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Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero speaks to a police officer after a security incident during his club’s Premier League match against Bournemouth on August 26. (Getty Images)

Police, Stewards Should Stop Treating Football Fans as the Enemy

by Nick Fielding | Sep 4, 2017 | Sports

London – The outcry against the treatment of Manchester City fans at Bournemouth is a reminder – heavy-handed police and stewards should be shown the red card, writes Nick Glynn in the Guardian Sport. It’s great. Your football team scores, first minute, last...

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French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (R) and his British counterpart William Hague (L) speak during a press conference in Paris, France, 21 August 2013 (EPA/IAN LANGSDON)

Debate: The West has abandoned the Syrian opposition after trying to support it

by Nick Fielding | Aug 23, 2013 | Debate

After months of buildup, softening of public opinion and clear political support for the Syrian opposition, the United Kingdom and France have spent the past two months engaged in furious backpedalling. For months, diplomats from the Foreign Office and the Quai...