The outcome of the 2018 world cup hosting competition has just been announced, and I am appalled at the outcome. It is quite obvious that FIFA is a corrupt organisation which should be disbanded immediately. In voting for Russia they have become the henchmen of an autocrat, as its obvious that Putin is using FIFA to spur the modernisation of his country he himself cannot. Had they voted to give the competition to the UK, it would have been awesome, as the infrastructure is already here. We know how to put on a party. I suppose we cannot be too disappointed, aw we have the Olympics; plus, between that, the cuts and the royal wedding, we cannot really afford the world cup. Nevertheless, the UK should have been successful in their bid, and would have been were it not, I suspect, for FIFA’s obvious corruption. I’d like to see a public inquiry into this – perhaps then we’ll discover who bribed whom.

Okay, perhaps the word corruption is a bit strong, but it’s plain that this decision was politically motivated and I would not be surprised if money did indeed change hands. The country with the best bid did not win.