What On Earth Is Going On At The BBC?

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  • @Feneckou
    @Feneckou ปีที่แล้ว +538

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

    • @Glethil
      @Glethil ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings
      @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @tipptop9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB ปีที่แล้ว

      Lies again? Big Brother Cock

    • @cimiez1
      @cimiez1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let go humza

  • @jeremyforbes5244
    @jeremyforbes5244 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    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
      @Jean0987654321 ปีที่แล้ว

      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_
      @_Super_Hans_ ปีที่แล้ว +18

      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
      @96wtfomg ปีที่แล้ว +235

      @@_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
      @96wtfomg ปีที่แล้ว +137

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

    • @12thMandalorian
      @12thMandalorian ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @lachlanminchin1538
    @lachlanminchin1538 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    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
      @DougieL ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @scpjack7856 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      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
      @MegaKapo12 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​​@@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
      @MegaKapo12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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
      @scpjack7856 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@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
    @basedjenny7362 ปีที่แล้ว +170

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

    • @alexgreen4322
      @alexgreen4322 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @JimTheFly
      @JimTheFly ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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.

  • @matnichol
    @matnichol ปีที่แล้ว +187

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

    • @johnnycalv
      @johnnycalv ปีที่แล้ว +11

      More ridiculous you mean. 🙄

    • @5593doug
      @5593doug ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @daarom3472
      @daarom3472 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Keane: That's their job
      Souness: Paul Pogba

    • @HPLovecraftsCat87
      @HPLovecraftsCat87 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@daarom3472Tumbleweed blows past.

    • @GorgeDawes
      @GorgeDawes ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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.

  • @jamesdio2902
    @jamesdio2902 ปีที่แล้ว +366

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

    • @calumbishop7082
      @calumbishop7082 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @stormlova
      @stormlova ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

    • @DougieL
      @DougieL ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@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
      @patmacaleenan ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @mikeeroony6683 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      100 percent scary bro

  • @rbw3000
    @rbw3000 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @iainhewitt
    @iainhewitt ปีที่แล้ว +147

    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
      @LordZontar ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @LazarouDave
      @LazarouDave ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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
      @felixwinkler6450 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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
      @MCDrB-wq8ed ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @felixwinkler6450 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @alexgreen4322
    @alexgreen4322 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    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
      @wonderer9498 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @antoinesilva1527 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @justefe
    @justefe ปีที่แล้ว +57

    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
      @LKeet6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

    • @battlep0t
      @battlep0t ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@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
      @ultimateblaze23 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @mafiousbj
    @mafiousbj ปีที่แล้ว +80

    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
      @calum9124 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The people on boats are not immigrants

    • @micayahritchie7158
      @micayahritchie7158 ปีที่แล้ว

      Argentine immigrants from all over the world?

    • @matthewhughes5619
      @matthewhughes5619 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @calum9124
      @calum9124 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @matthewhughes5619
      @matthewhughes5619 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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

  • @VishTheF1Guy
    @VishTheF1Guy ปีที่แล้ว +98

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

    • @colonialstraits1069
      @colonialstraits1069 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I recommend you check out LBC.

    • @amonducius
      @amonducius ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @zeeafraud7898
      @zeeafraud7898 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

    • @amonducius
      @amonducius ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zeeafraud7898 self-righteousness, more like.

    • @BigPurp9
      @BigPurp9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@amonducius profile pic fits

  • @iadmitiamcrazy3400
    @iadmitiamcrazy3400 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    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
      @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @StreetSoulLover ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @wonderer9498 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @Moinul987
    @Moinul987 ปีที่แล้ว +137

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

    • @darthvader4338
      @darthvader4338 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @ultimateblaze23
      @ultimateblaze23 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @TheComputec
      @TheComputec ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ultimateblaze23 Why?

    • @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings
      @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @andrewmcmanus24
    @andrewmcmanus24 ปีที่แล้ว +100

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

    • @HPLovecraftsCat87
      @HPLovecraftsCat87 ปีที่แล้ว

      They only do that to the opposite side in fairness.

