Of course French police and politicians lied and smeared UK football fans. That’s what they do | Fabrice Arfi

In France, the violence meted out at the Champions League final and the cover-up that followed were tragically familiarThere is a proverb in French: “A quelque chose malheur est bon.” It roughly equates to “Every cloud has a silver lining.” In that sense – and I mean no offence, above all, not to Liverpool supporters – I think something positive emerged from the fiasco of the Champions League final in Paris on 28 May, when the club’s fans were unfairly b