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Well the people quoted in the original bbc article I read which included two people who actually work for the BBC.

So it's not really a total sell to buy scenario. You'd imagine we would have had more to play with if we hadn't hamstrung ourselves for a number of years with this baggage. The good news is that we weren't relegated with all this dross still on our books so we still have an opportunity to offload them and cut down our financial outgoings in case we do face the drop in the next few years and we'd be in a much better financial position.

Inconclusive I'd say.

I think the biggest mystery is why Labour have so many people of colour representing them who are so maddeningly imbecilic? I want to see smart, capable black people in politics not these bufoonish race baiting, science denying weirdos like Dawn, David and Diane.

Having a few more issues again today I'm afraid.

TBF though if we imagine a scenario where we hadn't spent so much on lemina, carillo, hoedt, forsters new contract, elyonoussi then we wouldn't be in the same situation.

But the point is that lots of people complaining seem to be suggesting that it's because the word was uttered by a white news reporter rather than it being said at all.

Mixed race apparently but looks white to me. Its OK though because race baiter in chief Mr Lammy has offered to pray for her.

But not acceptable in a factually accurate news report? Most who are objecting seem to be saying the main issue was that the newsreader was white. Presumably then the news report woild have been fine if the person reading the words had been black?

There was a good bit by a comedian (may have been Louis ck) about how annoying it is when people say "the n word" because all it does is force the person watching to say it in their own head.

Then they can come in via the legitimate route.

How about doing an Australia and guaranteeing that anyone coming here illegally will be removed as soon as it is feasible? That would certainly bring the numbers down and we wouldn't need the cooperation of France.

They aren't supposed to be "passing through France." That's the whole point. They may view it as passing through but that's not factually accurate. There's no reason for them to leave France and circumvent the immigration system. Its an insult to all those who go through the proper channels. I don't blame them for attempting to come here but I do blame the government for being perceived to be a soft touch and for allowing it to happen.

Where did I say they were French? They are in France though which is the point I was making.

Surely there's a massive distinction between immigrants who we allow in who have applied through the proper channels and anyone who fancies travelling from France arriving in a dinghy?

You mean leaving a western developed nation like France to come here?

I know that the opportunity is there, its just that most studies I have seen prove that the majority keep to their own bubbles and their own safe space of opinions.

This is rivalling skacel.

For the vast majority of people on twitter, its never been about plurality of opinion tbf.

I thought you were suggesting it did with your comment about taking back control? In or out of the EU, we shouldn't be having migrants coming across the channel illegally. There should be a mechanism for immediately returning them and I'm hoping they are sorting something behind the scenes.

I'm proud to say I've never read anything mlt has written on twitter.

Surely the point was to have the ability to take control? That doesn't necessarily mean that the government of the day will utilise that control in the correct way.

We've had our differences but you're absolutely spot on with that.

Let's hope this really is your final word on the subject. Doubt it though.

Firstly why does anyone care? Why is it now fashionable to be really invested in what anyone decides to spout on social media? Why does mlt's views on something he has no expertise in be something that anyone would be the slightest bit interested in? Its a bizarre modern phenomenon. Secondly, anyone writing to sky to try to get him sacked is just absolute scum. Anyone who supports them is also the lowest of the low.