I'm having no success convincing my wife to stop supporting Tottenham after (no, not their pathetic performance this season) racist taunts being shouted by the fans. Apparently this is all part of the 'beautiful game'.

What I find more worrying is the racist and xenophobic language used on a regular basis by both Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone at various points. They may not have got into any booze filled fights (well not recently anyway), but the negative effect of such comments on the ethnic minorities in London should not be under-estimated.