They think they can appease their enemies and they cannot. This is an era in which fights must be picked. This one has been foisted on the BBC. They should contest it with the all the might they can, all the same.

The BBC and Starmer’s Labour govt share much in common. They’re easily bullied and often afraid, as institutionalised too often are, of exercising their own power. They then appear weak and ineffectual. They’re judged against standards to which their critics would themselves would never adhere...

Jake Paul fights are modern circus freak shows, it’s not boxing

As a serious boxer then. Though he’s already made hundreds of millions.

To be clear: the law is draconian, I don't want to see any football fan (even Carragher) punished for setting off a smoke bomb and I'd personally like to see pyro decriminalised. But if a regular fan were caught doing what Carragher did, they'd be facing a criminal record. Many already have.