Trevor Sinclair is in trouble again. The former England footballer, who is now a pundit for TalkSport, has been taken off air for saying ‘black and brown’ people should not mourn the Queen’s death. ‘Racism was outlawed in England in the 60’s and it’s been allowed to thrive so why should black and brown mourn!!,’ he wrote.
Sinclair has since apologised. If, as seems likely, his career survives this latest scrape, it won’t be the first time he has dodged a bullet. Back in 2018, Sinclair pleaded guilty to racially abusing a police officer who arrested him for drink driving. Among other things, he referred to the officer as a ‘white c**t.’ Sinclair was sentenced to 150 hours of community service for the public order offence and handed a 20-month driving ban.
Why else is the radio station hanging on to a man like him?
Even the liberal wallahs at the BBC decided this was a bit much.
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