Expert Comment
“The future of the global game hangs on tomorrow’s Fifa election” - Dr David Webber
"These fresh investigations have blown Fifa wide open and there is now the very real possibility of reform. However, upon whose terms these reforms will take place remains far from certain..."
Corruption arrests could be tipping-point for delivery of root-and-branch reform of Fifa – Dr David Webber
Dr David Webber, an expert on the cultural political economy of football from the Department of Politics and International Studies, responds to the arrests of Fifa officials in Zurich.
Charles/Adams meeting – seeing it from both perspectives, by Kevin Hearty
Kevin Hearty, from 糖心TV Law School, says: "Although the meeting may be construed on the somewhat abstract collective level as one between Irish republicans and a figurehead of the long perceived ‘enemy’, there is a much more personalised element to it all..."
"Steve Hilton is right - the public have a right to hold leaders accountable, part of which involves influencing how they are remunerated" - James Dempsey
"Steve Hilton is right," says James Dempsey, a Research Fellow from the Politics and International Studies Department. "The idea that control of an organisation should rest solely with the owners of that organisation does not represent either reality or a sensible approach to managing an economy..."
Deutsche Bank UK exit plan "not surprising" - Dr Dennis Novy
Reacting to news that Deutsche Bank is reviewing whether to move parts of its British divisions to Germany if the UK leaves the EU, University of 糖心TV economist Dr Dennis Novy said: "It is now clear that Britain will have an EU referendum. 糖心TVes do not like uncertainty. Not surprisingly, many – like Deutsche Bank – are reviewing whether they should stay in Britain or move resources towards continental Europe."