What On Earth Is Going On At The BBC?

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Жыл бұрын

The BBC is the world's oldest and still the world's largest broadcaster, but recently it has landed itself in the middle of a storm over the suspension of Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker.
Lineker was suspended, and then swiftly unsuspended, for comments that he made on Twitter about the language used by the U.K. government.
In this video, HITC Sevens examines exactly what happened, why it happened, the broader political context, and how the host of a show which rounds-up highlights from the Premier League almost brought the BBC to its knees.

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@Feneckou Жыл бұрын

I love how you're able to include historical and political components into your story telling and linking them very nicely to sports

@Glethil Жыл бұрын

If there was an university dedicated just to that, he would have a masters degree

@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings Жыл бұрын

Mind Begs the Question: If Jews fled Nazi Germany,Oppression Deemed illegal Migrants Thrown in Detention Camps,Sea,Demonized,Criminalized.. Same as Nazis,No?

@tipptop9 Жыл бұрын

No mention of Lineker taking a dump on the pitch though... Very disappointed, as I imagine everybody else on the pitch were!

@NazriB Жыл бұрын

Lies again? Big Brother Cock

@cimiez1 Жыл бұрын

Let go humza

@jeremyforbes5244 Жыл бұрын

this has been so strange to watch from abroad. the thing that has confused me through all of this is that as someone who has followed Lineker on twitter for a few years now, he has almost always had political tweets. im very lost as to why that tweet in particular crossed the line when he has been actively political for years id like to edit this to say LOL at the people trying to explain the Holocaust to me, a Jewish person who lost his entire extended family in the event

@Jean0987654321 Жыл бұрын

Because the Tories inserted their buddies as the head of BBC recently...and they didn't like what he tweeted so they told them to suspend him

@_Super_Hans_ Жыл бұрын

Because he compared the UK Government to Nazi Germany? There will be plenty of people in this country and the world namely Jews who would have been considerably offended by that.

@96wtfomg Жыл бұрын

@@_Super_Hans_ The comparison was accurate, because he mentioned the language used. And guess what, he was 100% on point on his comment, and it is the reason stupid tories got their panties in a twist

@96wtfomg Жыл бұрын

Because he criticized Tories, this is why. And Tories can't handle when they are called out

@12thMandalorian Жыл бұрын

the thing is he literally flip flops between opinions all the time

@lachlanminchin1538 Жыл бұрын

As an Australian, this story has been interesting because the UK stole the slogan our political parties use. "Stop the boats" was a very successful slogan for our right wing parties, to such an extent both major parties now support it

@DougieL Жыл бұрын

Tony Abbott was the advisor to the UK for this one - they hired him I believe. The Tories think that by stirring up fear about immigrants they can garner the pro Brexit mob's vote come the next election. A long, awful, spiteful campaign, which will ultimately scare little Englanders into believing that 'vote Labour, get illegal immigrants' Disgraceful.

@scpjack7856 Жыл бұрын

Both major parties support it here. Labour’s strategy for 2024 is “neoliberal, anti-refugee and anti-trans politics, but not being the Tories”.

@MegaKapo12 Жыл бұрын

@@scpjack7856 There were no boats when Labour was in power it was trucks and they managed to stop it. Torries created this mess, 150 people in 2019 40k in 2022 and you blame Labour that hasn't been on power for 13 years.

@MegaKapo12 Жыл бұрын

It's funny how 1 Australian managed to create this mess and yiu have to get Australian slogans to rry to solve it. It won't work!

@scpjack7856 Жыл бұрын

@@MegaKapo12 Who blamed Labour? I'm just explaining their position under Starmer, a position Alfie underlines in the video (they didn't support Linekar until it made them look like populists).

@basedjenny7362 Жыл бұрын

Alfie I always appreciate your sense of humor while being able to cover serious topics well

@alexgreen4322 Жыл бұрын

It's something we Brits are especially good at, we use cutting words and disguise them with humour;)

@JimTheFly Жыл бұрын

@@alexgreen4322 The Well-Crafted Insult is truly a thing of beauty. When someone just nails it, you simply have to stop for a moment and appreciate it.

@jamesdio2902 Жыл бұрын

Rupert Murdoch’s influence over conservative politics in the English speaking world is terrifying

@calumbishop7082 Жыл бұрын

I mean on the plus side; Rupert Murdoch's 92 years old. He has to die at some point.

@stormlova Жыл бұрын

He's already destroyed Australia's media ecosystem and America's.

@DougieL Жыл бұрын

@@stormlova Yep, Ita Buttrose as chair of the ABC and his previous smear against previous ABC leads is proof many might say. Independent media, shared on socials is gaining weight though!!!

