Following the horrific attacks in Mumbai, there are calls for the whole of the England cricket tour to India—not just the two remaining one day internationals—to be called off. But this would be a huge mistake. It would be giving these terrorists what they want: they are, among other things, trying to send a message that India is not a safe place for Britons or Americans.
For the England cricket team to turn around and leave would show a lack of solidarity with India in this struggle. I admit that this is an easy thing to say sitting in an office in Westminster but imagine how we would have felt if after the 7/7 bombings the Australian cricket team had headed to Heathrow.
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