If I knew anything about football I might have half a chance of understanding the fine detail of this (my emphasis):
The main argument now, increasingly, is between those who view the state as an enabler and those who view it as, at best, a sometimes necessary irritant. To employ a massively oversimplified analogy, statists seem to think that the state should act as captain, coach, physio, kitman, ballboy, PR department, groundsman, ticketing department, FIFA representative, the guy with the half time oranges, agent, translator, WAG, turnstile operator, matchday police, the guy selling the big flags outside the ground and the guy confiscating the big flags on the way into the ground. Libertarians just want a guy with a fucking whistle.
I was at a loss until the last bit when the meaning became clear in an instant.
He's right of course. Again. What an irritating bastard he is. Your humble correspondent is only right most of the time.
And he owes me for three keyboards ruined in the last fortnight. If you should run into him, tell him I am saving all the receipts which will arrive on his desk on Ochi Day.
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