Matthew Syed
The UK, Southport, Journalism and table tennis
Matthew Syed is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and former British table tennis number 1. He competed as an English table tennis international, and was the English number one for many years.
Tomorrow he will be joining Francis and Konstantin in the studio to discuss his findings from his time in Southport after the riots in the summer. They will also be discussing whether Britain is a racist country, and multiculturalism.
Comment your questions below for the guys to ask Matthew at the end of the interview.
Hi Mattew, i read The Times daily for around 30 years, was subscribed but cancelled a year or so ago due to the seeming lies by omission on a noticeable amount, maybe one every week or two on subjects id had an interest in- an article about a subject would miss something relevant that i saw on youtube the night before and id think "if i can see that why cant the person turning in this article" as if they included the piece of info it would give the reader a different impression.
Yourself, Rod Liddle, Daniel Finklestein and Janice Turner were the reasons i held out that long in the later years.
My question is do the people writing the articles really believe that the public do not have any other source, dont "fact check" themselves, and that once they find they have been lied to once basically throw away years of trust?
Do you believe some countries are better than others at integrating new immigrants? If so, what are those countries and what explains their success?