“This World Cup is stained, that’s the bottom line,' said Keane, before Gary Neville compared working conditions in Qatar with the UK...
launched into a rant during ITV’s coverage of the World Cup final, claiming British ministers were “demonising” public sector staff, likening conditions they face to those of the migrant labour force in Qatar.
Addressing the human rights issues during ITV’s build-up to Sunday’s final between Argentina and France, Roy Keane said: “This World Cup is stained, that’s the bottom line. “We can never accept that in this region or any other region – and it is just worth mentioning we’ve got a government in our country that are demonising rail workers, ambulance workers and terrifyingly nurses.
“It shouldn’t happen here [in Qatar] … with the wealth that exists. But it shouldn’t happen with the nurses in our country either where our nurses are having to fight for an extra pound or two pounds.”
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