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I don’t think it was the intention of the fans of the 3 Merseyside clubs to ‘just support their team‘ this weekend!

Well yes, but technically the U.K. are hosting it on their behalf.

They hate the establishment. I’m ok with that. Scouse not English? Fair enough. But then why do we use their city to represent the U.K.‘s hosting of Eurovision, or Everton’s new ground as an English venue for the Euro 2028 bid, or why do they even want to compete in the English Premier League...

Yes, and if you look carefully you can just about make out Waitrose too.

Just out of interest, do you think the constitutional arrangements in your adopted home work better? They seem to be more fragmented than almost any other country in Europe. Maybe you just like living in countries that have a Monarchy!

Looks like the poor guy on the extreme right (blurred) has lost a leg, in 1919 I imagine there were plenty who came home like that (and plenty who never even came home).

Heard these guys being interviewed in the week. Prince William pottery, based in Liverpool. Wonder how that goes down on the mean streets there? https://promotionalmugs.co.uk/king-charles-coronation-memorabilia/

Which is an entirely reasonable perspective. The trouble is that the big discussions always seem to offer only binary solutions - Brexit in or out, Monarchy or Republic, Scottish independence or keep the Union, Labour or Tory, etc. Most of the time, the sensible and optimal solution lies in...

Whether or not they choose to boo, monarchy has always been a divisive issue, the only thing we fought a civil war over. It has never had 100% support, and today is no different. Merseyside may have a higher % of Irish immigrants and their descendants who would be even less pro-monarchy too...

Sounds like me in the Potter years. I went about 8 or 9 home games without seeing a win, and barely even a goal in that either!

One thing that confused me yesterday was the chant of ‘England’s number 1’ from the Scouse republicans to Picknose. Now surely if this whole anti-establishment ‘Scouse not English’ thing is to be taken seriously, they would want no part of the national set up and the national team. So had they...

Left at 4-1. Not so much because of the performance and score line, but I couldn’t bear hearing that friggin Everton song playing on repeat one more time!

Bristol Rovers under Clough 😢

That seems to make an enormous assumption that nationalism = Brexit. Not for me it doesn’t. I am proudly English, British and European. They are not mutually exclusive.

And Flower of Scotland is based on defeating Edward’s Army, hardly a song that shows Scotland in a great light in the 21st century

Although go to an England rugby international at Twickenham and our anthem is sung properly and with gusto. Took a Brazilian friend along and they noticed the clear difference between how it’s sung and perceived at rugby compared to football.

I totally disagree (well, I’m sure I would if I could work out what you are saying!)

Don‘t forget that historians would say Brighton is only what it is as a town/city because of its royal past. Doesn’t mean you have to like that fact but the royal family has shaped its very existence and raison d’être, more so than almost anywhere else in the country. Those Liverpool fans also...

I don’t think we sing the verse about crushing rebellious Scots any more, though might be good to have it introduced for the next Calcutta Cup? 🤪

The main cemetery on the hillside overlooking the town has mostly Muslim gravestones with dates from the Yugoslav war on them, very moving.