Monday, July 09, 2018

No longer proud to be British

I am sorry, to be honest, I am no longer proud to be British, I have felt this way for a few years; I am enjoying the world cup in Russia, although I am no longer patriotic, its nice to watch world-class football, and have  a few beers with friends; I was watching the football in an "Irish" bar in Spain for a short holiday, England vs Sweeden was going to start in an hour or so, the British started arriving along with the Swedes; as the British arrived they were discreetly ushered to the bar upstairs, out of the way; apparently the Spanish were expecting fighting and glass throwing if we win, loose, or score a goal (or nearly score a goal), based on previous bad experiences. I didn’t see any trouble, but I was in the Sweedish camp. I did see UK ambulances were mindlessly destroyed.

Recently Benidorm banned all British stag and hen parties, Magaluf has specifically warned British people to behave. The signs everywhere are in English, not in German, Spanish, Sweedish etc, why, because generally, these people don't have  a desire to smash things up


I don't think that Europe will miss the British after BREXIT

updated 13 July 2018
I also don't understand the duality of football and fatties, most football fans are obese, but would claim to be sports fans, the media boasts that the UK will sell an EXTRA 10 MILLION pints of beer during the semifinal (England lost), so we already have the most fatties in Europe, is it so great that we sell more beer, and the inevitable violence, damage and costs involved, at the time of writing the police report 1086 football related incidents and 230 arrests, what is there to be proud of? Personally, I think the wealthy footballers and football clubs should pay the costs of repairs, they encourage it, so does the media, bad news sells

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