Henry Bonsu

Broadcaster: @timesradio, @jeremyvineon5, @bbcnews, @thismorning. Conference moderator @un, @_africanunion, @globalfund, @foreignpolicy. Athletics addict.

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

Can't believe what I've just seen! @joshk97 is the new mile world record holder with 3.42.66, wiping the name of the legendary @elguerrouj32600 from the record books after 27 years. Next stop his 1500m record? What a privilege to witness that!! #londondiamondleague.

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

A full house at the @LondonStadium for the @_Novuna #diamondleague, the biggestathletics meeting in the world. 60,000 track & field fans - no wonder athletes are desperate to perform here! All we need now are some world records from @keelyhodgkinson, @joshk97 and @mondohoss600!

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

@GeoffNorcott True, Geoff. If we're honest about those performances (especially against Ghana and DR Congo), we were lucky to have got this far.

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

@theJeremyVine As we discussed on Monday, JV, we showed too little movement off the ball, too little creativity when going forward, and basically got found out. The England team that outclassed Croatia (esp in the 2nd half) was as good as anyone in this tournament. We haven't seen it since then

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

Well, that sure was a captain's innings from @HKane! Maybe his many detractors will finally retire. After the recent foolishness from #schweinsteiger and #bogdanović, hats off to @DemocraticCongo for a performance that confounded the tired old anti-African stereotypes. #ENGDRC

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

One key lesson our coach drummed into us at the age of 12 was give your man some options. That meant running into space. @England fail to do this. @DemocraticCongo are adventurous & disciplined. Precisely the opposite of what those German and Serb commentators said the other day.

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

It got pretty intense on @JeremyVineOn5 as @theJeremyVine, @lara_e_brown and I discussed the political response to the brutal murder of #HenryNowak. Have the police over-corrected because they fear being called racist, or are #Farage & co using a tried and tested playbook?

[Jeremy Vine & Daytime on 5 @JeremyVineOn5]

"There are plenty of opportunists out to make capital out of this."

@bonsuman says history is repeating itself as Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson seek to use the Henry Nowak case to tell white people that equity is a loss for them.

@lara_e_brown | @theJeremyVine | #JeremyVine

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

Sounds like things haven't changed much since #Lithuanian football "fans" tried to hound @BigBadAdebayo out of their country. @LithuaniaMFA, where do you stand on this shameful story?

https://t.co/QNX3ZCbbN5

[Black Current News @UKBlackcurrent]

A Black woman is facing possible jail time in Lithuania after a ski resort refund dispute escalated into a criminal hate speech case over comments about “white woman’s tears”.

Lithuanian authorities accuse her of “mocking” white people.

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

Delighted to be moderating the inaugural @profgusjohn lecture at @dmuleicester, which addresses key questions on race, power and collective action, in an age of nativism, populism and denial.

[Annette Hay @ DMU @AnnetteHayCU1]

Join the Inaugural Professor Gus John Lecture at De Montfort University, Tuesday, 23 June. ‘Recalibrating Power and Action: Race Equality and Collective Agency in a Global Age. Dr Ama Biney will be delivering this first lecture, hosted by Henry Bonsu
https://t.co/CrUpCbARcA

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

@MahdiThistle @AthleticsWeekly Brilliant, detailed homage to an unsung master on the track, roads and indoor.

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

"The £5m gift to Farage is likely to raise fresh questions for the Reform leader, given what he said in the run-up to the last election". If this stuff is emerging 3 years from the next General Election, imagine what may come out as we get closer. #Farage

https://t.co/rbbO0kKJIo

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

The day after more Brits run the @LondonMarathon than ever before, today we learn from @BBCNews that
"UK healthy life expectancy falls by two years in past decade". We really are a divided nation in more ways than you think. #healthy #longevity

https://t.co/SISJvenqgr

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

@annavanpraagh @annemcelvoy Although the big reveal at the end of Ep 3 might mean this series is about to turn a corner...

[Amanda Ferguson @AmandaFBelfast]

Presenter’s Friend on @TimesRadio tonight with @bonsuman

https://t.co/v0b1jIn9io

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

"Afrikaners were at the heart of the apartheid system of white minority rule from 1948-1994, leading to decades of hostility between them and South Africa's Black majority. Wow, @PBS, this is one of the most benign takes on the hell of Afrikaner apartheid.
https://t.co/Z2Zg0Ux1tp

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

@YardleyShooting @JonBenjamin19 Indeed, Mike, but that headline figure of 50% is misleading as it includes both ads where, say one out of ten characters are black, and those where half the characters are black.

[Times Radio @TimesRadio]

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are about to meet in Alaska, and Times Radio will be bringing you up to the minute analysis and expert commentary throughout the evening with @darrylmorris and @bonsuman.

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[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

@_PaulHayward True, Paul, but surely (at least) in the latter stages of the Ladies grand slams, they've got to play best of 5 sets. Best of three gives a player no time to recover - hence the disaster we just witnessed.

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

@slyowusu @Wimbledon That's the point #Djokovic used to make until he was battered into submission. Best of 3 gives little time for a player who's had a bad start to fight back. This is the biggest stage, and matches like this are a terrible advert for the game.

[Henry Bonsu @bonsuman]

This @Wimbledon ladies singles final is a disaster. #Anisimova is crushed by the weight of the occasion. This could be over within an hour... Another reason to have the women play best of 5 in the grand slams - at least in the semis and the final. Sad.