| NICOLAS Sarkozy and Gordon Brown are palying football at Arsenal. The two men toyed with the ball. Both resisted any urge to play head tennis, which always ends in shame for the politico. It was a simple game of pass and don’t move. Sarko didn’t nutmeg Brown. And Brown didn’t smack the ball into the stands with the cry “‘Ave it!”. How we would have warmed to him had only he done so. To one side, Arsene Wenger, Arsenal’s erudite manager, looked statesmanlike and in charge. Meanwhile, about half a mile away, about 600 bobbies in blue boiler suits are yomping down Blackstock Road. It’s the Mail’s “Operation Overkill”. It’s a swoop on drug dealing, money laundering and selling fake documents. (more…) |