"The Qataris agreed, called the bluff of Glencore founder Ivan
Glasenberg, and green-lit the deal only after the terms had been sweetened
following the intervention of a certain Tony Blair." "But it also means
questions tend to get glossed over. If Qatar bought the World Cup, nobody's
really making a fuss about it. The links between its favourite rebel group in
Syria and al-Qa'ida? No problem. There are even fewer questions raised about
what goes on inside Qatar, the austere version of Islam that predominates, the
treatment of migrant workers. The Saudis must be green with envy. Perhaps they
could do with an HBJ of their own."