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Roger Wade, former CEO of Boxfresh, was banned from attending Brighton & Hove Albion matches after wearing a Palestine #football top.
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Roger Wade, former CEO of Boxfresh, was banned from attending Brighton & Hove Albion matches after wearing a Palestine #football top.
Wade, who's held a season ticket for nearly a decade, explained that he was escorted out of the stadium without explanation. The club later issued a ban letter.
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT #TERRORISM.
It it about wiping off #Palestine off the map of the earth.
#UK #Fascism #Sport #UKpol #Sport #Israel #Genocide #Gaza
@uk_politics @israel @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe
Not sure what "It it[sic] about wiping off #Palestine off the map of the earth." is referring to.
It's not UK policy, and it won't be the policy of the football club either.
When ministers proscribe groups taking part in legitimate protest, they should know that this kind of thing is part of the chilling effect that such measures have - the precise message never gets through to everyone, so you will always have people being punished for stuff that was not in scope; this was also evident when police arrested people for supporting Palestine rather than Palestine action. It all contributes to a general air that Palestine is Bad.
But this also doesn't mean that the police in those cases, or the football club in this case, are pro-genocide. More likely they just misunderstood.