@patmacaleenan Жыл бұрын

There’s a stellar book called Billionaires, it’s about Murdoch, Bezos and the Koch Brothers and the degree to which he at one point had the major banks of the world at his knees cannot be understated, he has tainted British politics like radiation, it will linger for decades

@mikeeroony6683 Жыл бұрын

100 percent scary bro

@iainhewitt Жыл бұрын

I'm repeating myself, but I cannot believe the bizarre and depressing irony that the Tory response to having their language compared to that of a pre-WWII NDSAP was to bring pressure to bear to silence the critic. They might as well be clicking their heels together and raising their right hands in the air to salute their leader.

@LordZontar Жыл бұрын

If it quacks like a Nazi and goosewaddles like a Nazi...

@LazarouDave Жыл бұрын

@@LordZontar As much as that comment may be accurate, best not to use the word to describe them, unfortunately. They already think they're being called that by Gary Lineker, despite him never using the word...

@felixwinkler6450 Жыл бұрын

Well, they finally found a solution to someone they deemed a traitor to the cause. He simply stated that, maybe, we shouldn't be Nazis, at least not all the time. Crazy suggestion, I know. And so of course they fired him for that. It's always interesting to watch who does disagree with such a statement - and good to keep watching them.

@MCDrB-wq8ed Жыл бұрын

And another one. Have you actually read the full statement from Braverman or did you just take the selectively edited cliff notes presented here and elsewere? My money is on the latter.

@felixwinkler6450 Жыл бұрын

@@MCDrB-wq8ed Enlighten us, please. A KZfaq comment section is the correct place for such a profound and complex discussion, after all. So, please proceed, governor.

@matnichol Жыл бұрын

Spot on Alfie. The BBC have made themselves look ridiculous here.

@johnnycalv Жыл бұрын

More ridiculous you mean. 🙄

@5593doug Жыл бұрын

that's what you get from a very left wing organisation like the BBC

@daarom3472 Жыл бұрын

Keane: That's their job Souness: Paul Pogba

@HPLovecraftsCat87 Жыл бұрын

@@daarom3472Tumbleweed blows past.

@GorgeDawes Жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what the current leadership of the BBC was put in place to do. Classic right-wing playbook, run a public service badly then make a huge fuss about how badly that service is performing so that you can justify privatising or abolishing it.

@iadmitiamcrazy3400 Жыл бұрын

Once again, a sports commentator able to explain things a lot better than supposedly more knowledgable political journalists. It is an excellent and concise representation of what was going on. It is probably ask too much for dwelling longer on the far bigger scandal that is the most recent incarnation of "stop the boats" legislation. But then, this a sports podcasts. Congrats and thank you very much indeed!

@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings Жыл бұрын

Mind Begs the Question: If Jews fled Nazi Germany in desperation Deemed illegal Migrants Thrown in Detention Camps,Sea,Demonized,Criminalized.. Same as Nazis,No?

@StreetSoulLover Жыл бұрын

Goodwins Law - it's an arguement of the lowest intellect - You can do it with anything. The Nazi boogeyman arguement is never far away from any scenario you don't agree with

@wonderer9498 Жыл бұрын

Explain things betters?? He literally just explained it through a left leaning view. Not Impartial at all.. like when he mentioned lord sugars(a jewish man)tweets about corbin but didn't mention that the tweets was about corbin saying that jewish people in Israel should be punished and removed from Palestinian land.

@legionnairegonk4425 5 ай бұрын

The 'stop the boats' policy is not a scandal in any way, shape or form - unless you want or approve of industrial scale illegal migration. It is the overwhelming wish of the majority British public that this daily outrage of fit health young men masquerading as refugees turning up illegally be stopped. With experience / testimonies from those who found that no other way could stop their own boat arrivals, but found they could resolve them using similar schemes (like the Australians), the Rwanda policy is nothing different in its concept - simply relocating the illegal migrants to another country. The EU has been doing it for years effectively, paying Turkey vast sums to keep in its borders hundreds of thousands migrating Africans wanting to come to EU nations. What's the difference? There isn't one.

@mafiousbj Жыл бұрын

When I first heard he was suspended I assumed he was the one saying "1930´s Germany" things on Twitter, not a minister of government who hasn´t looked in the mirror to realize their ancestors were immigrants as well. I´m from Argentina and most of us here descend from immigrants from all over the world (in my case Peruvian and Polish), and had always had massive respect for Gary because of the way he talked about our players, never falling in the silly England vs Argentina rivalry even when he was a protagonist of it. So this hit a bit close to home even if I never watched that show, but it´s so nice seeing how his fellow pundits reacted to it. There´s hope left when people rally together against these populist and nationalistic discourses which are usually brought up when the economy is not doing well to find convenient scapegoats!

@calum9124 Жыл бұрын

The people on boats are not immigrants

@micayahritchie7158 Жыл бұрын

Argentine immigrants from all over the world?

@matthewhughes5619 Жыл бұрын

@@calum9124 pretty sure the way they travel to the country doesn't change why they're coming

@calum9124 Жыл бұрын

@@matthewhughes5619 Because they're all young men scrounging, and lining the pockets of human traffickers?

