football is not darts .there will not be 2 Brazilian football teams.
we can boycott others may follow pressure would be exerted .
but just like the Olympics the show will go on without us.
diminished ,less sponsorship ,but there will be a World Cup,with or without us.
If I was a betting man I...
why do you think the countries who voted for Blatter would join an alternative World Cup?
They would also miss out on their continents international competition
The most likely scenario would be the World Cup continuing without the
European countries yes diminished and with less sponsorship...
UEFA already have a four yearly tournament.
I cannot see them cutting of their nose to spite their face in
not turning up to such a valuable tournament as the World Cup .
Let's hope the US legal team deliver justice.
The corruption of wealth and power is pervasive it would be
great if Blatter...
we have had predictions of parachute money being dominant in the championship
before I do not expect it to be any more true in the future.
It is very different at the very top level.The Oligarch clubs of European football
will continue to dominate hoovering up all the top talent.
The top teams...
I am afraid 'the left " have lost its way in many areas .
Europe being one of the the prime examples of this.
I think it is a reflex .Nationalists and xenophobes are anti EU
so we must be pro.It is a variation of the fallacy the enemy of my
enemy is my friend .
Democracy is weak and ineffective...
Xenophobia does cloud the argument.A distaste of Xenophobia clouds many
people's judgement.Seeing the trees ' i am not against immigrants ' not
seeing the wood -the elite have been winning the battle for money tokens
and the resources they buy for 40 years , the wages share has been falling
as...
being at the bottom you have to enjoy the good moments.
the best of all is staying up.
What is the point?
Pleasure and survival.Same as everything else.
yes we are told from the right what labour needs
pro business (do not raise minimum pay,keep zero hour contracts,
keep European wide labour market,keep non dom tax status)
pro aspiration( do not tax wealthy people more but do not mention
that people on average pay will not be able to buy a...
another case of knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing.
more local firms going bankrupt.
more workers earning lower wages.
But you get a cheaper ride and a tax avoiding mega-corp makes a few
people very rich.
I do have a preference for 4 3 3 although I am swayed by all the great teams
of recent years Barcelona Real Madrid Bayern Munich the German and Spanish
national teams.Of course they had a different quality of footballers ,
particularly in the wide attacking positions and attacking midfield.
I...
I beseech all those of sound mind to try and look at this matter from the other
side of the account sheet from the perspective of the non monetary sovereign
private sector.Households and firms .
History has developed a national and international economy based on the
exchange of monetary...
personally I am anti EU
but both labour and lib dems are running an election campaign saying
if in government they would only have a referendum if powers change
they are asking for your vote . you have to way up this issue amongst others.
This is democracy ,our representative democracy.
I may...
we have not been recovering at a decent rate for several years
when the coalition came to power GDP growth was 1%
it took 4 years for the government to return to those rates
there has been a raft of historically low economic data
last year it was average wages flatlining for 7 years
recently it...
I see the preliminary gdp figures for the first quarter of this year show
growth of 0.3% down from 0.6% for the last quarter of last year .
In terms of GDP growth per capita both would be weaker still.
It seems the slowest recovery in modern history is slowing down.
This is the plan that is working?
its all opinions I know but I thought that was one of our best performances this year
that's not saying much and we cannot score which is the point
but we did match the top team in the league
happy to concede a second going all out for an equalizer
stockdale 8
Greer 5
halford 6
dunk 7
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