Nonetheless, he, too, joined the argument over the way the deal had evolved, saying it was only aggressive lobbying by John Prescott, Britain's deputy prime minister, who once worked as a cruise-line steward, that had made the Belfast yard a contender.
He previously worked as an air steward.
Speaking from the Vine Street picket line, shop steward Gemma Shearing said: "The only reason we are down here today is we are trying to have the maximum impact on the council.
The last time he was there, a line of stewards clapped him through the front door.
England fans were seen fleeing a section of the stadium after they were charged by group of what appeared to be Russia fans, some of them wearing balaclavas, who had set off fireworks and punched through a line of stewards.
Fans who first retreated obediently to permit their heroes a lap of honour poured back through the thin yellow line of stewards to mob their greatest hero, the manager Harry Redknapp.
The clashes started again moments after the final whistle when a large group of Russia fans in a stand behind one of the goals advanced on England supporters in a neighboring area, throwing objects and breaking through a line of stewards.
But there is a fine line". FIA stewards looked at the clash while the race was in progress and decided it was a 'racing incident' that required no further action.
Immediately after the horses crossed the finish line, the stewards' inquiry sign went up.
For instance, the mob had only been marching for a few minutes when dozens of masked participants crashed through the line of stewards and stormed into a side street that houses a former clinic now being squatted by anarchists and anti-fascists.
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