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Europeans are playing for African World Cup teams, and there’s nothing wrong with that

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By Ralph Leonard
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Ismael Saibari of Morocco was born in Spain and grew up in the Netherlands - Daniel Becerril/REUTERS This summer we have witnessed the “diaspora World Cup”: almost a quarter of the players in this tournament were born in a different country to the national team that they play for (the majority qualifying by ancestral connections); this is the highest percentage in World Cup history. Few teams encapsulate this dynamic more than Morocco – who beat the Netherlands in the round of 32 on Tuesday.
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Æthelstan's Forgotten Legacy

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By Ralph Leonard
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A review of The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom by David Woodman, 344 pages, Princeton University Press (September 2025). Romanophiles know that the first Roman emperor was Augustus. Serious Muslims know that the first caliph after Muhammad was Abu Bakr. Likewise, Americans know their first President was George Washington. Ask an Englishman who the first king of England was, however, and the answer is likely to be rather hazy.
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Britain’s obsession with ICE killings shows we have learnt nothing from George Floyd

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By Ralph Leonard
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The killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have dominated headlines in Britain - Octavio Jones/AFP This is not America. This was the mantra that was said to progressive activists in Britain after their importation of American politics in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in 2020. The 2020 “awokening” globalised the BLM style: activists around the world adopted and regurgitated American talking points on race and police brutality that didn’t map well onto their own particular countries.
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