Blatter's crushing of critics a travestyOf all the cultural backdrops against which Fifa's current difficulties could be set, the Arab Spring must be the least helpful to Sepp Blatter's attempts to present himself as a collegiate politician whose career has been one long self‑sacrifice for the good of his adoring flock. On Monday's Channel 4 News, the Fifa president's press conference was given top billing over Colonel Gaddafi, who was being visited by Jacob Zuma. (Whether the South African president can be persuaded to extend his diplomatic mission to Zurich is hard to say. The suspicion is that Zuma wouldn't be allowed through security at Fifa House, his country having outlived its usefulness to the organisation with last year's World Cup.)
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