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Conservative London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith’s attempt to compare himself to newly crowned Premier League champions Leicester failed in spectacular fashion yesterday when it was pointed out to him that he was more like relegated Aston Villa.
The Tory billionaire is fighting to win tomorrow’s London mayoral election and tried to whip up some last-minute public support by jumping on the Leicester bandwagon, hours after they had done the impossible and clinched their first league title.
Speaking to LBC’s Nick Ferrari, he said: “I’m feeling very good [about the election]. I’m hoping to do a Leicester City here, I’m gonna zoom in from behind and win on May 5.”
ROGER MCKENZIE argues that it was correct to ban the notorious Israeli side who were likely to cause trouble in Muslim areas of Birmingham, but asks, given the occupation and slaughter in Palestine, why any Israeli team is being hosted anywhere
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE