Bahraini Grand Prix

It's only two days before the Bahraini Grand Prix and it looks as if the race will still go ahead despite the obvious turmoil in that country. Although I am generally against governments intervening in organised sports, I can't help but think that everything should be done to persuade teams not to take part. If ever there was an obvious reason to boycott a sporting event, this is it. Quite clearly the Bahraini regime would like to project an image of 'business as usual', and by F1 endorsing the country so emphatically by hosting a race there, the issue of the denial of human rights to the citizens of Bahrain is being pushed aside in favour of cold hard cash. It's about time that such a rich sport, its sponsors and followers took a stand against such oppression and sent a message to the Bahraini regime that human rights matter.