The resignation of senior British political figure David Miliband as non-executive director and vice-chairman of English soccer club Sunderland AFC – in protest at Paolo Di Canio’s appointment as the Premier League club’s new manager – has engulfed Di Can
A die-hard fan of Tintin as a kid, I have grown up to become a human rights lawyer. And I have learnt to my disappointment that neither Tintin nor his creator had spotless human rights records. Rather, that record is decidedly mixed.
Red poppies are a familiar sight in November. We see them pinned to the lapels of newsreaders and businessmen, youthful school children and ageing war veterans. Not a single politician is likely to front a camera without one.