An enterprising journalist needs to start reading out some of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s chants to Starmer and Badenoch and asking if they think they’re acceptable.

When English clubs were barred from European competitions back in the day, nobody said it was "Anti-Christian" as I recall.

Anyway, why are Israel (a country in Asia) involved in European competitions (including The Eurovision Song Contest)?

The same goes for the most of Turkiye.

Totally agree. These "fans" have a reputation for causing trouble like old school football hooligans. they are basically a bunch of racist thugs. The police have judged them to be a risk to public order and safety. Starmer is wrong and should be thinking about it over his friday night dinner.

If they force the police to overturn their decision and Maccabi fans do turn up and cause trouble on the streets of a country he's supposed to keep safe, how is that going to look? It seems he cares more about how the state of Israel sees him than those in the country he's in charge of

So Starmer supports Israeli football thugs but arrests our placard carrying peaceful grannies ?
Not a shrewd political move?

For me the PPE scandal exposes the politicians whose first thoughts were to try and make as much money as possible, FOR THEMSELVES, out of the global pandemic, rather than how can I help the country and the world survive this.
Also a reminder of @chrischirp.bsky.social 's paper on Public enquiries

Canada recognises Palestine, but bans Kneecap from performing there for supporting Palestine? 🤔