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MPs and the Maccies World Cup freebies
BillieTheBot
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Anyone who follows football, and I don't follow it that closely, is well-aware of the way the ordinary man on the street is being squeezed out of the game. They are used to the incompetent Football Association dishing out tickets to its cronies in business who sponsor what they laughably call "the beautiful game". Tickets to fans to see the teams they love? To hell with that, there's money to be made!
No one loves freebies and junkets more than our MPs. No one gets more enjoyment out of watching football matches instead of getting on with the jobs they were elected to do. Some MPs have been caught up to their necks accepting freebie tickets. Who paid for them? Yep, that most health-conscious of companies, McDonalds. Satirists everywhere are going to be out of work at this rate.
Reports the BBC: "MPs have defended taking free World Cup tickets from food giant McDonald's. An official tournament sponsor, McDonalds said it had supplied 23 tickets to the MPs and researchers for England's game against Paraguay. The move has sparked criticism from fans' groups, who say ordinary fans have been kept out of the stadium due to a lack of public tickets. However, MPs said while they understood their frustration, it was not up to them who got the tickets." >> Details >>
The satire gets even worse. Not only do we have a parliamentary football club, (what do they do all day?) but one of the members who accepted Maccies hospitality is called John Leech. How very apt. The stupidity of the MPs who accepted these tickets is beyond question. So, why are McDonalds doing this? We already know the answer to this question, don't we?
(as for whether this fits in better here or in the Sports forum, I'm leaving the final decision to the mods)
No one loves freebies and junkets more than our MPs. No one gets more enjoyment out of watching football matches instead of getting on with the jobs they were elected to do. Some MPs have been caught up to their necks accepting freebie tickets. Who paid for them? Yep, that most health-conscious of companies, McDonalds. Satirists everywhere are going to be out of work at this rate.
Reports the BBC: "MPs have defended taking free World Cup tickets from food giant McDonald's. An official tournament sponsor, McDonalds said it had supplied 23 tickets to the MPs and researchers for England's game against Paraguay. The move has sparked criticism from fans' groups, who say ordinary fans have been kept out of the stadium due to a lack of public tickets. However, MPs said while they understood their frustration, it was not up to them who got the tickets." >> Details >>
The satire gets even worse. Not only do we have a parliamentary football club, (what do they do all day?) but one of the members who accepted Maccies hospitality is called John Leech. How very apt. The stupidity of the MPs who accepted these tickets is beyond question. So, why are McDonalds doing this? We already know the answer to this question, don't we?
(as for whether this fits in better here or in the Sports forum, I'm leaving the final decision to the mods)
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This thread made me laugh, you post some funny unintentional shit like.
Whatever next!
how does that reduce my chances of getting a ticket then
and as for the common man being forced out of football, thats utter bollocks. you get all types down the turf here still, family men, single men, old men, kids, young men...its all down to whether you want to or not.
That's unfair.
It's not so bad in the lower leagues, but Arsenal's cheapest season ticket is £900. The other top Premiershit teams are no better.
Sponsors are ahead of fans at any top game now, of course they are. They're more profitable. That's why so many Wembley seats are reserved in advance, at £5000 for a season ticket.
ok thats fair enough point, maybe that explains why the championship is one of the best supported leagues in the world.
i guess it does vary as to which team you follow, ive always been a believer in supporting the local side either way.
Tickets for a burnley game range from £18 - £23 and some people think thats dear here, but still go on for the love of it.
i'd probably try and go on no matter what the cost, but it guess it does differ slightly.
It depends how much money you have, as always. If money was no object I'd go every week, home and away, but money is an object. It's why the working class fans are getting driven out of football- how many people on my wage can afford to spend £20 a fortnight, plus beer and chips, watching shite footy? And in football's grand scheme, £20 a fortnight is nowt.
Fucking rip off...
As for the MPs, well I have to say there's nothing much new about it- though that doesn't make it any nicer. MPs will always use their position for freebies.
I saw the front page of the HateMail on Sunday today. They were raging about it and claiming how they were ''£1,000 tickets''. A slight spin on it, seeing as the actual price is around £30-£40 (or whatever face value it might be) and that the 1k noted is what the Mail claims some touts are asking for tickets.
Q. Who is the largest distributor of toys in the world?
A. You guessed it... McDonalds.
They are a despicable, dictonary-definition evil company not because of the shite, ultra unhealthy food they distribute, but because their disgusting targetting of children.
That such organisation is allowed to sponsor the World Cup is nothing short of a disgrace.
Only if there Ministers (and if I remember its only over a certain value as well. I thinks its probably arguable that the value is the price on the ticket, not how much a Minister could sell if he was touting outisde the Stadium)
MPs will need to declare, but they don't have to pay back gifts
Oh well, I cant say out of all the things the governments been doing lately this makes me vaguely irritated let alone angry.