OK it was five months since Russia won the 2018 world cup bid, but the investigations into FIFA’s corruption are ongoing  and this is a very good example of how the transnational elite are corrupt.

Panorama did a programme about this a few months ago, you can watch it till the end of 2011 (roughly) on iplayer

This week a parliamentary select committe heard some allegations about how the Russian bid may have been secured. Lord Triesman, the former head of the FA, testified that Jack Warner, vice-president of FIFA, had proposed that England build a football academy in his native Trinidad at the cost of 2.5 million in return for his vote. The Paraguayan, Brazilian and Thai (he’s going to sue over the allegation that he’s corrupt btw) representatives also made demands of the english delegation in return for their votes.

Then there’s the claim that two African members of FIFA were each paid one million dollars in return for their voting for Qatar to hold the world cup in 2022.

So out of 24 members of the executive committe,  there is sufficient evidence for accusations to be made against 5 of them of serious corruption. Just goes to show – it’s not just the ‘feckless underclass’ who are criminal!