[davidjay]

Botham went to secondary modern. His primary school was called "Milford", which gets confused with Millfield School, an extremely sporty public school.

I stand corrected, but he's still a twat.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I actually liked his commentary, though not everyone did. His book with Peter Hayter on mid 90s England cricket is quite good.

But yeah.

[Andy McDandy]

Just a quick aside. Is it me, or is there a remarkable resemblance between "Mega Karen" and alleged drunk Melissa Carone, and the Telegraph's own mega-Karen Alison Pearson?

[youngian]

One of Pearson’s neighbours informed me she’s a nasty piece of work in person. Many of these pundits aren’t and is just a lucrative panto villain act. Julie H-B is alright in the flesh so I hear.

[Andy McDandy]

In any industry where the potential rewards at the top of the tree are great enough (including but not limited to politics, journalism, fashion, showbiz, music, film etc), and there's no shortage of people lining up to work there - despite knowing what it's like - you're going to get bullying, intimidation, harassment, and work practices going over the line into illegal. And those who prosper will be those who can both take it and dish it out in equal measure.

It's like several said regarding #metoo and the Harvey Weinstein case, people know what's going on but trade off the chance of a shot at the big time as worth it for the shit they have to eat to get there.