Tuesday 28 June 2022 02:21 AM EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: BBC's Alex Scott gets death threats online trends now
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BBC Sport commentator Alex Scott can be forgiven for not showing too much distress at former minister Lord Digby Jones's observation last year that she needed elocution lessons.
For the former Arsenal footballer has been suffering far worse jibes, not to mention death threats.
Alex, who is covering next month's women's Euro 22 tournament for the BBC, says: 'I've had so many tweets saying I should be at home ironing or cooking. I don't care about those, but sometimes people threaten my life and those have to be taken seriously.'
She praises Barbara Slater, director of sport at the BBC, telling Radio Times: 'She had my back. I said to her that I didn't want to be taken off air because then who wins? It's my responsibility to change perceptions by sitting in that chair and talking about football.'
'I've had so many tweets saying I should be at home ironing or cooking. I don't care about those, but sometimes people threaten my life and those have to be taken seriously.' Pictured: Alex Scott at Soccer Aid 2021
When Keir Starmer stood for the Labour leadership he boasted of defending striking miners as a lawyer.
This fails to impress former National Union of Mineworkers leader Arthur Scargill, 84, basking in autumnal public attention as he joined the RMT picket at Wakefield.
'I've nothing but contempt for the man as far as I'm
