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Adnan Hussain

Adnan Hussain

Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom

Jul 5, 2026

5:34
Maybe we'll start with you, Adnan.
5:36
Well, yeah, I mean, this World Cup really just feels so different than other World Cups, particularly for me in contrast to the Qatar World Cup that was also considered extremely controversial, but I actually attended and discussed a lot of issues around it and to see the hypocrisy where there was so much media condemning Qatar World Cup and FIFA for its corruption and so forth, including statements by active footballers who have been incredibly silent about this World Cup and all of the problems associated with it, which are far more important in terms of the integrity of the competition.
6:22
We can talk a little bit more about that.
6:24
But this one, because of very public boycott movements, because of the Gaza genocide, the Israeli-U.S. war on Iran, the numerous football players from Palestine who have been killed in the course of the genocide with no comment whatsoever from FIFA.
6:55
It has really felt kind of tainted and tarnished in a rather special way.
7:00
And my heart really just hasn't been in it.
7:02
I could not imagine.

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