Amazing that the traditional sport of white working class men was chosen by the Wokerati for its greatest attack, from rainbow laces, kick it out, “hate” chants, camera on every seat, taking the knee, Ramadan breaks, obligation to have a women’s team etc. It’s almost as if they really, really hate the white working class and want to take everything they have from them, even the sport where they let they traditionally let their hair down.
What a creep that Chairman is. Makes me glad I don't support Ipswich. Why would we expect anymore from such a weakling though? You can't argue a man like that from a position when his pay cheque depends on that same position. Not a Thomas Cranmer that's for sure !
Useful ideas in this piece though. Like rejecting the whole notion of racism. I think it's been corrupted to discriminate against and ultimately eliminate white people. I'm not exaggerating, Europe is being stolen as we speak.
Media coverage of this story is incredible really, BBC appear to have put out at least one article a day about it up until the chairman's apology. If only they'd put this much effort into some other stories that I would have thought were way more important. They do seem to have found a variety of people who are apparently upset about it, although the main ones quoted include a Labour councillor who is unlikely to be approaching this from a neutral standpoint and Rainbow Tractors who appear to be upholding the LGBTQ+ football fan group tradition of being more concerned about non-football matters rather than the sport they are supposed to like watching.
They have also quoted some people saying that there's nothing wrong with it, although it feels like they are trying to paint them as a minority when I wouldn't be convinced that was the case.
There's also a link to a hard-hitting piece in the East Anglian Daily Times which I will not be paying the subscription to read, however the quotes indicate sponsors, players and staff will all be horrified at the sight of Nigel Farage holding an Ipswich Town shirt. It also called for an apology from Ipswich Town, which they got to be fair, so maybe the head of football at the East Anglian Daily Times carries more weight than I thought. Or he's literally hard-hitting.
'Some fans have shared concerns that Farage being at Portman Road risked dividing fans during the team's end-of-season push for promotion' is probably my favourite bit from any of the articles, conjuring up images of die hard fans suddenly not wanting the team to be promoted because Nigel Farage dropped by for a visit. Perhaps they'll go and sit with their backs to the pitch in protest.
I've written way too much about this now, maybe I should get a job at the BBC
Clearly too good to give away for free. Read the story about how Roberto de Zerbi may be close to being appointed Spurs manager earlier. Apparently a number of Spurs fan groups have voiced their opposition to this because De Zerbi gave support to Mason Greenwood when he managed him at Marseille. Proud Lilywhites were the group quoted who of course are the official Spurs LGBQT+ fan group. What Spurs fan thinks the club are in a position where they can start rejecting candidates on ideological grounds that aren't even directly to do with the person themselves?
Spot on, as always. Ludicrous performance by the Ipswich football chairman, and your analysis was suitably cutting and absolutely hilarious, of course. Best laugh I’ve had for days.
I`ve been an Evertonian since I was 5. At matches never mattered what or who you were other than being an Evertonian. Our club chairman in 1980`s was Sir Philip Carter who was also chairman of the Liverpool Conservative Association and has a stand at Goodison Park named after him. John Smith, chairman of Liverpool at the time was also a leading Conservative. No one batted an eyelid.
I do wish though that politicians stayed away from clubs they don`t support. I wish they would stay away from factories and schools: if you want to announce something do it in the House of Commons.
On a general point most premiership football is boring. Match of the Day struggles to find 7 minutes 27 seconds of interest in a game and at least half of that is focussed on the managers or the crowd. In the old days I`m sure there was just one main game and a brief clip of one other match. Same with local ITV channels like Granada.
On a positive I was at the new stadium last October when we played and lost to Spurs, 0-3! It had been selected for a take the knee, the jeers were so loud and even MoTD couldn`t filter them out.
The 'R' word is really the last remaining ditch to defend for the left. Rupert Lowe has played it perfectly. To wring out the military analogy, he refuses to meet the enemy on its own terrain with its ultimate weaponry of heavily reinforced spell-words. Too early to say, but it might be enough. Interesting that the statement seemed to be more concerned with the stresses of staff and nebulous "communities" than paying supporters!
Not very smart. If Nigel gets to be PM he could screw them over in all sorts of ways. There's that daft football regulator for example. Or he could send the overpaid PE teacher a copy of the draft Ipswich Town (Abolition of) Bill.
Never apologise to the mob for anything. All it does (in their minds) is prove to them that their views are the acceptable ones in society and validates their vile behaviour. It feeds the beast, fuels their ideology and their own agenda. For these groups who scream that “inclusivity” is their only goal, they are actually excluding any and all opinions, people and ideas that they don’t agree with. Once an apology is issued, they don’t forgive they just hate their target even more.
I did some AI research on this. 😂 Result: The phrase "staff are hurting" refers to employees experiencing emotional distress, psychological harm, or mental anguish due to workplace events. It is commonly used to describe the impact of bullying, harassment, poor management, or traumatic incidents, and is recognized in employment law as "injury to feelings" or "work-related stress."
It is appropriate in the context of Ipswich Town, as chairman Mark Ashton used it to acknowledge the genuine emotional pain and distress felt by staff over the club's handling of Nigel Farage's visit. The phrase correctly identifies that the incident caused psychological harm, which aligns with its established usage.
Amazing that the traditional sport of white working class men was chosen by the Wokerati for its greatest attack, from rainbow laces, kick it out, “hate” chants, camera on every seat, taking the knee, Ramadan breaks, obligation to have a women’s team etc. It’s almost as if they really, really hate the white working class and want to take everything they have from them, even the sport where they let they traditionally let their hair down.
DEI🤔🤔🤔 Deliberate Exclusion of the Indigenous People?
That's good.
