Liverpool MP sends letter to talkSPORT over Simon Jordan 'victim culture' comment

Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby Ian Byrne has written to the head of talkSPORT to query pundit Simon Jordan's use of the phrase 'victim culture' in relation to Liverpool fans.

As part of the fallout from the weekend's VAR controversy, Jordan was one of many pundits covering the Reds' response that led to PGMOL releasing the full referee audio of events which had seen a Luis Diaz goal being incorrectly ruled out for offside.

After a phone call from an Arsenal fan live on air yesterday morning, host Jim White asked Jordan if the PGMOL should release the audio of the Diaz incident.

Jordan said: "I don't particularly think they should release the audio, because it doesn't make a lot of difference. But I think they should release the audio because they've been asked to. The PGMOL, if they don't release the audio, will be asked why they aren't releasing it, and then what you'll do is you'll build up this conspiracy theory, this victim culture of Liverpool fans of being penalised by a goal that was disallowed."

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Byrne wrote directly to Liam Fisher, the head of the radio channel, to raise issues with the language - spelling out the connotation dating back to the Hillsborough disaster 34 years ago that resulted in the deaths of 97 Liverpool supporters.

The MP took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to make his letter public. It read: "Dear Liam, I write to you in your capacity - as I understand it - as the person responsible for audio output on talkSPORT, regarding Simon Jordan's use of the phrase 'victim culture' in regard to Liverpool fans.

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