Stevenage residents criticize Lewis Hamilton

The leader of Stevenage council has criticised Formula One five-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton for saying it was a “long journey” to “get out of the slums” of the Hertfordshire town. Speaking to sports presenter Gabby Logan, the Mercedes driver had just been named among the nominees for the main prize when he said: "It's been a really long journey, a dream for us all, as a family, to do something different, to get out of the slums. "Well, we would say it's not the slums, but just come out from somewhere and do something. We all set our goals very high but we did it as a team." https://twitter.com/SharonStevenage/status/1074580669135839232   Stevenage Borough Council leader Sharon Taylor, who has been given an OBE for her work in local government, tweeted: "Congratulations to @GeraintThomas86 for his win at #SPOTY last night! Disappointing that @LewisHamilton chose to use this event to make negative comments about his hometown. Nowhere is perfect but we'll go high & say we are #ProudofStevenage."

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