3249 views
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 15:42 - Mar 14 by themodfather
ok roman has known putin for years, has had a tv special on him questioning his dodgy dealings etc WHY NOW is he unfit and not a month ago, bar a russian invasion what changed? and it's ok for saudi's to behead 81 the other day and maybe have interests in football etc??? i hate chelsea and want them to play non league tonight but so many dodgy people in sports and little is done.
Yep.
It's only when it suits an agenda, and football is always a useful platform for that especially in the last few years.
Whenever these things happen they always find a football angle to sell it more to the hoi polloi. Like Bin Laden being a Gooner
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 16:18 - Mar 14 by stowmarketrange
Chelshite appealing against the ban on selling tickets because there will no away fans at Scumford bridge and that means that they’ll have an unfair advantage.Yeah right.
oh that's right, because they're suddenly soooo concerned about an unfair advantage yet no problems with that the last 19 years spending insane amounts. Dicks.
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 17:58 - Mar 14 with 3091 views
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 15:42 - Mar 14 by themodfather
ok roman has known putin for years, has had a tv special on him questioning his dodgy dealings etc WHY NOW is he unfit and not a month ago, bar a russian invasion what changed? and it's ok for saudi's to behead 81 the other day and maybe have interests in football etc??? i hate chelsea and want them to play non league tonight but so many dodgy people in sports and little is done.
The Russian invasion is the only reason anything has been done. As you point out the Saudi owners are not being looked at i'm guessing because our government are not interested in what they are doing at the moment
Maybe this will bring about a change in football and independent regulation will come in and start to ask serious questions of who owns football clubs and why although I imagine it will all be swept back under the rug when the next billionaire buys out Chelsea
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 19:23 - Mar 14 with 2969 views
Guess who a Russian journalist told me was behind this? A certain person was the governor of an adjacent Oblast. Apparently it it was over a dispute about gold production.
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 19:28 - Mar 14 with 2962 views
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 21:01 - Mar 13 by dmm
Damo1962, thanks for replying and I completely understand if, as you said, you’ll choose not to continue this. You and I are indeed fellow hoops - thanks for saying that. But this is something I feel as strongly about, as I suspect you do too, and I feel I must reply to you.
I don’t see how any of the points you make can be seen as atoning for Britain’s many past injustices. How do they address for example, the Bengal famine in 1943/44 in which 3 million Indians died of starvation as a result of British policy to shift resources to British and American troops during WWII? Or the 19th century Opium wars when Britain fought to maintain it’s financially lucrative illegal drug dealing in China? There’s really quite a long list of horrors that could be made, but I’ll stop with those two and answer your specific points.
“Giving everyone entry to UK, and a better standard of living for one.” Not sure who you mean by ‘everyone’. That’s never been the case and certainly isn’t now, sadly not even Ukrainian refugees.
“Foreign Aid us another.” In 2015 Britain finally kept a 45 year old promise to give 0.7% GNI in foreign aid but broke that promise 5 years later and reduced it to 0.5%. Not great for the 5th richest nation on the planet, especially given Britain receives many, many times more in financial and tax flows from poor countries than it gives to them.
“Asylum, did more than most to stop Hitler and Nazim.” Britain did indeed received many thousands of WWII refugees as did America, Palestine and other countries in central and south America, which was wonderful. And yes, it fought Hitler and the Nazis, as other countries did, in what was a hugely regrettable war — but that’s a discussion for another time.
In short, I simply see no making amends or reparation for Britain’s injustices in the points you make. I wish I could because that would mean victims of heinous acts of which Britain is guilty would have received compensation.
