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hollandspies Gunnar Halle

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Heavy Snow Wed 20 Jan

 

There is a moderate risk of severe weather affecting parts of England, Wales and southwest Scotland on Wednesday.

 

Outbreaks of rain are expected to turn increasingly to sleet or snow, especially over hills in central parts. There is a risk of significant accumulations, with perhaps locally 10cm leading to some disruption to travel.

 

Issued at: 1129 Sun 17 Jan

Let's hope Smalley and Colbeck live in 'hills in central parts' and get snowed in whilst everyone else is ok.

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jsslatic David Eyres

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The weatherman in the rarely wong Chron says:

“Snow is predicted but I think it may be a bit too warm. Personally, I don’t think we will see much snow unless we get a blast of cold air.”

http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-fea...y-be-on-the-way

 

The Chron has a weatherman?! Easiest job in the world.

 

Jan 1st - 'It's cold in Oldham.'

Jan 2nd - Dec 31st - *Copy and Paste*

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tangerinedreams Rick Holden

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The weatherman in the rarely wong Chron says:

“Snow is predicted but I think it may be a bit too warm. Personally, I don’t think we will see much snow unless we get a blast of cold air.”

http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-fea...y-be-on-the-way

 

 

 

Like the one forecast to come in from the East depending on which report you listen to.

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LaticsPete David Eyres

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Taken from a BBC messageboard in response to an article about fans clearing pitches:

 

 

The lower leagues (as well as football in Scotland) still maintain (to a certain degree) the post war social democratic ethos instilled by the governments after the second world war. We seldom see this form of collectivist response to any situation these-days, in any walk of life. Here we have fans turning up to aid their local football clubs, not out of any self interest or motivation, but because of a sense of duty towards their local club and community. Unfortunately, this sort of philosophy has slowly been eroded since Thatcher's rampant privatisation and the changing philosophical paradigm since the 1980s, where the ideology of "every man for himself" took primacy, and this philosophy has undoubtedly infiltrated every aspect of modern life, whether its football, industry, government, etc.

 

I believe that in the next decade, we may see another paradigm shift affecting political, social and economic philosophies. Hopefully, having seen the success of the German Bundlesliga's socioeconomic model with low prices, standing areas and competitive games, the English FA will realise we need a return to the social democracy of the post war period, not necessarily in terms of political policies, but in terms of attitude. After the stadium tragedies and problem of hooliganism, it is unmistakable that the FA actively wanted to make football a more "middle class" game at the expense of the working classes. The knock on effect of that policy is working class fans not being able to afford the exorbitant prices, and the increasingly commericalised nature of the game, although this has happened mainly due to more free market approach taken by countries since the 80s, which has unsurprisingly affected football as well, with foreign takeovers, etc.

 

The problems the lower leagues are suffering with regards to cancelled games and the lack of concern from the football fraternity is not so much the fault of the individual teams' chairmen, but this self interested philosophy that has contaminated people in general. The solution, although it might seem extreme, is possibly the nationalisation of the football in England and/or clubs being run as collectives so that it is run with the welfare of the fans at the forefront of the clubs objectives. Moreover, with a nationalised league, the incentive is for all the clubs to pull in the same direction, and help each other out. This will not diminish the rivalries that exist, but ultimately, most football clubs are united in their formations and, although a lot of people say football and politics should be kept separate, one cannot deny the social and political significance that football has, and that should be used to unite clubs.

 

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BP1960 Andy Ritchie

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'LaticsPete' date='Jan 19 2010, 15:56 PM' post='350831']

Taken from a BBC messageboard in response to an article about fans clearing pitches:

 

 

The lower leagues (as well as football in Scotland) still maintain (to a certain degree) the post war social democratic ethos instilled by the governments after the second world war. We seldom see this form of collectivist response to any situation these-days, in any walk of life. Here we have fans turning up to aid their local football clubs, not out of any self interest or motivation, but because of a sense of duty towards their local club and community. Unfortunately, this sort of philosophy has slowly been eroded since Thatcher's rampant privatisation and the changing philosophical paradigm since the 1980s, where the ideology of "every man for himself" took primacy, and this philosophy has undoubtedly infiltrated every aspect of modern life, whether its football, industry, government, etc.

 

I believe that in the next decade, we may see another paradigm shift affecting political, social and economic philosophies. Hopefully, having seen the success of the German Bundlesliga's socioeconomic model with low prices, standing areas and competitive games, the English FA will realise we need a return to the social democracy of the post war period, not necessarily in terms of political policies, but in terms of attitude. After the stadium tragedies and problem of hooliganism, it is unmistakable that the FA actively wanted to make football a more "middle class" game at the expense of the working classes. The knock on effect of that policy is working class fans not being able to afford the exorbitant prices, and the increasingly commericalised nature of the game, although this has happened mainly due to more free market approach taken by countries since the 80s, which has unsurprisingly affected football as well, with foreign takeovers, etc.

 

The problems the lower leagues are suffering with regards to cancelled games and the lack of concern from the football fraternity is not so much the fault of the individual teams' chairmen, but this self interested philosophy that has contaminated people in general. The solution, although it might seem extreme, is possibly the nationalisation of the football in England and/or clubs being run as collectives so that it is run with the welfare of the fans at the forefront of the clubs objectives. Moreover, with a nationalised league, the incentive is for all the clubs to pull in the same direction, and help each other out. This will not diminish the rivalries that exist, but ultimately, most football clubs are united in their formations and, although a lot of people say football and politics should be kept separate, one cannot deny the social and political significance that football has, and that should be used to unite clubs.

 

Whatever happened to plain English ?

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leeslover Andy Ritchie

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Taken from a BBC messageboard in response to an article about fans clearing pitches:

 

 

:blahblah: :blahblah: :blahblah:

 

 

The lower leagues (as well as football in Scotland) still maintain (to a certain degree) the post war social democratic ethos instilled by the governments after the second world war. Moreover, with a nationalised league, the incentive is for all the clubs to pull in the same direction, and help each other out. This will not diminish the rivalries that exist, but ultimately, most football clubs are united in their formations and, although a lot of people say football and politics should be kept separate, one cannot deny the social and political significance that football has, and that should be used to unite clubs.

Instead of ASBOs young offenders should be threatened with having to spend their Friday nights listening to this bloke argue politics with me and Corp.

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