AMAZING! With a lack of understanding that beggars belief, the BBC is floating plans to make a show in which real cases of asylum seekers (played by actors), will be ‘interviewed’ on TV and then viewers can vote on whether to kick them out of the country or not. A great addition would be if those asylum seekers who were refused entry could be projected on exploding jet chairs and guided by satellite by celebrities back to their countries of origin. Those who hit their targets could win prizes for the charity of their choice. I’m sure the Daily Mail / Telegraph reading ignorant masses would love watching immigrants being blasted out of the country.
How low can television really get? This is an issue that desperately need attention. Intelligent planning, and making a season of programs for prime time TV, featuring documentaries and satire on issues surrounding immigration and asylum would be sorely needed. I saw an advert that Eddie Izzard is presenting a program on the mongrel blood of the English (which xenophobic Daily Mail readers often fail to realise), we need more of this sort of programming (breaking down already muddy racial boundaries). But instead, we get game shows where the public can click out asylum seekers…
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