This post was originally published on Politico.
The England football legend who conceded the “goal of the century” and Hand of God goals to Diego Maradona at the 1986 World Cup is now … trying to influence the European Union’s budget negotiations.
Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton is a supporter of an online gambling tax. The idea was proposed in April by the European Parliament to help fund the bloc’s €2 trillion budget from 2028 to 2034, and has since won the backing of several governments.
A former gambling-addict-turned-campaigner, Shilton told POLITICO in Brussels that a new levy would starve betting companies of revenue that they would
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