tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post6875885671585463626..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: John Arlott: Cricket's Radical VoiceJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-28300227983975000052012-01-09T17:56:44.590+00:002012-01-09T17:56:44.590+00:00Thanks for the tip. Great listen. Hasn't &qu...Thanks for the tip. Great listen. Hasn't "Any Questions" gone downhill since it became ridden with todays mediocre politicians. The FT had a leader recently that applauded Ken Clarke and Vince Cable as having the courage to speak out as they were not career driven. That is what we need.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-91674720196262318332012-01-08T18:23:53.916+00:002012-01-08T18:23:53.916+00:00Arlott once described the famous 'egg & to...Arlott once described the famous 'egg & tomato' coloured MCC tie as 'blood & pus'...Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-28327735015932492502012-01-08T16:40:22.051+00:002012-01-08T16:40:22.051+00:00Here's John Arlott in a 1955 Liberal Party PPB...Here's John Arlott in a 1955 Liberal Party PPB (wrongly labelled "Liberal Democrat"): <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOjhdW_6df8Simon Titleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-67045449304853826682012-01-08T12:34:51.230+00:002012-01-08T12:34:51.230+00:00Back in the days when the YLs were Stopping The Se...Back in the days when the YLs were Stopping The Seventies Tour and opposing apartheid in general -- and being generally reviled for doing so, including by some people in the Party -- it was most heartening for us to know that John Arlott declined to broadcast a commentary on the Springboks games.Lavengro in Spainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-89308661884928762642012-01-07T23:19:23.638+00:002012-01-07T23:19:23.638+00:00BBC4 showed the Brearley and Arlott in conversatio...BBC4 showed the Brearley and Arlott in conversation a few weeks back which made excellent watching. Not least because there was no continual cutaways to graphics etc - just two men talking.<br /><br />Brearley's role as an opponent of apartheid is also worth remembering - particularly as he took a stance in the early days of his career when it could have been to his detriment.Hywelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094171587140185827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-67687444381907681022012-01-07T22:38:30.873+00:002012-01-07T22:38:30.873+00:00Lovely man.
Apparently, on a visit to apartheid e...Lovely man.<br /><br />Apparently, on a visit to apartheid era South Africa, when required to state his race on an immigration form he wrote 'human'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com