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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Sport should be separated from politics. No participant in a sport should be assumed to be supportive of the government of the country they represent.
I might be generalising a little, but I doubt that many England footballers support their Conservative government.
Think about it.
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I wish you would.
Last time I looked the Conservative government hadn’t sent our army on an imperial war of conquest across the Irish republic and our soldiers weren’t torturing civilians, raping teenagers or burgling private homes as they went.
Honestly, I’ve seen some boneheaded attempts at moral equivalence but you’re on another level.