• The forums will be unavailable for a few hours on Saturday 6th June, when they do return they will initially be in a degraded state with some features missing, but normal posting/reading will be possible. The main website will not be affected by these updates.
    New user registrations are currently disabled.
    Some other features of the forum are also currently disabled.

NUFC/Sportwashing

Status
Not open for further replies.

woodlebert said:
Not sure that's fair. You don't have to be active in a political organisation to care about politics/human rights/trade/tax/investment/etc

Hettonlass got in first
Click to expand...
Imo they are…
The city that grew up in had, amongst other things, Vickers Armstrong in it. I don’t remember hearing many complaints about arms exports…
Equally, the uk does business with most countries around the globe providing incomes to countless people…
As soon as capitalism (yes, I am a capitalist) connected to sports those sports become companies based on profits (however profit is measured)
I feel that given the presence of “social media” and it’s inability to provide change things it is to people to stop talking and start doing…
 
Caer_Urfa said:
So we ring up Biden and get this moving
Click to expand...

Get what moving? Money talks, always does and always has. Everyone knew this bloke ordered the murder of Kharshoggi. The CIA confirmed as much. It’s not exactly a secret how much Saudi Arabia pours in to terrorist organisations.

He’s still been permitted to buy a U.K. football club. it’s not because he’s a reformed character. It’s because he controls an enormous amount of wealth and a huge Premier League broadcast market.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top