UK News

FORMER LIVERPOOL STAR JOHN BARNES SAYS SOCIETY IS TO BLAME FOR RACISM THAT FOOTBALL CANNOT SOLVE

November 18, 2011

WELL, WELL, WELL…. former Liverpool star and England player John Barnes has shocked me today! Barnes tells The Telegraph that he is “not surprised’’ by the latest ugly racist incidents that have taken place within the world of  football because it reflects a society taking time to shed ingrained prejudices. NOW John speaks out! This is a good read… ‘’I’m not condoning what Sepp Blatter has said or John Terry, if he’s proven to be guilty,’’ Barnes said. “I think Blatter should […]

UK NEWS: RIO FERDINAND BLASTS FIFA PRESIDENT SEBB BLATTER FOR REMARKS ABOUT RACISM IN FOOTBALL

November 17, 2011

……… In an interview with CNN FIFA President Sebb Blatter was asked if racism exists in football and he replied, ‘I would deny it. There is no racism, there is maybe one of the players towards another, he has a word or a gesture which is not the correct one, but also the one who is affected by that, he should say that this is a game. ‘We are in a game, and at the end of the game, we shake hands, […]

UK NEWS: DRAMA ‘TOP BOY’ RENEWED FOR A SECOND SERIES

November 16, 2011

Well no surprises here! Last week I posted a review piece about the Top Boy debate that took place in Brixton (click HERE to read). In the piece I mentioned that there would no doubt be a second series and that the writer Ronan Bennett was probably sitting in a posh office somewhere working on the script. Then some clown called Joseph_SW who I suspect is connected to Bennett left this comment in response to my remarks. It’s really irresponsible to speculate that he’s at home working on a second series, maybe […]

UK NEWS: CHELSEA STRIKER DANIEL STURRIDGE UPSET OVER RACE PROBE INVOLVING WEALTHY FAN

November 16, 2011

Via The DM Daniel Sturridge is dismayed to find himself at the centre of Chelsea‘s latest race row.Sportsmail exclusively revealed how the club will investigate allegations that Sturridge was racially abused by one of his own fans during the Champions League clash in Genk on November 1. The inquiry was triggered by a complaint from a Chelsea executive club member that a fellow wealthy supporter had loudly called Sturridge a ‘monkey’. Sturridge was said to be upset by the allegations. A source […]

UK NEWS: STEPHEN LAWRENCE TRIAL – PROSECUTORS DETAIL NEW EVIDENCE THEY PLAN TO PRESENT

November 15, 2011

The Stephen Lawrence trial started yesterday and today prosecutors revealed the new evidence that they plan to present during the trial. Prosecutor Mark Ellison QC told the jury the case would be about textile fibres, and blood and hair on clothing that was seized from the defendants in 1993. Via The BBC During his opening statement, Mr Ellison said that a cold case scientific team had re-examined forensic “tapings” of Gary Dobson’s jacket, looking for possible clothing fibre matches. Scientists found 11 […]

TWITTER QUOTES OF THE DAY: FORMER CHOICE FM DJ MASTERSTEPZ

November 15, 2011

Former Choice FM DJ Masterstepz has been posting angry/reflective tweets for several days now. I don’t who/what has triggered him off but it’s been interesting…. I left choicefm. because i was starting to lose my identity and personality. Im a real person that wanted to be me on radio and not a fake. — Tommy Masters. (@masterstepz) November 15, 2011 I can't wait until my new music Tv show come's out in the new year. Sometimes u just have 2 start over again and build […]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ACTOR/RAPPER ASHLEY WALTERS (“I DON’T THINK THERE ARE ENOUGH STREET DRAMAS”)

November 13, 2011

I think Channel 4 is so brave. They’re the only channel that put things on like that and doesn’t worry about what people think. It was a good show, a well acted drama. Why is it people always complain? It’s a TV show and we should have all supported it.” “What upsets me so much is, as soon as something like this comes on, every black person in the country acts like there’s never been anything good. We just had Anuvahood, which […]

QUOTES OF THE DAY: ACTOR/RAPPER ARNOLD OCENG (AKA SNAKEY MAN)

November 13, 2011

In an interview with The Voice actor/rapper Arnold Oceng aka Snakey Man talks about industry racism and Devil worship. You are a staunch anti racism campaigner and have worked with the charity Love Music Hate Racism. Have you ever been a victim of racism within the industry? When I was on Grange Hill, there would be little jokes on set and they would come from people that you were working with. I remember one of the cast members would drop jokes, like ‘don’t leave […]