"They dislike the arrogance of English football and they think we have failed to tame commercialism in our own sport, " he stated.

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Think of the mass immigration of rich and ambitious Englishmen to America in the 1960s, when English income tax rates on the rich approached 100%.

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In their bones English ministers now simply do not think of Wales when framing laws and policy interventions.

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To read the editorials, you'd think that the Vienna Boys Choir has been serenading Manchester United and Liverpool when they play each other in the English Premier League.

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