Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Kelvin MacKenzie: Name and SHAME BBC workers who spoke against Michael Vaughan" video.

  1. Equally, wasn't it odd that only international or former international cricketers allegedly behaved in this manner towards him? Were county 2nd XI players really so much more 'progressive?'
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  2. The BBC news programme which first covered the verdict went to some lengths to suggest that Vaughan had no so much been exonerated, as had escaped on a 'not proven' technicality. In other words, saying that, in effect, he must have been guilty aftert all. They even included an interview with Rafiq, who pronounced himself 'vindicated.' For whatever reason, both the BBC & the ECB assumed from the outset that Rafiq's unsubstantiated should not be doubted, let alone challenged. The standard of the ECB Inquiry as exposed by Vaughan's defence team proved to be astonishingly inept. The saddest thing, however, is that the other accused, choosing not to defend themselves against what they believed to be an ECB Kangaroo Court, were promptly hung out to dry on the basis of Rafiq's word alone. Doubtless, the imminent report on English cricket will, of course, 'prove' it to be a seething hotbed of racism.
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  3.  @mervynhardy3693  Perhaps the greatest off-spinner ever to grace the hallowed halls of Headlingley. He would have won at least 150 test caps, and probably captained England for many years, had it not been for the brutal and incessant racism to which he was subjected. Alternatively, a goodish cricketer who never quite made the grade at county level, could not accept the fact, and sought an alternative source of income by telling porkies about better cricketers, and in particular International & former International ones. I will let you decide which of these alternatives are more credible.
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  4.  @chatteyj  To quote Francis Uruquart from 'House of Cards,' "You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment",
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  5. As a great former England captain, commenting about cricket.
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  6. There is no such thing as 'not proven' in English law. That is a fact.
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  7. Guilty until proven guilty, but if proven innocent still assumed to be guilty in any case. Are you a BBC employee?
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  8. You don't understand the agenda by which the BBC and others live. Those they dislike are deemed guilty until proven guilty, or if proven innocent still regarded as guilty anyway.
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  9. The interesting thing that no-one has ever asked Mr. Rafiq is why, having allegedly endured incessant racism for years before being released by Yorkshire, he went back there for two more seasons later in his career.
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