Editorial

Editorial

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When Argentina's players unfurled a banner reading "Las Malvinas son Argentinas" after their World Cup semifinal victory over England this week, the British state required no time for reflection. Within a day, Downing Street had urged FIFA to investigate, ministers had denounced the gesture, and the Prime Minister's spokesperson had delivered the line that "the World Cup might not be ours, but…

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