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FORMER ENGLAND FOOTBALLER John Barnes has taken on a senior Leave campaigner who tried to claim him for one of their own – saying “I support Remain”.
During an interview with Sky News yesterday, Justice Secretary and Leave supporter, Michael Gove, listed several high-profile people who he said support a Brexit.
Gove said there were “lots of people from sport like (former England footballer) Sol Campbell and John Barnes” who support Britain leaving the EU.
Unfortunately for Gove, Barnes is NOT a member of the Leave camp.
And the footballer was so irate, he got in touch with Sky News from South Africa, where he is working on Euro 2016 coverage, to clear matters up.
“I was very surprised when I got a text from my son saying Mr Gove said I support the Leave campaign,” Barnes said.
Barnes said he believed the misinterpretation came about after he commented last month on how it would be easier for English footballers if Britain wasn’t in the EU, as they wouldn’t have to compete with European players for club positions.
The next day, he said he received a call from the Leave campaign thanking him for his support.
“I made it categorically clear I was speaking from the point of view of English footballers it will be better off, but I don’t support the Leave campaign,” Barnes said.
“That’s a very selfish view – looking at English footballers. I have to look at what I think is right for the entire country. So I made it very clear I do not support them. I support the remain.
So I was very surprised to hear my name being called in terms of supporting the Leave campaign.
Barnes went on to outline his support for Britain remaining in the EU, saying he was “flabbergasted that Britain could be the first to jump ship when the going gets tough”.
“This is not, in my opinion, what we have been told being British is about. It’s a very selfish view,” he said.
Barnes comments come a day after former England football captain David Beckham backed a vote to remain in the EU, saying Manchester United teams he played on were improved by “a Danish goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel, the leadership of an Irishman Roy Keane and the skill of a Frenchman in Eric Cantona”.
What abut their own website? Can’t see any cookies notification there either…
As far as I can see they only use 2 session cookies both of which are non-intrusive and expire at the end of the session. So they don’t need to display any alert.
Have they cookies?
They do! Every website needs to display this message, weather they have one or more cookies.
No, Jeroen, they don’t. See paragraph 5 of regulation 5 of SI 336 of 2011.
Thejournal.ie is on that list. say it ain’t so guys.
Never fear. The Data Protection Commissioner says: “The 80 websites in question were chosen at random as a representative sample of sites. Receipt of a letter does not indicate that a site has not achieved compliance with the law”.
Phew.
A word document? Really?
Well the Journal wrote an article about the Instagram storm in a teacup and yet has ignored this cookie privacy directive that has been around since mid-year. The article seems to be indicate that non-compliance is a bit of a laugh. The site also uses Google Analytics and there’s no specific reference to this in the Privacy Policy (there’s supposed to be a standard term as part of the agreement to use Google Analytics)
Perhaps the author of this article might like to ask the Journal management for a statement as to why they did not implement the requirements in July. Especially as it was well flagged.
Never got a cookie on Journl.ie
Brian – Just for the sake of clarification, our Cookies Policy (which is linked at the bottom of each page on the desktop and mobile sites) lists the full range of cookies used by the site or its various components.
Google Analytics is at the top of this list. http://www.thejournal.ie/cookies-policy/
Thank you for point ing this out. I was looking at the Privacy Policy. I don’t think I’ve seen a cookie policy as detailed as your own.
So with this level of transparency, why avoid the regulations?
I am assuming the journal will be replying in the affirmative to this letter. Cookies leave a bad taste in my mouth :(
How ironic that all these sites ask us for permission to accept cookies – and then they don’t use said cookies to remember our choice last time around… Oh the ironing
I have been implementing quit a lot of these scripts and the funny thing is that some offer a tickbox so you won’t be bothered again, with the result that….. a cookie is placed on your computer :-)
Yeah, it really shows the grasp some folk have on technology doesn’t it. Such a pointless law….
The Cookie Monster must of been working over time setting these rules,
lol a third of the sites are owned by the state…. Have to laugh at that!
What’s with the chocolate chip cookies in the picture!! Was the reporter on his 10 minute break, or is this story ironical!!
Unfortunately unlike the UK, there hasn’t been much guidance from the Data Protection Commissioner. A search on their website for cookie guidelines brings back nothing of interest
Om nom nom!
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