As poison drips from parliament, racism in football has surged. Clearly our leaders cannot be trusted to set the right tone
Gary Neville was right. It might have struck a jarring note in the post-match Sky Sports studio, sandwiched between the unsmiling platitudes of Roy Keane and an ad-break sting. But Neville was right to state that for the last few years British politicians have deliberately, or at best carelessly [narrator: it was deliberate], leveraged racial tensions for political gain.
Don’t just take Gary’s word for it. Ask the UN, who have in the last year criticised British politics for exactly this, with specific reference to the “hostile environment” shambles on immigration policy and the insidious rhetoric around Brexit. These things don’t happen in a vacuum. There is a price to be paid.
Written by Barney Ronay
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