England) Britain also gave/imposed on the world, a language that is now international and has made communication between people easier. So that is another positive for me. I'm sure if I looked back to what my Irish ancestors suffered under colonialism, then I could find cases of exploitation and cruelty. I choose not to, as the past belongs in the past. I prefer to analyse history with a healthy dose of context. Back to my reply, when I say Britain let "everyone" in, I mean people who were given British Passports after the break up of the Empire. Look around you... the evidence is obvious. We have also taken in many who have no links to Empire. And a good thing too. I don't care about how much we donate to Foreign Aid - we send some, and that is good enough for me. Commonwealth Day today, so that is something positive that has emerged from Empire. Personally I don't think I and others, should have to endlessly apologise or as you say " give reparations" for what happened centuries ago. The victims and perpetrators are all long dead - and you are not a "victim of slavery" nor a beneficiary of slavery in modern today's Britain. You may be a "wage slave"... but that's Capitalism for you. This constant Grifting by those on the left, who see racism everywhere (only Black racism as far as I can see though), are guilty of iInfantalizing and patronising black people, and many of my black acquaintances agree with me. They are also guilty of whipping up unease among hitherto tolerant people. I just want to live in a country that every man,woman and child is proud of. The self-loathing and barely disguised hatred of England/Britain from the Left in this country... has turned a lot of people like me off them. When the Left abandoned the "White Working Class... I abandoned them. Like Orwell did, I have become disillusioned with their "Identity politics."This subject is just too divisive and complex to do it justice on a football message board. Can I respectfully ask that we draw a line under this after your reply( which I look forward to reading) - and agree to disagree. Life is too short 🙂
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 19:28 - Mar 14 by Damo1962
England) Britain also gave/imposed on the world, a language that is now international and has made communication between people easier. So that is another positive for me. I'm sure if I looked back to what my Irish ancestors suffered under colonialism, then I could find cases of exploitation and cruelty. I choose not to, as the past belongs in the past. I prefer to analyse history with a healthy dose of context. Back to my reply, when I say Britain let "everyone" in, I mean people who were given British Passports after the break up of the Empire. Look around you... the evidence is obvious. We have also taken in many who have no links to Empire. And a good thing too. I don't care about how much we donate to Foreign Aid - we send some, and that is good enough for me. Commonwealth Day today, so that is something positive that has emerged from Empire. Personally I don't think I and others, should have to endlessly apologise or as you say " give reparations" for what happened centuries ago. The victims and perpetrators are all long dead - and you are not a "victim of slavery" nor a beneficiary of slavery in modern today's Britain. You may be a "wage slave"... but that's Capitalism for you. This constant Grifting by those on the left, who see racism everywhere (only Black racism as far as I can see though), are guilty of iInfantalizing and patronising black people, and many of my black acquaintances agree with me. They are also guilty of whipping up unease among hitherto tolerant people. I just want to live in a country that every man,woman and child is proud of. The self-loathing and barely disguised hatred of England/Britain from the Left in this country... has turned a lot of people like me off them. When the Left abandoned the "White Working Class... I abandoned them. Like Orwell did, I have become disillusioned with their "Identity politics."This subject is just too divisive and complex to do it justice on a football message board. Can I respectfully ask that we draw a line under this after your reply( which I look forward to reading) - and agree to disagree. Life is too short 🙂
Thanks for your reply. I've so much more I'd want to raise with you and I guess that'll be the same for you too. But you're right this is too divisive and complex to discuss properly on social media and because of that, I'll stop here.
We may disagree in politics, but let's remain on the same side in football.
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 21:53 - Mar 14 with 2768 views
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 21:10 - Mar 14 by dmm
Thanks for your reply. I've so much more I'd want to raise with you and I guess that'll be the same for you too. But you're right this is too divisive and complex to discuss properly on social media and because of that, I'll stop here.
We may disagree in politics, but let's remain on the same side in football.
Agreed. Point on weds would be a good return from these two tough aways.
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 22:25 - Mar 14 with 2693 views
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 22:25 - Mar 14 by gobbles
The UK in 2022. They work for them, not for you. The police rushing to protect an oligarch's empty flat/
But if you live in a regular street and call the police to tell them a catalytic converter gang is outside your house angle grinding the cat off your car and physically threatening anyone who tries to stop them, you'll be lucky if they turn up the next day to give you a crime number.
