Have England Turned In To A Banana Republic??

England's friendly against the Netherlands at Wembley on Wednesday could be off and three other matches are postponed as authorities react to a third night of rioting in London.
In addition to this, I have heard, the Edgbaston test may be called off due to riots in B'ham.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/14454137.stm

Whats going on??
Have England Turned In To A Banana Republic??

Down with Teddy Bear Government and her Mickey Mouse police.

Need to crackdown and shoot these morons, nothing else for it.

The mood I'm in this morning I tend to agree FoF

But I'd settle for everyone of these thieving scum was stuck in prison for 10 years whatever their age.

Then we have to pay to keep them though, Stellar. And prison isn't as bad as it once was, quite a holiday camp now, by all accounts!

Stellar Key wrote:
The mood I'm in this morning I tend to agree FoF

But I'd settle for everyone of these thieving scum was stuck in prison for 10 years whatever their age.

10 years only??

I would deprt them back to the paradise.

The test will go ahead. Edgbaston is not in the centre and the game is played in the day time.

There is already a thread in the news section regarding the riots.
We are going to make that a global thread and merge this with it (just so you know where it has gone)

activereactive wrote:

Stellar Key wrote:
The mood I'm in this morning I tend to agree FoF

But I'd settle for everyone of these thieving scum was stuck in prison for 10 years whatever their age.

10 years only??

I would deport them back to the paradise.

My reply was the last dying embers of my left wing politics .........

Smile on Tue 09 Aug 2011, 9:57 am
The test will go ahead. Edgbaston is not in the centre and the game is played in the day time.

There has to be a bigger police presence now . That new stand is only weeks old, I think they will want to protect that in case of any problems.

Smile wrote:The test will go ahead. Edgbaston is not in the centre and the game is played in the day time.

I agree it is likely to go ahead, though Edgbaston is all of 5 minutes from the centre, so it is certainly not exempt.

In hindsight, we are not merging this thread with the global one, as it is about the cricket match.

Fists of Fury wrote:

Smile wrote:The test will go ahead. Edgbaston is not in the centre and the game is played in the day time.

I agree it is likely to go ahead, though Edgbaston is all of 5 minutes from the centre, so it is certainly not exempt.

Not by foot.

Y I Man wrote:In hindsight, we are not merging this thread with the global one, as it is about the cricket match.

It's a bit of both but feel free to wade in if we start rioting in the thread.

Will do

Spoiler:

Its hardly what happened in Pakistan or Mumbai though is it.

And when hasnt there been riots in London? Brum OK thats a bit different but in the history of Britain going way back to before the invention of teh banana the current silliness is hardly unusual.

The reality is that England has been a 'Banana republic' for quite some time now and its only the onset of events like these disturbances that bring the reality home to everyone. The test should and will go on tomorrow, because every declining nation and 'Banana republic' need a circus to distract the majority from the reality of the situation, so c'mon England and win for the country, that i no longer recognise.

p.s. Thanks to all the politicians of all shades who have made this possible with their policies of the last 50- 60 years. Well done!!

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:Its hardly what happened in Pakistan or Mumbai though is it.

And when hasnt there been riots in London? Brum OK thats a bit different but in the history of Britain going way back to before the invention of teh banana the current silliness is hardly unusual.

OK then, you have inspired me in to inventing a new term.

"Politically Correct DODO Republic"

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.davidreilly.com/dodo/images/gallery/engraving_of_dodo11534121.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.davidreilly.com/dodo/gallery.html&h=480&w=605&sz=57&tbnid=nVr1_PpSBMGXNM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=128&prev=/search%3Fq%3DDODO%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=DODO&docid=478L6W2hUunWHM&sa=X&ei=rAVBTrWgA4SwhQe_tqDQCQ&ved=0CEAQ9QEwAw&dur=1226

I must admit it does seem like an excessive reaction to the selection of Bopara, but is it any worse than Indian crowds kicking Dhonis new house down ewhen they lost a world cup game a few years ago?

I 'd like to see the Dodo brought back if scientifically possible

Stellar Key wrote:
I 'd like to see the Dodo brought back if scientifically possible

I am working on it, what we saw in Tottenham, London and elswhere is just a part of preparations.

They'r e more like Neanderthals in London !

Woolly Mammoths are cool too