THE WORLD CUP MUST GO (on?)

Why can't you follow two threads?

Politics itt and sport+lols in the other thread imho

He drinks a Qatari drink. He drinks an Arab drink. He drinks an African drink. He drinks a gay drink. He sings the songs that remind him of the disabled times. He sings the songs that remind him of the migrant worker times.

— The Devil has many bollocks, my friend (@snowrespecter) November 19, 2022

xp: what if Pol and its funny?

What verse of the Quran says alcohol is fine in hospitality boxes https://t.co/vKkQGMmtRv

— Ciaran (@Ciaran2607) November 18, 2022

AB has a view.

“Qatar should be able to enforce strict rules around alcohol, those are the laws of the land”.

Literally nobody is making it host the World Cup and therefore acting as a point of convergence for every culture on earth. It’s hosting an event, clue is in the name.

— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) November 19, 2022

Hosting the World Cup isn’t a human right either. If you want to host the biggest sporting event in the world you should be able to extend hospitality to people of different faiths. If you can’t, don’t host it.

— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) November 19, 2022

Today, I’ll be thinking of the thousands of workers who died building the stadiums for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

I’ll be thinking of LGBT+ people fighting for their human right to love.

And I’ll be supporting local grassroots football in Islington North! pic.twitter.com/48KYv02Y7r

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) November 20, 2022

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n22/david-goldblatt/how-to-get-on-tv

Really good piece on WC politics. Every bid winner has bribed since '98. Slave labour used at the last WC too. The next WC will be very carbon intensive too. The world is fucked.

Ecuador kick off the World Cup today.

Here's their captain Enner Valencia faking an injury to avoid getting arrested over £13k of unpaid child support.

The former Everton striker was driven away on a stretcher while 13 policemen gave chase. pic.twitter.com/oNCfKMbj6t

— The Upshot (@UpshotTowers) November 20, 2022

I worry a bit about some of these players that might be a bit more pliable than others!

A grifter on Gary Neville.

Taking Qatari money & then attacking Infantino & Blatter for being 'divisive' is unreal levels of hypocrisy. Lost huge amounts of respect for Neville.

When you take money from unsavoury sources - that's up to you. But you lose credibility in claiming to be self-righteous. https://t.co/zFcYKzav4v

— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) November 20, 2022

> twenty years pass...

biggest yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8tBocrUzc8

Remarkable footage of the USSR team in 1982. Very occasionally features John Helm, but mostly unhelpful dramatic music.