European Union – Declan Hill – Investigative Journalist & Academic

The 18,000 Reasons Why the UK Voted for Brexit

London: This was not a referendum about 1973 – the year when Britain entered the European Union (EU). Nor was it a referendum about 1991 – the year when all the European Union countries agreed under the Maastricht Treaty, essentially, to expand a free trade agreement into a political and parliamentary union. No, last night’s referendum was about 2004 - the year when the EU was expanded to include many of the ‘have not’ countries of Eastern Europe that had...

The Battle for the Soul of FIFA & Boris Johnson’s EU Football Nightmare

In Zurich to witness the fight that one of the candidates describes as, “the most important in the history of FIFA”. If a candidate, like Sheikh Salman of Bahrain with the human rights allegations against him, wins, the credibility of FIFA will be over. Salman is firmly in the lead with delegates officially committed. The other four candidates are battling, but it is unclear how anyone can catch Salman at this point. Here is the basic math of the election. There are...