Westendlad
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Respect Farage for helping to deliver the brexit vote,,,,,,,,,Apart from that the man is a total upper class sort cnut......He would cry and cuddle his teddy bear if he had to stay in a working class area..
Respect Farage for helping to deliver the brexit vote,,,,,,,,,Apart from that the man is a total upper class sort cnut......He would cry and cuddle his teddy bear if he had to stay in a working class area..You just told us Farage is the man and you would gladly vote for him ( via his Führerprinzip led party). Farage is the ultimate right Wing flag waver.
Anyone can eat banquets every day
No, not really.On a smaller scale my first German girlfriend had a supply of vouchers for free beer, chicken, duck and Schweinshaxe because she worked for the organisation that controls the Oktoberfest - the Munich Tourist Office. She gave me some every day so I could amuse myself at the Oktoberfest whilst she was at work.I needed a break after the first few days... it became hard work eating, and drinking large glasses of beer every day. Enjoyed it though.
But that doesn't mean I paid any attention to the picture.
Not remembering that at all is what I am doing.What are you doing Otis?
Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio...that's my recommendationBaker makes no secret of the utter contempt in which he holds BBC management and the new generation of programmers, etc. I suspect they were only too happy to see him make such a catastrophic cock-up, and there would have been plenty of volunteer bus drivers!
For someone who prides himself on his recollection of trivia, his pathetic attempt at making the excuse that he didn't know the Duchess is mixed race made it seem a lot worse.
Need to find something else to listen to on my Saturday mornings.
It's a bit of an odd one this, Baker would have been fully aware that the picture would cause this reaction, it's as if he posted it "accidentally on purpose", I just can't work it out?
Geoff Lloyd did a pretty good job this morning "papering over the cracks", as he put it, with Louise Pepper being a consummate broadcasting professional in carrying on as normal. Be interesting to see what the long-term solution is.
Interesting to see the comments about Alan Sugar, and how the Beeb can't sack him as the Apprentice is produced by an independent production company. Danny Baker's programme was "A Campbell-Davison Media production" - so how is that any different? Who actually employs him?
Wow the Thought Police have been busy on this thread imputing motives where there are clearly none intended. Don't believe Danny Baker would deliberately tweet something so outrageous and obnoxious so had to be a very very stupid mistake. We all make them - I'm an implied offender on this very thread. We all know Otis wouldn't give a jot about the colour of anyone's skin - he's probably one of the most moderate and considerate posters on here. I can easily believe he could forget stuff he's posted - he posts thousands of quick-fire stuff and if it's like me, especially with all the celeb crap - I'm aware of it one week and it's totally forgotten the next. Believe it or not - I did know that Megan was of mixed race but until I saw the family picture (couldn't avoid the saturation coverage) I had assumed she had an American-Asian connection. Shows how much I pay attention to this Royal nonsense.
Wow the Thought Police have been busy on this thread imputing motives where there are clearly none intended. Don't believe Danny Baker would deliberately tweet something so outrageous and obnoxious so had to be a very very stupid mistake. We all make them - I'm an implied offender on this very thread. We all know Otis wouldn't give a jot about the colour of anyone's skin - he's probably one of the most moderate and considerate posters on here. I can easily believe he could forget stuff he's posted - he posts thousands of quick-fire stuff and if it's like me, especially with all the celeb crap - I'm aware of it one week and it's totally forgotten the next. Believe it or not - I did know that Megan was of mixed race but until I saw the family picture (couldn't avoid the saturation coverage) I had assumed she had an American-Asian connection. Shows how much I pay attention to this Royal nonsense.
She’s the most photographed and talked about woman on earth. She’s always on magazines, news and the internet. It’s laughable anyone could claim they do not know what she looked like.
I genuinely can't remember ever seeing her.She’s the most photographed and talked about woman on earth. She’s always on magazines, news and the internet. It’s laughable anyone could claim they do not know what she looked like.
You allow a national broadcaster to get away with a bit of casual racism, next thing women are getting their arses felt at work, just a bit of a laugh, and before you know it we're back in the 70s, (of course some people would welcome that).
Stop saying it was racism when it was clearly a stupid mistake.
Anyone with an ounce of intellectual honesty knows that.
Well, in every photo he did have a hat on........just saying!More importantly, is the poor baby a........
....GINGER?!
God help him :hungry:
I don't have a clue what his thought process was in posting this but he has tried to explain himself, now, people don't have to believe him and that's ok but I don't now what people would be happy with, should he be arrested, birched, beaten to death in the street or all three?
I think he would have been already (and I'm sure the CPS has been asked) if they thought it would be that easy, thing is, posting the picture is completely legal they would have to prove intent.
Not for some people, that's why i asked the question, what do people want? I personally think he has paid the price.He's been sacked so surely that should be the end of it?
Not for some people, that's why i asked the question, what do people want? I personally think he has paid the price.
Not for some people, that's why i asked the question, what do people want? I personally think he has paid the price.
People are just horrible bastards these days. They smell blood and want to end people or 'cancel' as the kids call it. It's mostly disguised as social justice or some kind of crusade for political correctness but at it's heart in cases like this it's just hateful.
Whatever happened to forgiveness? I know I sound like a soft Christian old lady saying that but it's something I see more and more by the day.
If he'd offered his second apology first that might have washed.
What is political correctness?
Do you think you should be able to use derogatory racial slurs?
People are just horrible bastards these days. They smell blood and want to end people or 'cancel' as the kids call it. It's mostly disguised as social justice or some kind of crusade for political correctness but at it's heart in cases like this it's just hateful.
Whatever happened to forgiveness? I know I sound like a soft Christian old lady saying that but it's something I see more and more by the day.
I'm not engaging with you if you keep insisting that he made a radial slur.
There is nothing to this. Get a fucking grip.
I enjoy meeting people who are keen to be offended by everything (and are usually very vocal about it) It's like shooting fish in a barrel.People are just horrible bastards these days. They smell blood and want to end people or 'cancel' as the kids call it. It's mostly disguised as social justice or some kind of crusade for political correctness but at it's heart in cases like this it's just hateful.
Whatever happened to forgiveness? I know I sound like a soft Christian old lady saying that but it's something I see more and more by the day.
The trouble is that the social discourse is becoming harder. People are taking sides on social media. The demagogues are actively encouraging it. You only have to watch the Brexit Party rallies to see the crowds booing at the name of Verhofstadt or May or Vince Cable. And the catcalls from the audience e.g. „Traitors“. Worrying.
Really don't buy the 'mistake' take on this. He thought he was being 'funny' and it fucked up big time.Stop saying it was racism when it was clearly a stupid mistake.
Anyone with an ounce of intellectual honesty knows that.
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