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London Calling

Match of the Day

London Calling

Ricochet

News, Politics

4.4975 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is goin’ on around here?!? After the obligatory acknowledgement of the latest royal progeny, our intrepid duo have a take at the three biggest stories in sport this past week. First up is Ollie Robinson, a bowler (for you Yanks, that’s the “pitcher” for a cricket team) whose debut for England on the international scene was overshadowed by the resurfacing of... Source

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0:00.0

This is London Calling.

0:02.0

London Calling.

0:03.0

On the big state of my career so far, I'm embarrassed by racist and sexist tweaks that I've

0:08.0

posted over eight years ago which have today become public.

0:11.0

I want to make it clear that I'm not racist and I'm not

0:13.4

sexist. I deeply regret my actions and I'm ashamed of making such remarks. I was

0:18.4

thoughtless and irresponsible and regardless of my state of mind at the time

0:21.2

and my actions were excusable. Since that period

0:23.9

I've matured as a person and fully regret the tweets. Today should be about my efforts

0:28.0

on the field and the pride of making my test debut, but my thoughtless behaviour in the past

0:32.0

has tarnished this.

0:33.0

Welcome to London Calling with me James Dallyport and my very good friend Toby Young.

0:42.0

Tops, I can't think what's happened this week, so you're going to have to fill me in and I'll sort of gradually remember.

0:49.0

But it just feels like more of the same, sort of the growing horror.

0:55.0

Is that right?

0:56.0

You're overlooking the happy news that Megan and Harry have just had a little baby girl Lillibet. Do you know I don't even think I knew that?

1:07.1

Did he really? I don't think I knew that that's how little I care about what Megan does and and I think that's how little I care about what Megan does and I think that it's called

1:16.0

one talking point is that they've christened this girl Lillibet which was the Queen's I think Queen's nickname.

1:25.2

So it's sort of a it seems to be sort of a deliberate ploy to kind of curry favour with

1:32.2

her match you know and try if I were the Queen yeah

1:35.6

I think I would I would take that as an insult as sort of we easily insinuating but insincere.

1:47.0

Yeah, it does seem insincere, doesn't it?

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