The manager of Manchester City has been awarded an honoury doctorate by Manchester University. This is part of his address when acccepting the award.

BBC North-West news (based in Manchester) covered the story. They made no mention at all of the main content of the speech. Now, just imagine if he had been talking about infants in Ukraine.


"It's so painful what we see in Gaza. It hurts my whole body," said Guardiola in clips of his speech shared on social media.
"Let me be clear, it's not about ideology. It's not about whether I'm right, or you're wrong. It's just about the love of life, about the care of your neighbour.
"Maybe we think that we see the boys and girls of four years old being killed by the bomb or being killed at the hospital because it's not a hospital anymore. It's not our business.
"We can think about that: It's not our business. But be careful. The next one will be ours. The next four- or five-year-old kids will be ours. Sorry, but I see my kids, Maria, Marius and Valentina. When I see them every morning since the nightmare started -- the infants in Gaza — I am so scared."

"Maybe this image feels far away from where we are living now, and you might ask what we can do.
"There is a story I'm reminded of. A forest is on fire. All the animals live terrified, helpless. But a small bird flies back and forth to the sea, carrying drops of water in its little beak.
"A snake laughs, and asks: 'Why bro? You will never put the fire out.' The bird replies: 'Yes, I know.' 'Then why do you do it again and again?', the snake asks once again. 'I'm just doing my part,' the bird replies for the last time.
"The bird knows it won't stop the fire, but it refused to do nothing.
"In a world that often tells us we are too small to make a difference, that story reminds me the power of one is not about the scale, it's about choice, about showing up, about refusing to be silent or still when it matters most."