Alan_Jones Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 is there not some Commonwealth Counties in Europe ??? Cyprus & Malta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Cyprus & Malta Malta wouldn`t like any ban on their riders-I can see the headlines "Maltese cross " 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebaron Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Way I read it some on here dont give a hoot for the Aussies being here or not?. Look guys this is BAD news for Speedway here we just dont have the riders to replace them and it devalues the whole thing in my opinion. Theres no one we can bring in at Scunny that will adequately replace Ryan Douglas for whom 2015 is a breakout season. Not interested in tailenders like Bent Handlebar only here because he's from the EU-seless!. Likes of Ryan and Alex D are real riders and here for the full season. Edited February 5, 2015 by the outsider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Way I read it some on here dont give a hoot for the Aussies being here or not?. Look guys this is BAD news for Speedway here we just dont have the riders to replace them and it devalues the whole thing in my opinion. Theres no one we can bring in at Scunny that will adequately replace Ryan Douglas for whom 2015 is a breakout season. Not interested in tailenders like Bent Handlebar only here because he's from the EU-seless!. Likes of Ryan and Alex D are real riders and here for the full season. You don't need to replace Douglas. Davies is a victim of his own mistake with last year's visa application and then not qualifying through the state championship this year. I give a hoot about the good Aussies, now we just need to solve the problem of the makeweight EU riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Cyprus & Malta Thought so,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewer Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 you mention malta, would it of affected loram if it was a few years back or did he have patriallity, (genuine question) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 you mention malta, would it of affected loram if it was a few years back or did he have patriallity, (genuine question) Mark wasn't Maltesse. Just because you're born in a country doesn't make you that nationality. Alex Davies and Jason Crump were born in the UK but both were Australian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 I agree about the British. I totally and completely disagree about the Europeans. Commonwealth Countries first for me. Sorry. So you'd prefer Poles from Australia rather than Poland? What about Nigerians and Jamaicans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Mark wasn't Maltesse. Just because you're born in a country doesn't make you that nationality. Alex Davies and Jason Crump were born in the UK but both were AustralianJason Crump born in the UK - gosh I never knew that!!! Where was he born? It wouldn't be Bristol would it?? Do you think Kelvin and Nige could tell me? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Mark wasn't Maltesse. Just because you're born in a country doesn't make you that nationality. Alex Davies and Jason Crump were born in the UK but both were Australian In Commonwealth countries you used to be able to claim citizenship on the basis of birth, or that of your father. Wasn't Loram's father serving in the military at the time anyway, so would have been British on that basis? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewer Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 like i said was a genuine question, i did not know, so although a bit of an all knowing answer scb, i do appreciate the replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 So you'd prefer Poles from Australia rather than Poland? What about Nigerians and Jamaicans? I would far prefer Australians and New Zealanders yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribbler Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 I would far prefer Australians and New Zealanders yes. Aborigines and Maoris ...they are the true indigenous people... the rest are just immigrants... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Aborigines and Maoris ...they are the true indigenous people... the rest are just immigrants... No problem with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 No problem with them. Just problems with others ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Just problems with others ? You could say that. But I think you are misunderstanding my Posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 You could say that. But I think you are misunderstanding my Posts. I think the difficulty people of our generation (im56) have is that we feel cultural and historical bonds with commonwealth countries We feel we have few bonds with the near Europe countries and hardly any with Eastern European countries and yet we are being thrown together in an economic union. I'm all for free movement of goods but feel less comfortable with free movement of labour. I don't think I'm alone in this. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 I think the difficulty people of our generation (im56) have is that we feel cultural and historical bonds with commonwealth countries We feel we have few bonds with the near Europe countries and hardly any with Eastern European countries and yet we are being thrown together in an economic union. I'm all for free movement of goods but feel less comfortable with free movement of labour. I don't think I'm alone in this. Totally agree, and we have fought alongside 'our own folk' during world wars. That is a natural bond, unlike some of the liaisons we are contracted to with Eastern Europe's new countries for example. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Totally agree, and we have fought alongside 'our own folk' during world wars. That is a natural bond, unlike some of the liaisons we are contracted to with Eastern Europe's new countries for example. Of course the Poles made a major contribution to the Allied effort, notably in the Battle of Britain and the field of cryptography - so not sure how far that line of reasoning takes you. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 You could say that. But I think you are misunderstanding my Posts. I think the difficulty people of our generation (im56) have is that we feel cultural and historical bonds with commonwealth countries We feel we have few bonds with the near Europe countries and hardly any with Eastern European countries and yet we are being thrown together in an economic union. I'm all for free movement of goods but feel less comfortable with free movement of labour. I don't think I'm alone in this. Totally agree, and we have fought alongside 'our own folk' during world wars. That is a natural bond, unlike some of the liaisons we are contracted to with Eastern Europe's new countries for example. I do understand what you's say, but in today's society find it might not be very 'PC',,, I am not responsible for today's political climate, but we are all in it :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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