welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. whoever first said that politics and sport shouldn t mix, well, they were wasting their breath. they ve always mixed. and why wouldn t they, given the huge part that sport plays in our culture? right now, england is consumed by an agonising debate about racism in football after three black players on the national team were targeted for vile abuse, but it affects other sports, too. this is lords, the headquarters of english cricket. my guest today is the former west indian fast bowler michael holding, who has become a prominent voice confronting racism. but is this a fight that sport can win? michael holding, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you, stephen. it is pretty much exactly a year since you used your platform as a cricket commentator to speak with great eloquence and passion about the continued damage being done to society by racism. now, in the year since then, do you see any signs of progress? definitely. i see quite a few
were targeted for vile abuse, but it affects other sports, too. this is lords, the headquarters of english cricket. my guest today is the former west indian fast bowler michael holding, who has become a prominent voice confronting racism. but is this a fight that sport can win? michael holding, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you, stephen. it is pretty much exactly a year since you used your platform as a cricket commentator to speak with great eloquence and passion about the continued damage being done to society by racism. now, in the year since then, do you see any signs of progress? definitely. i see quite a few signs of progress. first of all, i don t think the voices that you re hearing most, stephen, what you re seeing on social media, is the majority. i think that s a very, very small minority. and i see people now hitting out against those people who are coming forward with those views. and when you talk about social media right now, you re talking about the vi
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. whoever first said that politics and sport shouldn t mix, well, they were wasting their breath. they ve always mixed. and why wouldn t they, given the huge part that sport plays in our culture? right now, england is consumed by an agonising debate about racism in football after three black players on the national team were targeted for vile abuse, but it affects other sports, too. this is lords, the headquarters of english cricket. my guest today is the former west indian fast bowler michael holding, who has become a prominent voice confronting racism. but is this a fight that sport can win? michael holding, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you, stephen. it is pretty much exactly a year since you used your platform as a cricket commentator to speak with great eloquence and passion about the continued damage being done to society by racism. now, in the year since then, do you see any signs of progress? definitely. i see quite a few
experts recommend that a limited group of children should be offered covid jabs, to protect them against the pandemic ahead of this winter. in other news twelve former sub postmasters have had their criminal convictions overturned at the court of appeal, after the computer system, which was installed in branches, has now been shown to have had serious faults. the met office has issued its first ever, extreme heat warning, covering much of wales, all of south west england, and parts of southern and central england. in some of these areas, temperatures are forecast to reach 33 celsius by thursday, when the amber warning is due to end. now on bbc news it s time for hardtalk . welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. whoever first said that politics and sport shouldn t mix, well, they were wasting their breath. they ve always mixed. and why wouldn t they, given the huge part that sport plays in our culture? right now, england is consumed by an agonising debate about racism
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