Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Courtesy Robert Fisk........Independent.
This is politics not sport.If drivers can`t see that,they are in the pits.
When the Foreign Office advise racing fans to stay away from Bahrain,this is no sporting event.When Bahraini authorities
welcome sports reporters but refuse visa`s to other journalists something is very wrong in this Saudi dominated kingdom.
What do our lads.. say at the circuit...Button,Hamilton..nothing to do with us governor..Vettle..it`s a lot of Hype..what a
disgraceful man.
Have they not heard of the Arab Spring in Tunisia,Morroco,Eygpt,Libya Syria etc,etc.
Money and points on the table mean more.
Would Ecclestone slip over to Tehran/Syria if he got the invitation?
Brian Dixon
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why not reg,could do afganastan as well while he';s there.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Ecclestone has followed the money and turned Formula One into a Pariah Sport.Double edge sword is the world now knows
that it is a horrid regime.Abdulhadi al-Khawaja tortured and hunger striker has died in prison on the day F1 teams and
Ecclestone leave the Island......F1 squirms in the spotlight...
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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not covered themselves in glory, heard that a channel 4 news team entered the country as tourists but soon got rumbled and deported.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Good for Bernie Ecclestone for not bending down to all the p.c. rubbish.
OK Bahrain is not a western style 'benign' democracy but they are pro-west and are far from being among the worse regimes in the Far East. If sporting events were to be restricted to benign democracies then they would be held in very few countries indeed.
Only a few years ago, after all, the Olympics were held in China and a while ago now in the old Soviet Union (1980 from memory). I see a lot of double standards over those who oppose his rightful decision to go ahead.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Could be that our Bernie receives $ fourty million from King Hamad pa to keep him interested.!!!
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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barryw,bahrain is in the middle east not the far east.tut tut.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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barryw,bahrain is in the middle east not the far east.tut tut.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Correct Brian, my typo but that does not change the meaning of what I said.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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not saying it does barry,and besides i tend to agree with you on the china front to.to much politics coming into sport these days.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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UK have been warned that the Arms sales to Bahrain must not be for internal
repression and human rights abuses.
There is a review of all arms export licences to states with authoritarian regime like
Bahrain.
It was also discovered UK sold counter-submarine hardware to Argentina.
What a shambles....not holding breath on Bahrain.....
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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what other use would bahrain have for arms, ethical foreign policy is a myth.
sadly if we don't sell these regimes arms, other countries will meaning jobs for their workers rather than ours.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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[In the current issue of PE, page 29]
The government released 180 pages of heavily redacted e-mails as-per a FoI request.
An early e-mail entitled: "Inviting Bahrain to DSEi 2011"* revealed...
"There may be one or two companies promoting riot control equipment."
*
The arms show:Defence and Security Equipment international.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Bahrain Sunni regime has the `latent protection` of the US and UK.but still the
demonstrations continue for democracy.
50 people have been killed in the last year.
There is no chance of democracy for the Bahrain people while we support and supply
arms to this dictatorship....not holding breath....
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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certainly is a forgotten island reg, the grand prix came and went after that the worldwide interest waned.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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as predicted,all hot air and huff and puff over nothing.