Make Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson a Lord - MPs

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Quote:BBC Thursday, 16 June 2011 12:47 UK

Make Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson a Lord - MPs

A campaign has kicked off at Westminster to make Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson a Lord.

Two Labour MPs from Manchester - Graham Stringer and Tony Lloyd - have tabled a Commons motion calling for the 69-year-old Scot to be awarded a peerage.

Stringer and Lloyd argue that football should be represented in the House of Lords because of its "economic, social, cultural" importance.

Ferguson led United to a record 19th league title in May.

That was the 12th Premier League crown the Red Devils had won under Ferguson, who has also captured the Champions League twice, the Cup Winners' Cup, the FA Cup five times and the League Cup on four occasions.

He also led Aberdeen to three Scottish League titles, four Scottish Cups, the Scottish League Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup.

A lifelong socialist, Ferguson was knighted in 1999 when Tony Blair was Prime Minister.

THE MOTION IN FULL

"That this House recognises the economic, social, cultural and sporting importance of football to the United Kingdom; is therefore surprised at the paucity of representatives from the world of football in the Upper House; further notes that Sir Alex Ferguson, as the manager of Aberdeen and Manchester United, is the most successful manager in the history of British football; and calls for him to be recommended for appointment to the House of Lords."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13792113.stm

The Reality:

Football is apparently a working class game, hence Labour MP's putting socialist SIR Alex Ferguson name forward for peerage. Fergie probably bought it, Labour, of course from its socialist roots despising class society, have a history of such things.

Anyway in all seriousness football in the UK certainly performs the role of the circus and its ridiculous prices mean its hardly working class anymore, unless you support the lower league teams or simply neglect your family as a fair chunk of footy fans do.

Economic, social and cultural? Not to sound elitist (and I do enjoy football or rather used to), they should really analyse their bullshit much more. About the greatest influence football has economically is the extortionate tax rates the government has on these guys who earn crazy sums of money, simultaneously giving millions of pathetic men some meaning to their occupations that they hate. Socially, it has virtually replaced church while also encouraging drunken behaviour and instilling in young girls the ambition to be a footballers wife. Culturally we see these ugly $2 sluts all over celebrity magazines and TV telling the population of impressionable youngsters how to dress and behave. Not to mention its use as a propaganda tool for the promotion of faux-patriotism during (rare) times when the country is not at war.

Its all good though, those Labour MP's probably see it as a victory for socialism meaning no investigation is necessary into the more nefarious activities that football probably hides - like all the billionaires buying clubs which I have no doubt has some aspect of money laundering involved.

Would it really surprise anyone that the Football Association drew up a set of common rules and was also in fact founded at Freemason's Tavern?