I'm loving his strategy to get out of this; claiming that he was defending two benders from homophobic abuse.
You chin some bloke and then move straight into virtue signaling mode in order to get out of it. Genius.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Do you know that he wasn't doing that for a fact, WES? I'm sure both will be making their cases to the ECB who won't have any grounds to disbelieve them. Sure, it went a bit far but to say he should be kicked off The Ashes tour is a little extreme.
And anyway, the other parties were throwing glass bottles in the video - so they're clearly not the most savoury chaps.
Firstly, Stokes hasn't claimed anything.
Secondly, he may well have been defending a couple of benders. WE shall see.
Thirdly, it isn't his fault that public perception is so dominated by these values that it is the best defence.
Finally, the geezer was asking for a hiding and he got off lightly.
You'd think these arse bandits would be a bit more grateful. Not a word of thanks so far