Left Foot Forward
He sees no corruption, hears no racism and speaks no sense: It’s time to kick Blatter out
FIFA president Sepp Blatter caused outrage last night by saying footballers who had been racially abused should just “shake hands” with their abusers.
Billionaires v millionaires maybe, but the NBA players’ resolve is amazing
Ruwan Subansinghe runs through the amazing saga that is the NBA players strike.
Nick Clegg dodges, again, the question of what he’s doing to end child detention
Labour MP for Wigan Lisa Nandy writes about deputy prime minister Nick Clegg’s failure, once again, to answer questions on his pledge to end child detention.
Kellner: May’s immigration rhetoric “seems to have backfired with public opinion”
A majority of the public (56 per cent) and nearly two-fifths of Tory supporters (38%) believe home secretary Theresa May should resign over the borders fiasco.
Never forget
The nation will fall silent today, in memory of all who have fallen in conflict; they gave their lives so we could live ours, in peace, in freedom, in liberty.
Action must be taken whenever racism rears its ugly head – including in sport
Sabby Dhalu argues that racism in sport is just as serious as racism off the pitch, and needs to be fought in the same way.