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Its leader, Umberto Bossi, has backed a boycott of French goods.

More than 30,000 people have backed a boycott of the Sats exams next week.

Teachers yesterday backed a boycott of controversial tests for four-year-olds due to be introduced in England next year.

When this news broke several stars including Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith backed a boycott of the awards.

The survey by market research firm Northstar of 420 people interested in football also showed 43.5% backed a boycott if some other European countries took part.

Cardiff City have backed a boycott of the trip to Leeds by fans protesting at the allocation of just 500 tickets.

voted to back a boycott of Domino.

In some Western countries there have been calls for governments to back a boycott of the games.

The American Studies Association (ASA), which has more than 5,000 members, is the most significant US academic organisation to back a boycott of Israeli educational institutions following a two-thirds majority vote.

The latest body to back a boycott is Riba, Britain's leading architectural association, which last month called on the International Union of Architects to suspend Israeli membership on the grounds of "complicity in the construction of illegal settlements and other violations of international law".

"I'd be loathe to back a boycott of the club," Smith added.