On the beeb, he suggested englands problems with hooliganism was over. Naming heysel and hillsborough as examples of the problems. Dick.
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Jesus fucking Christ.
You'd think we were past all that shit by now.
You'd think we were past all that shit by now.
Well this isn't promising
It's far too much to ask though really, the sport secretary to have a fucking clue about something he has to make decisions about.
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It's a dangerous cocktail when it's mixed with the publicity they all receive.
It can be quite amusing - except when their blunders cause great offence, obv.
It can be quite amusing - except when their blunders cause great offence, obv.
Sadly, the vast majority of the UK population outside Merseyside thinks that Hillsborough was something to do with hooliganism and was somehow the Liverpool supporters' own fault. This despite the conclusions of the Taylor report, which nobody is interested in as it doesn't reinforce their prejudices.
There's not much that can be done to remedy this, as people believe what they want to believe.
There's not much that can be done to remedy this, as people believe what they want to believe.
What a fucking twat. Is he a tory or a lib dem?
He's a Tory, Jeremy Hunt.
He has now issued a grovelling apology.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/10434714.stm
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has apologised after suggesting that hooliganism played a part in the Hillsborough football disaster.
Ninety-six Liverpool fans were crushed to death on 15 April 1989 at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium.
He praised the England fans at the 2010 World Cup saying the "terrible problems" of "Heysel and Hillsborough in the 1980s seem now to be behind us".
Investigations have found that violence played no part in the tragedy.
Mr Hunt was giving an interview following England's exit from the World Cup, where he applauded the behaviour of fans.
Apologising afterwards, he said: "I know that fan unrest played no part in the terrible events of April 1989 and I apologise to Liverpool fans and the families of those killed and injured in the Hillsborough disaster if my comments caused any offence."
He has now issued a grovelling apology.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/10434714.stm
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has apologised after suggesting that hooliganism played a part in the Hillsborough football disaster.
Ninety-six Liverpool fans were crushed to death on 15 April 1989 at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium.
He praised the England fans at the 2010 World Cup saying the "terrible problems" of "Heysel and Hillsborough in the 1980s seem now to be behind us".
Investigations have found that violence played no part in the tragedy.
Mr Hunt was giving an interview following England's exit from the World Cup, where he applauded the behaviour of fans.
Apologising afterwards, he said: "I know that fan unrest played no part in the terrible events of April 1989 and I apologise to Liverpool fans and the families of those killed and injured in the Hillsborough disaster if my comments caused any offence."
The guy deserves his name to become rhyming slang for that, as in "What a Jeremy (Hunt)".
It does make you wonder what half-digested gobbets of shite pass for knowledge of the subject among the Establishment generally.
It does make you wonder what half-digested gobbets of shite pass for knowledge of the subject among the Establishment generally.
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Yeah, harassment is the mature, sensible and appropriate response.
A forester patrolling his boss' estate happened upon a young lady lying in the grass. "Hello", he said, "are you game?"
"Yes", she simpered.
So he shot her.
"Yes", she simpered.
So he shot her.
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