Wasn't it Boris Johnson who called them "Mawkish".

Spot on. Although he had to later apologise for it. Dunno why. He was only saying what the rest of the UK were thinking.

Posted By: South stand corner on April 14th 2009 at 22:22:42

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All this "20 years since Hillsborough" obsession by the BBC, ITV, newspapers etc. (Other Football) - South stand corner, Apr 14, 22:05:57
- Jesus (Other Football) - The Judge, Apr 14, 23:39:46
  - Totally agree Judgey (Other Football) - duke of york, Apr 15, 00:31:20
    - Perhaps the people who made the silly remarks would like to read some of these (Other Football) - Klobo04, Apr 15, 03:28:24
- Hey, read up properly about the disaster before you start making throw-away comments (Other Football) - Wayne Biggins, Apr 14, 22:52:38
  - Let me get this straight (Other Football) - east of hampstead, Apr 14, 23:40:03
  - WW II (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Apr 14, 23:27:14
- and anyway, there's more important matters like a few emails (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Apr 14, 22:36:07
- Phil Neals did (Other Football) - Small, Apr 14, 22:10:22
  - *20th* (n/m) (Other Football) - Small, Apr 14, 22:16:13
- here here - with you on that one (Other Football) - green n yella beaver, Apr 14, 22:08:32
- i feel sorry for anyone who goes to a match and does't make it home (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Apr 14, 22:08:28
  - Hey, read up properly about the disaster before you start making throw-away comments (Other Football) - Wayne Biggins, Apr 14, 22:50:17
    - tomorrow should be fun on here (n/m) (Other Football) - Dave in France, Apr 14, 23:11:05
  - mebbe (Other Football) - Tombs, Apr 14, 22:14:06
    - Remember the minutes silence around the country for Ken Bigley?? (n/m) (Other Football) - South_West_Canary, Apr 14, 22:15:11
      - Wasn't it Boris Johnson who called them "Mawkish". (Other Football) - South stand corner, Apr 14, 22:22:42
        
        good spot. (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Apr 14, 22:25:15
      - madness. Britain loves a good excuse to collectively blub over no marks like jade goody (Other Football) - Tombs, Apr 14, 22:20:24
        
        The original Double Glazing Salesman. (Other Football) - South stand corner, Apr 14, 22:26:43
  - Very true - police, FA & some of the Liverpool fans to blame (Other Football) - South_West_Canary, Apr 14, 22:12:59
  - stop that you'll go to hell - how dare you blame them (n/m) (Other Football) - green n yella beaver, Apr 14, 22:09:53

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