@matthewhughes5619 Жыл бұрын

@@calum9124 scrounging? Pretty sure you know that the majority see the UK as a last resort and they don't have any other choice lmao. Your ignorance is showing

@alexgreen4322 Жыл бұрын

Alfie is spot on as ever. Just stating the cold hard truths, no conjecture, no misrepresentation, but everyone's words and actions being plainly shown. So the viewer can so clearly see how this debacle is yet another own goal for the UKs growing cesspit of a media ecosystem. The people's channel indeed

@wonderer9498 Жыл бұрын

Eh he literally only showed you from a lefties view of things.. like when he mention Lord sugars(jewish man) tweets about corbin and nazis but didn't mention that it was in response to corbin saying that Jews in Israel should be punished and removed from Palestinian land. Or when he mentioned tories at top of bbc but didn't mention that its the tories that are trying to get the BBC license fee scrapped

@antoinesilva1527 8 ай бұрын

Honestly, I don’t understand how people could say “don’t mix football with politics” when almost everything in life is a type of politics. Deal & transfer negotiations, etc. is a staple in football and it is undeniably political. That’s why I appreciate people like Alfie, who, albeit not always having the same viewpoints as line, dare to speak the truth.

@VishTheF1Guy Жыл бұрын

At this point as a non british person i learn more about uk politics from this channel than from actual tv

@colonialstraits1069 Жыл бұрын

I recommend you check out LBC.

@amonducius Жыл бұрын

That's pretty sad. Alfie is not exactly a non-biased source of information.

@zeeafraud7898 Жыл бұрын

@@amonducius his agenda comes from a point of compassion and a sense of righteousness unlike our government

@amonducius Жыл бұрын

@@zeeafraud7898 self-righteousness, more like.

@BigPurp9 Жыл бұрын

@@amonducius profile pic fits

@NatalieLawrence Жыл бұрын

Karren Brady, who appeared in the UK's "The Apprentice" is also a member of the House of Lords (made a member by the Tories) and it was also revealed West Ham (she's their Vice Chair) also donated £9k to the Tories. No word on why this is "impartial".

@oshay333 Жыл бұрын

Sensational research again Alfie, this will very much shut up anyone who described Lineker as 'lefty woke'...As you describe as a centrist fits perfectly. But foremost is a humanitarian first, people seem to forget that...MOTD is a staple of my life & looking forward to it returning as it should with the regular panel

@LazarouDave Жыл бұрын

You'd be surprised, you could place cold hard facts and evidence in front of those people, and they'd still ignore it

@thibautnarme6402 Жыл бұрын

@@adamlennard1828 First, the UK is one of the weakest economies in term of growth rate in the last decade, compared to other major economies like the US and the UK, not in absolute terms. Obviously the UK is not the weakest economy and among the likes of Haiti and Ethiopia. So assuming the UK sees itself as major economy, one could expect it to take as much refugees as the US or EU countries. So no contradiction here.

@1998Cebola Жыл бұрын

@@adamlennard1828 bruh this comment section really proves how completly brain dead tory supporters are

@willsonj Жыл бұрын

@@adamlennard1828 We have a weak economy in part due to our labour shortages, caused by our low birth rate and aging population. Immigrants add to our working population immediately, and are net tax contributors. We need immigrants to sustain our economy, so your logic is completely flawed.

@WilliamRFC91 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Gary doesn't mind refugees, as long as their not in his little rich, predominantly white part of the UK.

@Moinul987 Жыл бұрын

The way Gary Lineker rattled Tim Davie was absolutely hilarious though. Lineker 1 - 0 BBC

@darthvader4338 Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it's now Lineker 3 - 0 BBC, and I don't see any comeback from BBC 😂

@ultimateblaze23 Жыл бұрын

Its Lineker 0 since he's coming back, if he cared about any of this he would not do that

@TheComputec Жыл бұрын

@@ultimateblaze23 Why?

@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings Жыл бұрын

Mind Begs the Question: If Jews fled Nazi Germany,Oppression Deemed illegal Migrants Thrown in Detention Camps,Sea,Demonized,Criminalized.. Same as Nazis,No?

@rbw3000 Жыл бұрын

Tbh, your channel is criminally underrated. You deserve more views.

@andrewmcmanus24 Жыл бұрын

I’m going to miss HITC Sevens after the government see this video and shut your channel down 😂

@HPLovecraftsCat87 Жыл бұрын

They only do that to the opposite side in fairness.

@somethinglikethat2176 5 ай бұрын

We are introducing this legislation that will require all KZfaq channels over 20 subscribers to register with the government (fee required), meet this guidelines and be subjected to fees that would bankrupt Apple if we get upset at them.

@justefe Жыл бұрын

Garry used the BBC platform to highlight issues in Qatar at the start of the World Cup but then uses his private twitter account to criticise the UK Government and gets suspended. Double standards for all to see.