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 22:25 - Mar 14 by gobbles
The UK in 2022. They work for them, not for you. The police rushing to protect an oligarch's empty flat/
Well, exactly. I could not understand this story or the media coverage of it on the news last night. Empty house in the state’s possession has squatters. Why was that newsworthy? But more importantly, why did the police respond so quickly and in such a heavy handed manner with so much manpower? Why did the media not make this very obvious point? Who, in their right mind, gives a flying f*ck about an oligarch’s seized house?
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 09:19 - Mar 15 with 2256 views
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 06:27 - Mar 15 by Hunterhoop
Well, exactly. I could not understand this story or the media coverage of it on the news last night. Empty house in the state’s possession has squatters. Why was that newsworthy? But more importantly, why did the police respond so quickly and in such a heavy handed manner with so much manpower? Why did the media not make this very obvious point? Who, in their right mind, gives a flying f*ck about an oligarch’s seized house?
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 23:44 - Mar 14 by Miss_Terraces
Hurts doesn't it? So much easier when they employ utter wrong uns
He's spent the last four years working for two horrible clubs, both of whom have problems with racism and sports washing. I know nothing about him but I don't admire his career choices.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
panorama did a second prog on roman and his dealings, he may not have been involved in all but talk of stolen trains full of diesel oil tankers, kidnaps, underhand auctions/sales, close relations with putin and others......with so much in public view and o record, how was he fit and proper??? time now for footy to look again and clean house?
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:28 - Mar 15 with 1893 views
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 14:10 - Mar 14 by R_from_afar
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann: I should've sued him using the Trades Description Act. Magic it was not.
At uni, I was supposed to read its 700 pages in German. Reading just 200, in English (my eternal thanks to whoever went to the trouble of translating it), nearly did me in. Pithy doesn't cover it.
I bet the last 10 pages are amazing, not because of the car chase but because of the sheer relief of getting to the end of it.
Cue a post by one of you learned people telling me all about the literary wonders I missed in the last 500 pages
After 1,230-odd pages, I refused to read the last page of War & Peace as a protest against what a dull ninny Pierre was. That showed him. The Brothers Karamazov was a 990-page tiny-print romp by comparison. My favourite bit was the paragraph that went on for 11 pages.
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 15:31 - Mar 15 with 1605 views
The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 15:28 - Mar 15 by MrSheen
After 1,230-odd pages, I refused to read the last page of War & Peace as a protest against what a dull ninny Pierre was. That showed him. The Brothers Karamazov was a 990-page tiny-print romp by comparison. My favourite bit was the paragraph that went on for 11 pages.
The Brothers Karamazov is beside my bed for years now.
Of all the books I've never read, it's my very favourite.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson told the Athletic: "Chelsea and sporting integrity do not belong in the same sentence.
"Where is the intellect of Bruce Buck, the chairman of Chelsea, who has been an apologist for his owner, where the trophies won over 19 years have come from the corrupt money provided by Abramovich?" Gibson added.
"Where is the intellect of the chairman of Chelsea when it comes to playing his games at home in front of his season-ticket holders? Does he want to play all his away games at empty stadiums?
"Abramovich has been kicked out of football and Bruce Buck should be kicked out of football too."
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The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 20:13 - Mar 15 with 1830 views
Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson told the Athletic: "Chelsea and sporting integrity do not belong in the same sentence.
"Where is the intellect of Bruce Buck, the chairman of Chelsea, who has been an apologist for his owner, where the trophies won over 19 years have come from the corrupt money provided by Abramovich?" Gibson added.
"Where is the intellect of the chairman of Chelsea when it comes to playing his games at home in front of his season-ticket holders? Does he want to play all his away games at empty stadiums?
"Abramovich has been kicked out of football and Bruce Buck should be kicked out of football too."
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