The Ministry of Truth

Robert Mugabe once said that only God would remove him from his presidency.  It seems like Sepp Blatter might feel the same.  But until he steps aside in favour of say, Michele Platini (however naive the UEFA boss is in 'pushing the frontiers' of world football), the Augean Stables, if not cleaned, will no longer be overflowing.  Juan Antonio Samaranch, former tyrant - in the classical Athenian sense - of the International Olympics Committee, went into the background with protégé Jacques Roge succeeding him in the wake of the Salt Lake City bribery scandal.  But FIFA is different.
England were the only bid to be up front and honest about its efforts (with the exception of the long gone Lord Triesmann), including some not-so-subtle wooing of the venal Jack Warner.  All the other bids that had something to hide, just clammed up and refused to co-operate with the enquiry.  As it was an internal investigation rather than a legal one, they didn't have to say anything that they didn't want to.  Thus, it is England who are claimed to have damaged FIFA's image while Russia and Qatar are exonerated because they kept quiet.  FIFA should rename itself the Ministry of Truth but only in an Orwellian sense.