Nazarbayev permitted a relatively high degree of political activity until the emergence of a reform movement called Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan, backed by several wealthy business people, in late 2001.
The message to the European court seemed clear – butt out of our business; if we want to bang people up for life that's our choice.
However, should the Swiss manager have asked for a review, as he surely would have done, the referee would have had little option but to point to the spot, perhaps producing a red card for Cahill in the process.
Then again, I spot three Manchester United shirts with Van Persie on the back, so maybe the navy really does have its work cut out.
So on that basis, I think we've got no choice but to take decisive action to end the danger of the Conservative party.
Last year's choice of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in hindsight seems a similar act of wishful thinking.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has become the surprise choice for this year's Nobel peace prize, a decision the Oslo committee said recognised both its current, hazardous mission to destroy Syria's chemical weapons stocks and 16 years of wider global efforts.
Lindo's own choice is the blackbird, for its song – and for the Beatles' one.
China, the world's biggest emitter, was in 45th spot – one below the US, which is the world's second largest emitter of greenhouse gases that cause climate change.
Glasby believes too little is being done to turn commissioning into a career of choice for future public service leaders: "If you are a young, bright, aspirational 18-year-old, what is there out there to make commissioning attractive?" This article is published by Guardian Professional.
This year police in India have begun investigating allegations of spot fixing in the Indian Premier League.
