In these days of pussyfooting around the obvious; when even suggesting that the Pakistan cricket team are a bunch of cheating scumbags who should be banned forever from world cricket is apparently racist, it’s refreshing to be allowed to be candid once in a while.

A third of Indians are bent. On the take. Thieves. Utterly corrupt.

According to Pratyush Sinha, who stepped down as India’s Central Vigilance Commissioner on Monday, only 20 per cent of the country’s people are steadfastly honest, while he describes the remaining 50 per cent – more than half a billion people – as “borderline”. [… ]

Mr Sinha said his greatest concern was that corruption had gained a “social acceptance” in India. “Society is no longer seriously concerned about corruption and there is social acceptance.

It certainly gives an interesting extra slant to the cricket controversy and the lack of understanding in some quarters as to how on earth a team of so-called sportsmen could sink so low. And it’s the Asian bloc led by India and Pakistan  and dominating the International Cricket Council which is stopping any real action being taken to stamp out the cheating. Luckily it’s India’s own anti-corruption team wielding the big stick. Imagine if it had been a group from the West speaking out……raaaacism.