Ahead of Euro 2021 England football manager Gareth Southgate has pledged that his team with continue taking the knee in protest at racism - even though some of his own supporters have booed the gesture. Adrian Goldberg discusses the history and meaning of taking a knee with former West Bromwich Albion player Brendon Batson - one a trio of players at the club who broke through in the late 1970s to challenge racism - and Andrew Spence, producer of the award winning Coming In From The Cold podcast, which detailed the history of black footballers in England.

Plus journalist and writer Edward Lucas on Russia's cyber warfare against the West.

Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices