John Crace the Guardian’s Parliamentary sketchwriter is often to the point albeit sardonically. At the moment Maccobi are saying, reading from a copy of the Netanyahu playbook, that they won’t sell tickets for the Villa game as their fans safety can’t be guaranteed. Or as the Krays might have said about Villa Park, nice stadium you’ve go there.
The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy – along with her shadow, Nigel Huddleston – were adamant that this was all about antisemitism. That the fans were being banned because they were Israeli and not because the club was world famous for having a hardcore of travelling fans who made Millwall fans c1980 look like angels. That it wasn’t the safety of local people that was the issue but the safety of the Maccabi Ultras. Really, they were all sweethearts. We should just learn to live with their lovable violence and racist chants.
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