@LKeet6 Жыл бұрын

criticised corbyn. surprisingly, the tories had no issue with the lack of "impartiality..."

@battlep0t Жыл бұрын

@@LKeet6 Same with Emily Maitlis. Nothing doing about a tweet saying Labour should stage a coup on Corbyn in 2017, but as soon as she criticises Dominic Cummings she gets suspended from Newsnight.

@ultimateblaze23 Жыл бұрын

criticise Qatar then gets on toe plane to go the WC, he is full of hot air

@danielfraser254 Жыл бұрын

Was hoping Alfie would do a deep dive on this debacle. Man of his word, the peoples channel 🎉

@chrollo0427 Жыл бұрын

When Hitc sevens makes a documentary about you longer than 30 minutes you know you fucked up 😬

@patrickfrondigoun4145 Жыл бұрын

I do think, and I posted this on Facebook the other day, that the crux of the saga isn't anything to do with Gary Lineker, or football, or refugees, or left or right etc. It is the fact that MPs from the governing party demanded the public service broadcaster cancel one of its presenters because he criticised government policy, and the BBC kowtowed to them. That should not be happening in a democratic society and it's highly worrying

@oneman29 Жыл бұрын

The Jermaine Jenas quip got me 🤣🤣🤣

@oldmanfran5523 Жыл бұрын

One of the worst things about this, is that I haven't anyone actually refute what he said. Because describing refugees and asylum seekers as a swarm that is invading this island IS exactly the kind of dehumanising language that WAS used in 1930s Germany, and other times and places, to get the general public to more easily accept some truly heinous actions. If you take offence of being compared to the Nazis, then don't act like them...

@brendanclay6209 Жыл бұрын

Nobody is describing refugees and asylum seekers as a swarm. The problem with it is, not all of these people are genuine asylum seekers. 4 in 10 come from Albania. They’re here for the free 4 star hotels, free food and free money. Nobody is a Nazi for being opposed to that.

@rgxwrestlingmedia Жыл бұрын

I have shouted that very sentiment at my TV many times over the last few days. One of those "if the shoe fits..." type of deals.

@samwiseshanti Жыл бұрын

Ngl that's a very good point. I've been depressed by the amount of criticism I've seen aimed at him, but you're right I've not heard anyone explicitly say that he was incorrect...

@chrisgoblin4857 Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing buddy. Well said.

@Impostor39890 Жыл бұрын

Immigration is a good thing, men with spine from foreign countries could fix the low testosterone issue western men are having right now.

@darwis4769 Жыл бұрын

I love your video essays, your ability to convey your opinions perfectly while sprinkling some comedy and humor doesn't go unnoticed. ❤

@felixwinkler6450 Жыл бұрын

Yeah! The upload we've all been waiting for.

@bababababababa6124 Жыл бұрын

0:04 was expecting him to say something else there 👀😂

@bababababababa6124 Жыл бұрын

@@ansan23utube big black car 🚗

@debayanbhunia7084 Жыл бұрын

Bale Benzema Cristiano

@guguy00 Жыл бұрын

The Brilliant Blues Chelsea? (I know they're not exactly that right now, this is best I've got)

@viajaycay Жыл бұрын

Non UK resident here but I've been watching motd for over 20years and last week's episode was a jarring shock to the system. Gone were the laughs and match analysis, and it's just highlights, of which I could've watched on other channels

@jdogg448 Жыл бұрын

went from 2 million viewers with Lineker and co to 2.5 million viewers without them.

@willsonj Жыл бұрын

@@jdogg448 Because people were interested in the drama, and what this one off would look like. If that was the permanent format viewership would fall dramatically, as you can just get the highlights on KZfaq earlier.

@jdogg448 Жыл бұрын

@@willsonj shame it didn't go on longer so we could see.

@wolfen210959 Жыл бұрын

@@jdogg448 It did go on longer, MOTD2 on Sunday night was only 15 mins. Everyone noticed that the BBC did not announce higher viewing figures for that though.

@MustafaAshah-el9nc Жыл бұрын

The thing with linker is we all love him. The older ladies for the cheeky schoolboy the grew up watching turning into the most handsome polite and solid man they could imagine. Us boys all loved him for making us dream again watching England and the youngsters for him almost being like a dad on motd. I was speaking to my girlfriend today who is polish and asked her what she thought of linker and she just goes “ the handsome old man you showed me on your fifa team team who did the crisp adverts?. My mother and grandmother thing he is the best thing since sliced bread. My grandfather who’s met him probably 15 times as a local plumber in the town Gary lived in before splitting from his second wife and moving says no matter the day or time he was the same solid and happy chap you see on the tv

@UnfeelingMonster Жыл бұрын

Love the fact you are willing to get political, even when so many (strangely only ever conservatives) scream you should never do so. Keep up the amazing work!

