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Madrid Wakes up to the Stench of Tabloid Nationalism
When I saw the headline 'UP YOURS SENORS' in The Sun last week, I did wonder what the reaction to it would be when England or an English team next played abroad. Of course, it wasn't long before elements of the Leicester City fanbase used the tabloids as a 'call to arms' and a good reason to chant nationalist songs that stirred the police into chaotic behaviour, ...
Keeping Up With the Descent Into Chaos!
Are we being tricked into distraction by a bombardment of news items that just when we begin to understand, something else is thrown at us to make us question our morality? Ken Livingstone is an anti-semite, Donald Trump is now great because he orders a bombing camping whilst on the 16th tee, Gibraltar is an innocent victim of Brexit, not a dubious tax haven for ...
A Weekend in Norwich
As a Reading fan, it took a while to forget the 5-0 hammering dished out by Fulham back in December, however, when my eldest son decided he would like an awayday Reading FC weekend trip for his birthday, my enthusiasm for the beautiful game gradually returned. So, way back in January, we checked through the fixture list and decided that as we had both never been ...
Time to Stop Listening to Media Groups!
There was a time in the not too distant past when the only access to current affairs came from three television channels and the national and local news groups. Newspapers were a huge part of our lives as anyone who has ever done a paper round will testify, however, they are now falling in numbers and as a consequence, their owners are pushing even harder than ...
Nostalgia and Fear Sent us Down the Brexit Path!
I was watching Newsnight on BBC 2 last night and a short feature with Nick Clegg visiting Ebww Vale came on. Ebbw Vale was once a steel town providing work for the local community, however, that has long since gone and it is now home to 25% unemployment and it would appear, little hope outside some EU funded regeneration. Over 60 per cent of the town voted to ...