More Rod Stewarts, please!

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Prior to turning down a lucrative deal with Saudi Arabia, Rod Stewart had declined $1m to perform in Qatar because of the country’s human rights record (PA)

The contrast around four stories in the headlines concerning well-known figures struck me hard indeed. Firstly, Rod Stewart deserves copious praise for turning down a huge fee by not performing in Saudi Arabia. There are surely few people unaware of their dreadful human rights record.

Then we have three other people who have, to a greater or lesser extent, disgraced themselves.

Goodness only knows where former Barclays CEO, Jes Staley’s personal judgement went in pursuing a personal relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and then the attempted obfuscations and untruths!