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Outrage at BBC Horrible Histories Brexit show for 'trashing Britain' with song that says 'your British things are from abroad and most are stolen' on day UK left EU
UK Daily Mail ^ | February 1, 2020 | James Heale and Chris Hastings

Posted on 02/02/2020 4:37:18 AM PST by C19fan

The BBC has provoked outrage by screening an 'anti-British' children's programme on Brexit Day. Hosted by Left-wing comedian Nish Kumar, Horrible Histories Brexit suggested Britain had historically failed to produce anything of note, relying instead on imports. Amid a chorus of protest, even one of the BBC's broadcasters launched a stinging attack on the show. Leading political commentator Andrew Neil last night called it 'anti-British drivel of a high order' and asked: 'Was any of the licence fee used to produce something purely designed to demean us?' Kumar begins by introducing a series of CBBC 'comedy' clips. In one sequence, Queen Victoria is labelled 'foreign' and portrayed as a dullard who is shocked to discover that sugar, tea and cotton do not come from England.

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TOPICS: History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: brexit; left; uk
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To: Cronos

Like many of immigrant stock, he will claim to identify as British if it suits his purpose, although in his heart, he will identify with his ancestral homeland as his source of pride and identity, not with Britain, which is racist and awful apparently.


41 posted on 02/03/2020 7:59:01 AM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

and how do you know that of him?

Has he said that? Or are you an adept mind-reader?


42 posted on 02/03/2020 9:16:58 AM PST by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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