The former Arsenal footballer and ‘Football Focus’ presenter is part of the BBC’s Tokyo 2020 coverage
Lord Digby Jones said Scott “needs elocution lessons” due to her London accent and that it “spoils” the coverage because of her “inability to pronounce her g’s”.footballer and MBE holder, quickly dismissed the crossbench peer in the House of Lords, who previously served as a trade minister under Gordon Brown.
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