Recently, FIFA suspended Nepal’s football federation over government interference. Several federations have faced sanctions for the same reason.
Now we learn the White House made a direct call to FIFA asking Infantino to review Balogun’s red card.
FIFA insists the decision was handled by an independent disciplinary panel and could not be influenced externally.
But how is a direct call from a government to FIFA over a player’s suspension not, at the very least, political interference?
Infantino with his buddy Trump after agreeing a special arrangement for the USA v Belgium game. There will be a one-off ‘home goals’ rule. Any goals USA score will count double and if Balogun scores it will count as a hat-trick.
@davidyelland Carole Cadwallader led the way on this over 10 years ago but was hung out to dry by the deafening silence of her journalist peers. To nominate this sudden found courage on the part of ST as an act of bravery without acknowledging her body of work is demeaning to say the least.
@SarahForRuncorn@reformparty_uk So many people had this story for years before the Times picked it up.
@BylineTimes and @carolecadwalla were writing about George Cottrell over five years ago.
The difference is that the Murdochs have made an executive decision that they've finally had enough of Farage.
Reformorons know the whole country thinks Farage should have declared the £5m. But they still maintain it was a personal gift because Farage said so. Pathetic.
My Reform insiders tell me that are actively considering replacements for Farage.
Yusuf, Anderson and Jenrick all think they should be given the job but the view is, they're all too unpopular with the general public.
Informal interviews already begun.
I'll be brutally honest. As a Conservative, I'm enjoying watching Nigel Farage face the same scrutiny he's spent years directing at everyone else.
For years he tried to tear the Conservative Party apart, humiliate it, and convince people he alone had all the answers. Now the spotlight is on him, and suddenly accountability doesn't look so appealing.
Politics isn't a one way street. If you build your career dishing out criticism, don't complain when you're the one being held to the same standard. You wanted a political fight, Nigel. This is what one looks like.
Here I am in happier times with best buds Nathan Gill, now in jail for taking Russian bribes and George Cottrell, who went to prison for fraud then paid for my staff, security and social media and let me stay in his house near Buckingham Palace.
"A lad 30 years younger than me calls me daddy and lets me sleep in his home" is kinda personal, I agree- and I am all for diversity. But when the house is an £8m "gift" from a billionaire and gifts/donations to MP were given by a convicted felon with ongoing suspicious business?