• Worx@lemmynsfw.com
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    3 months ago

    For those who haven’t read it, it will cost the taxpayer more because he’d need more security if he was sitting in a different seat

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      3 months ago

      This is totally reasonable and no he couldn’t buy those same tickets himself and no I’m not taking any questions

      /s

    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      That does actually sound like a good point.

      Sitting in the cheap seats to look like one of the people, and costing a fortune in security, would no doubt attract equal viritrol.

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      3 months ago

      Because it’s absolutely essential that he’s present for the match, right?

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        3 months ago

        Asking people to give up their lives, hobbies, and anything that brings them joy when they go into politics isn’t the way to get quality candidates.

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          No one’s saying he can’t go to the game. He just can’t take free expensive tickets as political favors or have enhanced security on the government’s dime and not be called the fuck out about it. He can buy his own tickets and hire his own bodyguards if he wants to, he’s a big boy.

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          3 months ago

          Not going to a football match doesn’t mean you have to give up everything that makes you happy.

          If that’s literally the only thing that’d make him happy, he’s got much bigger problems in life.

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        3 months ago

        He’s an Arsenal fan. Asking him not to watch them play is just unrealistic.