I think this is very sad news and sympathy is with the boys family.

I am from the UK and as a British citizen I feel ashamed this has happened in my country.

However, I do not believe Britain to be inherently racist, in fact I think most Britons are the most tolerant people in the world. Britain does have other issues, mainly around crime/violence. I don't believe it was inherently racially motivated, more a case of it was something to get a reaction and pursue an argument and sadly could have happened to anyone.

Look around Doha for everyday racism and slavery issues. There is no way people would be treated as badly as some of the poor asian workers are treated do here. Just because it doesn't get shown in the papers here doesn't mean it's not happening. Racism appears in many forms.

Don't blame the whole nation for being racist for the idiotic behaviour some uneducated horrible kids. Street crime is the issue here, in my opinion.