STS Bulletin no.43

"Bahrain is not Syria." PM Cameron

means

"We want régime change in Syria, stay on message."

It turns out that Bernie Ecclestone's circus and freak show has done the Bahraini people a favour, and Bahraini human rights abusers (cf. Syria) no good at all. Now the media that have studiously ignored Bahrain and concentrated on the similar situation in Syria, are unable to do so any longer. The best laid schemes of politicians and men are scuppered by a greedy midget and his cast of greedy performers. Which calls for another translation -

"Keep politics out of sport."

means

"Don't get between us and the bloodstained autocrats' largesse."