Was that Eddie Izzard or Angela Merkel presenting that awards thing on the telly?
I’ve got the sound turned down, so it’s hard to tell.
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Not watching Sports Personality because oxymoron, but it does rather get my goat that the BBC are making hay with the “controversy” of having Tyson Fury as one of the contestants.
They are normally the first to be on their guard against any infractions of the right-on code. If they had the courage of their convictions they would have dropped him from the contest like a massively over microwaved spud, the instant he opened his big ill-informed gob.
Look, needs must when you’re in a ratings battle with, er, The Sound of Music Live! with Kara Tointon.
What saved Tyson from immediate liquidation was that he’s a gypsy, so a member of an ‘oppressed minority’ and, thus, a ‘victim’ himself. Didn’t save him from having to make the humiliating ‘apology’ for having views that ‘trespassed over the boundaries of the increasingly confining liberal- left consensus’ (thanks, Rod Liddle)
I seem to recall clearly another World Heavyweight boxing champion of the ’60s loudly demanding immediate segregation of the races, an end to miscegenation and opining that members of the majority race in his country were ‘devils’. Whatever happened to him?
Anyone ask Mo his real opinions on homosexuality and women’s rights?
Eh, what’s that ? Kara Tointon won Sports Personality of the Year.
Blimey.
My wife, the lovely Carol has been looking forward to TSOML all week & fuck my tall hat if I didnt enjoy it. (And no, I am not being ironic)
TBPH, I thought it was better than the film.
OOAA (Obviously)
Good for you.
SPOTY is a lot of fuss about nothing and there are no decent tunes in it. You made the right choice.
My dearly departed Dad was daft about sport on TV & SPOTY was his TV highlight of the year.
Over the years I watched it with him many times, but my enthusiasm for it has completely left me so it wasn’t as if I felt like I was missing out by not watching something that I haven’t watched for the thick end of 20 years.
As I said, we watched TSOM & I enjoyed it far more than I thought I would.
Fantastic to see Kevin Sinfield get second place.
@raymond Like this?
http://i.imgur.com/QKThHQO.jpg
They did the right thing with regards to Tyson Fury. His silly Old Testament comments probably cost him the victory, which sends a much better message than a ban ever would.
He’s a bit of a lightweight, pun intended. Even if he’d kept his thoughts to himself if he’d have won it would suggest it was a pretty poor year for sports achievement. Nice enough guy in my book but a very mediocre boxing talent. Dull as ditch water inside the ring.
It’s interesting that the biggest furore of the BBC year seems to them nominating someone that apparently has some personality (however objectionable) for what the BBC itself calls a personality contest. There really should have been outrage when people like Tim Henman were nominated. If all the nominees had a publicly known personality, an unreconstructed thug would surely be no threat at all in the list.
I think it’s a storm in a teacup.
I’ll tell you what *does* bother me; last night I was wrapping some presents in front of one of the Harry Potter movies and it came to my attention that the chappy they named Slytherin house after was a right evil bastard who argued for magical eugenics and suggested that mixed-blood kids shouldn’t allowed to be educated.
Those are statements that make anything Tyson Fury said seem positively genteel, and yet Hogwarts continues to have a house named after the scumbag, and actively encourages kids to associate themselves with the name. It’s the equivalent of having a school house called “Hitler” and getting all the kids in it to refer to themselves as “Hitlerians”, or similar.
Does anyone point this out? Does J K Rowling get an angry mob on her door? Noooooooo.
Btw – anyone who wants to check out the real thing – boxing talent and real personality – see Conor McGregor. He’s going to be massive. His fame will transcend the sport (mma).
Pretty poor year for sports achievement? Just the F1 World Championship, the Tour de France, the heavyweight boxing championship & the Davis cup.
Yes, that’s what I’m saying. IF he’d have won it it would have suggested a pretty poor year. His achievement isn’t that outstanding is what I mean.
Didn’t stop him getting considerably more votes than several world champions and the Tour de France winner – he was only narrowly beaten to third place by the Saintly Jess.
Sorry mate, I can see that now.
Embarrassing, deadly dull, irrelevent. I caught the end when the silly, over the top music came on as Murray was standing there with award. That was enough for me.