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Football

Sporting spirit?

That the English are unable to handle being spectators at sporting contests is becoming increasingly clear. While the English football fan has acquired a reputation across Europe and around the world for boorishness that is sought to be explained away by the effects of overindulgence, the malaise is now spreading to other sports

Nuancing Immigration

‘Othering‘ of immigrants with selective social-media forwards makes for convincing politics, but not for secure and prosperous communities. France is an example of how immigrants can make the French flag fly high, as well as of the need to repose collateral responsibility onto immigrants to respect and uphold the ways of the adopted land. Rioting and violence cannot be justified, as one wrong cannot justify another. Sadly, both ‘natives‘ and immigrants have failed in equal measure