    • @somethinglikethat2176
      @somethinglikethat2176 ปีที่แล้ว

      We are introducing this legislation that will require all TH-cam 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.

  • @NatalieLawrence
    @NatalieLawrence ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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".

  • @felixwinkler6450
    @felixwinkler6450 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @oshay333
    @oshay333 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    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
      @LazarouDave ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @thibautnarme6402
      @thibautnarme6402 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@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
      @1998Cebola ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @willsonj
      @willsonj ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@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.

    • @LoyalWilliamUK
      @LoyalWilliamUK ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @MustafaAshah-el9nc
    @MustafaAshah-el9nc ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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

  • @patrickfrondigoun4145
    @patrickfrondigoun4145 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    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

    • @publichearing8536
      @publichearing8536 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's almost as if the government sponsored propaganda institution adheres to the government, no matter the actual policy.
      Well, it *is* part of the government apparatus.

  • @danielfraser254
    @danielfraser254 ปีที่แล้ว +30

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

  • @tomascatelli1852
    @tomascatelli1852 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @darwis4769
    @darwis4769 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @oneman29
    @oneman29 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Jermaine Jenas quip got me 🤣🤣🤣

  • @viajaycay
    @viajaycay ปีที่แล้ว +14

    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
      @jdogg448 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @willsonj
      @willsonj ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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 TH-cam earlier.

    • @jdogg448
      @jdogg448 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @wolfen210959
      @wolfen210959 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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.

  • @deltahobonoise
    @deltahobonoise 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Again, great video Alfie!!!

  • @UnfeelingMonster
    @UnfeelingMonster ปีที่แล้ว +52

    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!

    • @publichearing8536
      @publichearing8536 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it may seem like conservatives want to have seperate coverage of political and non-political topics, while some other want to inject their political agenda into the people through as many avenues as possible.
      I wonder which kind of political movement did these things in the past, say the early to mid 20th century and in some areas up until about the early 90's and some still ongoing outside of Europe.
      If only there was a book or two about such topics, something with a catchy title like a year or a three word ironic description of the dystopia contained therein.

  • @williamlee7672
    @williamlee7672 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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.

  • @chrollo0427
    @chrollo0427 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @seanmurray7983
    @seanmurray7983 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @JimTheFly
    @JimTheFly ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @jonhill7081
    @jonhill7081 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @tobagostreetpolicestationc561
    @tobagostreetpolicestationc561 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @andres_felipeh
    @andres_felipeh ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks

  • @old_man_fran
    @old_man_fran ปีที่แล้ว +80

    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
      @brendanclay6209 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @rgxwrestlingmedia ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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
      @samwiseshanti ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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
      @chrisgoblin4857 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought the same thing buddy. Well said.

    • @Impostor39890
      @Impostor39890 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @elliotarmitage8704
    @elliotarmitage8704 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @bababababababa6124
    @bababababababa6124 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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      @debayanbhunia7084 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bale Benzema Cristiano

    • @guguy00
      @guguy00 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @oneman29
    @oneman29 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @user-s1o3nr532
    @user-s1o3nr532 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @chrisdickens4268
    @chrisdickens4268 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @plkrtn
    @plkrtn ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @Pipemurillo12
    @Pipemurillo12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @mullenio4200
    @mullenio4200 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @skatinho9883
    @skatinho9883 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Top content as always Alfie!

  • @soundscape26
    @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @hmkgermany
    @hmkgermany ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @leikfroakies
    @leikfroakies ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @wolfen210959 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @somethinglikethat2176 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @KeenAesthetic1
    @KeenAesthetic1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @patrickwilliams6143
    @patrickwilliams6143 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @dr_ubo
    @dr_ubo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @afshinjanani
    @afshinjanani ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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
      @crystalracing4794 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @magnussankaran1097
    @magnussankaran1097 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @kinyemibola4386
    @kinyemibola4386 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Well done Alfie! What a channel!