What a creep that Chairman is. Makes me glad I don't support Ipswich. Why would we expect anymore from such a weakling though? You can't argue a man like that from a position when his pay cheque depends on that same position. Not a Thomas Cranmer that's for sure !
Useful ideas in this piece though. Like rejecting the whole notion of racism. I think it's been corrupted to discriminate against and ultimately eliminate white people. I'm not exaggerating, Europe is being stolen as we speak.
That’s exactly what it is. See Camus book ‘Enemy of the Disaster’.
“Community ” ?
Which community?
Why do they always talk about community leaders, but don’t have the backbone to say which community?
Yes it wasn’t totally clear in this case if it meant Muslims (like it usually does) or just wankers.
Media coverage of this story is incredible really, BBC appear to have put out at least one article a day about it up until the chairman's apology. If only they'd put this much effort into some other stories that I would have thought were way more important. They do seem to have found a variety of people who are apparently upset about it, although the main ones quoted include a Labour councillor who is unlikely to be approaching this from a neutral standpoint and Rainbow Tractors who appear to be upholding the LGBTQ+ football fan group tradition of being more concerned about non-football matters rather than the sport they are supposed to like watching.
They have also quoted some people saying that there's nothing wrong with it, although it feels like they are trying to paint them as a minority when I wouldn't be convinced that was the case.
There's also a link to a hard-hitting piece in the East Anglian Daily Times which I will not be paying the subscription to read, however the quotes indicate sponsors, players and staff will all be horrified at the sight of Nigel Farage holding an Ipswich Town shirt. It also called for an apology from Ipswich Town, which they got to be fair, so maybe the head of football at the East Anglian Daily Times carries more weight than I thought. Or he's literally hard-hitting.
'Some fans have shared concerns that Farage being at Portman Road risked dividing fans during the team's end-of-season push for promotion' is probably my favourite bit from any of the articles, conjuring up images of die hard fans suddenly not wanting the team to be promoted because Nigel Farage dropped by for a visit. Perhaps they'll go and sit with their backs to the pitch in protest.
I've written way too much about this now, maybe I should get a job at the BBC
Haha. I also wrote a piece for the Daily Sceptic on it. Annoyingly paywalled or I would share here.
Clearly too good to give away for free. Read the story about how Roberto de Zerbi may be close to being appointed Spurs manager earlier. Apparently a number of Spurs fan groups have voiced their opposition to this because De Zerbi gave support to Mason Greenwood when he managed him at Marseille. Proud Lilywhites were the group quoted who of course are the official Spurs LGBQT+ fan group. What Spurs fan thinks the club are in a position where they can start rejecting candidates on ideological grounds that aren't even directly to do with the person themselves?
Spot on, as always. Ludicrous performance by the Ipswich football chairman, and your analysis was suitably cutting and absolutely hilarious, of course. Best laugh I’ve had for days.
Thank you so much!
Thank you! I also wrote an article for daily sceptic but paywalled sadly.
I`ve been an Evertonian since I was 5. At matches never mattered what or who you were other than being an Evertonian. Our club chairman in 1980`s was Sir Philip Carter who was also chairman of the Liverpool Conservative Association and has a stand at Goodison Park named after him. John Smith, chairman of Liverpool at the time was also a leading Conservative. No one batted an eyelid.
I do wish though that politicians stayed away from clubs they don`t support. I wish they would stay away from factories and schools: if you want to announce something do it in the House of Commons.
On a general point most premiership football is boring. Match of the Day struggles to find 7 minutes 27 seconds of interest in a game and at least half of that is focussed on the managers or the crowd. In the old days I`m sure there was just one main game and a brief clip of one other match. Same with local ITV channels like Granada.
On a positive I was at the new stadium last October when we played and lost to Spurs, 0-3! It had been selected for a take the knee, the jeers were so loud and even MoTD couldn`t filter them out.
Do Ipswich Town have a DEI policy when it comes to player recruitment too? 👀👀👀
The 'R' word is really the last remaining ditch to defend for the left. Rupert Lowe has played it perfectly. To wring out the military analogy, he refuses to meet the enemy on its own terrain with its ultimate weaponry of heavily reinforced spell-words. Too early to say, but it might be enough. Interesting that the statement seemed to be more concerned with the stresses of staff and nebulous "communities" than paying supporters!
Feels like the optics of this are in our favour. Who wants to be associated with this cartoonish cravenness. Surely not many..
Not very smart. If Nigel gets to be PM he could screw them over in all sorts of ways. There's that daft football regulator for example. Or he could send the overpaid PE teacher a copy of the draft Ipswich Town (Abolition of) Bill.
What a melt!
Great video Nick. As always. Your perspective is informative, balanced and fair. All that is missing in our society today.
Thank you!
The Lives of Others is both excellent, and frightening.
Never apologise to the mob for anything. All it does (in their minds) is prove to them that their views are the acceptable ones in society and validates their vile behaviour. It feeds the beast, fuels their ideology and their own agenda. For these groups who scream that “inclusivity” is their only goal, they are actually excluding any and all opinions, people and ideas that they don’t agree with. Once an apology is issued, they don’t forgive they just hate their target even more.
I did some AI research on this. 😂 Result: The phrase "staff are hurting" refers to employees experiencing emotional distress, psychological harm, or mental anguish due to workplace events. It is commonly used to describe the impact of bullying, harassment, poor management, or traumatic incidents, and is recognized in employment law as "injury to feelings" or "work-related stress."
It is appropriate in the context of Ipswich Town, as chairman Mark Ashton used it to acknowledge the genuine emotional pain and distress felt by staff over the club's handling of Nigel Farage's visit. The phrase correctly identifies that the incident caused psychological harm, which aligns with its established usage.