You say that, but have the tranny community come out in protest about the 'non-inclusive' games?
Commonwealth Games 2022
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Club Swinger
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Is this still do-able for the Team England to top the Medal Table?
dingerr
LE
Micky Yule is an absolutely top bloke, you’ll struggle to meet a nicer person.
dingerr
LE
I’m surprised we haven’t seen transgender protests at these games, especially since several sports governing bodies have denied entry to them.
Maybe there have been protests, but the media has given them a stiff ignoring.
Maybe, given many of the competing nations' less-than-accomodating attitude to LGBTQXYZ folk, any potential protestors realise they'd be on a hiding to nothing.
Archimedes
LE
British but born and raised in the US. Unlike her sister (Tiff Porter, who also runs for GB) didn’t represent US and was a bit mystified when her ambition to represent what she’d always considered her home country (despite her accent and not living here) led to her being labelled a ‘plastic Brit’.
IIRC, her mum is British and her Dad is Anglo-Nigerian - so her order of preference for international representation was UK (heritage); Nigeria (paternal heritage); US (place of birth & residence).
bedended
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Morning @colinmc400,
Not one of these then. This has happened a few times before IIRC but possibly not Sri-Lankans.
From today's local 'comic'.
Did I not predict this?
re-stilly
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Sure it was the Cameroon team last time
Also, I'll go six to four in fivers that in 3 weeks time, we'll be reading on scores of 'athletes' having done a disappearing trick, and not returning to their homelands.
bedended
LE
Morning @CaptainRidiculous,
I think Stevie Wonder could've seen this coming(and at every other occasion it's happened). Shame the organisers didn't.
orgASMic
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Part of my sister's job at at UK university is to keep tabs on the overseas students here on student visas and report to the Home Office any that go missing. The university is responsible for them and loses funding if they stray from their lectures to, say, their uncle's taxi business. I would be surprised if the Games committee does not have similar obligations.
Club Swinger
LE
You think that's bad. In 2007 the UK hosted the World Scouts Jamboree, 42,000 of them from all around the world. Only about 30,000 of them went back, a good few thousand never turned up, just got into the UK and went fcuking AWOL.Did I not predict this?
Bob A Job Week my Arrse.
Scouts - Jamborees of the past
The first world Scout Jamboree took place in England in 1920,. Since then it has been all over the world.
www.scouts.org.uk
lastwalt
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I think you’re imagining things. I’m watching the men’s beach volleyball right now, and not once has either the BBC commentator or the on-site commentator called them “team England”.
Murphy_Slaw
LE
Missed the first few days.
Loving the diving and the women's penalty shoot out in the hockey.
The crowds are excellent and supporting all the home nations.
Eilish McColgan's win last night was brilliant, especially in front of her mum.
The Scottish women's para bowls team sum up the games to me. I think one of the ladies is 72! Her highlight after every round was getting a cuddle from her grandson. Brilliant.
Edited to add.
Denise Lewis is/was/and always will be gorgeous.
Loving the diving and the women's penalty shoot out in the hockey.
The crowds are excellent and supporting all the home nations.
Eilish McColgan's win last night was brilliant, especially in front of her mum.
The Scottish women's para bowls team sum up the games to me. I think one of the ladies is 72! Her highlight after every round was getting a cuddle from her grandson. Brilliant.
Edited to add.
Denise Lewis is/was/and always will be gorgeous.
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Remember the comedian Tom O’Connor ?
Check out who Denise is married to !
Check out who Denise is married to !
Club Swinger
LE
Tom O'connor's Dad?
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