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I'm not sure if we're agreeing or disagreeing.
Neither... I'm just riffing on the fact there's a distinct difference between abiding by a law and what Qatar are attempting to enforce upon it's guests.
Not sure how you'd garner that from my comments, but nope.
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European Parliament votes in favour of resolution calling on FIFA to compensate migrant worker families - Get French Football News
According to L'Équipe, via Reuters, the European Parliament has voted in favour of a resolution which calls on FIFA to compensate the families of migrant
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A shame this kind of stuff didn't come up either just after the award of WC to Qatar or after the issues with migrant labour deaths became widespread etc
OK... I was reading to much into things. Apologies.
You're probably right. Though, I wonder if that would still have been the case were you to look beyond the gas chamber and considered attitudes towards the murdering of Jewish people more broadly.
Many ancient books have been used as the basis of questionable morals, not just the Koran.
Agreed where the hats, flags, laces, etc are concerned. The idea they're trying to 'protect' supporters is ridiculous.
As I said, I wasn't sure what you were saying, so just clarifying.
They do that every tournament. This isn’t new. Nothing to do with Qatar.
For fucks sake, let people do whatever stupid shit they want to do so long as they don’t hurt anyone.
Inside Qatar’s ‘other’ fan zone: a night watching football with Qatar’s migrant workers
Inside Qatar’s ‘other’ fan zone: a night watching football with Qatar’s migrant workers
Unable to go to the stadiums they helped build, hundreds of migrant workers gather in a cricket stadium in the desert outside Doha to celebrate the beautiful game
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Apart from the England travelling band. The capital punishment has yet to be invented that would be too harsh for them.
Football wise, it's been pretty decent so far.
I'd have given her one.Mp.
Also, asmummy alludes to, his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was something else. I would rate as probably the most influential female monarch in British history, possibly with the exceptions of the two Elizabeths.
She was first married to the weak Louis VII of France before he had the marriage annulled on the grounds of both consanguinity (she didn't provide a male heir to the French throne) and that she liked to 'put it about' with other men given Philip wasn't really up to it. She then married Henry II (who was up to it, with her and numerous other women) before he became king, and they had numerous offspring, including of course Richard and John.
She didn't take any crap from Henry - she was wealthy in her own right from the Aquitaine territories in south-western France - but they ruled well for a period of time until the family ended being as dysfunctional as anything from a Jeremy Kyle TV show (you may need to ask someone who this person is...), and Henry imprisoned her for 16 years. However, she still had huge influence with the powerbrokers of England and France who had no time for Henry.
The Angevin Empire period of English Plantagenet reign covers a fascinating time in (mainly) English history, where the crown gradually moved from France to England, along with legal and constitutional changes we still have as the basis of English law to this day - namely the writing of Magna Carta. It's my favourite time of English history.
I think that would have been her decision...I'd have given her one.
It has.... (Apart from all the 0-0's)
But that's like saying Jimmy Savile raised loads of money for all the disabled people he abused, and Harvey Weinstein produced some pretty dann good films!
I'm actually very disappointed in the English football team - and the Germans/Belgians etc. Despite their protestations, at the first hint of a yellow card they've capitulated to FIFA. They've been weak, when they should have got together and ALL worn the armbands. It's still not too late.
Anyway, I heard on the radio this morning that those armbands had been designed by lawyers, to ensure they weren't 'political'. Wear the bloody things FFS.
Anyway, I heard on the radio this morning that those armbands had been designed by lawyers, to ensure they weren't 'political'. Wear the bloody things FFS.
Difference is (and part of my point) is that it's 2022 and we should know better by now.....
But some countries insist on living not in the past, but living by an outdated fairytale made up god mantra that is so out of date that it's stopped being merely offensive... it's just plain outdated and boring to hear now.
