Andy Gray and Richard Keys have their exile ended after, well, about a week. I think this confirms what I feared at the time, that they were scapegoats, sacrificed so nothing had to change. Rather than admit to an institutional sexism and look at ways to improve the situation, it's a lot easier to sack 2 people and pretend that that makes everything OK - the bad apple theory. It was in everyone's interests to just sweep it under the carpet, everyone closed ranks, Andy Gray and Richard Keys had to go to keep the status quo. And they performed well, kept quiet, didn't protest, took their punishment like men, and so they are rewarded with new jobs. Everything continues as before.
"The events of the last couple of weeks have been a lesson and have changed them," someone from Talksport says, which actually sounds ridiculous. We are meant to believe that 2 people whose sexism we were previously told was absolutely entrenched have seen the light. Surely the opposite has more chance of being true - that they are now even more likely to be resentful of women, women who got them the sack - if it hadn't been for meddling feminists and liberals they'd have still been comfy at Sky. It's the logical next step, from casual, boorish sexists to out and out card carrying misogynists - they'll probably hide their true feelings better this time though - at work at least...
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