Category: Sports

Andy Murray and the English

Apparently Andy Murray, Great British Tennis Hope® has been receiving hate mail after claiming on his blog that he supports ‘anyone but England’ in the footie.

Good for him! Not that I particularly care which team he supports, or whether or not he’s a chippy Scotsman, but anything that will reduce the number of English matrons squealing “Come on Andy” between points at Wimbledon is good in my book.

I wonder if he’s thought about posting pictures of himself strangling puppies?

Ali Campbell’s World Cup Adventure

Alastair Campbell has a blog on the Labour party’s website, relating his experiences following the World Cup. OK first entry, but what really makes it worthy of note is the bile and vitriol spewed across the comments. I’m sure it’s just an online thing – and there’s one in the eye for the ‘internet will revive political debate’ meme – but sitting behind a keyboard seems to be like sitting behind a steering wheel for Brits: something that makes you lose all manners, common decency and sense of proportion.

I’d say “who’d be an MP”, but in Campbell’s case it’s “who’d be a former head of communications”? I know I wouldn’t.

Update: The BBC have picked up the story and are treating the comments as serious political analysis! For crying out loud! What is this country coming to where some faceless shit-flinger (one Dave Smith, allegedly) can be quoted on the BBC saying that the Government is “the most corrupt the country has ever seen”, for all the world as if he were a serious person, or the allegation were rational.

Talkin’ World War II blues, part 1

Amazing that no-one has yet noticed the crassness of David Beckham’s pre-World Cup party, where the RAF will stage a fly past of … three WWII military planes. What a way to see the team off to Germany! Remember, lads, it’s an invasion of hostile Europe. Stick one to the Hun! What in the name of God are the RAF doing pandering to the stupid jingoism and WWII fixation of the Daily Mail brigade?

I guess we can be grateful it wasn’t ten German bombers.

Update: Even non-Brits just can’t seem to get over it. Terry Wogan has just referred to a German TV presenter, as Lord Haw-Haw on a horse. Ho, ho, Terry. Very witty.

Update 2: Apparently the fly-past is now not going to happen, at the Beckhams’ request.