  • @AntoniusTyas
    @AntoniusTyas ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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
      @jedross2136 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Fucking difficult to have more money than Rishi

    • @akshatgupta4817
      @akshatgupta4817 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@jedross2136 true that

    • @epicmarschmallow5049
      @epicmarschmallow5049 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere
      @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @patrickwilliams6143
    @patrickwilliams6143 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @mathmattix96
    @mathmattix96 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @GardinerAlan
    @GardinerAlan ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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

  • @edwardtaylor5207
    @edwardtaylor5207 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellently summed up as ever.

  • @oa9606
    @oa9606 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @ALifeOfWine
      @ALifeOfWine ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @rekzahogk6476
      @rekzahogk6476 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @oa9606
      @oa9606 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @GorgeDawes
      @GorgeDawes ปีที่แล้ว

      What an odd thing to say.

    • @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere
      @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @rainydayswithdogs
    @rainydayswithdogs ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very insightful and entertaining video.

  • @PaxBisonica89
    @PaxBisonica89 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    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
      @mallardofmodernia8092 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @gabsnandes7818
      @gabsnandes7818 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @iJaxy10
      @iJaxy10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Insecurity

    • @adamlennard1828
      @adamlennard1828 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @blackbaron0 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not just the Tories. But you are right.

  • @MilleniumBrz
    @MilleniumBrz ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @jacklowe3037
    @jacklowe3037 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @DrZaius3141 ปีที่แล้ว

      "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...

  • @1benfake
    @1benfake ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @NatalieLawrence
    @NatalieLawrence ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @blackbaron0
      @blackbaron0 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bending to the wind is a key political skill.

  • @joshcamilo3823
    @joshcamilo3823 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @MikoyanGurevichMiG21
    @MikoyanGurevichMiG21 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @Vargskinn
    @Vargskinn ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @jakeferrigno1119
    @jakeferrigno1119 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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

    • @publichearing8536
      @publichearing8536 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you can also have an interpretation that is scary close to the questionable race realism of the late 19th century, like nations competing against each other where only the best prevail and triumph over the others.
      It even incorporated Mussolini's view on the cyclical and inevitable nature of warfare with the same tournaments being held over and over again.
      One shouldn't go there.

  • @sounddevastationrecords
    @sounddevastationrecords ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video once again, Alfie!

  • @Theguyman
    @Theguyman ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @foozballguy
    @foozballguy ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video and coverage, thanks Alfie

  • @leemcdonald1342
    @leemcdonald1342 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @toffeelatte6042
    @toffeelatte6042 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Of course we've taken less than Germany, look at the size of our country compared to theirs!

  • @johngodman5986
    @johngodman5986 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @L1am21
      @L1am21 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He called GB news far right hes an idiot.

  • @anant1462
    @anant1462 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellently insightful video!

  • @jtjr26
    @jtjr26 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @Farmerg06
    @Farmerg06 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @chlcrk
    @chlcrk ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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

  • @rocketmonty9916
    @rocketmonty9916 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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
      @timharrison2076 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @ALifeOfWine
    @ALifeOfWine ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @comradeh3956
    @comradeh3956 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video as always Alfie

  • @upthebracket26
    @upthebracket26 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @andytaylor8908
    @andytaylor8908 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crazy yet insightful. Good job

  • @crispy7945
    @crispy7945 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @UTV-my4nw
      @UTV-my4nw ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is, you're absolutely correct

  • @mychannel3774
    @mychannel3774 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @BALHAM69
    @BALHAM69 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    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
      @chadchadderton ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @BALHAM69 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @chadchadderton
      @chadchadderton ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @BALHAM69
      @BALHAM69 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @matthewcoombs3282
      @matthewcoombs3282 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @earlsadness6011
    @earlsadness6011 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    American here, can someone explain in NBA terms? (jk found this channel recently and love the amount of context and humor you throw in your videos)

