March 20, 2012

I don’t usually follow football news at all but the shocking story of Fabrice Muamba caught my attention. During a Saturday quarter final match the 23 year old Bolton player collapsed on the field. He was given life saving treatment by both a cardiologist who was in the crown and the London Chest Hospital. What does this have to do with The British Dream?
Well, Fabrice Muamba’s story is incredibly inspiring: he arrived in Britain as a little 11 year old asylum seeker
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July 4, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released on bail and freed from house arrest as the case against him collapses thanks to his victim’s past and our prejudices.
The victim has a shady past and so now, according to an article in the New York Times, although the police privately believe DSK probably is guilty it will be a difficult case to win. The police compared it to cases such as when prostitutes are raped where the perpetrator can often get away.
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