"I've felt under threat this week. I've felt like something is going to happen to me. And I don't say that for anyone to feel sorry for me – I say that for people to understand the reality and the impact that hate speech has, the impact that racism has, the impact that sexism has, the impact that misogyny has on all of us females in the game, in sports broadcasting."
— Joey Barton

January 1, 1970

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On X (formerly known as Twitter), he responded to Aluko: "I was waiting for the victim card to be played" (she had not directly named Barton). Rishi Sunak had said the profession should be "open to everybody". Barton had compared women football commentators Aluko and Lucy Ward to named mass murderers.