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Why the ‘Lack of Loyalty’ Trope in Lord Tebbit’s Cricket Test Didn’t Work
Whatever Norman Tebbit hoped to achieve by asking Asian immigrants which cricket team they would support to determine their ‘Britishness’ has failed spectacularly, argues Shamik Das
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Brexit: Betrayal, Divergence and Dishonesty
Despite Keir Starmer’s mixed comments on our future relationship with the EU, Labour’s Brexit omertà seems to be over, writes Shamik Das
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Discrimination in Cricket: Cheat-Chat Cannot be Allowed to Drown-Out Calls for Change
With a damning report finding that racism is entrenched in cricket, Shamik Das explores how it is impossible to separate sport from society and what is required for transformative change
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‘Government’s Football Governance Proposals are a Good Start But Need to Go Further’
Football’s unique place in people’s lives and communities means we have to sort out mismanagement of the clubs we love, reports Shamik Das
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‘Labour is Carefully Painting a More Pro-European Picture’
The party’s agenda of closer alignment and the bulldozing of barriers in an increasing range of areas could help Britain escape the Brexit trap, writes Shamik Das
