SAS: Who Dares Wins' Ant Middleton dropped over BLM and Covid tweets | Television | The Guardian

SAS: Who Dares Wins' Ant Middleton dropped over BLM and Covid tweets | Television | The Guardian: Former%20soldier%20and%20TV%20presenter%20Ant%20Middleton%20has%20parted%20ways%20with%20Channel%204%2C%20following%20controversial%20comments%20on%20the%20coronavirus%20pandemic%20and%20Black%20Lives%20Matter.%0A%0AMiddleton%2C%20who%20hosted%20the%20military-based%20TV%20contest%20SAS%3A%20Who%20Dares%20Wins%20between%202015%20and%202020%2C%20was%20dropped%20by%20the%20broadcaster%20over%20his%20%u201Cpersonal%20conduct%u201D%20following%20comments%20he%20made%20online%20last%20year.%20In%20a%20statement%2C%20Channel%204%20said%20that%20it%20had%20%u201Cbecome%20clear%20that%20our%20views%20and%20values%20are%20not%20aligned%u201D.%0A%0ALast%20June%2C%20amid%20increased%20Black%20Lives%20Matter%20protests%20following%20the%20death%20of%20George%20Floyd%20and%20tension%20between%20activists%20and%20far-right%20groups%2C%20Middleton%20tweeted%3A%20%u201CThe%20extreme%20left%20against%20the%20extreme%20right.%20When%20did%20two%20wrongs%20make%20a%20right%20%u2026%20BLM%20and%20EDL%20are%20not%20welcome%20on%20our%20streets%2C%20absolute%20scum%u201D.%20He%20later%20apologised%20and%20removed%20the%20post%2C%20describing%20himself%20as%20%u201Canti-racist%20and%20anti-violence%u201D%20and%20said%20that%20he%20had%20not%20intended%20to%20describe%20BLM%20protesters%20as%20scum.%0A%0A