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How rigid should football’s rules be on expressions of religion? | UK News

Three weeks before Christmas, the Football Association (FA) could have to sanction a player's devotion to Jesus.There is little wriggle room having already formally reminded Crystal Palace player Marc Guehi that the laws of football were being breached by writing "I love Jesus" on his captain's armband during a Premier League match on Saturday. The request to keep the armband free of religious messaging was ignored.A similar message appeared on Guehi's armband for Palace's match at Ipswich tonight - "Jesus…

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Jeremy Corbyn to urge UK to stop ‘dragging its feet’ over reparations in Jamaica speech | Politics News

Jeremy Corbyn will give a speech in Jamaica in which he will accuse the UK of "dragging its feet" over slavery reparations.The former Labour leader believes it is "bizarre" for the prime minister and David Lammy, the foreign secretary, to brand reparations as an issue "of the past", arguing it is in fact "about the present, about the future". Mr Corbyn, who now sits as the independent MP for Islington North, is due to give his speech in Kingston, the…

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