The flip-side is also true, as I point out here ??? <a href="http://www.leftfootforward.org/2012/01/luis-suarez-diane-abbott-racism-rows-tribalism/">http://www.leftfootforward.org/2012/01/luis-suarez-diane-abbott-racism-rows-tribalism/</a> ??? the next time there is a race row, the authority of those who have defended Abbott now to go on the attack will be diminished.