@tobagostreetpolicestationc561 Жыл бұрын

Fantastically in-depth! Great, great video! Thoroughly enjoyable!

@skatinho9883 Жыл бұрын

Top content as always Alfie!

@hmkgermany Жыл бұрын

Very good well researched and brilliantly edited video full of the best bits explaining this controversy, thank you HITC Seven

@MrBunney91 Жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant video Alfie. Th research and presentation is flawless 👏🏼

@williamlee7672 Жыл бұрын

BBC got it completely wrong. They dug a hole for themselves and are now embarrassed when apologising to the people and allowing Gary to return to MOTD. Basically Gary won.

@JimTheFly Жыл бұрын

Awesome job once again. I've heard some of what's been going on over here in the States but this really gave me a better and deeper understanding than "Lineker said the government's anti-refugee policy was shitty, the BBC 'suspended' him, and pretty much all his co-workers went 'Naw, you're being dumbasses, Beeb, we're all with him so if he's out, we're out. Good luck with your coverage tomorrow!" Great job putting it all in context for us.

@dr_ubo Жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this, I've been reading here and there about the topic but no one seems to be covering the topic thoroughly (probably due to a conflict of interests tbh). You never dissappoint.

@MilleniumBrz Жыл бұрын

Alfie, just wanted to say I love your content and praise you on the sheer amount of interesting videos you are cranking out these days!! Keep it up!

@oneman29 Жыл бұрын

"Defecating into the National Discourse, for more than 35 years" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@AntoniusTyas Жыл бұрын

It's ironic how Rishi and Suella would oppose helping immigrants. Unless those immigrants have as much if not more money than them, apparently.

@jedross2136 Жыл бұрын

Fucking difficult to have more money than Rishi

@akshatgupta4817 Жыл бұрын

@@jedross2136 true that

@epicmarschmallow5049 Жыл бұрын

Sunak was never even especially rich, he just married a billionaire heiress

@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere Жыл бұрын

Rishi and Cruella don't see asylum seekers as the same as them as they're from a lower social class. In their own countries they're born to serve upper class scum like Rishi - they don't see them as equal humans, so they have little to no compassion about helping them flee war torn counties

@seanmurray7983 Жыл бұрын

I love the cutaway @ 28:40 of the BBC guy who 'was there for the interview' and they put him on live TV instead of sending him for the Job Interview he was actually there for. Brilliant

@mathmattix96 Жыл бұрын

Terrific video Alfie, the quality of your investigative videos are top notch

@jonhill7081 Жыл бұрын

Alfie this is GOLD! Besides your usual level of detailed research, your descriptions of Benton, and particularly Redwood were absolutely spot on too!

@afshinjanani Жыл бұрын

Do one for the France National Team... you know, their women's team. I would love to know what on Earth is going on there!

@crystalracing4794 Жыл бұрын

Both their men's AND women's teams are full of crackpots. I sort of know the background between the French women's footballers, blimey.

@foozballguy Жыл бұрын

Great video and coverage, thanks Alfie

@Pipemurillo12 Жыл бұрын

Amazing reporting! I had no idea about the context of the suspension

@oa9606 Жыл бұрын

As a non Briton, it’s odd seeing non-native British politicians actively working to stop people from migrating to the UK.

@ALifeOfWine Жыл бұрын

When selfish people get rich they don't want to give others the chance they once had.

@rekzahogk6476 Жыл бұрын

Are you suggestion non-native British politicians should be pro colonisation? Nice to see the mask off

@oa9606 Жыл бұрын

@@rekzahogk6476 where did you get that from? Go rage somewhere else

@GorgeDawes Жыл бұрын

What an odd thing to say.

@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere Жыл бұрын

It's because the Asians in the Tory party are 'high born' and buy into the bullshit caste/class system that is rife in their own cultures. They don't see brown asylum seekers as their equals, they see them as nothing more than lower born, insignificant beings. In their home countries they'd see these people as the underclass born to serve them. Its really no surprise they have no compassion

@leikfroakies Жыл бұрын

Correction: Labour didn't change their position. They still state that they don't agree with Lineker's language (bc if they do the headlines become about them) but state they don't believe he should be suspended for his views

@wolfen210959 Жыл бұрын

Probably because Labour know that the emphasis was taken away from the horrible bill, and the distraction helped the Tories, which is probably why the Tories pressured the BBC into it.

@somethinglikethat2176 5 ай бұрын

It's classic opposition politics in their position. Don't make many headlines on non core issues and let the government self-destruct at the next election.

@r4h4al Жыл бұрын

Thanks for clarifying the situation.

@KDFilms99 Жыл бұрын

Great journalism as always!

@chrisdickens4268 Жыл бұрын

Excellently impartial, glad to see you call out Starmer's lot as well as the Tories!

@soundscape26 Жыл бұрын

I was absolutely sure you'd make this one nevermind my suggestion. It was an open goal. 😄

@edwardtaylor5207 Жыл бұрын

Excellently summed up as ever.

