A Culture of Honour

As a resident of Leicester, I’m shocked with the sacking of
a hero. Claudio Ranieri worked against the odds to produce the upset of the
century in football terms, with Leicester City winning the English Premiership
last year. According to the BBC, the season ‘ended
with a success that defied history, logic, the odds and the game's natural
financial order, as he turned a Leicester team that narrowly avoided relegation
into champions.’



Yesterday, after a run of bad results, he was fired.



He didn’t deserve that and it was done for the usual
short-sighted reasons of money and politics.



There seems to be such a culture of dishonour nowadays. We
see it in the Brexit debate. These are important decisions and it seems
reasonable to discuss them, but the moment a former Prime Minister raises those
issues, there’s a dishonouring of him as a person- nothing to do with the
debate.



Sadly it seems the same with the comments and tweets of the
new President in the States. It’s not whether he is right or wrong, it’s to do
with honouring the other point of view.



Back to Leicester. I don’t want to be part of something that
is so short sighted and ruthless. I want to honour a man that in sporting terms
did the impossible. Manager of the Premiership winners, Coach of the Year in
the BBC awards and with the same award from the official body, FIFA.



I don’t expect he will read this, but Claudio, we honour
you. There will be many in Leicester today who want you to know we have nothing
to do with this decision. We choose a culture of honour, not dishonour. We
trust you will remember Leicester fondly and will be able to forgive this crass
dishonouring of your accomplishments.