Originally Posted by
Jimmy Floyd
It all comes from how deeply entrenched the class system is here (something rarely understood by foreigners) and how anyone who leaves or even flirts with leaving 'where they came from' is seen as a traitor of one sort or another.
Tim Henman, went to a nice school, talks like how you'd expect, plays tennis to a more than adequate standard, tick tick tick. Lewis Hamilton, black, originally working class but got spotted and helped financially on the way up (very bad news that), dresses like a weirdo, talks like a prat, incredible racing driver, unpopular. Jonny Wilkinson, tick tick tick. Raheem Sterling, black, loads of kids at a young age, gun tattoo, bad. Frank Lampard, would have been beloved in rugby, plays football instead, privileged Tory wanker (Eddie Howe also seen as a 'Tory', ostensibly because he talks in full sentences). Jofra Archer, wins the World Cup, wears a gold chain, 'needs to focus on his cricket'. Alastair Cook, 'right sort of family'. Lando Norris, dad has bajillions which is why he's in F1 and other kids aren't, doesn't hide it, 'honest', social media star, tick tick tick. Emma Raducanu, somehow becomes a culture war battleground through no fault of her own. Wiggo and Froome-dog.
It's just who we are as a country.