Restorative justice can mitigate racial abuse

 There was a reassuring story on BBC Sport this week. Derbyshire all-rounder, and VP of the PCA, Anuj Dal explained how he dealt with racial abuse on social media. He did not just lie back and take it, but took a course of action which through restorative justice led to a written apology from the abuser. I maintain that most casual racism in this country results from ignorance, not wickedness, and this story tends to confirm the view. 

I understand that Anuj Dal wants to encourage the wider application of the sort of action he took. He is clearly an adornment to the game in England and Wales, and one trusts that he will go on, when his playing days are over, to take an active part in administration of the game here. It is high time that some relics of our imperial past were shifted out of the Lords boardroom and into the museum where they belong.