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[Albion] Daily Mail apology



Jim in the West

Jim in the West

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Just seen this on the official site (my apologies if it's fixtures):

The club can confirm that the following clarification and correction appeared in today’s Daily Mail (4 October 2024).
‘An article in Saturday’s paper said that Brighton & Hove Albion FC owner Tony Bloom invited Sir Keir Starmer to a game against Arsenal on April 6, and suggested this was to lobby him about the forthcoming Football Governance Bill.
‘In fact, the PM’s invitation came from a third party as part of a standard Premier League arrangement with visiting teams and Brighton have confirmed, and we accept, that he was not lobbied by Mr Bloom or the club.
‘We apologise for the error and for any distress caused and have agreed to make a donation to the Brighton & Hove Albion Foundation.’
We acknowledge the apology and appreciate the correction and significant donation. The Mail has also paid the club’s legal costs.
 
























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Nobby Cybergoat said:
So we sued the Daily Mail ... otherwise they are never going to issue an apology to us

We can expect petty vindictive headlines and coverage henceforth
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f*** 'em, and their squinty-eyed readership.
 






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pocketseagull said:
and this is why Starmer shouldn't be accepting hospitality from the Premier League until at least the Football Governance Bill passes
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The problem is that he can't sit in the regular seats because this would be a security issue. Apparently not all Arsenal season ticket holders are keen Labour supporters, and there may be one or two who would cause a kerfuffle. So he needs to be in a box. But why should he be forced to pay for a box?

Personally I have no more problem with the hospitality any more than I would for a previous Tory leader who is a keen Liverpool supporter. And another former tory PM who is a keen supporter of West Villa.

Having a PM who has to skulk around with a bag over his head and be denied all normal entertainments strikes me as counter productive. I don't want the country run by a miserable sod who spends his life with his sad nose pressed up against a virtual glass window separating him from normal life.

And I suspect many of us would class going to the football as part of normal life ???
 


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pocketseagull said:
and this is why Starmer shouldn't be accepting hospitality from the Premier League until at least the Football Governance Bill passes
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What about ministers and backbenchers? Our local MP (Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency), along with plenty other MPs, accepted Taylor Swift tickets from the Premier League.
 






Uh_huh_him

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The problem is that he can't sit in the regular seats because this would be a security issue. Apparently not all Arsenal season ticket holders are keen Labour supporters, and there may be one or two who would cause a kerfuffle. So he needs to be in a box. But why should he be forced to pay for a box?

Personally I have no more problem with the hospitality any more than I would for a previous Tory leader who is a keen Liverpool supporter. And another former tory PM who is a keen supporter of West Villa.

Having a PM who has to skulk around with a bag over his head and be denied all normal entertainments strikes me as counter productive. I don't want the country run by a miserable sod who spends his life with his sad nose pressed up against a virtual glass window separating him from normal life.

And I suspect many of us would class going to the football as part of normal life ???
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I get this argument, but then again, he's made a career choice which is massively affecting his ability to live the life he used to.

I don't see it as essential that someone else should pay for him to carry on attending Arsenal games.
It's kind of on him.
 


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Uh_huh_him said:
I get this argument, but then again, he's made a career choice which is massively affecting his ability to live the life he used to.

I don't see it as essential that someone else should pay for him to carry on attending Arsenal games.
It's kind of on him.
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Yes, I kind of get that, too.
 




Deadly Danson

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Uh_huh_him said:
I get this argument, but then again, he's made a career choice which is massively affecting his ability to live the life he used to.

I don't see it as essential that someone else should pay for him to carry on attending Arsenal games.
It's kind of on him.
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The problem I have is, it just isn't an issue either way. Who cares? But because the vicious, lying, duplicitous rags decide to make it an issue it then gets reported by the rest of the media who have to have something to talk about so eventually it becomes a "thing". So boring.
 








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