He's a complete wanker.
Disingenuous centrist bullshit spouts from his twitter and the Guardian footy podcast almost daily, i struggle to listen to it now, the pearl clutching and naval gazing is almost too much.
I can say with a real feeling of certainty that he DOES NOT care about the people in Yemen or any other victims of oppression, be that at the hands of the Saudis or any other totalitarian state. He just cares that it's US, and the energy he (and alot of the other mainstream journos) give to it in comparison to other injustices only solidifies my belief.
They all covered the Russian world cup, seemingly had no problem with Chelsea or City and will cover the Qatar world cup. They ask ordinary working class football fans to be the barometer of morality and a litmus test for geopolitics. They will accuse you of "whataboutery" if you apply any form of scrutiny to their records or if you ask them to do the same and they'll gaslight you and say your doing the Saudis work when your defending your fellow fans or club.
We had a choice at the last election with regards to football, one was mandated fan ownership of football clubs, subsidized tickets and a ceasing of arms sales and diplomatic closeness with Saudi Arabia. The country, and dare i say most of these journos, voted for what we have right now, they haven't got a fucking leg to stand on.
I can't vote for who owns my football club but i can support it no matter what, and i refuse to let middle class journos who live in London tell me where my morality should start and end when they refuse to apply the same scrutiny to The Premier League or the British Government.