@plkrtn Жыл бұрын

"Psychotic little island" and the straight facts fired in this video... Wonderful. You SOB. Take my thumbs up 😂

@patrickwilliams6143 Жыл бұрын

Hey, it's not Jenas' fault that he's always Jermaine to the conversation!

@mullenio4200 Жыл бұрын

Plenty of people in the UK missed all the rest of this and now just regard Lineker as a multi millionaire communist and immigrant lover. Job done as far as the right wing press is concerned.

@Vargskinn Жыл бұрын

Is this Shaun or HITC Sevens I am watching here? And I mean this is a huge compliment.

@1benfake Жыл бұрын

That's a really well-observed piece, Alfie, well done. When are you appearing on Have I Got News For You?

@Captain_Aardvark Жыл бұрын

One notable absence from those stepping down in support of Lineker was Pat Nevin on 5Live, who as their go-to pundit was more than happy to still appear on the BBC, the only station that will employ him, talking at 100 miles an hour gabbling and slurring his way through the commentary as incomprehensibly as ever.

@patrickwilliams6143 Жыл бұрын

I knew we were through the looking glass when I woke up on Saturday to see that Jeremy Clarkson had tweeted at Ian Wright to say "Good on you mate." BBC fuck ups truly do produce strange bedfellows.

@elliotarmitage8704 Жыл бұрын

im an american and got barely a clue as to british politics, but your analyses never falter. absolutely a voice for the people and for the important issues that actually effect people's lives. god bless ye alfie

@rainydayswithdogs Жыл бұрын

Very insightful and entertaining video.

@jakeferrigno1119 Жыл бұрын

the beautiful thing about football is its ability to be politically progressive without being related to politics. Due to the multiculturalism of it, swell as the relatively poor background of many players, there's a natural progressive and empathetic view created. So good to see the football community stand behind Lineker

@RonnyWelles Жыл бұрын

Tories all over the world have a big mouth about "free speech" unless it's something that offends them, and they'll throw the biggest fit out of anyone.

@mallardofmodernia8092 Жыл бұрын

Yep, although most of our parties are full of hypocritical crybabies who will betray their own beliefs and policies to protect their egos.

@gabsnandes7818 Жыл бұрын

They forget that free speech is also about being allowed to criticize and question their views

@iJaxy10 Жыл бұрын

Insecurity

@adamlennard1828 Жыл бұрын

Hmm bit like how liberals cry hate and racist, homophobic etc when people disagree with them. Both sides are just as intolerant as each other.

@blackbaron0 Жыл бұрын

Not just the Tories. But you are right.

@KeenAesthetic1 8 ай бұрын

Your skewering take on topics is Ros Atkins-esque with the brakes off - the clearest take on the saga and a great precis on what's going wrong in UK politics.

@deltahobonoise 14 күн бұрын

Again, great video Alfie!!!

@johngodman5986 Жыл бұрын

Why no mention that Gary Lineker played for Leicester when you mentioned the list of clubs he scored prolifically for?

@L1am21 Жыл бұрын

He called GB news far right hes an idiot.

@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 Жыл бұрын

I actually was eagerly waiting for Alfie's take on this when this whole fracas went down.

@rogercorreia6292 Жыл бұрын

Well researched. Bravo.

@LS-kp6em Жыл бұрын

Great journalism Alfie!

@Theguyman Жыл бұрын

I would love to see you have a go at political videos, you have a proper way with words and easy to listen to

@GardinerAlan Жыл бұрын

The laughable defence the BBC seem to be using for Neil & Clarkson is that its ok because they had/have other well-known employment outside of the BBC so their views could/can be separated from their roles at the BBC. Apparently, Lineker's other employment is deemed less obvious - despite the fact he's been an ambassador for Walkers Crisps for decades, everyone knows he's on BT Sport football coverage and he also owns a successful media production company

@tomascatelli1852 9 ай бұрын

I don't understand how you only have half a million subs, unbiased journalism that has more than football to offer.

@andytaylor8908 Жыл бұрын

Crazy yet insightful. Good job

@BALHAM69 Жыл бұрын

a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now. The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore. How they were very close to moving to ireland How they went up the English football leagues. It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel

@chadchadderton Жыл бұрын

will there also be mention of the fan owned club (who was massively vocal about being pushed out of their own stadium) coincidentally pushing out an already struggling club from their home stadium for personal gain? #thepeopleschannel should at least cover all the points no? from the amazing highs of wimbledons redemption arc against greedy ownership to their own greed and self interest allowing them to act similar to those who destroyed their club.

@BALHAM69 Жыл бұрын

@@chadchadderton Kingstonian are not fan owned from my knowledge They have a supporters club Not fan owned because they have a chairman

@chadchadderton Жыл бұрын

@@BALHAM69 i never stated they were fan owned champ... read it again.

