The future of sport belongs to peoples, not global bureaucracies.
History is full of good people who lacked the courage to oppose. Italy obeys masters abroad, not conscience at home.
The Falklands finds itself once again at the centre of tensions between the Argentinian government and London.
It is unlikely that the CIA director just came all that way on a specialized cargo aircraft to say “we give up”, but perhaps that was the essence of the discussions.
Leaders are not irrelevant: they determine the timing and form of détente.
Peace, for now, has not drawn any closer. Instead, it has become clear who is holding the stopwatch.
Farage can’t take the heat of his own political scandals and is likely to leave politics once the parliamentary investigations are over.
Will the winners be willing to keep their pre-election promises and not join the ranks of election winners who regularly disappoint their voters?
