End this villainy THE ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters watching their team at Aston Villa next month is yet another shameful episode for the British authorities. Sir Keir Starmer has rightly moved to reverse the decision, in keeping with his promise to support Jewish people in the face of rampant antisemitism. But how was it ever taken in the first place? This was never about the potential for hooliganism at just another football match. Rather, West Midlands Police turned it into a question of who controls the streets of Britain’s second city. The force opted to surrender them to...