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NUFC and other Sportswashing Spring 2022

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Going to end in tears apparently he’s got that 16 year old girl involved in his gang feuds now along with her idiot dad.
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Get the feeling shearer isn’t a fan of their owners from his piece on the smogs match coverage
 
Dilligaf60 said:
Not when you have a sitting prime minister telling the PL what they have to do.
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Mackem2017 said:
He was fine until pressure started being applied to the club
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He is a fraud.I remember a little comment when they first got taken over,saying questions need to be asked.Then,absolutely nothing from him.Now,all of a sudden,he makes a pathetic little statement.Nothing the fans can do ,blah,blah,blah.Even though 100,000 of them signed a petition for it to happen,marched on Parliament, and thousands of them protested against Ashley every game.What a drip that fella is
 
skullmeister said:
From The Guardian earlier in the week. Ffs listening to Johnson is like listening to the majority of mags "they are trying to change" despite 84 executions in 1 week some for "deviant beliefs"

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Boris Johnson upbeat on Saudi oil supply as kingdom executes three more

PM accused of ‘trading blood for oil’ as he seeks increased Middle East output to lessen reliance on Russia

Boris Johnson has hinted Saudi Arabia could speed up oil production to help calm spiralling energy prices for Britons, as he praised the country for improving its human rights record despite three more people being executed during his visit.

With pressure rising at home over a cost of living crisis compounded by western countries trying to end their reliance on Russian imports, the UK prime minister made a dash to the Middle East to urge leaders to help stabilise oil prices by ramping up supply.

The Saudi regime just executed 81 people – so why is Boris Johnson cosying up to it?

Maya Foa

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Johnson said there was “a lot of agreement” in his meeting with Saudi Arabia’s ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, adding that efforts should be made to ensure “the global economy is not damaged by the current spikes”.

On the same day, the Saudi government executed three more citizens.

It came days after the largest state killing in the kingdom’s history of 81 men. The UN said half were Muslims from the Shia minority and had taken part in protests calling for greater political participation a decade ago.

Johnson’s visit was heavily restricted for media, with government sources claiming No 10 wanted to draw relatively little attention to it.

Though unable to announce any firm commitments after touring the Saudi Arabian and UAE capitals, the prime minister said he made the case for why oil producing countries should try to steady prices to avoid a 1970s-style energy crisis.

In a short interview afterwards, Johnson insisted there was “a lot of agreement that it is important to avoid inflation” and the “damaging economic consequences” that could follow.

Oil prices had been trading at a 14-year high of close to $130 a barrel after Russian president Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. However, the price slid to about $100 on Wednesday amid continuing ceasefire talks.

Johnson was pessimistic that he would be able to open up the spare capacity of the Saudi-led Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to soften the blow of divesting from Russian fossil fuels.

But he stressed the west needed energy independence and countries now realised they had made a mistake by building up dependence on Russian hydrocarbons, allowing Putin to blackmail nations and hold their economies to ransom.

Asked if he raised the recent mass executions, Johnson only said: “I always raise human rights issues, as British prime ministers before me have done, time after time. It’s best if the details of those conversations are kept private, they’re more effective that way.”

He claimed that “in spite” of the killings, “things are changing in Saudi Arabia” and added: “That’s why we see value in engaging with Saudi Arabia and why we see value in the partnership.”

The human rights charity group Reprieve said the three people killed – Bandar al-Zahrani, Hamid al-Osaimi and Muhannad al-Assiri – were all Saudi nationals accused of murder.

“By travelling to meet Mohammed bin Salman so soon after a mass execution, Boris Johnson clearly signalled that in return for oil, the UK will tolerate even the gravest human rights abuses,” Reprieve’s director Maya Foa said.

“Today’s executions are the immediate result. The prime minister has blood on his hands.

“Carrying out these executions while the leader of a western power is on Saudi soil was provocative act, designed to flaunt the crown prince’s power and impunity to the world.

“It is not acceptable to cite Russia’s war crimes to try to justify trading blood for oil elsewhere. It shows the world we will apply double standards for our convenience, and embolden countries like Saudi Arabia into further atrocities, just as Putin was emboldened by our willingness to take his cronies’ cash for decades
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The Saudis aren't stupid. Oil is a finite resource, when it runs out... the money runs out. Right now loads of people want their oil, why would they ramp up production so they can supply everyone cheap, when they can continue at this rate and command a higher price while keeping more in reserve?

I'm no expert in economics but it was blatantly obvious Boris was going to achieve nothing except a photo opportunity by going to the Saudis.
 
Dilligaf60 said:
Allah shariah. Wash cycle complete.
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I agree wholeheartedly what people have said what Shearer said...its like anything in this world...you only apologise when you've been caught out!!
It was fine when the corrupted takeover went through..but ah!!...fast forward a little and the truly awful events happening in Ukraine has brought into light the corruption happening in sport and the world as a whole!!...but all of a sudden you recognise the Abhorrent treatment of the brave people of Ukraine and Yemen!!
I still cant get my head around this narrative of "we cant help who our owners are "....You can and did with Ashley!!..this in their words.." A tyrant"..my goodness!!!...self-awareness in non-existent!!!....To all mags who come on here.....engage your brain before you speak...if you remotely have one!!!
 
All or Nothing said:
What a load of 💩 Sheera saying fans cant choose, they campaigned for the deal to go through . Nice sidestep from Weetabix Heed .
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It’s not a sidestep marra. It’s blatant cowardice. He’s a mag don’t forget. Doesn’t want to upset his fellow vermin by acknowledging the actual truth. He’d look less of a twat if he just kept his mealy mouth shut instead of telling what he knows for sure and certain to be barefaced lies on national tv.
barts45 said:
Fact he’s not challenged just shows how utterly bent the whole media is as a whole
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Aye. Exactly. Spineless kernts.
 
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