Jasons latest in the Guardian

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

I struggle to see why it's woke. Is it because the Mail and/or Express say it is?

I’m not sure if it’s woke or not but I doubt Nike or any other countries FA would mess around with their nations flags .

Let’s be honest the St George’s flag has always been hated by many on the Left for some reason and football fans waving it have often been sneered at for doing so.

Let’s hope they’re hit in the pocket and people refuse to buy it , and if nothing else they refuse to do so for the rip off price they’re charging

Quoted from grimps

I’m not sure if it’s woke or not but I doubt Nike or any other countries FA would mess around with their nations flags .

Let’s be honest the St George’s flag has always been hated by many on the Left for some reason and football fans waving it have often been sneered at for doing so.

Let’s hope they’re hit in the pocket and people refuse to buy it , and if nothing else they refuse to do so for the rip off price they’re charging

Is St George's flag hated by the left? I'm as woke as f*ck and pretty left leaning but I'm not really aware of a hatred of it. What we do hate is how it and the Union Jack have been appropriated by the right as symbols of right wing politics, nationalism, 'national pride' and racism.

I got a red cross or 2 for asking why the Nike cross is woke and I'm still waiting for someone to tell me why it is - I would get it if it was rainbow coloured or the colours of the Palestinian flag or (say) Rastafarian colours, but it's blue, red and a sort of purpley colour.

And for the record, I don't like it. The St George's cross is red on a white background.

Quoted from Poojah

*GrimPol nodding fervently in agreement with the bloke on front cover, as he stares angrily at the transmission*

If that's the transmission it explains why my car sounds like a tin box full of spanners on a cobbled road since I asked you to take a look at it!

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

Is St George's flag hated by the left? I'm as woke as f*ck and pretty left leaning but I'm not really aware of a hatred of it. What we do hate is how it and the Union Jack have been appropriated by the right as symbols of right wing politics, nationalism, 'national pride' and racism.

I got a red cross or 2 for asking why the Nike cross is woke and I'm still waiting for someone to tell me why it is - I would get it if it was rainbow coloured or the colours of the Palestinian flag or (say) Rastafarian colours, but it's blue, red and a sort of purpley colour.

And for the record, I don't like it. The St George's cross is red on a white background.

Flags of all nations are appropriated by the extreme factions of the counties they represent.
You only have to see the repeated burning of flags in protest of the countries they represent. Plus you only have to see the Palestine flag getting waved on every pillar and post.

Like a prawn cocktail in a Michelin Star restaurant, Nike have essentially deconstructed the flag to the point where it was safe and couldn’t be considered a danger.

They have fentified the flag, for better, for worse.

Would Nike do the same to the stars and stripes on the US team shirt and expect to get away with it? Does the FA have any say in the design before it is released?
American companies should respect the national flag of England not cynical alter it. It is sacrosanct

Why are we blaming Nike?  The FA signed it off, Nike will have just come up with some suggestions and the suits have gone 'yep, we'll take the one that's the wrong colour please'.  Even if they did think that obscure reference was a good idea (the training kit??? I mean, come on...) it's so obscure that I'm pretty sure stitching 1966 into the cross would have helped sell it, and/or selling an iron-on red cross for an extra £2 same way they'll want more money for numbers and names etc.    Its the morons in charge of the game who did this.

In Germany they are all up in arms because their next shirt deal has been awarded to Nike, basically because Nike are willing to pay double what Adidas are.   Seems like someone has it in for Nike at the moment!

Quoted from Poojah

*GrimPol nodding fervently in agreement with the bloke on front cover, as he stares angrily at the transmission*

…thinking…..‘I need to get that book. Then get some help reading it’.

At least they didn't put 1878 in the middle of the flag. People would be really upset then.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Hi GrimPol, just wondering what you think about the branding on this appropriately named loaf of bread. Has hovis also fallen to the vile saint woke? many thanks

Hi Chrisblor, its some prat trying to sell cotton wool masquerading as bread for THICK people, as it says on the package. I assume your wife has stocked up for you.