Fulham Broadway 17,424 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, Vesper said: fucking Starmer........ Police commissioner calls for review of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans’ ban from UK match after PM’s criticism – politics live The Labour West Midlands police and crime commissioner said review should determine if ban is ‘appropriate, necessary, justified, reasonable’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/17/keir-starmer-uk-politics-latest-news-updates-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-banned breaking: In an interview with Newnight last night, Ayoub Khan, MP for Birmingham Perry Barr who has welcomed the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the match (and who campaigned get the whole event cancelled, or at least relocated or held behind closed doors – see 8.46am), claimed that Maccabi supporters were “violent fans”, on the basis of what happened in Amsterdam last year. But he said safety was only one reason why he did not want them in the city. There are two distinct issues. One is the safety aspect … If the police in West Midlands find it challenging because they simply do not have the resources to ensure safety, then that’s one aspect. The second aspect is a moral argument that Maccabi Tel Aviv should not even be playing in this international competition. Khan said, given Russian teams are banned from competing in international sport because of the attack on Ukraine, a similar rule should apply to Israeli teams because a UN commission has found that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. 'The Lobby' after distributing a few brown envelopes will get this overturned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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