This is a potentially damaging story. And quite complex. It's going to take some un-picking.
1. There is an accusation that a doctor - Mark Bonar - sold performance-enhancing drugs to 150 UK athletes, including an England cricketer and Premier League footballers.
thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/7046126/Inquiry-ordered-into-UK-Anti-Doping-watchdog-after-doctor-prescribed-banned-drugs-to-150-sportsmen.html2. Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has ordered an enquiry into the UK Anti-Doping watchdog.
3. Mr Whittingdale is Vice Chairman of the 1922 Committee. (Yes, VICE Chairman). There are two other things you should know about him. First, as Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, he's in charge of Press Regulation. The second... well you could always Google "john whittingdale sadomasochistic dominatrix" and see what pops up!
If there really are 150 UK Sports people involved, I wonder what the fallout is going to be..?
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Will be curious to see what those who actually read the article in the Times tomorrow think.
Same with most elite sports imo
Viagra on the list?
Search his name in Google.
I have little doubt that there is performance enhancing drug use within British sport, it seems inevitable at this point. But there isn't a whole lot beyond his claims that Dr. Bonar was involved in them.
So we basically have a story which has been plastered all over Murdoch's media -Sky all over it too - and a dodgy MP shouting his mouth off, but absolutely no evidence, apart from a secret recording with a "doctor".
What happened to journalists digging a little deeper and uncovering corroborating evidence to actually verify a story. There may well be drug taking in a number of sports, but there's certainly no evidence shown in this "story" so far.
Of course it may be sour grapes from the other competing nations.
It'll be a story set up just to make money out of Leicester situation.