BBC - Relieve Pundit Of Duties Over 'Handbags' Comment

[GF1]

Genuinely never heard of this "woke" patter before reading this thread.

Wish I was still oblivious

 

[22ndBB]

Genuinely never heard of this "woke" patter before reading this thread.

Wish I was still oblivious

Time you woke up mate.......

 

[FSM]

Well done the BBC here, good decision imo.

 

[Lainey Love]

You wouldn't even need a good lawyer to get this reversed or a decent competition pay out. I'm sure he's getting plenty calls.

Who are these people who complain about things like this?

They probably all work at the BBC

 

[tottie beck]

Who exactly is this offending?

Women? Gays? It's so inoffensive its not clear who would be put out by the phrase.

The Beeb really need to justify this one. While theyre at it maybe they can address this as well. "Fan Marcus Greatorex added: The BBC should pay more attention to songs on their stations promoting knife crime and drug use."

 

[millerbrown]

handbags

Definition, Synonyms, Translations of handbags by The Free Dictionary

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[Tshirtguy]

The BBC are an absolute disgrace, it’s time that the whole corporation was torn apart and the licence fee abolished, in fact it should have been done in the wake of the Saville revelations

Should we privatise the NHS too - it’s harboured all sorts of criminals in its time.

 

[Tshirtguy]

Personally I don’t think it’s the apparent sexism but the tiredness of his patter that got him the boot.

 

[orjan_persson]

Is "gladrags" still allowed?

 

[PrivateAye72]

Once you scratch the surface it’s clear he’s not been “sacked” for saying “handbags”. He’s been suspended for 3 sexist remarks, and saying someone should be wearing a skirt is sexist. It is. He’s saying he’s not a man, he’s less than a man (ie a woman) and should dress like that. IE women are less than men = sexism.

The Sun sure did clickbait and wind up the Da’s on here though eh. Absolute sñowfläkes.