@BALHAM69 Жыл бұрын

@@chadchadderton my bad then Up to Alfie if he wants to make that 😊

@matthewcoombs3282 Жыл бұрын

@@chadchadderton Kingstonian lost the freehold to their ground prior to Kingsmeadow being sold to AFC Wimbledon. AFC allowed Kingstonian to remain at the ground for nearly a decade as a ground share. 10 years longer than they would have had. The club lost the ground before AFC came along and your post is highly mis-leading. AFC had to sell Kingsmeadow in order to fund in large part the move back to Plough Lane. Sadly Chelsea FC who now own the ground as a site for their ladies and youth team were not so generous in allowing a ground share with Kingstonian.

@jacklowe3037 Жыл бұрын

Can I just say this country needs its biggest broadcaster of telly and need to totally unbiased and completely down the middle impartial. The fact it isn’t is scary. All the people like “Lord” Alan Sugar who say all manner of politically sensitive things that are worse with regards to the “impartiality rules” than what Gary said. Yet he kept his job. I think he had a similar brush with the Beeb in 2018 and back then they did nothing cos they claimed he was a freelance that covered sport. Didn’t work for the BBC and wasn’t in news and current affairs so they didn’t do anything. What changed in 5 years. Now just because as an organisation the BBC is totally bent to the right like a flexi ruler. When linker makes a comment even slightly left sided they try to sack him and then only bring him back cos they had no choice. Like WTF man.

@DrZaius3141 Жыл бұрын

"Completely down the middle" just doesn't work these days and is often part of the problem. Too often, that devolves into having one expert talking about an issue and for the sake of "balance" putting on a conspiracy theorist moron who spouts lies and doesn't even get fact checked. The far-right has exploited this for ages. You see, most people don't really care or think too much about politics, so their instinct is to position themselves in the middle of what's available. If the far right pushes the border of availability further and further right, the middle shifts as well. If some people say that all trans people should be killed (to be fair, they "just" want to torture them and suffer for a lifetime) and I say none of them should be killed - the middle ground can't be that half of them are killed. What's really needed is a strong footing in facts and science, but too many people are too partisan to ever let logic enter their brains...

@magnussankaran1097 Жыл бұрын

Bloody brilliant Alfie always at it with the absolute logical destruction intertwined with subtle sarcastic comments. Absolute genius rhetoric

@donegaldan102 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@kinyemibola4386 Жыл бұрын

Well done Alfie! What a channel!

@NatalieLawrence Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you mentioned Labour's behaviour during this, it was honestly pathetic.

@blackbaron0 Жыл бұрын

Bending to the wind is a key political skill.

@anant1462 Жыл бұрын

Excellently insightful video!

@sounddevastationrecords Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video once again, Alfie!

@chlcrk Жыл бұрын

The irony of the comment at 30:42 likening the increased audience figures to fascination with a plane crash is that following the truncated Match of the Day on BBC One on Saturday was the movie Sully, which is a film about a plane crashing into a river

@theyoutubeguy1 Жыл бұрын

Lol.

@Alfie_1 Жыл бұрын

Even John Barnes supported Gary Lineker, and he, despite how much I love watching videos of John Barnes playing football, said that gay people needed to respect the laws and culture of Qatar... He still tried to bring that into his argument on Lineker, of course, that it is hypocritical of the BBC to condone and recommend Qatari criticism, but not of his own government.

@1998Cebola Жыл бұрын

He is right in this particular question, it is deeply hypocritical

@jasoncampbell293 Жыл бұрын

Life expectancy has also gone down since they've been in power

@daarom3472 Жыл бұрын

when Graeme Souness heard the news on Lineker he was furious with Pogba.

@crystalracing4794 Жыл бұрын

Souness's relatives reading out his will at his funeral: "I love every single of you and I want you to carry on like normal in my death. But if you say nice things about Pogba, you'll suffer karma until you die. And when you greet me in the afterlife, be prepared for my wrath."

@leemcdonald1342 Жыл бұрын

You honestly scared me, Alfie. When I saw the title, I though this was an April Fool's Day video released 18 days early.

@jtjr26 Жыл бұрын

The thing is if the Conservatives did not make a fuss then Lineker's comments would have largely flown under the radar, just lost in the noise of everyone else concerned about this legislation. Because they had to play the victim and demand Lineker be put in his place they not only placed extra focus. on the issue but also on how the BBC has been corrupted by political (ie Conservative) influence over the last 10+ years.

@mychannel3774 Жыл бұрын

This brand of acerbic critique is just _too_ funny. Spot on analysis (as usual), excellent… 😂😂

@MorrellMushy Жыл бұрын

You have reached a point with your output that I can confidently share it immediately without viewing it first, sure it'll be bob on the money. Congratulations.

