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Ian Hunter: “Retiring? I have no intention of that.”
Eighty-four years young in June, the indefatigable Ian Hunter is about to release the first of two new albums.
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Ian Wright says the BBC made a ‘hot mess’ by temporarily axing & reinstating Gary Lineker as MOTD host
IAN Wright says the BBC has made a “hot mess” by temporarily axing then reinstating Gary Lineker as Match Of The Day host.
The Arsenal legend was speaking after it was revealed Lineker will front the FA Cup coverage on Saturday.
Ian Wright says the BBC has made a ‘hot mess’ over the Gary Lineker situation[/caption]
Wright was speaking after it was revealed Lineker would return to telly this weekend[/caption]
The under-fire host struck a deal after tense talks following a weekend of TV mayhem caused by Lineker’s inflammatory tweets likening the Government’s language on small boats to 1930s Germany.
Wright was one of a number of presenters who stood by Lineker’s side, stepping away from their own media duties at the weekend.
He even threatened to quit MOTD for good over the treatment of the 62-year-old.
Speaking on his podcast Wrighty’s House, the footy star said he thought the Beeb handled the situation poorly – leading people to forget “what really matters”.
Wright said: “Obviously it’s been a bit intense.
“But I said on the podcast before it all kicked off, it’s a perfect distraction. It’s a perfect distraction from what really matters, and for me they made a hot mess I’m telling you.”
He explained how “this is all from high up”.
The 59-year-old continued: “I can’t blame my man Phil Bernie, the BBC Sport team… all this is over a tweet.
“Gary Lineker riled them man up over a tweet. At some stage surely heads have got to roll.
“The mismanagement levels of this is… I can’t even tell you. But it’s done.
“Everybody knows how I feel about it, but I’m just pleased that it’s kinda come to something.”
It was revealed on Monday that Lineker would return to air this weekend – but his failure to apologise saw him attract criticism.
Tory MP Tom Hunt said: “There has been no apology from Lineker for the grossly offensive remarks he made that would have offended millions of people who are forced to make a contribution to his salary.
“We can’t allow ‘freelancers’ who are paid millions by the taxpayer and are widely perceived to be BBC employees to act with impunity when it comes to impartiality rules.
“Even before this there was growing momentum and support from the public for abolishing the licence fee. This will only boost that.”
‘OFFENSIVE’
The row was triggered when the veteran broadcaster responded to a video on Twitter of Home Secretary Suella Braverman as she presented the Government’s small boats plan.
The legislation will see migrants swiftly detained and removed to either their country of origin or a safe third state within 28 days.
Sharing the clip, Lineker said: “Good heavens, this is beyond awful.”
Responding to another user who described him as “out of order”, he added: “We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries.
“This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I’m out of order?”
The BBC said the pundit’s comments on Twitter were a “breach of our guidelines”.
Ms Braverman later said his comments were “offensive”.
‘FLIPPANT ANALOGIES’
She added: “To kind of throw out those kind of flippant analogies diminishes the unspeakable tragedy that millions of people went through…
“And I don’t think anything that is happening in the UK today can come close to what happened in the Holocaust.”
Match Of The Day ran for just 20 minutes on Saturday – without commentary or even the iconic theme tune – as the crisis-hit BBC struggled to get the flagship highlights show on-air.
Football Focus, Final Score, the Fighting Talk podcast and 5Live’s 606 football phone in were all canned as the staff uprising sent schedules into meltdown.
And Match Of The Day 2 ran for just 14 minutes, again with no commentary or presenters.
Tim Davie told the BBC on Saturday he would “absolutely not” quit amid a fallout that has bought the corporation to its knees.
He described the unfolding disaster as a “difficult day” and apologised for the disruption to BBC sports programming.
Asked if he was sorry about the way he handled the furore, Mr Davie told the BBC on Saturday: “We made decisions and I made decisions based on a real passion about what the BBC is and it’s difficult.”
He insisted the row is about impartiality.
Gary’s tweets were said to break the BBC’s strict impartiality rules which state that staff must “avoid taking sides on political controversies” and “take care when addressing public policy matters”.
Wright threatened to quit the MOTD over the treatment of Lineker[/caption]
Unbeaten UFC star Ian Garry channels inner Conor McGregor after knockout win
Conor McGregor hails Ian Garry after incredible UFC 285 comeback win over Song Kenan
CONOR MCGREGOR congratulated Ian Garry after seeing him register a spectacular victory at UFC 285.
Garry bounced back from a first-round knockdown to stop China’s Song Kenan in the third round of their welterweight prelim clash in Las Vegas.
Ian Garry battled back from adversity to beat Song Kenan[/caption]
Conor McGregor hailed Garry’s comeback performance[/caption]
Fellow Irishman McGregor was one of the interested observers of Garry’s latest UFC outing and was over the moon by his performance.
He tweeted: “Ian Garry you little daisy.”
UFC fans were equally as thrilled by Garry’s performance, with one tweeting: “That’s how you come back I respect it.”
Another said: “Very clean striking, go on Ian.”
And another said: “That was some cleannn striking.”
One remarked: “What a finish.”
Garry really turned up the heat in the second round with crisp and malicious striking.
But it was the third in which he really damaged Song, rocking him up against the fence and making no mistake when he dropped to the canvas.
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Ian Fleming’s classic Bond novels have been re-worded to remove racist material
IAN Fleming’s James Bond novels have been re-worded to remove racial references.
Every 007 book is to be re-issued this spring to mark 70 years since the spy appeared.
Ian Fleming Publications commissioned a review by sensitivity readers of the classic texts – pictured Sean Connery[/caption]
But a woke disclaimer will read: “This book was written at a time when terms and attitudes which might be considered offensive by modern readers were commonplace.
“A number of updates have been made in this edition, while keeping as close as possible to the original text and the period in which it is set.”
The changes result in some depictions of black people being reworked or removed.
But dated references to other ethnicities, including Bond’s racial terms for Asian people, remain.
His comments about “blithering women” and homosexuality being a “stubborn disability” are also kept.
Ian Fleming Publications, the firm that owns the literary rights to the author’s work, commissioned a review by sensitivity readers of the classic texts under its control.
The N-word, which Fleming used to refer to black people when he was writing in the 1950s and ’60s, has been almost entirely expunged, the Telegraph reports.
Ian Fleming Publications said: “We encourage people to read the books for themselves when the new paperbacks are published.”
It comes after passages from Roald Dahl’s books were purged by children’s publisher Puffin.