Before #FIFA start pumping the propaganda tonight and telling us all how amazing this #WorldCup has been, let’s remember they oversaw:
- highest ticket prices ever and took a cut from resale sites.
- did nothing about Somalian referee and dozens of staff who were banned from entering the US for no legitimate reason.
- stood by as Iran were forced to train outside the US and travel in on match days.
- overturned red cards after phone calls with the president.
- Americanised the beautiful game with hydration (TV) breaks and 25 mins half time in the final
- guided Argentina through the tournament with less travel, VAR support and blatantly turning a blind due to their aggression and foul play.
Palantir has been granted “unlimited access” to NHS patient data.
This is the same company that is involved in mass surveillance and genocide.
We did not consent to this. Get Palantir out of our NHS, now.
Leaving aside the nasty bullying attitude of these plastic patriots, what really annoys me with these videos is the way they quote the ‘law’ to intimidate polite & law abiding local residents whilst getting the legal position completely wrong. Although it’s hard to tell if they are lying deliberately about the law or just so stupid they can’t understand it.
So, here’s a quick primer:
Section 132 Highways Act 1990 potentially makes it a criminal offence to affix the flags on the lamppost in the first place. However, even if that is not the case, the idea that taking down a flag put up on the highway without permission is theft is absurd. The dishonesty element of theft is very unlikely to be fulfilled in such circumstances and, if you really want to cover yourself, you can avoid any ‘intention to permanently deprive’ by handing the flag(s) into the highway authority (usually the council), where those who put them up can collect them at their leisure. I’m sure these ‘patriots’ won’t mind giving their names, addresses and details of how many flags they have put up to the highways authority when they do so.
He did go on to say this was a compliment to rival managers. He acknowledged Liverpool need to find solutions to it. He was asked a direct question and answered it. Fair enough to criticise a manager when they’re making excuses but that is not what this was.
Short memory considering the state of the tackle that Tarkowski got away with at Anfield just a few months ago.
Everton also benefitted from scoring the 8th minute of 5 added minutes at Goodison last season. But yeah, all the refs isn’t it 👍
“When we decline to speak ill of the dead, it’s because we have compassion for the living. In this respect, I am sorry for Kirk’s children. I don’t know if Kirk was a good father, but if he was, that does little to mitigate the damage he did to other people’s children.”