I've seen the future and it's Red
I have been criticised for not, thus far, blogging the Glazer take over of Manchester United.
Will Hutton has an article, and quotes a nameless minister
Football clubs have a special relationship with fans and with communities; they are part of the structure that makes us what we are. They shouldn't be bought and sold like commodities.
'Should' is not the same as 'is'.
Hutton finishes with an extraordinary claim
The growing wariness of America and resistance to the export of its values is part of a wider trend; it is Sky beginning to recognise that if it wants to win audience it will have to make television in Britain for the British rather than show tired US retreads - a phenomenon evident across British TV; it is the NHS warily guarding itself against criticism that it is opening itself up innocently to American healthcare companies preoccupied with the bottom line, however innovative their approach; it is to George Bush's foreign policy; it is the increasing tattiness of brands such as McDonald's and KFC; it is to the import of American casinos.
I happen to share his dislike of that sort of Americanisation, but I we are of a liberal chattering class middle-aged minority. I don't think that revulsion is shared by the McDonalds-eating MTV-watching hordes that are apparent everywhere from my immediate workplace to casual street encounters.
If we implement our policy to ban baseball caps it may well have the consequence of sending a big 'F*** off' to Glazer.
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