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New one the Australian Konta. Big deal when Ireland was claiming English players to play for them. England no shame in doing it. Athletics is a big one. Mo Farah. Cricket, Rugby etc. The british media are going to all over this new girl Konta. She's not british. Moved to England when she was 14 yet Britain can claim her. That's not right imo but as i said it ok but when the shoe's on the other foot is seems wrong to them. Remember during rugby the commentator's mentioned quite a few times the amount of non Japanese player's playing for Japan.
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Well that list is a lot shorter than non-Scousers playing for Liverpool.
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Didnt the BBC try to claim Conor McGregor [UFC] as British when he won a big fight?
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Not to sure. I know sky where trying to claim Saoirse Ronan when she was nominated for best actress.
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anfeild a bit slow off the mark here.
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The BBC will scrape the bottom of the barrel to claim "Britishness" to any sportsperson who gets a sniff of being a winner with the added bonus of a fireworks extravaganza if they happen to have a dark skin.
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They'll be debating this over their currys and lagers for years
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I laugh at the way that the numpty footballing pundits refer to Local Derbies in the Premiership.
I remember a few years back a match between Newcastle and either Sunderland or Middlesbrough which was being raved about as a "Local Derby" on Sky, when they are all a decent car journey apart. When they went through the team sheets, I think there was only ONE player from the North-East participating, which gives you some idea of now little the players would even care about this "local" match. |
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She competes as a Briton therefore she's British as far as I'm concerned.
Come on Konta! |
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Bravo Johanna indeed. Eastbourne's very own Australian-Hungarian Bomb-Shelter British rose.
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what's their "nationality got to do with anything when they're playing for themselves, not for a country's team.
Isn't she just a female tennis player? Team games a different kettle of fish |
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Agree...try telling that to sycophants at the BBC
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This BBC bashing in here is truly pathetic.
Hardly a story can get posted without an anti-BBC angle being shoehorned in. |
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Agree Roger. BBC is a truly magnificent company and we're lucky to have it.
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Wouldn't go that far but it's better than the alternatives and is, strange as it may seem, not the root of all evil
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Whats it say on her passport?
I guess all the haters think the country is here to house all the losers and not back one who turns out to be a winner? |
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Which passport? She's got 3 passports according to lunchtime news.
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Then there are 3 claims
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I will never forget how the South African Zola Budd was granted a British Passport with indecent haste just so Britain could claim a champion in the 84 Olympics(that went well).....now THAT was truly pathetic and it appears 32 yrs on fings aint changed much.
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British Actor Joseph Fiennes claiming Michael jackson
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It was nice of Britain to give Zola Budd a British passport because she would not have been able to compete for S. Africa. An athlete only has a few years in the sun...well done Britain in this case.
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shes as british as the german queen
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Iwould not have been averse to her running for Norway, or any country really
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Bob Marley was English.
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running?shes a tennis player
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quite so Rob, military background.
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bob marley is a man, silly billey. and British
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White grandfather, Billy Connelly had an east Eurasian grandmother..he is partly Indian
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England could justifiably claim half the world as being English
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With the world becoming one big melting pot, dividing its population by nationality is appearing very dated.
Better off doing it by religion.  Could have a Religious Olympics. Christians (might be too strong so the Catholics might have to have their own team) Jews (fund-raising would be no problem) Muslims (might be difficult to get different sects together) HIndus (plenty of choice of mascots) Atheists (lack of an organisation bound to be a problem there) Buddhists (although, like the Atheists, always a danger of the others objecting on the grounds that it is not strictly speaking a religion) |
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Our very own and much loved singer and, well, let's not mention that, was born in India, but I doubt if the Indian Government have made any claims.
Or the Portugese. But he loves his tenis and ... sorry, I nearly mentioned it, completely innocently of course. |
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Once a person has represented their country of birth then that should be the end of the matter..all this chopping and changing between countries dilutes their achievement.. if not for the individual then most certainly for the country they are supposed to be representing.
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Jack, you've got something there ...
With the world becoming one big melting pot, dividing its population by nationality is appearing very dated. I've got a good idea, why don't we do it by colour of a person's skin. same sort of logic as by country (well, illogic really) Oh, somebody said it's already been tried. |
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Nothing wrong with wanting our stars to be as true bred British as possible.
That is after all the whole point of labouring the point that someone's from the UK: that they're one of us. What isn't right here as twizzle implies, is that Konta represented Australia up until 2012. The fact that the sporting bodies allow these switches well into adulthood is crazy. |
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Nice to see Bob Marley getting a mention here. May have had a military background but the fearless Buffalo Soldier dodged the draft when it suited him.
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Been here for 11 years since age 14. Has an English accent. In semis of austrian open.
That'll do for me. |
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Austrian!!!
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Don`t want to see a white person running for China, that would not seem right. Ilike Chinese people to be chinese
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You're missing the point...she is an Australian(not Austrian) who up to 2012 was plying her trade for her country of birth...can't suddenly just become a brit because it suits your agenda.
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why did she change from Australian to Brit.
Came to Britain 10? years ago but still played for Oz while she lived here. Then in 2012 ? decides to play for Britain. Anybody know why she changed? Sponsorship? Financial support from Britain? Got to be a reason. |