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General Category => Sports, Hobbies & Interests => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on March 22, 2024, 08:56:45 AM

Title: England kit: Keir Starmer urges change over St George's Cross design
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 22, 2024, 08:56:45 AM
Starmer slides in to tackle Nike on Flaggate


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68632034
Title: Re: England kit: Keir Starmer urges change over St George's Cross design
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 22, 2024, 12:39:27 PM
Sunak now joined Starmer in Flaggate but then they are just 'rent-a-gobs'


https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/21/football-daily-england-kit-cross
Title: Re: England kit: Keir Starmer urges change over St George's Cross design
Post by: ad_orientem on March 22, 2024, 01:54:05 PM
More importantly, who the hell would pay 100 quid for football merchandise. Bloody rip off!
Title: Re: England kit: Keir Starmer urges change over St George's Cross design
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 22, 2024, 01:58:21 PM
I see Peter Shilton is confused about the England flag


"and red white and blue are the colours that we have on our flag".
Title: Re: England kit: Keir Starmer urges change over St George's Cross design
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 22, 2024, 04:32:22 PM
'Taxi driver Joe in Stirling said he had "steam" coming out of his ears: "People died for that flag thousands of years ago".'

I have to hope Joe was Steve Coogan phoning in.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68640129
Title: Re: England kit: Keir Starmer urges change over St George's Cross design
Post by: jeremyp on March 22, 2024, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 22, 2024, 01:58:21 PM
I see Peter Shilton is confused about the England flag


"and red white and blue are the colours that we have on our flag".

Yes it's true

https://www.balls.ie/football/peter-shilton-error-england-kit-591835
Title: Re: England kit: Keir Starmer urges change over St George's Cross design
Post by: jeremyp on March 22, 2024, 04:36:45 PM
Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 22, 2024, 04:32:22 PM
'Taxi driver Joe in Stirling said he had "steam" coming out of his ears: "People died for that flag thousands of years ago".'

I have to hope Joe was Steve Coogan phoning in.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68640129

Well people did die for that flag thousands of years ago, if by "thousands" you mean "about one thousand". It was a symbol used in the crusades. Lots of people died because of the crusades.
Title: Re: England kit: Keir Starmer urges change over St George's Cross design
Post by: Outrider on March 22, 2024, 04:39:51 PM
Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 22, 2024, 08:56:45 AM
Starmer slides in to tackle Nike on Flaggate


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68632034

Starmer makes two points regarding the shirts - the flag design AND the exorbitant pricing - but I see that only one of them creates sufficient click-bait to be a headline.

O.
Title: Re: England kit: Keir Starmer urges change over St George's Cross design
Post by: jeremyp on March 22, 2024, 04:41:54 PM
Quote from: Outrider on March 22, 2024, 04:39:51 PM
Starmer makes two points regarding the shirts - the flag design AND the exorbitant pricing - but I see that only one of them creates sufficient click-bait to be a headline.

O.

Because nobody cares about the exorbitant price. Football shirts have been priced exorbitantly for many years.
Title: Re: England kit: Keir Starmer urges change over St George's Cross design
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 22, 2024, 04:44:58 PM
Quote from: Outrider on March 22, 2024, 04:39:51 PM
Starmer makes two points regarding the shirts - the flag design AND the exorbitant pricing - but I see that only one of them creates sufficient click-bait to be a headline.

O.
Perhaps a more savvy politician might have chosen to ignore making a comment that would always have been led on?

Aren't all headlines by definition clickbait?