And don't forget the American Glazer family that own Manchester United. That received loads of negative publicity and sarcastic remarks about how he thought he was buying an American football team, etc.
The reality is that no country likes to see foreigners flaunting their wealth and finds ways to criticize when they do, Britain and Qatar included. Plenty here have made remarks about Western frauds and leeches. The Evening Standard is a little more subtle, but then their audience is not people in the Gulf but rather the middle-aged English middleclass at home, who would have seen the negative tone of this article to be about as subtle as a brick wall.
Britain claimed over a quarter of the world's surface at its height; seems only fair that the old colonies get a chance to colonize it back.
And don't forget the American Glazer family that own Manchester United. That received loads of negative publicity and sarcastic remarks about how he thought he was buying an American football team, etc.
The reality is that no country likes to see foreigners flaunting their wealth and finds ways to criticize when they do, Britain and Qatar included. Plenty here have made remarks about Western frauds and leeches. The Evening Standard is a little more subtle, but then their audience is not people in the Gulf but rather the middle-aged English middleclass at home, who would have seen the negative tone of this article to be about as subtle as a brick wall.
Britain claimed over a quarter of the world's surface at its height; seems only fair that the old colonies get a chance to colonize it back.