@Gothicgarlic Жыл бұрын

How Lee Anderson was ever a Labour man scares me

@jeepyyyy Жыл бұрын

labour had an... interesting foreign policy back in the day, around Anderson's time at labour no less

@crispy7945 Жыл бұрын

This is a contrived distraction to take attention away from the Hancock WhatsApp messages scandal 👍

@UTV-my4nw Жыл бұрын

It is, you're absolutely correct

@Farmerg06 Жыл бұрын

If there ever was a topic more ideal to cover on the channel, I’d like to hear it. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@comradeh3956 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video as always Alfie

@joeheaton7607 Жыл бұрын

Hey Alfie, could you do a video on the worst debuts ever. Joao Félix stands out at Chelsea

@taylorbrydenpro-wrestler Жыл бұрын

Roy Keane's first game for Celtic has to be one of the worst debuts I've ever seen.

@jacklowe3037 Жыл бұрын

Hold on. For 63 minutes he played a blinder. If he hadn’t got the red card we would have beaten Fulham and he’d probably would’ve got MOTM. Bad debuts are like Saul Niguez, when he started against Villa at home in September 2021 and got hooked at halftime cos he couldn’t pass a ball 2 yards and was more rash than sandpaper. That’s a stinking debut.

@fadhil2831 Жыл бұрын

Messi argetina debut

@jedross2136 Жыл бұрын

Chris Iwelumo for Scotland. Still get flashbacks.

@epicmarschmallow5049 Жыл бұрын

@@jacklowe3037 except he did get a red card that was largely responsible for Chelsea losing the game

@upthebracket26 Жыл бұрын

only in the UK will you get cancelled for saying 'lets treat people with respect & dignity'

@joshcamilo3823 Жыл бұрын

Despite the low view count PLEASE do videos like this. I loved it, politics is hating by many but it’s our livelihood and when it blends in with the football theme I don’t see why it can’t be an interesting video like this one great job

@philipanthonyclark3225 Жыл бұрын

Great analysis.

@ALifeOfWine Жыл бұрын

Huh, would you believe it, looks like striking actually works.

@reckless3011 Жыл бұрын

Real good and important video. It's interesting that you were able to clearly outline some political issues better than some actual politics channels. Maybe you should switch to political commentary? ;) On a side note though: Politics will always be part of every other part of society. Be it sports, art, economics etc. If someone says "Keep politics out of my X", treat it as a red flag.

@MCDrB-wq8ed Жыл бұрын

No, he didn't. The man hasn't got a bloody clue and should stick to football. He missed many, many pertinant facts out, my guess is deliberately, not least of which was the full statement from Braverman.

@1998Cebola Жыл бұрын

@@MCDrB-wq8ed since you are a tory supporter I will go easy on you, as all you lot are r'tarded, but the ENTIRE point of the video is that it does not matter if the statement is true or not.

@MCDrB-wq8ed Жыл бұрын

@@1998Cebola Ah yes, the classic midwit argument. Because somebody doesn't agree with my position he must be 'x'. Not a Tory supporter, mate. I am apolitical, I do not support any one party because I am not a moron. You, however, quite clearly are. People who engage in partisan politics are everything wrong with modern democracy. Go sniff your own farts somewhere else, mate.

@MCDrB-wq8ed Жыл бұрын

@@1998Cebola Oh and I was refering to this channel not Lineker. Once again proving you ain't very bright.

@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere Жыл бұрын

@@MCDrB-wq8ed Tory gammon 👆

@rocketmonty9916 Жыл бұрын

The issues about immigration are horrendously misrepresented by both sides of the argument. Asylum seekers, fleeing war, natural disasters or persecution should always be welcomed here, and to any safe country. Half the issue is that many of these supposed asylum seekers are not fleeing countries for the above mentioned reasons. Many are economic migrants coming, largely, from Albania. They could buy a £300 flight here and enter legally as a tourist, but they wouldn't qualify for asylum and all the benefits that it comes with. Many are paying thousands to trafficking gangs and claiming to come from war torn countries. This issue not only undermines the laws that were established by the ECHR and the UN, but also undermines the public's trust in the asylum system. Gary Lineker does nothing to address this issue and simply played the rather moronic line of 'if you're against this, you're racist' which is wholly untrue. This is not a partisan issue, and taking either side is just moronic. But then again, that is modern politics......

@timharrison2076 Жыл бұрын

I've been trawling through this sactimonious lefty virtual-signal ridden comments section and I've finally found a level-headed comment. Lineker's comments are highly dangerous as most of his sheep-like followers who clap along to his drivel fail to understand the destructive consequences of mass immigration. Yes, most 'refugees' are in fact economic migrants talking advantage of the UK's soft touch. This will inevitably lead to less safe streets, more crime and more sexual violence against young white women and girls. Directly or indirectly, Lineker and his supporters are cheering on the social and cultural destruction of the UK and its native white poplation. Yes, the best thing to do here is not take a side. The BBC and Lineker are as morally bankrupt as each other.