I have no idea what the late Kenneth Wolstenholme thought about politics – because, quite rightly, he never sought to inflict his views on the public. While commentating on the 1966 World Cup final, for example, he did not exclaim: “They think it’s all over. It is now! Just like Mr Edward Heath’s pitiful attempt to seize power at the recent general election. Thankfully our splendid Labour prime minister, Mr Harold Wilson, sent that clueless Tory oaf packing.”
Even Gary Lineker might have found that a touch excessive. At least, I assume so. Nonetheless, he still seems to think that in this glorious modern age of social media, BBC sports presenters such as him should be entitled to express their political views in public. In an interview he gave to Amol Rajan on BBC Two this week, the outgoing Match of the Day host said he simply didn’t understand why he should have to be “impartial” about current affairs. “It doesn’t make any sense,” he complained.
I have no idea what the late Kenneth Wolstenholme thought about politics – because, quite rightly, he never sought to inflict his views on the public. While commentating on the 1966 World Cup final, for example, he did not exclaim: “They think it’s all over. It is now! Just like Mr Edward Heath’s pitiful attempt to seize power at the recent general election. Thankfully our splendid Labour prime minister, Mr Harold Wilson, sent that clueless Tory oaf packing.”
Even Gary Lineker might have found that a touch excessive. At least, I assume so. Nonetheless, he still seems to think that in this glorious modern age of social media, BBC sports presenters such as him should be entitled to express their political views in public. In an interview he gave to Amol Rajan on BBC Two this week, the outgoing Match of the Day host said he simply didn’t understand why he should have to be “impartial” about current affairs. “It doesn’t make any sense,” he complained.