Re: Tour de France
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 1:19 pm
i would never have guessed!God is an Englishman wrote:no, I just like being opinionated!PDog wrote:you look too far into things.
i would never have guessed!God is an Englishman wrote:no, I just like being opinionated!PDog wrote:you look too far into things.
Is he still English, now that he has been "caught out"? :wink:God is an Englishman wrote:PDog wrote:More than happy to back track where I am technically wrong. I'm a big boy.
A very watered down Pom then in my opinion. My opinion only. Then again, most countries will cling to anything where success is involved.
Dual nationality is a horse's ass. You are from where you were born in my opinion, but I don't make the rules I guess!
For me, parentage is far more important than the location of birth. Being born in England doesn't even guarantee you a passport. You have to be born in England to parents with the right of abode in England to get one.
Froome has an English father and that's perfectly English in my mind. He was entitled to a British passport at birth, so again - that's good enough for me.
I note the inverted commas.Bomber wrote: Is he still English, now that he has been "caught out"? :wink:
Not much different to the headache tablet excuse, surely?God is an Englishman wrote:I note the inverted commas.Bomber wrote: Is he still English, now that he has been "caught out"? :wink:
From what I read, he has asthma and he took a legal asthma medication. It appears he may have taken too much of the inhaler.Bomber wrote:Not much different to the headache tablet excuse, surely?God is an Englishman wrote:I note the inverted commas.Bomber wrote: Is he still English, now that he has been "caught out"? :wink: