Labour fucked up big time in the mid 2000s by relaxing restrictions on the gambling industry.
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Labour fucked up big time in the mid 2000s by relaxing restrictions on the gambling industry.
Yes and nobody’s done anything about it since.
Maybe becuase betting companies top the list for British source donations to MPs give since 2016 A third of them from gambling companies.
They do talk shite. AW has always had the 'big guns' on the bench ready to come on. Bringing them on when its going tits up knocks the confidance from the youngsters he brings off. Thats why he fails regularly to develope young players. Hearing today, Woolwich are in transition this year, looking to the future post AW and today was one step towards that. Giving the young players thier day.Thankfully it went belly up. Long live AW, he was trying to create a legacy which has hit the buffers.
Well I hope someone does something soon, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
I worked in the gambling industry (way down the food chain) in the mid 2000s, rumour was that one of the unions was about a week away from doing a big expose on an MP having luxury holidays paid for by a major betting company at the time of deregulation, but said MP passed away and they decided to drop it.
this cyborg being and claude are the best of the worst
Don't they attend the games for free? AFTV makes £££. I think Robbie and the production company keeps nearly all of it but I definitely recall hearing the regular contributors don't pay to go now.
Today was the first time I've watched it in ages because I couldn't resist rubbernecking after that result. I see they're firing up the engine on the WENGER OUT plane again. Don't get me wrong the channel was very entertaining a few years ago but it's just repetitive now. Running on fumes. Like that plane.
I know for certain that people have appeared on AFTV after games without having attended the actual match.
I think most of them can afford it by dedicating their income to it which isn't difficult since they lack lives.
I think most of them can afford it by dedicating their income to it which isn't difficult since they lack lives.
i met him later in the pub.....
Listen, don't mention the F A Cup, I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it .
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From Arse Mania, they are broken!
'True talk... i just don’t enjoy watching us anymore myself. It’s weird that the excitement is long gone. It’s psychological for me as i always feel we are there for the tallking against any half decent team. We don’t have a defined style of play anymore since the Cesc era ended. I don’t know if we are a counter attacking team, possession based team, defensive team etc. Just seems like we go out each game hoping for the best. We depend on luck.'
'True talk... i just don’t enjoy watching us anymore myself. It’s weird that the excitement is long gone. It’s psychological for me as i always feel we are there for the tallking against any half decent team. We don’t have a defined style of play anymore since the Cesc era ended. I don’t know if we are a counter attacking team, possession based team, defensive team etc. Just seems like we go out each game hoping for the best. We depend on luck.'
Agree, gambling and the way that betting companies exploit those with addiction has changed completely since then. Plenty of opportunity for the incumbent party to change legislation on FOBT's. They've cut the maximum bet from a ton to fifty quid. So now you can only lose £150 a minute instead of £300.
This makes for pretty disgusting reading:
The Tories don’t have the guts to scrap fixed-odds betting terminals | Dawn Foster
Gambling companies top the list of donations to MPs
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That's just the definition of being beatable. It's the slow end of an era for them.
It's difficult to understand why considering the poorer communities are often most affected. I think Labour probably felt that's the only entertainment poor people have in a dreary life, like smoking or having a pint down the pub, so lets make it easier for them.
Fickle as ever fickle can be.
The 80s Graham era established a very good team and the non footballing plebs latched themselves on (I have many a tale). AW took over this legacy with a smooth transition and attracted even more. Most of the scum supporters (AFTV) will never have as good again. A new coach will be under so much pressure because of the their perception of where they believe they are as a club. The poor me will ramp up big time..
It’s beautiful. They are melting into a puddle of piss. The whole club is unravelling into a nasty mess. And the most hilarious thing is that a new manager is going to have to dismantle that bunch of misfits & start afresh because he won’t be inheriting anything like a decent squad.
Glorious.
Glorious.
As near as the early 2000's Betting shops used to be social places, comparable with pubs. A communal place for certain demographics. Where you could watch sport, put on a bet, get a cup of tea, socialise. The served a purpose in society often being places where vulnerable people or those with issues could go, a bit like libraries.
Now they are just empty shells run by lone workers purley used as premises to hold the legal maximum of four FOBT's terminals per shop.
The big gamble: the dangerous world of British betting shops | Tom Lamont
