English actor and director Tim Roth holds the Heart of Sarajevo honorary award during the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina August 20, 2019. ― Reuters pic

SARAJEVO, Aug 22 ― Hollywood star Tim Roth, who launched his acting career playing a racist skinhead in 1980s Britain, said yesterday that the “odium of populism” had led to a deterioration in British politics and beyond.