    • @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere
      @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere ปีที่แล้ว

      basically liderally Gary Lineker was a goalscorer penaldy kicker soccer quarderback who played for the Toddenham Hawtspurs they were like the Minnesoda Red Socks back in the eighdees and liderally they were hella good so Lineker was todally wired from drinking so much kwafee and posted on twidder that the Bridish Republican Pardy are acting all cray cray up in here

  • @Gothicgarlic
    @Gothicgarlic ปีที่แล้ว +9

    How Lee Anderson was ever a Labour man scares me

    • @jeepyyyy
      @jeepyyyy ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @MrBunney91
    @MrBunney91 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @reckless3011
    @reckless3011 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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
      @MCDrB-wq8ed ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @1998Cebola ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @MCDrB-wq8ed ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @MCDrB-wq8ed ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere
      @WOOOPdoctorFROGhere ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MCDrB-wq8ed Tory gammon 👆

  • @rogercorreia6292
    @rogercorreia6292 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well researched. Bravo.

  • @hiramhackenbacker9096
    @hiramhackenbacker9096 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well explained Alfie. The "Stop the Boats" slogan was successfully used by Tony Abbot here in Australia in 2013. However he was in opposition then. When he got elected most people realised what a 1950s throwback he was and he became so unpopular his own party dumped him after 2 years. Two elections ago he even lost his safe seat.
    He remains a hero in some in right wing circles though and a darling of Murdoch. It worked then it can work again they think. They might be in for a shock.

    • @keyboarddancers7751
      @keyboarddancers7751 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What was the outcome of the "Stop The Boats" campaign in Australia?

    • @hiramhackenbacker9096
      @hiramhackenbacker9096 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keyboarddancers7751 Abbott won the election. There were other issues in play of course but I think that's what got him over the line.

    • @somethinglikethat2176
      @somethinglikethat2176 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@keyboarddancers7751 there was a large downturn in the number of boats. However the hard-line policy may have been only one of a few factors in that reduction. So the impact of the government's policy is disputed.

    • @somethinglikethat2176
      @somethinglikethat2176 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Aussie Ted Cruz. The Abbott/Rudd election certainly wasn't a highlight of Australia politics imo. I guess it's how the Yanks felt picking between Biden and Trump.

  • @r4h4al
    @r4h4al ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for clarifying the situation.

  • @martinmcwilliams
    @martinmcwilliams ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Brilliant video Alfie.
    #ThePeoplesChannel

  • @LS-kp6em
    @LS-kp6em ปีที่แล้ว

    Great journalism Alfie!

  • @philsoro491
    @philsoro491 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I actually don't like lineker much but he's 100% right. The BBC is anti free speech on this & they don't have any recourse if it was to become a legal battle. They're backtracking no doubt. Credit to his fellow pundits backing him up. Gained respect for them

  • @ryleighloughty3307
    @ryleighloughty3307 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why is "Stop The Boats" insidious?

  • @RyuzakiTaiyou
    @RyuzakiTaiyou ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 472)
    I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
    If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

    • @ishanmisra7472
      @ishanmisra7472 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      BALLACK

    • @OfficialLordKermit
      @OfficialLordKermit ปีที่แล้ว +2

      gg for sticking at it

    • @epicmarschmallow5049
      @epicmarschmallow5049 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are there any particularly notable German players in the premier league? Recently I can think of Rüdiger and Sané and that's about it

    • @OfficialLordKermit
      @OfficialLordKermit ปีที่แล้ว

      @@epicmarschmallow5049 ballack?

    • @daithimcnally8212
      @daithimcnally8212 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The new Indonesian guy

  • @huskyhuskyhusky
    @huskyhuskyhusky ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never cease to be amazed by the absolutely embarrassing state of politics in this country. Alfie’s take is not only correct but presented in as neutral and factual manner as possible, but there are still individuals in this comment section demonstrating the worst this country has to offer.